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Infoprint Server works with several separate transform products.
For information about the transform products that work with Infoprint Server,
see z/OS Infoprint Server Introduction.
Infoprint Server
can transform data created by a batch application from one format
to another before the data is printed or sent to an email destination. Infoprint Server
provides these methods that you can use to transform and print output
data sets:
- Print Interface subsystem: The Print Interface subsystem
can transform data before writing it to an output data set on the
JES spool. IP PrintWay™ or
PSF can then print the data, or IP PrintWay can
send it to an email destination. To use the Print Interface subsystem,
you specify the SUBSYS parameter on the DD JCL statement for the output
data set.
- IP PrintWay extended
mode: IP PrintWay extended
mode can transform data in an output data set before it prints the
data or sends it to an email destination.
- IP PrintWay basic
mode: IP PrintWay basic
mode can send data in an output data set to Print Interface. Print
Interface can transform the data and write the transformed data to
a new output data set on the JES spool. IP PrintWay then can print the data or send it to an
email destination. Your administrator must select the resubmit for
filtering function in the printer definition.
Table 4 compares the advantages and limitations of these
transform methods.
Table 4. Comparison of transform methods| Method | Advantages | Limitations |
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| Print Interface subsystem |
- You can use standard DD and OUTPUT JCL statements with minimal
JCL changes.
- You can specify Infoprint Server job attributes.
- The data set can be printed on any printer or sent to an email
destination.
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- Only one OUTPUT JCL statement for each data set is supported.
- DEST, HOLD, MODIFY, SEGMENT, and SYSOUT parameters on the DD JCL
statement are not supported.
- JES output grouping is not supported.
| | IP PrintWay extended
mode |
- You can use standard DD and OUTPUT JCL statements with no JCL
changes (in most cases).
- You can specify Infoprint Server job attributes.
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- The data set can be sent only to a printer or email destination
that IP PrintWay extended
mode controls.
| | IP PrintWay basic
mode (resubmit for filtering function) |
- You can use standard DD and OUTPUT JCL statements with no JCL
changes (in most cases).
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- The data set can be sent only to a printer or email destination
that IP PrintWay basic mode
controls.
- Less efficient than the subsystem because data is written to the
JES spool twice.
- DEST=IP:, PRTQUEUE, and PORTNO parameters on the OUTPUT JCL statement
are not supported.
- JES output grouping is not supported.
- All AFP user
libraries must have universal read access, or the administrator must
set the AOPRESUBMITUSER environment variable (not suggested). For
more information, see the USERLIB parameter.
| You can also use these methods to transform and print existing
data sets:
- AOPPRINT JCL procedure: The AOPPRINT JCL
procedure uses Print Interface to transform data in an existing MVS™ data set or UNIX file and to write the transformed data to an
output data set on the JES spool. The output data set on the JES spool
can be printed on any printer or sent to an email destination. For
more information, see Printing using the AOPPRINT JCL procedure.
- Transform commands: The z/OS® UNIX transform
commands, which you can run using the AOPBATCH program, transform
data in existing MVS data sets
or UNIX files. The transform
commands write the transformed output to an MVS data set or UNIX file
but do not write the data set to an output data set on the JES spool
for printing. For more information, see Transforming data with the AOPBATCH program.
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