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v If you use Infoprint Server on z/OS, you can submit jobs on the host for spooling to a remote InfoPrint Manager server. The IP PrintWay component of Infoprint Server, which contains an LPR, and the InfoPrint Manager LPD must be running. When you submit a job on the host, you can specify advanced InfoPrint options, such as form definitions and page definitions. The remote print operator controls printing after InfoPrint Manager receives the job. Note: As described in "Methods for sharing printers" on page 27, the method used affects how the printer is shared. For more information, see Chapter 3, "Planning to print with host systems," on page 21. Printing from existing LAN applications It is extremely important in many networked environments to allow existing applications to submit print jobs. PC users expect to be able to select Print from the File menu when they want to produce printed output. There are five ways that users can submit print jobs to InfoPrint Manager for AIX destinations from their workstations. Choose the one that best suits your environment. v Install InfoPrint Select on all Windows workstations v Install InfoPrint Job Ticketer on all Windows workstations v Install InfoPrint Submit Express on Windows or Macintosh workstations v Enable the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) gateway on the InfoPrint Manager server and create IPP client printers on client workstations v Create an InfoPrint hot folder that automatically submits files that are stored in it to an InfoPrint Manager destination Using InfoPrint Select To use InfoPrint Select (available for Windows) to enable job submission from applications, you must install and configure InfoPrint Select on the workstation. During this configuration, you must make a destination controlled by InfoPrint Manager known to the client system. On Windows clients, you use the Windows Add Printer Wizard to add a local printer, load the appropriate driver, and assign a unique port to each InfoPrint Manager destination. The InfoPrint Select client is available on the InfoPrint Manager: Common Client CD-ROM, LCD4-5642. Installation instructions are included in the InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Getting Started. With InfoPrint Select in place, the user receives relevant event notifications generated by InfoPrint Manager. Typically, this notification simply informs the user that a job has completed successfully. If, however, an error occurs in the processing of a job, the event notifications include information to help you diagnose the problem. With InfoPrint Select, you are also provided access to the InfoPrint Manager command-line interface, including the pdpr command. This provides client-application access to all the AFP print attributes that can control such jobs. Finally, the InfoPrint Select user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by either InfoPrint Manager for Windows or InfoPrint Manager for AIX. Your enhanced InfoPrint Select client allows you to: v Specify InfoPrint job attributes when submitting a job to the server v Support the cancelling, holding, and releasing of jobs in a queue For more information about these specific enhancements, consult the help system. 30 InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide

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v
If you use Infoprint Server on z/OS, you can submit jobs on the host for
spooling to a remote InfoPrint Manager server. The IP PrintWay component of
Infoprint Server, which contains an LPR, and the InfoPrint Manager LPD must
be running. When you submit a job on the host, you can specify advanced
InfoPrint options, such as form definitions and page definitions. The remote
print operator controls printing after InfoPrint Manager receives the job.
Note:
As described in “Methods for sharing printers” on page 27, the method
used affects how the printer is shared.
For more information, see Chapter 3, “Planning to print with host systems,” on
page 21.
Printing from existing LAN applications
It is extremely important in many networked environments to allow existing
applications to submit print jobs. PC users expect to be able to select
Print
from
the
File
menu when they want to produce printed output. There are five ways that
users can submit print jobs to InfoPrint Manager for AIX destinations from their
workstations. Choose the one that best suits your environment.
v
Install InfoPrint Select on all Windows workstations
v
Install InfoPrint Job Ticketer on all Windows workstations
v
Install InfoPrint Submit Express on Windows or Macintosh workstations
v
Enable the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) gateway on the InfoPrint Manager
server and create IPP client printers on client workstations
v
Create an InfoPrint hot folder that automatically submits files that are stored in
it to an InfoPrint Manager destination
Using InfoPrint Select
To use InfoPrint Select (available for Windows) to enable job submission from
applications, you must install and configure InfoPrint Select on the workstation.
During this configuration, you must make a destination controlled by InfoPrint
Manager known to the client system. On Windows clients, you use the Windows
Add Printer Wizard
to add a local printer, load the appropriate driver, and assign
a unique port to each InfoPrint Manager destination. The InfoPrint Select client is
available on the
InfoPrint Manager: Common Client
CD-ROM, LCD4-5642.
Installation instructions are included in the
InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Getting
Started
.
With InfoPrint Select in place, the user receives relevant event notifications
generated by InfoPrint Manager. Typically, this notification simply informs the user
that a job has completed successfully. If, however, an error occurs in the processing
of a job, the event notifications include information to help you diagnose the
problem. With InfoPrint Select, you are also provided access to the InfoPrint
Manager command-line interface, including the
pdpr
command. This provides
client-application access to all the AFP print attributes that can control such jobs.
Finally, the InfoPrint Select user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by either
InfoPrint Manager for Windows or InfoPrint Manager for AIX.
Your enhanced InfoPrint Select client allows you to:
v
Specify InfoPrint job attributes when submitting a job to the server
v
Support the cancelling, holding, and releasing of jobs in a queue
For more information about these specific enhancements, consult the help system.
30
InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide