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.The structure of the *WSCST objects, and the manner in which its information is retrieved do not facilitate implementing secure printing in this manner.
There is no support in WSCST objects to allow program variables to be passed in. A hook would be needed in the data stream, itself. For example, switching to a specific FONT id could be used to pass this information to a WSCST object. Since these PJL controls must the precede the data stream, it is not possible set up such a trigger.
I did dream up an idea for adding some "Job control" tags to WSCST objects to better support the capabilities of these multi-function printers. It was discarded before we got to the feasibility stage of the design. I do not recall if it could allow a print time prompt for a passcode.
The only viable solution at this point would be to provide personal WSCST objects for each user containing their preferred hard-coded passcode. This may not be practical for many customers.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Print
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Db2 for i
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None