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Storing PSF resources

Storing PSF resources

Resources can be stored in PSF libraries or as printer resources:

  • System libraries, including security libraries. System libraries can be:
    • A concatenation of partitioned data sets (PDS or PDSE) that contain members for one or more resources. Typically, a resource is built by an application or by an AFP licensed program and is stored in a library for other print jobs.
    • A path or set of paths for system UNIX files (Hierarchical File System (HFS) or z/OS® File System (zFS) files) that contain extended code pages or any resource installed in a resource access table (RAT), such as TrueType and OpenType font objects and data object resources.
  • Private user libraries. A private print-resource library can be:
    • A PDS or PDSE that is owned by an individual user and is accessed only when an authorized job submitter specifies the data set name with the USERLIB OUTPUT JCL parameter.
    • A path or set of paths for private UNIX files that contain extended code pages or any resource installed in a RAT, such as TrueType and OpenType font objects and data object resources. User path libraries are owned by individual users and are accessed only when an authorized job submitter specifies the path with the USERPATH OUTPUT JCL parameter.
  • Print data sets. Inline resources are stored in the print data set.
  • Printers. Some printers can store resources, such as fonts. Resources stored in a printer are considered “resident” or “printer-resident”. Captured resources are temporary printer-resident resources.
  • Distributed Print Function (DPF) libraries on a personal computer. For more information about the DPF function of PSF, see the InfoPrint Manager for Windows publications.

Printer-resident fonts and resources in DPF libraries are used only after a marked host resource is found. For more information, see Using printer-resident fonts and Using resources with the distributed print function (DPF) of PSF.

Resources found in system libraries, user libraries, or inline are considered host resources. Host resources reside in the printer only during the print job. Printer-resident resources and DPF resources are stored in the printer or in an intermediate caching device such as InfoPrint Manager for Windows.

Figure 8 shows where resources can be stored and the order in which PSF searches for them:

  1. Resident in the printer or in DPF libraries
  2. Among the inline resources for the data set
  3. In any specified user libraries
  4. In the system libraries

See Searching for resources specified by a print job for the complete order that PSF searches for resources.

Figure 8. Resource storage
This figure shows the host resources that PSF uses, printer resources that are resident in the printer, and a page printer or microfilm device, which do not use resources.

The resources that can be used depend on how the printer is set up, what licensed programs are installed, what libraries are assigned to each printer, and what data set is being processed.

When you select your printer by specifying JCL parameters, you are also selecting that printer’s assigned system libraries. Check with your system-support group for what resources are available, what libraries the resources are in, and what libraries are assigned to each printer on your system.