A physical printer is a VTAM printer, a system printer or a dataset, when printing to disk, to tape or to Con-nect.
This section describes the functions available for physical printers:
To list all physical printers:
Select the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
All defined physical printers which can be used in the system are displayed in the content pane.
To list selected physical printers:
Select the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
The Select Physical Printer window appears.
Enter a part of a printer name in the input field and select .
Only printers that start with the specified string are listed under the Physical Printers node.
To create a new physical printer:
Select the folder in the object workspace and invoke the context menu.
Choose .
The New Physical Printer window opens in the content pane.
Enter data as described in Adding Physical Printer in the System Administration documentation.
When you have finished, choose the button to save your data.
To modify the settings of a physical printer:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printer in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
The settings for the selected physical printer are displayed.
Enter or change the settings as described under Defining a Physical Printer in the System Administration documentation.
When you have finished making changes, choose the button to save your changes.
To display a physical printer:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
The physical printer definition is displayed. The settings are described under Defining a Physical Printer in the System Administration documentation.
Select to close the window.
To delete a physical printer:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
Confirm your choice.
The printer will be deleted system-wide.
To copy the definitions for a physical printer:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
A window is displayed.
Enter the target destination for the printer definition in the input field provided.
Confirm your choice.
The printer definitions have been copied.
To stop a physical printer:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
Or:
Enter the direct command STOP
PHYSICAL
printer-name. You can specify the
printer-name with asterisk selection (*) to stop a
group of physical printers.
To stop a group of physical printers:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
Select the printers to be stopped.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
The selected printer(s) will be stopped. All printouts which point to logical printers associated with the stopped physical printer(s) are put on hold.
To start a physical printer which was stopped:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
Or:
Enter the direct command START
PHYSICAL
printer-name. You can specify the
printer-name with asterisk selection (*) to start a
group of physical printers.
To start a group of physical printers which were stopped:
Select an instance of the System Administration > Physical Printers node in the object workspace.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
Select the printers to be started.
Invoke the context menu and choose .
The printer(s) which were stopped are started again. All printouts that were put on hold when the printer(s) was/were stopped will get the status they had before they were put on hold.
