VTAM Planning Considerations

Things to consider as you plan for the Network Print Facility use in your VTAM® environment are:

Establish consistent definition of resources.
The key to consistent definition in the Network Print Facility is the logical printer name. The system administrator must set up a routing file defining the different logical printer names and their corresponding real TCP/IP resource IDs. For VTAM, each logical printer name must also be marked as belonging to one or more LUCLASSes. See Defining consistent resources for more information.
Determine the end-of-file rules for logical printers.
The Network Print Facility provides a default end-of-file rule for use on all sessions. However, for situations where that default rule is not sufficient, you can define different end-of-file rules for various combinations of SLU name, PLU name and LU type. For more information, see File definition for VTAM output.
Determine default page formats for logical printers.
The Network Print Facility gives you the opportunity to define default page formats unique to an environment. For more information, see Page format definition.