Printing tasks and examples

This topic shows detailed examples of tasks requiring PSF to print data sets on AFP printers. If you need detailed reference information about using the JCL commands, see Using JCL for Advanced Function Presentation.

The printing tasks in this topic are:

• Printing on an AFP printer
• Specifying a form definition
• Specifying duplex printing
• Specifying bins (paper source)
• Using a forms flash on a 3800 printer
• Printing with overlays
• Printing line data or XML data with page definition options
• Using multiple copy groups or page formats
• Printing page segments
• Printing MO:DCA-P data
• Specifying carriage control and table reference characters in line data
• Merging data lines into a single print line
• Specifying shift-out, shift-in (SOSI) codes
• Printing more than one copy
• Bursting and stacking continuous-forms paper
• Specifying whether you want error messages to be printed
• Using TrueType and OpenType fonts
• Processing Unicode Complex Text
• Using extended code pages
• Printing with resources from a user library
• Printing with inline resources
• Specifying notification when the print job finishes printing
• Inhibiting recovery of a print job
• Specifying duplex-page offset
• Transmitting a data set to an IBM i System
• Specifying JCL parameters for microfilm jobs
• Specifying color mapping tables
• Specifying object container libraries in UNIX files
• Finishing your output
• Printing on printers that support multiple resolutions
• Specifying printer checkpoints