Spool output ports and device drivers

Printers

To direct spool files to destinations, you must define a Windows printer to process the files and send the files to the destination device.

Output port and device driver choices

You can use these ports and device drivers to route data from the spool to a destination device. The following lists show the available output ports and the available device drivers.

Ports

Device Drivers

Barr File port

Barr ASCII driver

Barr FTP port

Barr EBCDIC drive

Barr IP port

Barr Jobs to Mainframe driver

Barr LPR port

Barr PRINT390 driver

Barr NJE port

Printer-Specific driver

Barr PRINT390 port

 

Barr RJE port

 

Local port

 

Windows port

 

Valid output port and device driver combinations

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Port and Device Driver Combinations

Output port and device driver examples

These examples show common uses for Windows printers defined with a specified port and device driver pair.

Port and Device Driver Pairs

Common Uses

Barr File port and Barr ASCII printer driver

Archive files to disk in the user-specified format

Barr FTP port and Barr Jobs to Mainframe printer driver

Route files to an FTP host

Barr IP port and Barr ASCII printer driver

Transfer files in a user-specified format to a client application

Barr LPR port and printer-specific driver

Print to a specific-type of printer receiving data with LPD

Barr LPR port and Barr ASCII printer driver

Route ASCII files to a TCP/IP LPD host

Barr LPR port and Barr ASCII printer driver

Route files to another BARR/SPOOL

Barr NJE port and Barr Jobs to Mainframe printer driver

Route files to an NJE host

Barr PRINT390 port and Barr PRINT390 printer driver

Print to an S/390 channel-attached printer

Barr RJE port and Barr Jobs to Mainframe printer driver

Route files to an RJE host

Local port ( LPT1 Computer parallel printer port 1.) and Barr ASCII printer driver

Print to a line printer

Local port (NUL) and Barr ASCII printer driver

Print to a NUL printer

Local port (LPT1) and printer-specific driver

Print to a specific printer

Windows port and Windows driver

Print to any Windows printer

Windows port and printer-specific driver

Print to an AFP printer

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