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Print shop scenarios, A black box shop, Printing from the LAN and the host: option one

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Table 1. Comparing DPF and MVS Download (continued) DPF MVS Download Provides printer sharing through host systems and InfoPrint Manager. Provides printer sharing and printer support through InfoPrint Manager. Supports printing of multiple data set jobs Supports printing of multiple data set jobs as a single print job. as a single print job. Supports spooling of IPDS data from host PSF for later printing. Supports the downloading of AFP or line data from the JES spool to InfoPrint Manager for printing later. Jobs can be retained on InfoPrint Manager where they can be resubmitted for printing later. Jobs can be retained on InfoPrint Manager where they can be resubmitted for printing later. Print shop scenarios To see how InfoPrint Manager can best manage your particular print environment, consider these sample scenarios. A black box shop A data center located on the East coast of the United States provides billing statements to five regional offices around the country, submitting IPDS output to a set group of printers. Because these users want to keep all resource management on their MVS systems, they can use the MVS Download in InfoPrint Manager with AFP Download Plus for z/OS as a black box solution. They never have to move resources, and they can send jobs to their remote offices to print immediately. All print job and resource management takes place at the central host. Printing from the LAN and the host: option one This print shop wants to spend printing staff reports on the day shift from the local LAN. On the night shift, it wants to use the same InfoPrint 4000 printer to print billing statements from the iSeries® server. By creating the destination through the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI rather than through the Management Console, the print administrator can make sure that the same destination can print jobs from both the LAN and the host. Printing from the LAN and the host: option two A medium-sized company wants to print to a pool of three InfoPrint 60 printers from both their iSeries system and the local LAN. Print jobs can come from either place at any time of day. In fact, the company would like to keep the connection between the host system and the print queue open all the time. They decide to use DPF to submit their host print jobs because the host receiver can be connected to InfoPrint Manager constantly without completely taking over a printer. The InfoPrint Manager queue can accept both LAN and host print jobs as they arrive and print them in order of priority. Spooling jobs to be printed later The payroll department of a large company generates pay checks for 10,000 employees every two weeks. The checks are created on a host system in San Jose, and need to be printed at the print center in Oakland. To save network bandwidth on those days, the checks are downloaded at night. However, for security reasons, they can't be printed until the print operators arrive in the morning. The print Chapter 3. Planning to print with host systems 21

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Table 1. Comparing DPF and MVS Download (continued)
DPF
MVS Download
Provides printer sharing through host
systems and InfoPrint Manager.
Provides printer sharing and printer support
through InfoPrint Manager.
Supports printing of multiple data set jobs
as a single print job.
Supports printing of multiple data set jobs
as a single print job.
Supports spooling of IPDS data from host
PSF for later printing.
Supports the downloading of AFP or line
data from the JES spool to InfoPrint
Manager for printing later.
Jobs can be retained on InfoPrint Manager
where they can be resubmitted for printing
later.
Jobs can be retained on InfoPrint Manager
where they can be resubmitted for printing
later.
Print shop scenarios
To see how InfoPrint Manager can best manage your particular print environment,
consider these sample scenarios.
A black box shop
A data center located on the East coast of the United States provides billing
statements to five regional offices around the country, submitting IPDS output to a
set group of printers. Because these users want to keep all resource management
on their MVS systems, they can use the MVS Download in InfoPrint Manager with
AFP Download Plus for z/OS as a black box solution. They never have to move
resources, and they can send jobs to their remote offices to print immediately. All
print job and resource management takes place at the central host.
Printing from the LAN and the host: option one
This print shop wants to spend printing staff reports on the day shift from the
local LAN. On the night shift, it wants to use the same InfoPrint 4000 printer to
print billing statements from the iSeries
®
server. By creating the destination
through the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI rather than through the
Management Console, the print administrator can make sure that the same
destination can print jobs from both the LAN and the host.
Printing from the LAN and the host: option two
A medium-sized company wants to print to a pool of three InfoPrint 60 printers
from both their iSeries system and the local LAN. Print jobs can come from either
place at any time of day. In fact, the company would like to keep the connection
between the host system and the print queue open all the time. They decide to use
DPF to submit their host print jobs because the host receiver can be connected to
InfoPrint Manager constantly without completely taking over a printer. The
InfoPrint Manager queue can accept both LAN and host print jobs as they arrive
and print them in order of priority.
Spooling jobs to be printed later
The payroll department of a large company generates pay checks for 10,000
employees every two weeks. The checks are created on a host system in San Jose,
and need to be printed at the print center in Oakland. To save network bandwidth
on those days, the checks are downloaded at night. However, for security reasons,
they can’t be printed until the print operators arrive in the morning. The print
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