Collecting Print Jobs (5250 Printer Session)
You can collect 5250 print jobs and print them as a single job
or in a group. The collected print jobs are stored in a .SCS file.
Note: This functionality is not supported in Host Print Transform
mode.
You can set the following .WS profile keywords to specify the path
and file name for the .SCS file.
[Printers]
SCSFile=<filename>.scs
SCSPath=<local path>
The functions associated with this feature are listed below. The
functions can be mapped to the keyboard, popup keypad, mouse button,
or toolbar button.
- Collect Mode
When Collect Mode has been started, print jobs that have been sent are saved in the .SCS file. They are not printed immediately.
- Print Collection
The print jobs that have been saved are sent to the printer as a single job.
- Purge
Collection
The collected print jobs are deleted.
The CombineJobs profile keyword enables you to collect the jobs
for printing, while maintaining them as individual jobs (instead of
one job in the .SCS file). Specify the .WS keyword as follows:
[Printers]
CombineJobs=N
If you set CombineJobs to N,
the Print Collection function sends the separate, collected jobs to
the printer. While in Collect Mode, if the keyword is set to Y or is not specified, the print jobs are combined
as a single job in the .SCS file.