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<title>Share print sessions</title>
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<a name="rzau6share"></a>
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<h3 id="rzau6share">Share print sessions</h3>
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<p> You can specify printer sharing properties on the PSF configuration object.
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This lets you limit the amount of time that you have a connection to the printer,
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control when the session is released, control when a new session is started,
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and specify how many times Print Services Facility™ (PSF) tries to connect
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to the printer.</p>
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<p>Several parameters from the PSF configuration object and device description
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let you configure PSF to share sessions with other PSF sessions or ASCII print
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drivers.</p>
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<a name="wq33"></a>
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<div class="notelisttitle" id="wq33">Notes:</div>
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<ol type="1">
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<li>PSF supports session sharing with TCP/IP-attached printers.</li>
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<li>PSF supports session sharing with any printer attached to the PSF Direct
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licensed program.</li>
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<li>PSF does not support session sharing with APPC-attached printers. If you
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want to use session sharing with these printers, either use their TCP/IP support,
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if available, or attach them to PSF Direct, if supported.</li>
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<li>PSF does not support session sharing with twinaxial printers attached
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to local or remote workstation controllers. If you want to use session sharing
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with these printers, check if TCP/IP support is available.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Following are the parameters you need to consider for printer session and
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dialog sharing.</p>
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<dl class="parml">
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<dt class="bold">ACTTMR</dt>
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<dd>Printer device description parameter that specifies how long (in seconds)
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that PSF waits for a printer to respond to an activation request. This applies
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to TCP/IP-attached printers only. PSF uses this timer only after a session
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has been opened with the printer.
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<p>No timers can influence the length of
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time that TCP/IP takes to wait for a response to a session start request.
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You can specify that PSF retries session start requests after a failure of
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the session start request failure is detected. To do this, use the PSF configuration
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object RETRY parameter to specify how many session start request retries PSF
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should perform.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">ACTRLSTMR</dt>
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<dd>PSF configuration object parameter that specifies the point at which
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the Release Timer (RLSTMR) is activated.
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<p>If you are using a non-impact
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continuous forms printer, do not set the PRTRQSTMR parameter in the printer
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device description to *NOMAX. If you set the PRTRQSTMR to *NOMAX, an operator
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must perform a manual nonprocess runout (NPRO) at the printer. PSF will not
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release a session or Intelligent Printer Data Stream™ (IPDS™) dialog until
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the last file sent to the printer is printed.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">RESTRTMR</dt>
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<dd>PSF configuration object parameter that specifies the amount of time
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to wait before the printer writer attempts to re-establish either a session
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or dialog. For example, if this value is set to 10, PSF activates the timer
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as soon as a session or dialog is released. After 10 minutes have elapsed,
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PSF checks for a spooled file with a status of RDY. If there is one, PSF tries
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to start a session or dialog with the printer in order to print the file.
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If a spooled file is not ready after the timer expires, PSF waits for a RDY
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spooled file to be placed on its output queue before attempting to start a
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session or dialog.
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<p>This timer is ignored if PSF has not been configured
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to release either a session or dialog. Use the ACTRLSTMR and RLSTMR parameters
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to configure PSF to release either a session or dialog.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">RETRY</dt>
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<dd>PSF configuration object parameter that specifies the number of additional
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attempts PSF will make to establish an APPC or TCP/IP session. When PSF is
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sharing a PSF directly-attached printer with other PSF sessions, you might
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want to set the value to *NOMAX. This specifies that PSF will continue trying
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to obtain a session. The default value for the RETRY parameter is 15.
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<p>The
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RETRY parameter is helpful for TCP/IP-attached printers in this situation:
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You want to share an AFCCU™ printer with more than three PSFs. A printer is temporarily
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unavailable when PSF tries to open a session with it. You might have seen
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this when PSF failed to start a printer session. One example of this is when
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PSF issues message PQT3603 with error code 22 or 15. The RETRY parameter specifies
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that instead of ending PSF should retry to open a session with the printer.
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PSF will try to open a session up to the number of times specified.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">RETRYDLY</dt>
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<dd>PSF configuration object parameter that specifies the number of seconds
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to wait between each retry attempt to establish a session. This parameter
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is used only when PSF is using an SNA attachment. The default value for the
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RETRYDLY parameter is 90.
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">RLSTMR</dt>
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<dd>Timer set in the PSF configuration object. Its value is referenced by
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the ACTRLSTMR parameter. The default setting is *NOMAX, which means that PSF
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does not release the session or dialog with the printer until the writer is
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ended.
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<p>The value specified for parameter RESTRTMR determines when PSF re-establishes
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a session or a dialog.</p>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p><span class="bold">Related concepts</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6psfconfig.htm#rzau6psfconfig">PSF configuration objects</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Related tasks</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6speccfg.htm#rzau6speccfg">Specify a PSF configuration object</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Related reference</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6wrkcfg.htm#rzau6wrkcfg">CL commands for PSF configuration objects</a></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6wrkdevd.htm#rzau6wrkdevd">CL commands for device descriptions</a></p>
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