Printing

RPM version 6 and beyond have IP Print and LPR Print actions which support network printers directly.

The default for RPM it to process the data on a first in, first out (FIFO) basis. The first print job that RPM completely receives is the first job that will print out.

Let me describe a scenario that will provide a better picture. Let's say you send 2 jobs to RPM, one immediately after another. The first file you send is 60MB, and the second is a 3MB file. It is very possible that even though RPM started receiving the larger file first, it will probably print the small file first because that is the one RPM finishes receiving first.

The reason for this is your Host (e.g. a UNIX system) uses LF as the end of line character and the printer is expecting CR/LF.

For RPM 6.0: add the "Unix to DOS" transform to the setup for this queue.

For RPM 5.0: add the "LF to CRLF" transform to the setup for this queue. Typically it would go at the beginning of the transform list, or just following a code page (data format translation) step.

For RPM 4.5 and prior: this is generally associated with a "RAW" type Queue. To Translate the LF to CR/LF do the following:

RPM supports all printers that Microsoft Windows supports. If your printer has a Windows "print driver", then RPM can print to the printer.

Note: Some older dot matrix printers may be supported with the "Generic/Text only" driver.

You will see this message when you have exceeded the number of allowed printers that your copy of RPM supports. The Trial version of RPM supports printing to any two printers connections in a single session. The Select version of RPM supports up to 10 printers connections in a single session. Unlimited printer connections may be purchased by contacting Brooks Internet Software.

IPDS is a page-based protocol. ExcelliPrint never receives any information about when a print job starts or ends as it is not supplied by the host system.

The Print Services Facility (PSF) provides a method to separate the print job into separate files. On IBM mainframes, the JES parameter is CKPTPAGE. On the iSeries, the PSFCFG option is Acknowledgment frequency (ACKFRQ).

ExcelliPrint will create a new job or file if the number of pages in the spool file exceeds this setting. PSF supports a maximum of 32767 in this parameter.

This is a factor for raw printing. Text printing separates documents courtesy the Windows print drivers.

RPM offers several banner types as well as a PCL page seperator. It also supports insert and append byte strings as described below. These would be configured as transforms in the queue setup.

One of our clients provided the following CL program. We are providing it for your consideration. As you can see, this program does the following:

If you have not changed the page size of the PRTF, it is still 132 66. The Host Print Transform looks at this value and translates it into the escape sequence requesting that the paper at the printer be 13.2"x 11." Paper. It is not possible with some printers so they are not including in the transform - normally you would default to PPRSRC1 parameter; but, if you are using RMTOUTQ there is no DEVD. It must send something so it requests LETTER rather than A4.

Yes! In the Job panel in the GUI, you can set the Job Archive settings and specify how long jobs are retained for reprint. You can specify a time limit or number of jobs to retain.