Separator Pages - Layout and Control

When n=1...9 separator pages have been ordered for printed output, VSE/POWER automatically adds an (n+1)-th page, called 'last-one'. It contains less information than the first n pages. The contents of the first n pages is depicted in the following example.

Note:

The (n+1)th page is dropped and not printed if the LST task has been started with operand 'DLSEP' or runs under control of the 'SET DLSEP' autostart statement or if the Spool Access (SAS) or Device Service (DST) task runs under the control of 'SET DLSEPSAS'.
The size and layout of the separator page is determined at output creation time, spooling time, by the FCB or LTAB specified in the * $$ LST statement. If neither is specified, the default LTAB determines the page size (refer to the POWER® generation macro).

Following is an example of a heading separator page.

 1                            MM        MM  YY        YY        JJJJJJ   OOOOOOOOOO   BBBBBBBBBBB
                              MMM      MMM  YY        YY        JJJJJJ  OOOOOOOOOOOO  BBBBBBBBBBBB
                              MMM      MMM  YY        YY          JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MMMM    MMMM   YY      YY           JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MMMM    MMMM    YY    YY            JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MM MM  MM MM     YY  YY             JJ    OO        OO  BBBBBBBBBBB
                              MM MM  MM MM      YYYY              JJ    OO        OO  BBBBBBBBBBB
                              MM  MMMM  MM       YY               JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MM  MMMM  MM       YY       JJ      JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MM   MM   MM       YY       JJ      JJ    OO        OO  BB        BB
                              MM   MM   MM       YY       JJJJJJJJJJ    OOOOOOOOOOOO  BBBBBBBBBBBB
                              MM        MM       YY        JJJJJJJJ      OOOOOOOOOO   BBBBBBBBBBB
 2 


 3        0000000000        11                                                                3333333333   555555555555
         000000000000      111                                                               333333333333  555555555555
         00        00     1111                                                               33        33  55
         00     00 00     1111                                                                         33  55
         00    00  00       11                                                                         33  55
         00   00   00       11                                                                 333333333   55555555555
         00  00    00       11                                                                 333333333   555555555555
         00 00     00       11                                                                         33            55
         00 0      00       11                                                                         33            55
         00        00       11                                                               33        33  55        55
         000000000000     111111                                                             333333333333  555555555555
         0000000000      111111                                                              3333333333    5555555555
 4 








 5  NODE: JEC4      USER:           ORG NODE: JEC4      ORG USER: MYUSER    EXEC.NODE: JEC4      ORG JOB-NO: 00035
 6  DEV : 00E       FNO : MYFORM    FCB     :           LINES   : 00000005  CLASS    : T
 7  NAME: MEOWN                     BLDG.   : MYHOUSE   ROOM    : MYROOM    DEPT.    : D3258     DIST      : BOX04
 8 

 9  **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **
    **** SYSID 4  BG ***   START   MYJOB      00035   ONLY    MY-PRIVATE-INFO    11 MAY 2016 11.48.42   ** VSE/POWER V9.4 **

1

VSE/POWER jobname presented in block letters of 12 lines.

2

Three blank lines

3

A two digit number which shows the sequence of printed output and the jobnumber both in block letters of 12 lines.

The sequence number starts with 01 and increases by one for every job (for local tasks only). If 99 is exceeded, the sequence number starts again with 01. The number is increased also for jobs not requesting separator pages.

4

A series of blank lines (10 in this example), depending on the page size defined by the Forms Control Buffer (FCB) or LTAB.

5

First detailed information line, showing

Node and user ID of the target destination
Node and user ID of the originator
Name of the execution node
Jobnumber on the originating node.

6

Second detailed information line, showing

Device address of the printer used for output printing, or the line address of the RJE station used for printing, or the external device name to which the output was passed.
Form number
Name of the FCB image phase
- if the separator page is printed by a physical printer, the name describes the FCB used at actual print time
- if the separator page is passed by the spool access support (SAS), which includes device driving systems (DDS), the name describes the FCB specified in the * $$ LST statement
- if the FCB specified in the * $$ LST statement was not found at spooling time or no FCB has been specified in the * $$ LST statement, no name is displayed on the separator page.
Total number of lines for the output or output segment
Output class.

7

Third (optional) detailed information line, showing

Name of programmer
Building number
Room number
Department number
Output distribution code.

8

Two blank lines

9

Eight lines, planned to print over the perforation, with the following equal contents:

12 asterisks or, if the shared spooling function is used, 4 asterisks and the SYSID of the executing system
ID of the partition in which the originating job was executed, provided the information is available
START or END indication for heading or trailing separator pages
Jobname, jobnumber, and segment number of the output
Note: On separator pages which delimit the last or only segment of printed output, the segment number reads LAST or ONLY, respectively
UINF information from the * $$ JOB or * $$ LST statement
Date and time the output was printed, with print date in the current date format (see Functions Allowing Date Format Changes).
ID of the spooling system, including version and release level.

Note:

The described default number of 8 lines can be modified via the autostart statement 'SET **LINE=n' ('n' is in the range from 1 to 8). This is used only if the LST task is started with the operand 'DLSEP' (or under control of the 'SET DLSEP' autostart statement), or if Spool-Access (SAS) or Device Service (DST) tasks run under control of 'SET DLSEPSAS', and allows ending the separator page before the perforation. For laser printers which cannot print on the perforation (e.g., 3800) or use non-continuous forms, 'SET **LINE=n' may be used in combination with the DLSEP operand or the 'SET DLSEP' or the 'SET DLSEPSAS' statement.
The (n+1)-th 'last-one' separator page contains only the information of lines 1 - 3 .