Print shop scenarios with destination configuration models
Jan 14, 2020 23:46:30 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 14, 2020 23:46:30 GMT
InfoPrint Manager has the ability to do some cool things like pooling printers for load balancing or distributing print jobs to remote printers. If you have ever wondered if there are ways to configure IPM depending on a specific scenario, here is some info on how to do just that.
We start with the InfoCenter: help.ricohsoftware.com/swinfocenter/ where we do a search for "print shop scenarios." If you choose the first result, you'll see a description for "A black box shop."
A black box shop
A data center located on the East coast of the United States provides billing statements to five regional offices around the country, submitting IPDS output to a set group of printers. Because these users want to keep all resource management on their MVS systems, they can use the MVS Download Receiver in InfoPrint Manager with AFP Download Plus for z/OS as a black box solution. They never have to move resources, and they can send jobs to their remote offices to print immediately. All print job and resource management takes place at the central host.
Ok, that's great, but how do I manage this scenario in InfoPrint Manager? The answer, as you can imagine, is in the InfoCenter. This time, do a search for "Configuration models" - from the results, choose "InfoPrint Manager for Windows" and you'll see a topic called, "Understanding destination configuration models". You'll see a number of models, go ahead and click on the pool model.
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The pool model
Like the default destination configuration model, the pool destination configuration model has a one-to-many relationship between a logical destination and two or more actual destinations.
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We start with the InfoCenter: help.ricohsoftware.com/swinfocenter/ where we do a search for "print shop scenarios." If you choose the first result, you'll see a description for "A black box shop."
A black box shop
A data center located on the East coast of the United States provides billing statements to five regional offices around the country, submitting IPDS output to a set group of printers. Because these users want to keep all resource management on their MVS systems, they can use the MVS Download Receiver in InfoPrint Manager with AFP Download Plus for z/OS as a black box solution. They never have to move resources, and they can send jobs to their remote offices to print immediately. All print job and resource management takes place at the central host.
Ok, that's great, but how do I manage this scenario in InfoPrint Manager? The answer, as you can imagine, is in the InfoCenter. This time, do a search for "Configuration models" - from the results, choose "InfoPrint Manager for Windows" and you'll see a topic called, "Understanding destination configuration models". You'll see a number of models, go ahead and click on the pool model.
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The pool model
Like the default destination configuration model, the pool destination configuration model has a one-to-many relationship between a logical destination and two or more actual destinations.
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