Setting Up User Exits › Printer Selection Exit

Printer Selection Exit

The printer selection exit is called from two points:

• Softcopy (/P) processing for printer name validation.
• PPS printer selection. In this case, it gains control after this product receives a session request for a virtual printer. The exit is called after this product has selected the appropriate physical printer to receive the application print data, but before it actually establishes a VTAM session with the real printer. The exit also is called if the product cannot successfully start a VTAM session with the designated physical printer, allowing the user to designate a valid destination for the print data.