To Configure Printers in a JES Region Startup File

Printers may be defined in the region startup file to ensure that they are immediately available once the region has been started. If printers are not defined in the region startup file, they can be defined once the region has been started, using the Enterprise Server for .NET Administration UI's Printers view, or from the command-line using either the seeout or casout utilities. This procedure demonstrates how to define printers in a JES region startup file, using the Enterprise Server for .NET Administration UI:

1. Open the startup file of the JES region you are configuring, with the Region Startup File editor.

   A window is displayed showing the printers already configured for the region.

2. The properties of an existing printer can be modified by expanding the Printers node, selecting the printer to be modified, and changing the properties in the displayed Properties window.
3. To define a new printer, right-click the Printers node and select Add... from the context menu.

   The Add New JES Printer dialog is displayed.

4. Enter the name of the new printer, the job classes associated with the printer and a description of the printer in the Printer name, Classes and Description entry fields respectively. The browse button at the end of the Printer name entry field can be used to browse and select an installed printer as an alternative to your entering the name by hand (

   The Advanced tab is displayed.

5. By selecting SEP node affinity you can now specify the URI of a machine, or a network load balanced set of machines, on which outputs associated with this printer are to be printed. Enter the name of the machine/node in the Host entry field. The full URI is displayed in the URI entry field. The full URI only needs to be entered if a non-standard URI is being used in the scale-out.
   Reasons to restrict the printing of outputs to a specific machine, or set of machines, include:

   • The associated physical printer may not be available to all machines
   • The outputs need to be printed from machines in specific geographic areas

   Click OK to dismiss the dialog and create the printer.

6. The new printer is now listed under the Printers node. To modify the properties of the printer just created, select it and change the properties in the displayed Properties window.
7. Once all changes have been made, choose File > Save, or click the Save icon in the toolbar to save the file.

You must cold-start the region for the changes to take effect.