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 > [log in to unmask]