Specifying a Printer Identification

If you typed A or C on the List of Printers panel to add or copy a print definition, or if you selected the IDENTIFICATION option (option 1) from the previous panel, you see:

Figure 1. Printer – Printer Identification

ICQAPE30                         Printer Identification
Command ===>

 Type or change the following information as required.
 To continue press ENTER.  To exit without saving, press END.

   Printer Location  ===> NY/701/R09_____  * for list of printer locations
   Print Format      ===> LETTER__         * for list of print formats

   Printer Type      ===> 6670____         * for list of printer types
   Description       ===> 6670 printer, letter with logo___________

   Online            ===> N           (Y/N)  Y if print definition available


 If the DEST keyword is required, type the following information:
   System Name       ===> NYTSO___    System to which printer is attached
   Printer Name      ===> RMT001__    Printer name on specified system

To add a print definition, fill in the fields. To change a copied definition or modify an existing one, type over the information in the fields. Use your installation's established conventions to define printers. Only the PRINTER LOCATION and PRINT FORMAT fields are required. Information from these two fields and from the DESCRIPTION field appears in the list of print definitions that users see.

PRINTER LOCATION

Give the printer's location such as the geographic location (country, state, or city), building, and room number. You can use up to 16 of any characters except single quotes, parentheses, and embedded asterisks.

Note: Information from this field becomes part of the definition displayed to users, so choose a location name that is meaningful.

To see a list of locations used by your installation in other print definitions, type an asterisk (*). To see a partial list, specify part of a location followed by an asterisk, such as ny*. You can then select a location from the list.

For indexing purposes, the combination of PRINTER LOCATION and PRINT FORMAT values must be unique. No other print definition can have the same values for both PRINTER LOCATION and PRINT FORMAT.

PRINT FORMAT

Type a one-word description of the output format. Usually upon installation, your system programmer sets up and names formats available to you. The names are made up of eight alphanumeric and/or special characters with no leading numbers.

Note: Information from this field becomes part of the definition displayed to users.

To see a list of print formats used by your installation in other print definitions, type an asterisk (*). To see a partial list, specify part of a print format followed by an asterisk, such as doc*. You can then select a print format from the list.

PRINTER TYPE

Specify the printer type, such as 6670 or 3800, using up to eight alphanumeric and/or special characters. You may also use one dash (-).

To see a list of printer types used in other print definitions, type an asterisk (*). To see a partial list, specify part of a printer type followed by an asterisk, for example 66*. You can then select a printer type from the list.

DESCRIPTION

Type information that will help identify the printer to the user. The description might include the printer type and model, and information about how the output will appear. You can type up to 42 characters.

Note: This information appears on the user's Printer Selection panel along with information from the PRINT FORMAT and PRINTER LOCATION fields, so choose a description that is meaningful.

ONLINE

Type Y to specify that the printer is ready for use. Type N to specify that the printer is not ready for use.

When the ONLINE condition is N, the printer will not appear on the user's printer selection list, unless the calling routine (CLIST, TSO/E command, or program) specifies that offline printers be displayed.

SYSTEM NAME

If the remote printer is attached to another system, type the name of the system as it is defined to the JES subsystem. You might need to ask your system programmer for this information. If you specify a name in this field, you must also specify the following one, PRINTER NAME.

PRINTER NAME

Type the name of the remote printer as it is defined to the JES subsystem. You might need to ask your system programmer for this information.

Note: The contents of the two previous fields are used for the TSO/E ALLOCATE DEST parameter. When you specify the system name, the destination is in the format system name.printer name. For more information about the format, see z/OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Reference, or z/OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Reference.