Carrier-strip marking

The 3800 printer also supports carrier-strip marking, diagrammed in Figure 46.

Figure 46. Example of carrier-strip marking on the 3800 printer

You can control carrier-strip marking by specifying JES initialization options or by using the PSF installation exits.

When carrier-strip marking is controlled by JES initialization options, the carrier-strip mark is printed on the job trailer of each job.

• For JES2, carrier-strip marking occurs on the 3800 printer if forms marking is turned off by use of the MARK=NO option of the PRTnnnn statement.
• For JES3, carrier-strip marking is specified in the DEVICE statement with STACKER=(YES,C).

For printers that support the mark form carrier strip (MFCS) command, you can use PSF installation exits to control carrier-strip marking. You can set field ECAMFCS to X'F5' to initiate marking, and to X'00' to disable marking. After ECAMFCS is set to X'F5', carrier-strip marking is d until it is reset to X'00', or until the end of the job. ECAMFCS can be set in any exit except Exit 5. For separator page exits, set the field value before putting the first record. For basic information about exits, see Using installation exits.

On the 3800 printer, if carrier-strip marking is requested, and the page with the carrier-strip mark stops in the transfer station because no other pages are to be printed (or for any other reason), the carrier-strip mark will not be printed. For more information about carrier-strip marking, see Reference Manual for the IBM® 3800 Printing Subsystem Models 3 and 6, GA32-0050.