Using the PADM CS call you can perform the actions described in the following list. You define which action is to be performed in the kcact field of the parameter area.
Disable a printer (kcact=OFF) or re-enable a printer which was previously disabled (kcact=ON).
In UTM cluster applications, both actions apply globally to the cluster.
Establish (kcact=CON) or terminate (kcact=DIS) a connection to a printer.
Output jobs to printers are always written to the message queue of the associated LTERM partner. If the printer is disabled or not connected, the data is buffered until the printer is re-enabled or the connection is re-established, or until you assign the LTERM partner to another printer, one which is not disabled, and connect this one to the system.
When a printer is disabled, the connection to it is established automatically and must be re-established explicitly after it has been released.
You cannot establish a connection to a disabled printer. To reconnect a disabled printer, proceed as follows:
Re-enable the printer. To do this, call PADM CS with kcact=ON.
Use PADM PI to confirm that openUTM has re-enabled the printer.
Call PADM CS with kcact=CON to re-establish the connection.
The first PADM call must not be performed in the same transaction as the other two.
| See section "KDCPADM STATE" in chapter "STATE - Change the status of a printer". |
