Specifying printer options

About this task

The Content Manager OnDemand application contains the printer options that Content Manager OnDemand sends to JES along with a copy of the document to be printed. The printer options are the same as those that can be specified with the OUTDES command.

Procedure

To specify printer options for a Content Manager OnDemand application by using the OnDemand Administrator client, do the following steps:

  1. Start the OnDemand Administrator client.
  2. Log on to the server.
  3. Point to Applications.
    • If you are adding an application, click the right mouse button. Then select New Application from the menu to open the Add an Application dialog box.
    • If you are modifying an application, point to the application in the list and click the right mouse button. Then select Update from the menu to open the Update an Application dialog box.
  4. Move to the Print Options page.
  5. Optional: Specify a printer in the Default Server Printer field.
    The name of the default server printer will appear in the server printer name field when a user prints a document from the application by using the server print command from the Windows client. For example, you can select the server printer that you added in Adding a server printer. For more information, see the online help.
  6. Under Server Options, complete the Print Parameters field by specifying options that can be specified with the OUTDES command.
    For a list of the valid options for the OUTDES command, see z/OS® MVS™ Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide.
    Note: If an application does not contain any Print Parameters, then the default print option is JES SYSOUT CLASS=A.
  7. When you are finished adding or modifying the application, click OK to save the information that you specified.

Results

In addition to the Printer options in the application, you can specify additional parameters when you make a print request. You can save these options for future print requests. These parameters include class, dest, node, writer, pagedef, formdef, forms, and routing.

The node and dest are mapped to the DEST OUTDES parameter. If both dest and node are provided, the dest parameter is used for the DEST OUTDES parameter.

If a user specified parameter is provided that matches a parameter that is found in the application print parameters, the user specified parameter takes precedence.

Routing is ignored because it does not directly map to an OUTDES parameter.