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Verify the LPD

To verify that the LPD Interface has been successfully configured, do the following:

  1. Stop any other LPD in your MVS system listening on TCP/IP port number 515.
  2. Verify that TCP/IP port number 515 has not been reserved for another job in the TCP/IP PROFILE data set that is currently in use.
  3. Restart CA Spool with the updated ESFPARM configuration. When the LPD interface is successfully started, the following message is displayed: 
    ESF7001 LPD interface started on port: 515
  4. Display the LPD Interface status by entering the following CA Spool command: 
    DS,LPD

    The LPD interface responds with the following messages:

    ESF7070                         CA LPD V12.0 INC00
ESF7071  Total sessions:  0  Active sessions:   0  Max sessions:   0
ESF7072  LPR requests:    0  LPQ requests:      0  LPRM requests:  0
ESF7073  ESF files:       0  SAR files:         0  JES files:      0
ESF7074  Text files:      0  AFP files:         0  PCL files:      0
ESF7075  Bin files:       0  PS files:          0                  
ESF7076  Total bytes:     0  Total records:     0  Total pages:    0
ESF7079
  5. To send a print request to the LPD interface, issue the following native TSO command: 
    LPR 'SYS1.PROCLIB(CALPD)' (P TEST1 H **MVSHOST** NOCC

    After the LPD interface receives the print file, it writes the following message on the ESFLOG:

    ESF7100 ESF File     4391 SYS1PROC (TEST1 /*userid*) from

    		**MVSHOST**     -   23 Text records received

    You can now use the menu system to browse and print the received print file.

  6. Display the LPD interface status by entering the following CA Spool command: 
    DS,LPD

    The LPD interface responds with the following messages:

    ESF7070                            CA LPD V12.0 INC00
ESF7071  Total sessions:  1  Active sessions:   0  Max sessions:   0
ESF7072  LPR requests:    1  LPQ requests:      0  LPRM requests:  0
ESF7073  ESF files:       1  SAR files:         0  JES files:      0
ESF7074  Text files:      1  AFP files:         0  PCL files:      0
ESF7075  Bin files:       0  PS files:          0
ESF7076  Total bytes:  1894  Total records:    23  Total pages:    0
  7. Stop the LPD interface by entering a PNET command: 
    PNET,LPD

    When the LPD is drained, it terminates with the following message:

    ESF7002 LPD interface terminated