Editing the PRINTDS command

If you have selected Edit PRINTDS Command on the ISPF Settings panel (option 0) and you specify a local printer ID or writer name on either the Log and List Data Set Termination Options panel or the Hardcopy Utility panel, ISPF displays the Local Print Command Edit panel shown in Figure 1 to allow you to edit the PRINTDS command before it processes.

Figure 1. Local Print Command Edit Panel (ISPCHPLP)

                            Local Print Command Edit

 Select function to perform and press Enter to exit and print.
 End or Cancel will exit without printing.

 Local Print Command Options:
    Function to perform  . . . 1  1. Exit and issue PRINTDS command
                                  2. Exit without printing

 PRINTDS Header:
  . . : PRINTDS DATASET('USERID.SPFLOG3.LIST') DEST(PRINTER1) CCHAR


 Configuration table PRINTDS operands:
  . . . NONUM                                                                  
                                                                               

 User PRINTDS operands:
  . . .                                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                               
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F12=Cancel

The fields on this panel function as follows:

Function to perform

Specify the print function you want ISPF to perform:

1: Exit ISPF and issue the PRINTDS command (as edited)
2: Exit ISPF without printing.
Note: If you arrive at this panel from ISPF termination processing, you will continue with termination and exit the product after your print request is issued or canceled.

PRINTDS Header

This field cannot be edited. It contains the PRINTDS command, the data set name, the printer ID or writer name, and the CCHAR operand, if appropriate.

Configuration table PRINTDS operands

These operands operate at a system level and can be altered only in the ISPF Configuration table.

User PRINTDS operands

Enter additional operands (for example, COPIES or FORMS). These operands can be edited and are saved in the application command table.

If you enter CANCEL (or select Cancel), the PRINTDS command is not issued. If you enter END or RETURN or use a jump function, the PRINTDS command is issued and you receive a completion message.