Special considerations—descriptors allowed

The output descriptors allowed by the IMS Spool API are those supported by the TSO OUTDES command of the z/OS® system under which IMS is executing at the time that parameter validation is performed.

Related reading: For more information on output descriptors, see z/OS TSO/E Command Reference.

The initialization parameters you use with the IMS Spool API can have an impact on the parameters that you use to define print data set characteristics.