Sending spool files to printer

[mnrunner]

What's the best way to send same named spool files (with differnet user ids & job info) to a printer on command.

Commands like CHGSPLFA seem to require specific job or user info

 

[flapeyre]

You can either do an OVRPRTF before you call the program which opens the printer file (you can even do that from within the program itself by calling QCMDEXC, provided the printer file is user-controlled and it's closed when you do the override).

Or, if these are specific printer files, and you are 100% sure that everything that prints from that printer file goes to a specific printer only, you can CHGPRTF and chage the outq for that printer file.


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[mnrunner]

What I want to happen is for people to post order acknowledgements into this outq all day long. Then
towards the end of the day they would all be printed.

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

So do like above and send everything to that outq which is held. Then either by a jobscde or manually, you release the outq and everything will print. When printing is done, you hold it again. If you have any other questions, let me know.

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