Using Inline Color Mapping Table Resources

To use a color mapping table resource inline:

1. Include an inline color mapping table resource in the print data set.
2. If you specify the COLORMAP parameter in your JCL, the name of the inline color mapping table resource must match the COLORMAP name specified in the JCL, or else you must specify COLORMAP=DUMMY in the JCL.
3. If you specify multiple inline color mapping table resources in the print data set and you specify COLORMAP=DUMMY on the OUTPUT JCL statement, PSF uses the last inline color mapping table resource in the print data set.
4. If you do not specify the COLORMAP parameter in your JCL, PSF selects the first inline COLORMAP from the print data set.
5. If a color mapping table resource is included inline with the data, the data set must be identified as containing carriage control characters. If the length of the records in the color mapping table resource is less than or equal to the logical-record length defined for the data set, you can specify fixed-length records for the record format. If the length of the records in the color mapping table resource is greater than the logical-record length defined for the data set, you must specify variable-length records. For variable-blocked records with machine carriage control characters, use VBM for the record format.

   You can include more than one inline color mapping table resource in a print data set and you can change the name in the COLORMAP parameter in the JCL on different printing jobs to test different color mapping table resources. If, however, the name specified in the COLORMAP parameter in the JCL does not match any names of inline color mapping tables resources, PSF looks for the color mapping table resource in the user library or in the object container library.