Another vote for NPF. I have the same exact situation as Dana. Works well. We do CICS , Mainframe, Network, printing all through the same devices. Not one issue for over 2 years.
Bill -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 9:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External Sender] Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment Here's another vote for IBM's NPF. It does indeed work, the only rough bits is the sort of un-intuitive way you set up printers and different types of output. Between the bare bones ISPF panels, a slightly altered NPF exit from CBT tape to support different forms and seperator pages, and a home written REXX to summarize the configuration options, we make do and it does the job for our small number of printers. Dana On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:58:43 +0000, Jackson, Rob <rwjack...@firsttennessee.com> wrote: >We successfully replaced VPS with NPF, which is included in CommServer. It's >not quite as robust as VPS, but considering the price, it works beautifully. > >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ibm.com_suppor >t_knowledgecenter_en_SSLTBW-5F2.2.0_com.ibm.zos.v2r2.halp001_toc.htm&d= >DwIFaQ&c=d60WtbP-TE8UTVlwaGeUew&r=0OYrvv-xAtC8gopEzih2fGqhAF71aLLPILdkm >_E4qhE&m=Eggqe4V6j4HDzCSzZYCekJPNDALqHQkFg8c7hiJdAxY&s=STdAp-9OQtbRaDbu >7bcaVVSkcwOJt49B7tcA1vcoRLw&e= > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN DISCLAIMER:All information contained in, and/or attached to, this message is privileged or confidential and is protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
