Specifying transform options

You can use transform options to tell the transforms how you want the data to be transformed from AFP. You can use these methods to specify transform options:

Transform configuration file

The administrator can specify some transform options in the transform configuration file aopxfd.conf. For example, the administrator can specify a default page definition in the AOP_PAGEDEF environment variable.

The administrator can create separate classes of a transform with different transform options in each class. For example, the administrator could create a separate transform class for printers that print on different paper sizes. The administrator names and defines the transform classes in the transform configuration file. To use a transform class that the administrator has defined:

• The administrator can specify the name of the transform class in the -c transform option in the printer definition.
• The job submitter can specify the name of the transform class in the -c transform command option.

Transform command options

You can specify some transform options on the transform commands. For example, when you enter the afpxpdf command, you can specify option -c transformclass to tell the transform the name of a transform class to use.

When you transform and print documents, you can specify transform command options in the filter-options job attribute. For example, when you enter the lp command, you can specify the -c option in the filter-options job attribute.

Job attributes and OUTPUT JCL parameters

You can specify some transform options with Infoprint Server job attributes. For example, you can use the page-definition job attribute to tell the transform which page definition to use to format line-data and XML documents. You can specify job attributes on the transform commands, on the lp command, and when you submit print jobs from some remote systems. For example, you can specify job attributes when you use the Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows.

Many job attributes have corresponding parameters on the OUTPUT JCL statement. For example, the page-definition job attribute is equivalent to the PAGEDEF parameter of the OUTPUT statement. If you need to specify a job attribute that does not have a corresponding parameter on the OUTPUT statement, you can specify the job attribute in the PRTATTRS parameter on the OUTPUT JCL statement.

For information about how to specify Infoprint Server job attributes and how to use the Print Interface subsystem, see z/OS Infoprint Server User’s Guide.