The Print System PS ASSOCIATE command associates input devices or users with output devices or device groups, or displays all the existing associations. The association affects the selection of devices for printing output.

To establish an association between an input device and an output device or device group, use the following form of the PS ASSOCIATE command:

PS ASSOC <associated device> WITH <input device list>

or

PS ASSOC <associated device> + <input device list>

The following examples show some input device association commands. ODT means operator display terminal, and STATION means a data comm input device.

PS ASSOC LP4 + ODT3

PS ASSOC LP216 WITH STATION MT1016AB, ODT4

To establish an association between a usercode and an output device or device group, use the following form of the PS ASSOCIATE command:

PS ASSOC <associated device> WITH USER <usercode list>

or

PS ASSOC <associated device> + USER <usercode list>

Example 1:

PS ASSOCIATE MY/PRINTER WITH USER GORBENSCHMERTZ

MY/PRINTER: New association created.

Association for MY/PRINTER: GORBENSCHMERTZ (U)

Example 2:

PS ASSOCIATE MY/PRINTER + USER FLIEGELHEIMER

MY/PRINTER: User(s) added to association.

Association for MY/PRINTER: GORBENSCHMERTZ (U), FLIEGELHEIMER (U)

Use the PS CONFIGURE command to assign the RESTRICTED characteristic to the output device. Thereafter, the output device prints only those requests that are associated with that output device by the PS ASSOCIATE command.

The following PS CONFIGURE commands are examples of the syntax for assigning and removing the RESTRICTED characteristic of an output device:

PS CONFIG PA238 RESTRICTED

PS CONFIG LP24 - RESTRICTED

If you use PS CONFIGURE to assign the RESTRICTED option to a group name, the Print System actually assigns the RESTRICTED option to each device in the group and not to the group itself. Therefore, if you add a device to the group after this command is executed, the device does not receive the RESTRICTED characteristic.