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Virtual printer models

CM IMS TM uses models to create the control blocks for virtual printers. All virtual printer models must be defined as SLUTYPE1 devices, even those for 3284, 3286, and 3287 devices. If different IMSGEN-defined terminal features and options are required at different virtual printers, more than one model printer will be required. Use the VPRINTER table to define candidate virtual printers.

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Virtual-printer-setup

Virtual printers that use models defined to IMS with OPTIONS=DISCON are automatically logged off whenever the queue count is zero. The OPTIONS=DISCON parameter takes precedence over any virtual printer logoff interval you specify on the Virtual Terminal Limits panel. The parameter also takes precedence over the No Automatic Timeout option in a Virtual Printer Timer Override table.

Include a virtual printer model in the IMSGEN by specifying a TYPE macro with UNITYPE=SLUTYPE1. Do not specify the COMPT2, COMPT3, or COMPT4 keywords on the TYPE or TERMINAL macros. The first operand for the COMPT1 keyword must specify PRINTER1; the second and third operands are up to you to specify. DELTA IMS ignores the logical terminal name specified for the model definitions.

A sample virtual printer model is shown in the following figure. A question mark ( ? ) indicates that you can specify a site-dependent value. When specifying virtual printer models, use only the keywords shown in the figure.

  TYPE UNITYPE=SLUTYPE1
  TERMINAL NAME=VPMOD#01,EDIT=?,MSGDEL=?,MODETBL=?,
      COMPT1=(PRINTER1,?,?),SEGSIZE=?,OUTBUF=?,
      OPTIONS=?
  NAME VPMOD#01



 

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