Printing z/OS documents

When you order z/OS®, you receive z/OS Hot Topics Newsletter in hardcopy format. PDF files provide the best form of printing hardcopy. You can print PDF files with the Adobe Reader, which is available free on the Internet at Graphical Data Display Manager website .

The method that you use to print documents or sections of documents depend on where you access documents.
  • An established softcopy repository of IBM® information
  • Information on the internet or from the electronic collection kit.
Starting with z/OS V2R1, the z/OS collection kit, SK4T-4949-00 is an electronic only collection kit of the z/OS publications. The z/OS collection kit, a compressed set of files, is available from IBM Publications Center

You can print hardcopy of all z/OS softcopy information, whether you are accessing those files from the z/OS Internet library, the IBM Knowledge Center, the electronic collection kit, or a local repository or intranet. For a complete hardcopy document that looks like a traditional publication, print the entire document in PDF format.

The IBM Knowledge Center is better suited for printing topics.

For large or graphically complex documents that must be printed on an Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) printer, you might want to have the host handle the transforms, instead of doing it on the workstation before sending the file. To print PDF files from a host repository, you can use z/OS and the optional Infoprint Server feature to expand your printing options. For more information, see the Infoprint library.

Printing from Adobe Reader

Install an Adobe Reader on your computer. In needed, you can install from the Adobe Acrobat Family website (Graphical Data Display Manager website ) for other readers or more information.
  • Open the PDF file that you want to print. The file can be in the IBM Knowledge Center, in the z/OS library, or in any location you can view it with an Adobe Reader.
  • Select either the Print icon or File > Print.
  • Select the wanted printer or other print options as appropriate.
  • Click OK.

If you decide to print a subset of a PDF document, the pages (as understood by Adobe Reader) are sequential. The front cover is page number 1. There are no Roman numeral page numbers for the front matter, and no section numbers. When you specify the pages to print, enter the page numbers from the Reader's point of view. Determine the page number by the box at the bottom of the screen; not how the number shows on the pages of the PDF document.

Printing with a LAN- or host-attached AFP printer

It is not feasible to print large or graphically complex PDF files on the typical desktop or local area network (LAN) attached printer. Use Infoprint Server with Infoprint Transforms to AFP for z/OS (5655-N60) to print high-quality hardcopy of PDF files on high-speed LAN-attached or host-attached AFP printers that are managed by Print Services Facility (PSF) for z/OS.

Workstation users on a LAN connected to z/OS can print PDF files from the web or the LAN. Host users can print PDF files from an MVS™ or zFS data set, such as a host repository of softcopy files, or PDF files that are uploaded from the internet or collection kit. For details, see the documentation for Infoprint Server and Infoprint Transforms in the IBM Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/ knowledgecenter/SSLTBW/welcome).