If I understand your question, it is how to send to those printers. If I
have misunderstood you, then the following might not help much.

We and our client both have a bank of printers setup (in SYSGEN), so that we
can print to our classes of printers, and to an individual printer:

     io> lclass isihplj

CLASSNAME   MODE    MIN MODE  DCC MODE  # DCC  LDEV
---------  -------  --------  --------  -----  ----
ISIHPLJ    default  out                 0      900, 901,

     io> ldev 900
 LDEV:   900  DEVNAME: LASER03            OUTDEV:        0   MODE:
OS
   ID: HPTCPJD                            RSIZE:        66   DEVTYPE: PP

 PATH: NONE                               MPETYPE:      32   MPESUBTYPE:  0

CLASS: ISIHPLJ



     io> ldev 901
 LDEV:   901  DEVNAME: PE01               OUTDEV:        0   MODE:
OS
   ID: HPTCPJD                            RSIZE:        66   DEVTYPE: PP

 PATH: NONE                               MPETYPE:      32   MPESUBTYPE:  0

CLASS: ISIHPLJ



In a job that sends it output to either of these, the job card reads:
JOB BAT1,JOB.A1;OUTCLASS=ISIHPLJ,9,1;PRI=CS;SPSAVE
so, the outclass=ISIHPLJ,9,1 does what we need. We also have the following
fileqs set by a UDC, so that jobs and programs can print to the file equated
printers:
 FILE PRINT;DEV=901,9,1;NOCCTL
 FILE ISIHPLJ;DEV=ISIHPLJ,9,1;NOCCTL
 FILE LASER03;DEV=900,9,1;NOCCTL
 FILE PE01;DEV=901,9,1;NOCCTL
"Print" is what we use in our COBOL programs; we do this so if we want to
use a different printer later, we are not locked in to PE01 as the target
printer. Then ISIHPLJ refers to this class of printers, if we don't care
which one we print to, so we get the next availabe. One question I have
wondered but never answered is if we print only intermittently, does the HP
spooler always try the lower number first, or does it try to 'take turns'
between the available printers? Finally, we have each printer file equated
to its NT name on our LAN.

I am not familiar enough with SAMBA/iX printing to know if it would help or
not, although what I remember is that it allows NT-like printing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Inghram, Don [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 4:36 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Printer question
>
> Lister friends,
>   How can we direct output from programs in HP3000 jobstreams to printers
> directly hung off our network with JetDirect cards?  What would the file
> statement look like?  Would Samba help?  Is there another way? TIA.
>         Don Inghram, Systems Mgr.
>         The Christian & Missionary Alliance
>         Colorado Springs, CO  (719) 265-2154
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