It reduces administration efforts as changes can be made to the print destination without making changes to the application. Columbus Z REFLECT also lowers business risk by bringing CICS output under the control of an output management system.

Users running Columbus Z can also benefit from its comprehensive print management facilities by distributing these reports from the operating spool to any VTAM or TCP/IP attached printer on the network.

• Reduced hardware costs as reports can be routed to any printer on the network
  
  
• Throughput is improved as output can be routed to the operating system spool, or sent directly to Columbus OM report queues avoiding the operating spool altogether
  
  
• The problem of lost output following CICS termination is eliminated
  
  
• Administration is reduced as changes can be made to the print destination without making changes to the application
  
  
• Business risk is lowered by bringing CICS output under the control of an output management system
  
  
• All logical printers, spool characteristics, closure comparison criteria and authorised users are defined in a configuration file which is loaded at Columbus Z REFLECT startup time. The configuration can be modified at any time and updated dynamically by an authorised user
  
  
• Online displays enable authorised users to view and (optionally) modify printer and spool definition characteristics. All displays can be configured as required