JPH04139525A - Remote system output system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the real-time processing by transferring the print data to a spool file of a service system from a request system via remote file access and securing a printer output operation when the print data are outputted to a printer of a remote system. CONSTITUTION:The print data on a job program are stored in a spool file contained in a request system in a spool processing routine. A transfer request production processing mechanism 1 produces a transfer request to a report that is already outputted to the spool file. Then a data transfer/print request production processing mechanism 2 stores the print data in the spool file of a service system via a remote file access 4. These print data are outputted to a printer by a printer output processing mechanism 3. As a result, the print output of a normal in-line program can be automatically transferred and printed to a remote system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer output method, and more particularly to a remote system output method for outputting print data to a remote system having a remote file access function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when printing output to a remote system,
Online programs were developed both by exchanging media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, and by communication systems, exchanging data using communication lines, and outputting data to printers.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional printer output from remote systems, when data is exchanged using a medium, it takes time to write the data onto the medium, and it also takes time to move the medium, making it impossible to perform real-time processing. Furthermore, when developing a real-time online program, unique procedures are required, and program verification requires a communication environment, which is time-consuming.

[Means to solve the problem]

The remote system output method of the present invention provides a means for creating a transfer request for print data in a spool file and a means for creating a transfer request for print data in a spool file in a remote system that accesses files in the remote system connected via a communication line using an inline program. A means for transferring the print data from a spool file of a requesting system to a service side spool file to create a print request on the service side, and a means for outputting based on the print request; It is configured to output to the system printer via a spool file.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, print data of a job program is stored in a spool file in a request system by a spool processing routine. For a report that has already been output to a spool file, a transfer request is created by the transfer request creation processing mechanism 1. The data transfer/print request creation processing mechanism 2 stores the above print data in the spool file of the service file via the remote file access 4.

The print data stored in the spool file of the service system is output to the printer by the printer output processing mechanism 3.

There are two cases as the print data transfer procedure. Figure 2 (a) shows an example where a printer of a remote system is specified as the output device in the job program, and Figure 2 (b) shows an example where print data has already been output to the spool file of the requesting system. This is an example.

In FIG. 2(a), the job program specifies a remote printer as the printer device. The print data of the job program is output to the spool file of the -H request system. When a job program executes a printer close command, a transfer request is created, and the data transfer print request creation processing mechanism 2 reads the print data from the spool file of the requesting system and stores it in the spool file of the service system. When the data transfer is completed, a print request is created in the service system. In the service system, the printer output processing mechanism 3 performs printing in response to a print request.

! When transferring the print data in the spool file shown in FIG. 2(b), the transfer request creation processing mechanism 1 creates a transfer request for the report to be transferred. When a transfer request is created, the data transfer/print request creation processing mechanism 2 is automatically activated, the print data is read from the spool file of the requesting system, and is stored in the spool file of the service system. When the data transfer is completed, if creating a print request is specified in the transfer request creation processor side 1 at the time of creating the transfer request, a print request is created and the printer output processing mechanism 3 prints it.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the start/stop operation of the remote file access 4 by the data transfer/print request creation processor NIt2. The data transfer/print request creation processing mechanism 2 uses a remote file access function to transfer print data to a spool file of a remote system. Therefore, when transferring data, the remote file access function is activated,
When the transfer is completed, the remote file access function is stopped.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, when outputting to a printer in a remote system, the present invention transfers print data from the requesting system to the spool file of the service system via remote file access and outputs to the printer.
This has the effect of automatically transferring print data from a normal inline program to a remote system and printing it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a functional configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 (
Figure 2 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of specifying a remote system printer as an output device in a job program;
) is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which print data has already been output to a spool file, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the data transfer/print request creation processing mechanism. 1...Transfer request creation processing mechanism, 2...Data transfer/
Print request creation processing mechanism, 3...Printer output processing mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a remote system that accesses a file in a remote system connected by a communication line using an inline program, a means for creating a transfer request for print data in a spool file, and a means for transmitting the requested print data to the spool of the requesting system. It is equipped with a means for transferring a file to a spool file on the service side and creating a print request on the service side, and a means for outputting based on the print request, and transmitting the print data of the inline program to the printer of the service system via the spool file. A remote system output method characterized by output.