FORMS

Specifies the name of the form that the print operator is notified to load. For channel-attached printers, the printer operator receives a message to load this form. For SNA-attached and TCP/IP-attached printers, the Issue setup messages parameter in the Printer Inventory or the SETUP parameter on the PRINTDEV statement can be used to notify the printer operator to load this form. For more information about these parameters, see PSF for z/OS: Customization.

This parameter can also be used to notify the operator that specific Selectable Medium Modifications must be enabled on a post processor. Examples of modifications are applying colored plates, cutting, perforating select pages of output, or using MICR fonts. Consult your system-support group for the paper sizes or Selectable Medium Modifications available on your printer and for the form identification that you use in JCL to specify the paper or Selectable Medium Modifications you want.

To specify the name of a form, either use a SYSOUT parameter on the DD statement or use the FORMS parameter on an OUTPUT statement assigned to that DD statement. You must specify a form in one statement or the other. If you specify a parameter in both a DD statement and an OUTPUT statement, PSF uses the parameter in the DD statement.

FORMS=formname

The value is:

formname

Specifies the one to eight alphanumeric character name of the form.

//OUTPUT1 OUTPUT FORMS=FORM1
//DD1 DD SYSOUT=A,OUTPUT=(*.OUTPUT1)

If you are using the Page-Printer Defaults form (see Figure 34), the form typically loaded in the printer is shown.