Specifying AFP parameters in the JCL

AFP parameters for PSF printer tasks can be specified in JCL on the OUTPUT statement, in a DD statement, or both. Some parameters you specify on the OUTPUT JCL statement have equivalent parameters that you can specify in the DD statement. For some tasks (such as selecting a printer class), the parameter you specify in the DD statement is not the same as the parameter you would specify on the OUTPUT statement. For other tasks (such as selecting a printer destination name), the same parameter can be specified in either statement.

Notes:

If a parameter for the same task is specified in both a DD statement and an OUTPUT statement, PSF uses the parameter in the DD statement.
If you do not specify a JCL parameter, you can use defaults specified in the Printer Inventory, PSF startup procedure, or JES initialization statements. For details, see PSF for z/OS: Customization.

Table 3 shows the AFP parameters you can specify in the JCL and lists whether you can specify a parameter on the OUTPUT JCL statement, in the DD statement, or both.

Table 3. AFP parameters in JCL

AFP Parameters

OUTPUT

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AFPSTATS=YES | NO

AFPSTATS

BURST=YES | NO

BURST

CHARS=(fontname1[,fontname2][,fontname3][,fontname4])

CKPTPAGE=pages

CKPTSEC=seconds

CLASS=name

COLORMAP=membername

COLORMAP

COMSETUP=membername

COMSETUP

CONTROL=PROGRAM | SINGLE | DOUBLE | TRIPLE

CONTROL

COPIES=(nnn,(groupvalue,groupvalue...))

COPIES

COPYCNT=(nnnnnnnnnn)

COPYCNT

DATACK=BLOCK | UNBLOCK | BLKCHAR | BLKPOS

DATACK

DEST=[node.]name | '[node.]IP:ipaddr'

DEST

DPAGELBL=YES | NO

DPAGELBL

DUPLEX=NO | NORMAL | TUMBLE

DUPLEX

FCB=pdefname

FCB

FLASH=(flashname,[count])

FLASH

FORMDEF=fdefname

FORMDEF

FORMLEN=xx.yyyIN | xx.yyyCM

FORMS=formname

INTRAY=nnn

LINECT=nnn

NOTIFY=(node.userid1[,node.userid2][,node.userid3][,node.userid4])

NOTIFY

OFFSETXB=nnnn[.mmm]unit

OFFSETXB

OFFSETXF=nnnn[.mmm]unit

OFFSETXF

OFFSETYB=nnnn[.mmm]unit

OFFSETYB

OFFSETYF=nnnn[.mmm]unit

OUTBIN=(1-65535)

OVERLAYB=ovlyname

OVERLAYF=ovlyname

PAGEDEF=pdefname

PIMSG=YES | NO | (YES,nnn) | (NO,nnn) | (,nnn)

PIMSG

PRMODE=SOSI1 |SOSI2 |SOSI3 |SOSI4 |aaaaaaaa

PRMODE

PRTERROR=HOLD | QUIT | DEFAULT

PRTERROR

PRTQUEUE='printqueuename'

PRTQUEUE

RESFMT=P240 | P300

RESFMT

SEGMENT=page-count

SEGMENT

SUBSYS=(subsystem_name, printer_definition_name, job_attributes)

SUBSYS

SYSAREA=YES | NO

SYSAREA

SYSOUT=(class,,formname)

SYSOUT

TRC=YES | NO

TRC

UCS=fontname

UCS

USERLIB=('libname1','libname2',...'libname8')

USERLIB

USERPATH=('libpath1','libpath2',...'libpath8')

USERPATH

The user JCL parameters in Figure 35 add information to the separator pages printed with an output data set and can help in distributing your printed output. You specify these parameters on the OUTPUT JCL statement.

Figure 35. Additional JCL parameters for distributing output

 
ADDRESS=address 
BUILDING=building 
DEPT=dept 
NAME=name 
ROOM=room 
TITLE=title