Sending jobs to the host

Printers

To send jobs to the host, you need to route jobs into the spool from other programs and define a Windows printer and a spool printer to route jobs from the spool to the host computer. If you are using BARR/FTP, you can also use this procedure to send jobs to an FTP Server.

To add a Windows printer, you must be a member of the Administrators group. If you are using Windows 2000, you can also be a member of the Printer Operators or Server Operators group or a Power User on a workstation.

1. Defining a Windows printer

2. Enable 'Print directly to the printer'

3. Defining a spool printer

See also:

• Sending files (JCL SYSIN) to the RJE host

• Sending files (JCL SYSIN) to the NJE host

• Sending JCL files with an embedded command

• Receiving NJE or RJE jobs into BARR/SPOOL

• Redirecting print files (SYSOUT) to the host

• Getting started with BARR/FTP

Defining a Windows printer

Complete the following steps to add the Barr FTP, Barr NJE, or Barr RJE port.

Before you add a Barr RJE port, you must first use the RJE Configuration Utility to define a connection. Before you add a Barr FTP port, you must first use the FTP Manager to add a connection.

1. Open the Windows Add Printer Wizard.

2. Select to define a local printer. Click Next.

3. Create a new port selecting the Barr FTP port, Barr NJE port, or Barr RJE port depending on your host type.

4. Enter the Port name and click OK. We recommend including the connection name in the port name so you can easily identify the ports later. We recommend you name the port Connection name - Send to Host.

5. If you selected either the Barr FTP or the Barr NJE port, you do not need to configure the port. If you selected the Barr RJE port, the RJE Port Configuration dialog box displays showing the local computer and the first connection defined. Click Modify to select a new connection from the Select Connection dialog box. When you finish configuring the port, click OK to return to the Add Printer Wizard.

If there are no connections defined on the selected computer, the RJE connection box will display the following message: No connections defined. If no local or remote connections are defined, you cannot configure the port.

6. In the Manufacturers list, select Barr. In the Printers list, select Barr Jobs to Mainframe - Printer Driver. Click Next.

7. Select Keep existing driver. Click Next.

8. Enter the Printer name as you want it to appear in the Windows Printers folder. Choose a name that helps you identify this Windows printer as one that routes jobs to the host, using the connection name and a relevant identifier (for example, Test – FTP or Test – RD1). Select No to indicate that this printer will not be used as the default Windows-based printer. Click Next.

9. Choose whether or not this printer will be shared with other network users. If this printer will be shared, you will need to type a share name. Click Next.

To set up a printer for sharing, the printer and users who will access it must be in the same domain. You must assign corresponding printer permissions from the Security tab of the shared printer’s Properties dialog box.

10. Choose No to skip printing a test page. Click Next, and then click Finish. Windows installs the drivers and displays the new Windows printer in the Printers folder. To define another printer, open the Printers folder and select Add Printers.

Defining a spool printer

Spool printers route jobs from BARR/SPOOL to a physical destination. You need to define spool printers that send the jobs to the host and associate them with the Windows printers you created for sending jobs to the host. The options you specify for a spool printer affect all documents you send to it.

BARR/RJE – You must define a unique spool printer for each BARR/RJE reader. These spool printers can use the same Windows printer.

BARR/FTP – The FTP spool printer you define in the Spool Window will send the specified FTP jobs to any of the FTP connections configured in the FTP Manager, providing the printer’s NJHGPRTR field is blank.

Complete the following steps to define a spool printer that sends jobs to the host.

1. Open the Configuration Utility.

2. From the Spool Printers tab, click Add. The Printer Properties dialog box displays.

   

3. In the Name box, enter a printer name. The printer name cannot contain a backslash '\'. This name displays in the Spool Window’s printer list and is called the spool printer.

4. Under Physical printer, select Existing. From the drop-down list, select the printer you just defined.

5. Under Options, click Advanced to specify advanced printer options. The Advanced Printer Options dialog box displays. Review the following table to select the desired options.

   

6. Close  the Configuration Utility.