When you request to print something from the UTILITIES option (option
3) in ISPF/PDF, it goes to an intermediary data set called a LIST
data set. The LIST data set collects information you want printed
during your ISPF/PDF session. When you exit ISPF/PDF, the LIST data
set can be:
- Printed and then deleted
- Deleted and not printed
- Kept and not printed
More about LIST data sets is covered in Exiting ISPF/PDF with a LIST data set.
You might have noticed on the ISPF/PDF Utilities Selection Menu
that you can print entire data sets or members of a data set with
the LIBRARY option (option 1).
Printing a data set follows the same procedure as allocating and
deleting a data set. First select the UTILITIES option (option 3)
from the ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu.
------------------------ ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU ------------------------
OPTION ===> 3
USERID - YOURID
0 ISPF PARMS - Specify terminal and user parameters TIME - 12:47
1 BROWSE - Display source data or output listings TERMINAL - 3277
2 EDIT - Create or change source data PF KEYS - 12
3 UTILITIES - Perform utility functions
4 FOREGROUND - Invoke language processors in foreground
5 BATCH - Submit job for language processing
6 COMMAND - Enter TSO command or CLIST
7 DIALOG TEST - Perform dialog testing
8 LM UTILITIES- Perform library administrator utility functions
9 IBM PRODUCTS- Additional IBM program development products
C CHANGES - Display summary of changes for this release
T TUTORIAL - Display information about ISPF/PDF
X EXIT - Terminate ISPF using log and list defaults
Enter END command to terminate ISPF.
From the Utility Selection Menu, select the LIBRARY option (option
1).
-------------------------- UTILITY SELECTION MENU ----------------------------
OPTION ===> 1
1 LIBRARY - Compress or print data set. Print index listing.
Print, rename, delete, or browse members
2 DATASET - Allocate, rename, delete, catalog, uncatalog, or
display information of an entire data set
3 MOVE/COPY - Move, copy, or promote members or data sets
4 DSLIST - Print or display (to process) list of data set names
Print or display VTOC information
5 RESET - Reset statistics for members of ISPF library
6 HARDCOPY - Initiate hardcopy output
8 OUTLIST - Display, delete or print held job output
9 COMMANDS - Create/change an application command table
10 CONVERT - Convert old format messages/menu panels to new format
11 FORMAT - Format definition for formatted data Edit/Browse
12 SUPERC - Compare data sets (Standard dialog)
13 SUPERCE - Compare data sets (Extended dialog)
14 SEARCH-FOR - Search data sets for strings of data