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Several tests may be conducted following the installation of Natural Advanced Facilities, to determine whether the system functions correctly.
The programs NTEST and SPPTEST are contained
in the SYSPOOL application. These programs contain WRITE
(1) statements. Run the program NTEST or
SPPTEST. In the appropriate logical printer, the Disposition
should be set to K for testing.
Instead of using NTEST or SPPTEST, you can
also create test reports with Function
42.
If the report cannot be printed, take the following steps:
Check whether the report is contained on the spool file. If the
report is not on the spool file, it is possible that a FILE command for a print
file has been active, and the report has been written to the print file, and
not to the spool file. This would occur because the
FILE command has a higher priority.
If the report is in the spool file, but still is not printed, take the following steps.
Check whether the printer is in FREE status. If the
printer is in status BUSY, INOP, DEAC or
HUNG, reset it to FREE.
Check whether there is an error message on the console beginning with NAF. Normally, an error message will be sent to the console whenever a report is not printed. This allows the console operator to perform a more detailed analysis of the cause of the error.
If the printer is active, check whether paper has been loaded.
Check whether the information in the printer definition (see Function 31.4, #) and PDN are consistent with one another.
In addition, verify that the correct physical printer name and processor name have been specified.
Check whether the printer is reserved by another spool system, and although it is not currently in use, neither has it been deactivated by the other spool system. In this case, it is best if the printer is reset via a direct operator command.
Check whether the printer is defined in a UTM application (KDCDEF) and activated from that application. Deactivate the printer via a UTM administration command.
If the printer prints only 80 characters per line and 24 lines per page, take the following step.
Check the PDN for the printer to see that the appropriate
LINELEN and MAXLINE parameters
have been included in the XOPCH macro.
For example, to cause the printer to print 132 characters per line, and 80 lines per page, provide the following parameter values:
XOPCH LINELEN=132 MAXLINE=80
If a WRITE (rep) statement
with attribute definition AD=I (intensified display) is used, the
Natural profile parameter INTENS must be specified to
enable intensified display.
The following must be true:
LS * INTENS < printer
buffer size
where LS is the line size as defined in the FORMAT
(rep) statement, and the printer buffer size
as specified in the printer definition (see Function 31.4).
A system error may be issued upon initialization of UTM if the
SPOOL parameter has been included in the
NATUTM macro, and the spool server cannot be started during
initialization.
Possible causes of this error are:
the batch limit has been exceeded, and the spool server cannot be started; or
the entry job name specified in the SPOOL
parameter either does not exist, or the entry job exists under a different name
than the one specified in the SPOOL parameter.
