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Making your AFP resources available to InfoPrint Manager
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Note: Receivers that will not start more than likely have destination control file errors. You can diagnose errors by clicking the Server Log item in the left pane of the Management Console. Making your AFP resources available to InfoPrint Manager When the MVS Download feature of PSF for z/OS is used with MVS Download, the AFP resources you use for your printing jobs must be available to InfoPrint Manager, so the jobs can process correctly. When the AFP Download Plus feature of PSF for z/OS is used with MVS Download, the resources are usually sent with the print jobs and the AFP resources do not need to be available to InfoPrint Manager, and this section can be skipped. However, AFP Download Plus can be configured to not send all AFP resource types to InfoPrint Manager. If this configuration is used, the resource types not sent must be made available to InfoPrint Manager as described in this section. This section assumes that these resources currently reside on your host system in AFP format, and that you (or someone) can locate them. Note: If you currently use the Distributed Print Function (DPF) of PSF for OS/2, the resource files you use are in Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) format. However, the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) versions of those files exist on your host system as well. Make sure that you use the AFP versions with MVS Download. There are several ways that you can make your resources available to InfoPrint Manager; three of them are described below. Read through the options and decide which is best for your configuration. Manually transfer the resources from the host to your Windows system You can move your resources directly from your host system using any method you like, though the most common is ftp. If you decide to ftp your files, make sure that you transfer the files as binary data, not as text. In general, the steps you should follow are: 1. Create a directory on your Windows system that will receive your resources. 2. ftp your resources to that directory as binary data. 3. Identify that directory to InfoPrint Manager. You can either identify the directory using a resource context object or by changing the default resource search path in the Management Console. For information about changing the default resource search path, see the online help for the Management Console under Service Configuration. This method is effective and relatively easy to implement. However, every time you change your AFP resources, you will have to ftp them to the correct directory on your Windows system. If you do not change your resources often, this method might work well for you. If you change your AFP resources often, you might want to consider a different option. Store your resources in a central location Another option is to store your AFP resources on any machine in your network (including the host system that they currently reside on), and NFS mount a directory on the Windows system that your InfoPrint Manager server is installed on to that machine. Then, identify that directory to InfoPrint Manager just as in the option above (either by using a resource context object or by changing the default 164 InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Procedures