SOURCE: BLD FLASH 9650
SOURCE MATERIAL DATED: 12/96
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          MINIMIZING DELAY WHEN STOPPING AND STARTING AFCCU PRINTERS
 
 AFCCU printers: 3900-0Wx, 3900-DWx, 3130, 3160, 3935, and InfoPrint family of
 printers  have  a  configuration  option labeled "Clear Memory for Security".
 This option can have a significant impact on the time required to  start  the
 printer  after it has been stopped by PSF and the printer subsystem - for ex-
 ample in MVS, when the printer is stopped using a $P command and then started
 again using a $S command.
 
 To prevent unnecessary delay when starting and stopping AFCCU  printers,  set
 this  option  to  NO unless you have extraordinary security requirements. YES
 requires the printer to zero-out all print data storage when the  printer  is
 restarted.  This  is  not required for normal security, since pointers to the
 data are no longer active. But this has been the standard for  IPDS  printers
 and,  until  AFCCU,  has had little impact on performance. Now with the large
 amount of storage in AFCCU printers,  clearing  can  take  several  minutes--
 enough  to make a noticeable difference to customers who start and stop their
 printers multiple times a day.
 
 YES is the default setting for this option on all current AFCCU printers, re-
 gardless of the documentation. NO will be used in future printers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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