Specifying work selection criteria

The four criteria (Q,R,PRM, Volume), typically listed before the slash, also prioritize the lists they name. For example, on the PRT(nnnn) statement

PRMODE=(PAGE,UPLOT8,LINE)

specifies that the printer accepts PAGE-type output before UPLOT8-type output and UPLOT8-type output before LINE-type output. In fact, you must list PRM before the slash for printing to occur. If you specify Q, R, or V after the slash, JES2 will still match them exactly, but JES2 does not prioritize selection of their specification strings.

If the output group is a demand setup output group (see Demand setup and output data set grouping), JES2 will not match those output groups whose output setup characteristics match the specific device setup. The match does not occur because demand setup indicates that the setup characteristics of individual job output elements can vary throughout the output group.