Secure your printer output queue

This article describes the printer output queue setup tasks, explains why they are important, and provides step-by-step instructions for these tasks:

  1. Type CRTOUTQ (Create Output Queue) and press F4 (Prompt).
  2. Fill in the name of the output queue and the library.
  3. Press F10 (Additional parameters).
  4. Page down to the find the security information for the output queue.
  5. Fill in the information from your Output Queue and Workstation Security form to control who can use and manage the output queue.
  6. Press the Enter key and check for confirmation messages.
Possible error Recovery
You pressed the Enter key instead of F10 on step 3. Use the Change Output Queue (CHGOUTQ) command to enter additional information.
You created the output queue in the wrong library. Use the Move Object (MOVOBJ) command to move it to the correct library.

You can now assign printer output to an output queue.

Parent topic: Implement resource security