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Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files
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Verify the Printer Connection
To verify that the MVS system can establish a connection with the TCP/
IP-attached printer, “
ping
” the printer from the MVS system.
From a TSO session, enter the following command:
TSO PING
ip_address
In JES2, enter the following command from the System Display and
Search Facility (SDSF) menu 6:
ping
ip_address
ip_address
specifies the IP address of the NIC.
Here is an example of a successful “
ping
” command:
EZA0458I Ping V3R1: Pinging host 9.99.12.33
(Use ATTN to interrupt.)
EZA0463I PING: Ping #1 response took 0.084 seconds.
Successes so far = 1.
Here is an example of an unsuccessful “
ping
” command:
EZA0458I Ping V3R1: Pinging host 9.99.12.33
(Use ATTN to interrupt.)
EZA0464I PING: Ping #1 timed out
NOTE: If you have problems “
ping
”-ing a printer, refer to “Handling MVS
Connectivity Problems” on page 147.
Define the Printer to JES
When a TCP/IP-attached printer is to be used with JES, it must be
defined for deferred printing mode with JES.
JES2 Printer Definitions
Below an example of the JES2 printer definition initialization member,
located in the system PARMLIB:
FSS(FSS1),PROC=PSFPROC,HASPFSSM=HASPFSSM
PRT1 FSS=FSS1,MODE=FSS,PRMODE=(LINE,PAGE,SOSI1),
CLASS=C,UCS=0,SEP,NOSEPDS,CKPTPAGE=100,
DRAIN,MARK,TRKCELL=YES
The above example is correct for JES2 3.11 and above. For earlier
versions of JES2, the statement is named FSSDEF and would be stated
as FSSDEF FSSNAME=FSS1.