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Automatic Printer Definition

Automatic Printer Definition (APD) effectively removes the need to explicitly define printers to CA Spool, which results in reduced system administration.

CA Spool requires that printer destinations must be explicitly defined in the ESFPARM initialization data set by default. New printers could be routinely added to ESFPARM, and included in the set recognized by CA Spool when a REINIT command was issued.

CA Spool can be configured to automatically add printer definitions whenever files are created for any unknown printer destinations. This feature is called Automatic Printer Definition (APD).