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<title>Printer writer program</title>
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<a name="rzaluprtwrtp"></a>
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<h3 id="rzaluprtwrtp">Printer writer program</h3>
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<p>The printer writer program is a system-supplied program that takes spooled
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files from an output queue and sends them to a printer. The spooled files
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on a particular output queue remain stored in the system until the printer
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writer program assigns a printer to the output queue.</p>
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<p>The printer writer program takes spooled files, one at a time, from the
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output queue, based on their priority. The printer writer program prints a
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spooled file only if its entry on the output queue indicates that it has a
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ready (RDY) status. You can display the status of a particular spooled file
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using the Work with Output Queue (WRKOUTQ) command.</p>
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<p>Do not confuse the printer writer program with an actual printer device
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or a printer file. The printer writer program is the program that allows you
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to assign an actual printer device to an output queue and select spooled files
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from the output queue to be printed. The Start Printer Writer (STRPRTWTR)
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command and the Work with Writers (WRKWTR) command provide you with the ability
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to assign any configured printer to any output queue. Even though the name
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of the command (Work with Writers) indicates you are working with printer
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writers, you are actually using the printer writer program to make a match
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between an output queue and a physical printer.</p>
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<p>If the spooled file has a ready status, the printer writer program takes
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the entry from the output queue and prints the specified job or file separators
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or both, followed by the output data in the spooled file. If the spooled
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file does not have a ready status, the printer writer program leaves the entry
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on the output queue and goes on to the next entry. In most cases the printer
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writer program continues to print spooled files (preceded by job and file
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separators) until all spooled files with a ready status have been taken from
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the output queue.</p>
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<a name="wq23"></a>
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<div class="notelisttitle" id="wq23">Notes:</div>
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<ol type="1">
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<li>The printer writer program uses the printer file QPSPLPRT. This printer
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file is included in the system. It is set up for the printer writer program
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and should not be changed or used for other applications.</li>
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<li>If you run the CHGPRTF command to make all the IBM-supplied printer files
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DBCS capable (CHGPRTF FILE(*all/*all) IGCDTA(*YES)), you must change the IGCDTA
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parameter value for QPSPLPRT printer file back to *NO.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>If your printer stops for any reason (out of paper, for example), the iSeries™ server does not automatically assign a different printer to continue
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printing the jobs in the output queue that your printer was assigned to. You
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have to manually assign another printer to that output queue.</p>
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<p>Multiple printer writers can be started to one output queue. The limit
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is 10. This support allows many printers (up to 10) to begin printing spooled
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files from the same output queue.</p>
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<p>The multiple printer writer function supports work load balancing between
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printers. It also provides backup for printed jobs running unattended. For
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example, if one printer jams or runs out of paper the others continue to print
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spooled files from the associated output queue.</p>
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<p>A remote writer is an i5/OS program that takes spooled files from a remote
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output queue and sends them to the specified remote system. The remote writer,
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which is a system job, sends the spooled files using SNADS or TCP/IP. This
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function is known as remote system printing on the iSeries server. The Start
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Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR) command is used to initiate remote system printing.</p>
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<p>After the spooled file is successfully sent to a remote system, it is deleted
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or saved as determined by the SAVE spooled file attribute value.</p>
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<p>More than one remote writer can be started to the same remote output queue
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(10 is the limit). The actual number is specified in the remote output queue
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description. However, each writer name must be unique and of the same type
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(printer, remote, or diskette). See <a href="rzalursp.htm#rzalursp">Remote system printing</a> for more information
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on remote writers.</p>
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