Setting up an environment that uses DEST and FORMS parameters

In your Xerox environment, you have many printers, and multiple starting environments. The DEST parameter in the JCL selects the printer on which to print the job, and the FORMS value specifies the starting environment. The starting environment on each Xerox printer might be fixed; that is, a given printer always uses the same starting JDL and JDE pair. Or, you might have a group of printers in which operators change starting environments from a set of JDL and JDE pairs. This example uses the latter case. The work selection criteria for a group of eight printers are identical: WS=(R / F). The printer names are:

PRT101
PRT102
PRT103
PRT104
PRT201
PRT202
PRT203
PRT204

The forms definition for each of the eight printers specifies four forms, which printer operators can use to identify the corresponding JDL and JDE that the job requires:

FORMS=STD: DFAULT JDL and DFLT JDE
FORMS=LTR: DPLJDL JDL and STRTON JDE
FORMS=CAT: CATLG JDL and WINTER JDE
FORMS=BILL: PAYONL JDL and ONLN JDE

Complete these steps to replicate this environment in a combined IP PrintWay and Infoprint XT environment:

Create one new JES local printer, which can be the JES IP PrintWay local printer that corresponds to Xerox printers PRT101 through PRT104. This is an FSS printer, with the appropriate name for the IP PrintWay subsystem specified through the FSS parameter of the PRT(nnnnn) statement. See your IP PrintWay documentation for further information about creating the IP PrintWay FSS and FSA. Configure WS=(R / F) and ROUTECDE=(PRT101,PRT102,PRT103,PRT104), so that the parameter values match the settings that you specified for your Xerox printers.
If you are using PrintWay™ Basic, configure CLASS=K, and WS=(Q) in JES so that the parameter values match the settings that you specified for your Xerox printers. If you are using IP PrintWay Extended, then you do not need to configure CLASS=K in JES for the printer. Instead, create a job selection rule in the Printer Inventory so that IP PrintWay selects jobs that specify CLASS=K. See z/OS Infoprint Server Customization for procedures to create job selection rules for IP PrintWay.

Set up a second JES IP PrintWay local printer that corresponds to Xerox printers PRT201 through PRT204. The work selection criteria and the forms information are the same as the first printer that you created.
Create a printer definition in the Printer Inventory, that can be your PSF for z/OS printer for PRT101. Record the name you give the printer definition. You use it when you define the IP PrintWay LPR printer in the next step. See Creating a PSF for z/OS printer definition with routing information. You need to specify a new value for the DEST parameter in the allocation section. For example, you might want to use a value of IBM101. This is the method through which you associate the jobs with the PSF printer, which you create in a later step.
- Filter options for the Line data and Other data formats that only allows specification of filter options through other methods. Specify this information in the Processing section:
```
x2afp.dll %filter-options
```
  This printer definition invokes the Infoprint XT managed transform, and lets you specify transform parameters in a transform parameter mapping file. You use the mapping file to support the JDL and JDE pairs for the FORMS values.
Create seven more PSF for z/OS printer definitions for printers PRT102 through PRT104, and printers PRT201 through PRT204.
Create one printer definition in the Infoprint XT Printer Inventory that can be the IP PrintWay LPR printer for the first JES IP PrintWay local printer that you created in the first step. See Creating an IP PrintWay printer definition. This printer definition is specific to the route code of PRT101. In this example, you would specify:
- A value of PRT101 for the DEST parameter when you complete the allocation section.
- In the protocol section, the name that you specify in the Print queue name field is the name of your PSF for z/OS printer, specified in the previous step.
- Create seven more IP PrintWay LPR printer definitions for printers PRT102 through PRT104, and printers PRT201 through PRT204.

Create a transform parameter mapping file with these entries for the four FORMS values:

#-----------------------------------------------------#
#  Set parameters for FORMS=STD                       #
#-----------------------------------------------------#
forms=STD 
  -x'xjdl=dfault xjde=dflt'

#-----------------------------------------------------#
#  Set parameters for FORMS=LTR                       #
#-----------------------------------------------------#
forms=LTR 
  -x'xjdl=dpljdl xjde=strton'

#-----------------------------------------------------#
#  Set parameters for FORMS=CAT                       #
#-----------------------------------------------------#
forms=CAT
  -x'xjdl=catlg xjde=winter'

#-----------------------------------------------------#
#  Set parameters for FORMS=BILL                      #
#-----------------------------------------------------#
forms=BILL
  -x'xjdl=payonl xjde=onln'

See Creating a custom parameter mapping file for detailed information about mapping files.

Create a new JES local printer for each of your InfoPrint printers. You must set up the work selection criteria and the forms definitions for each printer. For example, if you are configuring the InfoPrint printer that replaces PRT101, use WS=(R /F) and ROUTECDE=IBM101.
Define your InfoPrint printers to the PSF printer driver. This is a separate procedure, and these definitions are not JES local printers, or printer definitions in the Printer Inventory.