Printing MO:DCA-P data

MO:DCA-P data is printed according to instructions in the MO:DCA-P structured fields in the data set. To change the formatting of a page document, you change the structured fields. For a description of the structured fields used in page applications, see Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference, AFPC-0004 or the publication for the product used in creating your MO:DCA-P data. PSF supports MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set data streams, including MO:DCA IS/3.

Example:

This example shows the code for submitting the output of a page application to an AFP printer.

//AFPPAGE JOB ...
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=PAGEA
//OUT1  OUTPUT FORMDEF=A10111
//PRINT DD SYSOUT=A,OUTPUT=(*.OUT1),
//   DCB=(RECFM=VBA,LRECL=1993,BLKSIZE=32760)
   /*

No page definition or fonts are specified in the JCL, because the MO:DCA-P data contains its own internal formatting commands and font definitions. A form definition, however, is required. If you do not specify a form definition in the JCL, PSF uses the default form definition for the printer. For more information, see Specifying a form definition.

MO:DCA-P data must be defined with carriage controls, which are specified in the RECFM parameter. MO:DCA-P data is typically written as variable-length blocked records, with RECFM coded as either VBA or VBM. Record size and block size might vary.