You might want to create a printer definition that only applies
conversion parameters. If you have multiple starting environments
(combinations of JDLs and JDEs) for your Xerox jobs, and if you have
multiple printers, this can streamline your customization process.
Complete the following procedure for each of the starting environments.
Each job that you process with the Print
Interface subsystem specifies
the appropriate printer definition to select the correct JDL and JDE
pair:
- From the ISPF Primary Option Menu panel, access the z/OS System
Programmer Primary Option Menu.
- Select Infoprint
Server from
the list of options. You see the Infoprint
Server: Printer
Inventory Manager panel.
- Select the Add option from the Printer
Definitions list. You see the Choose a Definition Type and Protocol
panel.
- Select PSF for z/OS for
the definition type and protocol of the printer definition. You see
the PSF for z/OS Printer
Definition panel.
- Enter a name of your choosing in the Printer definition
name field. If you had a specific name that you used to
identify the starting environment when you were printing to Xerox
printers, you might want to use the same name. For example if this
printer definition is for FORMS=LETTER, you might want to name this
printer LETTER. You can also enter a description and location information,
in the two fields that follow the name field. You might want to make
note that this printer definition does not correspond to any printer
hardware; it only applies conversion parameters.
- Update the Custom values information for
the Processing section:
- Position the cursor in the Custom values field,
and press Enter. The Processing panel displays.
- In the data format and filter section, ensure that both the Line
data and Other data formats are
selected. A slash next to the entry indicates that it is selected.
Enter this information in the Filter: fields
for the Line data and Other data
formats:
x2afp.dll -x 'XToption XToption' %filter-options
Where XToption is
an Infoprint XT transform
conversion parameter and its value. You can specify as many XToption and
value pairs as your installation requires. If you have more parameters
than can fit on a single line, position the cursor under the (extend) text
on the panel, and press Enter. A new panel
displays, in which you can continue to enter your parameters. For
detailed information about the parameters that you can specify, see Conversion parameters for converting Xerox jobs.
- To determine whether you want to specify additional options, see z/OS Infoprint Server Operation and Administration for
information about the other fields. Infoprint XT requires
no other information.
- Use the appropriate function keys to save the processing information,
and return to the PSF for z/OS Printer
Definition panel.
- Do not fill in any other printer definition fields, such as allocation
information. You only require the processing information that you
completed in the previous steps.