Verifying a TCP/IP-Attached Printer on z/OSVerifying a TCP/IP-Attached Printer on z/OS

To operate a TCP/IP-attached printer, use JES operator commands.

Starting a TCP/IP-attached Printer

To start a TCP/IP-attached printer, do the following:

1.Start TCP/IP.

2.Power on the printer.

3.Start the printer FSA.

On JES2, the command is: $Sprinter_name

On JES3, the command is:

*VARY printer_name,ONStopping a TCP/IP-attached Printer

You can stop a TCP/IP-attached printer in several ways:

The preferred method is to first stop the PSF FSA for the printer by entering the following command from the z/OS console:

JES2:

$Pprinter_name

JES3:

*VARY printer_name,OFF *CANCEL printer_name

where printer_name specifies the name of the printer FSA. Then you can turn off power to the printer.

To end the PSF FSA for the printer, use the JES commands. If you are unable to purge or cancel the printer by use of the JES commands, enter the following command:

MODIFY FSSname,FORCE,printer_name

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