System Management Facilities type 6 records

In deferred-printing mode, PSF creates a System Management Facilities (SMF) type 6 record for each data set that is processed. The information in the type 6 record depends on the device type.

All printers

System ID (processor ID)
Logical output-device name
User ID
Job name
Job number
Step name
Procedure step name (procstepname)
Data set name (dsname)
Data definition name (DDNAME)
Process mode (PRMODE)
Time and date when PSF receives a data set from JES and when the SMF type 6 record is written
Data-input error indicator
Data set control indicators (data set ended, interrupted, restarted by JES operator)
Logical input-record count
Logical page count (accumulative number of logical pages per side)
Copy groups
SYSOUT class
Physical-page (forms) count (approximate number of physical sheets, including separator and message pages; the same whether you are printing simplex or duplex)

Note:

The physical-page count (SMF6PGE) is only the same as the printer page counter if the print file pages are simplex and the printer is in simplex mode.
Impression (side) count (number of sides of sheets printed, including separator and message pages; blank Side 2 only counted if printing duplex)

Note:

The impression count (SMF6IMPS) is typically the same as the printer page counter.
Form name
CHARS fonts and UCS fonts
Number of fonts (each time a different rotation of an outline font is activated, the number of fonts is incremented by one in the SMF record; with raster fonts, however, a coded font is counted only once, no matter how many rotations of the font are activated)
Number of overlays and page segments loaded
Number of page definitions and form definitions loaded in virtual storage
Form definition names
Page definition names
Segment ID
Input bin information (maximum of six input bins), including sheet counts and paper length and width values for each bin used.
Scheduler work block text units (SWBTU)

Note:

The SWBTU contains the JCL values merged from the DD statement, the OUTPUT statement, and the JES defaults, according to the hierarchy in which the resources are arranged. You can use the SWBTUREQ macro to obtain the JCL parameters specified for the print data set from the SWBTU. The PSF-supplied separator exits (APSUX01/APSUC01, APSUX01P/APSUC01P, APSUX01S/APSUC01S, APSUX02/APSUC02, APSUX02P/APSUC02P, and APSUX02S/APSUC02S) contain an example of how to start the SWBTUREQ macro. For more information about the SWBTUREQ macro, see the z/OS® MVS™ Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference. For more information about SWBs and how to use the SWB token to retrieve keywords, see z/OS MVS Using the Functional Subsystem Interface.

Printers using continuous forms

Paper-footage count
Forms-flash name (3800 printer only)
Flash count (3800 printer only)

Printers using cut-sheet paper

Cut-sheet indicator
Bin-selection indicator

Note:

If the bin selection is changed while a page with multiple copies is being printed, the SMF6PGE count and the SMF6BNCN bin count might be incorrect by the number of copies of pages printed before the bin selection was changed.
Page count per bin
Duplex indicators

Printers using the PSF print labeling function

For more information, see PSF for z/OS: Security Guide.

PSF supplies an installation exit point that you can use to provide an exit routine (Exit 5 module) to modify SMF type 6 records. If you have not provided this routine, PSF creates a standard type 6 record and writes it to the SMF data set.

For information about the Exit 5 module used to modify SMF type 6 records, see SMF type 6 record exit: Exit 5. For information about the mapping of fields in SMF type 6 records, see Structure of SMF type 6 records.

The SMF type 6 accounting records written at the host do not reflect any actions taken by the DPF operator, such as changing the copy count, deleting a print file without printing it, or reprinting data because of errors.