Enhanced MAS Support

In an MAS environment it is often preferable to let one of the systems handle all printer sessions; to do this, start the VTAM interface on one system only.

This method has the disadvantage that users who are communicating with the other systems cannot see the real status of the printers, since they always have the status drained.

The principle of the EMAS support is that one system handles all printer sessions, and all printer commands in the other systems are sent to this system through an NJE connection. The commands are then executed and the replies sent back to the originating system and presented to the user. In this way the user always sees the real status of the printer in the network owning system.