Attributes for the netspool-options object class

This section lists attributes that are valid when you create NetSpool Options components, which are in object class netspool-options. These attributes are also valid for the printer object class.

Required attributes

All attributes are optional.

default-owner

This single-valued attribute specifies the default Infoprint Server job owner for the associated logical unit (LU) if the print data does not specify an owner. The job owner is used for output data sets created for this NetSpool LU.

ISPF field name

Default owner

Allowed values

A combination of 1-8 letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and special characters (# $ @). The first character cannot be numeric. Blanks and other special characters are not allowed. If the value contains special characters, enclose it in single or double quotation marks. Lowercase letters are converted to uppercase.

Default value

NetSpool uses the ID of the user who started the Infoprint Server daemons as the default job owner.

Usage guidelines

• The Infoprint Server job owner helps you find jobs using Infoprint Central.
• The job owner in this attribute is also used as the JES job name if no other owner or job name is specified in the print data.
• The job owner specified in this field is not used as the JES job owner. The JES job owner is always the ID of the user who started the Infoprint Server daemons.

description

This single-valued attribute specifies a description for the component. The description can help you select the correct component from a list.

ISPF field name

Description

Allowed values

Any combination of 1-256 letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), blanks, and special characters (such as # $ @ ! = / -). If the value contains blanks or special characters, enclose it in single or double quotation marks.

Default value

None.

embedded-attributes-prefix

This single-valued attribute specifies the prefix that identifies job attributes embedded in the print data. For information about how to embed job attributes in VTAM® application print data, see z/OS Infoprint Server User’s Guide. NetSpool uses the embedded job attributes when it allocates an output data set on the spool.

ISPF field name

Embedded attributes prefix

Allowed values

A 1-12 character string (1-12 bytes of data if specified in hexadecimal format). To enter a hexadecimal value, begin the value with the letter x and enclose the value in single or double quotation marks.

Example: embedded-attributes-prefix = "<<ibmjobattr"

Default value

None. If you do not specify this attribute, NetSpool does not use job attributes specified in the print data.

maximum-record-size

This single-valued attribute specifies the maximum record size for the variable-length records that NetSpool writes to the output data set when netspool-formatting=none.

ISPF field name

Maximum record size

Allowed values

An integer from 1 to 32752.

Default value

NetSpool uses 32752 as the maximum record size.

Usage guidelines

• If the length of the data in the input Request Unit (RU) is less than this value, NetSpool writes one record.
• If the length of the data in the input RU is greater than this value, NetSpool writes multiple records.
• If netspool-formatting=convert-to-line (default) or netspool-formatting=convert-to-pcl, do not specify this attribute.

name

This single-valued attribute contains the name of the component.

ISPF field name

Component Name

Allowed values

Any combination of 1-17 letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and special characters (such as $ # @ . - = /). Blank characters are not allowed.

Default value

None.

netspool-formatting

This single-valued attribute specifies the type of formatting that NetSpool does before writing the input data to an output data set on the JES spool.

ISPF field name

Formatting

Allowed values

You can enter one of these fixed values:

none

NetSpool writes the input data without change to the output data set. NetSpool uses values specified in these attributes:

• maximum-record-size
• recfm

NetSpool does not call any exits.

convert-to-line

NetSpool converts SNA character stream (SCS) and 3270 data streams into line data streams. As an option, specify these attributes in the processing object class, which NetSpool uses during conversion:

• scs-bottom-margin
• scs-horizontal-tabs
• scs-left-margin
• scs-maximum-line-length
• scs-maximum-page-length
• scs-right-margin
• scs-top-margin
• scs-vertical-tabs

Synonym: standard

convert-to-pcl

NetSpool converts SNA character stream (SCS) and 3270 data streams into PCL data streams. As an option, specify these attributes in the processing object class, which NetSpool uses during conversion:

• pcl-line-density
• pcl-orientation
• pcl-print-density
• scs-automatic-page-orientation
• scs-bottom-margin
• scs-horizontal-tabs
• scs-left-margin
• scs-maximum-line-length
• scs-maximum-page-length
• scs-right-margin
• scs-top-margin
• scs-vertical-tabs

Default value

convert-to-line

Usage guidelines

If you specify netspool-formatting=none, do not specify the busy-interval or idle-interval attributes.

recfm

This single-valued attribute specifies the record format (RECFM) for the output data sets that NetSpool writes to the JES spool when netspool-formatting=none.

ISPF field name

Recfm

Allowed values

You can enter one of these fixed values:

vb

Variable length, blocked records

vba

Variable length, blocked records, with ANSI carriage control characters

vbm

Variable length, blocked records, with machine carriage control characters

Default value

NetSpool writes variable length, blocked records.

Usage guidelines

If netspool-formatting=convert-to-line (default) or netspool-formatting=convert-to-pcl, do not specify this attribute. NetSpool ignores it if specified.