SUBSYS

Replaces SYSOUT as a way of submitting print jobs. SUBSYS provides a means of spooling jobs through batch that gives you access to functions provided by Infoprint Server and lets you take advantage of any available Infoprint Server transforms. To use SUBSYS, replace SYSOUT=(class,,formname) with SUBSYS=(subsystem_name,...) on the DD statement.

To use SUBSYS, you must have a license for the Infoprint Server feature of z/OS®. For more information about using SUBSYS, see z/OS Infoprint Server User’s Guide.

You can specify the SUBSYS parameter in a DD statement, as follows:

SUBSYS=(subsystem_name, printer_definition_name, job_attributes)

The values are:

subsystem_name

Specifies the subsystem name. The subsystem name is the name that is used in the PSF startup procedure to identify the Printer Inventory. This parameter is required and can be up to four characters long.

printer_definition_name

Specifies the name of the Infoprint Server printer definition. This value is case-sensitive and needs to be entered exactly as specified in the Infoprint Server Printer Inventory. You must surround the name by single quotation marks if it contains lowercase letters. This parameter is optional but recommended. If not specified, the system default printer definition is used.

job_attributes

Specifies optional job attributes. This parameter is a quote-delimited string containing a set of blank-delimited pairs in the format 'job-attribute=value'. If the attribute value contains blanks or special characters, you must enclose the value in double quotation marks. See z/OS Infoprint Server User’s Guide for a list of supported job attributes.

//OUT1      OUTPUT COPIES=2
//DD1       DD     SUBSYS=(AOP1,'myprinter','filter-options="-p 1-10"'),
//                 OUTPUT=(*.OUT1)