Specifying General Parameters

The General Parameters panels let you specify print parameters of the TSO/E ALLOCATE command and the JCL OUTPUT and DD statements. The following panel is the first of four panels.

Figure 1. Printer – General Parameters

ICQAPE50                     General Parameters                    Page 1 of 4
Command ===>

   Printer Location ..... NY/701/R09
   Print Format.......... LETTER
   Printer Type.......... 3380
   Description........... 3380 printer, letter with logo

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

   SYSOUT Class      ===> A         A-Z, 0-9, or *
   SYSOUT Writer     ===> ________  SYSOUT writer  (if other than JES)
   SYSOUT Forms      ===> W_______  Forms name for OUTPUT JCL card
   OUTDES            ===> ________  Output descriptor
   Data Control      ===> _         ANSI (A) or MACHINE (M)
   UCS               ===> ____      Character set name to print with
   FORMS             ===> STD3      SYSOUT forms name if special paper required
   FCB               ===> STD3      Forms control image or module name
   Line Count        ===> ___       JES2 maximum number of lines per page
   HOLD              ===> _         (Y/N)

SYSOUT CLASS

Specify the SYSOUT class associated with this printer. Choose from among the output classes that have been established at your location. Valid entries are a single character: A-Z, 0-9, or *. Type * (for JCL OUTPUT and DD statements only) to use the class listed in the MSGCLASS parameter on the job statement.

SYSOUT WRITER

Specify the name of a writer program that modifies system defaults for printing data sets. Valid names have up to eight characters, A-Z, 0-9, $, #, or @. The first character cannot be 0-9.

SYSOUT FORMS

Specify the name of the forms on which the output data set is to be printed or punched. Valid names have up to eight characters, A-Z, 0-9.

OUTDES

Use this field to specify the name of an OUTPUT statement that you want used with the print definition. The name must be specified in the user's LOGON procedure. Names may have up to 8 characters, A-Z, 0-9, $, #, or @. The first character cannot be 0-9.

DATA CONTROL

Specify the format of a data control character that appears as the first character of each line of the output data:

A: – ANSI format
M: – Machine format.

If no data control character is used, leave this field blank.

UCS

Specify the universal character-set (UCS) name for a special character set to be used on a 3211, 3203 Model 5, or 1403 printer. Valid names can have up to four characters: A-Z or 0-9. For a list of the UCS names, see z/OS MVS JCL Reference.

FORMS

Type the name of the form on which the output data set is to be printed or punched. Valid form names have up to four characters, A-Z, 0-9, $, #, @.

FCB

Specify a forms control buffer (FCB) specification that stores vertical formatting information for printing. The FCB is the four-character ID of the particular FCB image in SYS1.IMAGELIB. That buffer specifies the lines per inch and page length to be used. IBM® provides standard FCB images for specific printers. Valid names can have up to four characters, A-Z, 0-9, $, #, or @.

LINE COUNT

Type the maximum number of lines JES2 is to print on each page. This number can be from 0 to 255. If you do not specify a number, JES2 will use the default specified at initialization. You can type 0 to keep JES2 from starting a new page when the number of lines exceeds the installation default.

HOLD

If you want the data set to be placed on a HOLD queue before printing, type Y. If you do not want the data set to be placed on a HOLD queue, type N or leave a blank.

Note: If the pre-defined SYSOUT class has a HOLD/NOHOLD condition associated with it, that condition overrides what you type here.

The second panel of the General Parameters is as follows:

Figure 2. Printer – General Parameters

ICQAPE51                    General Parameters                     Page 2 of 4
Command ===>

   Printer Location ..... NY/701/R09
   Print Format ......... LETTER
   Printer Type ......... 3380
   Description .......... 3380 printer, letter with logo

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

   Module Name       ===> HDS1      Copy-modification module name
   Translate Code    ===> _         Table reference character for above
   TRC               ===> _         (Y/N) Y indicates OPTCD J
   Flash Name        ===> RPT1      Forms Overlay Name
   Flash Count       ===> 5_        Number of copies to be flashed
   Burst             ===> Y         (Y/N) Y to burst output

MODULE NAME

Specify the name of a module that will be used to modify and print copies of data sets on the 3800 printer. (Other printers ignore this parameter.) The name can have up to four characters, A-Z, 0-9, @, #, or $. The module must be predefined with modification information and stored in the SYS1.IMAGELIB data set.

TRANSLATE CODE

Specify a font to be used with the Modify module. The entries are related to the font order numbers used on the Printer – Add or Modify a Font panel. Type 0 for font number 1, 1 for font number 2, 2 for font number 3, and so on.

TRC

This option is for the 3800 printer. Type Y to indicate that each line of output data begins with a print control character followed by a table reference character (0, 1, 2, 3, and so on). The table reference character corresponds to a font to be used to print that line.

FLASH NAME

Type the name of the 3800 forms overlay that this output requires to be printed over each page of the output data set. The name can have up to four characters, A-Z, 0-9, @, #, or $.

FLASH COUNT

Type the number (from 1 – 255) of copies to be printed with the overlay, beginning with the first copy printed. This is only for use with FLASH.

BURST

Type Y: To request that 3800 output be burst (separated at the perforation), trimmed, and stacked. If you do not want the BURST option, type N or leave a blank. This option is ignored for other printers.

The third panel of the General Parameters is as follows:

Figure 3. Printer – General Parameters

ICQAPE52                    General Parameters                     Page 3 of 4
COMMAND ===>

   Printer Location  .... NY/701/R09
   Print Format ......... LETTER
   Printer Type ......... 3380
   Description .......... 3380 printer, letter with logo

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

   Total Copies      ===> ___       Total number of copies
   Per Group         ===> ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
                                    Copy group values (Sum not to exceed 255)
   Groupid Name      ===> _______   JES2 output group name
   Formdef Name      ===> ______    3800-3 formatting member name
   Pagedef Name      ===> ______    3800-3 page formatting member name
   Index             ===> __        1 to 31 column offset to right
   Left Index        ===> __        1 to 31 column offset to left

The fields for the Number of Copies parameter are:

TOTAL COPIES

Type the number of copies of the data set to be printed. Use a number from 1 to 255 in a JES2 system and from 1 to 254 in a JES3 system.

PER GROUP

Use this option with the 3800 when you want to print each page a specified number of times before the next page is printed.

Type the number of times you want each page printed in a complete copy of the data set. You can enter up to eight group values.

Group values can be from 1 to 255 with JES2 and from 1 to 254 with JES3. For 3800 output, this option overrides any entry in the TOTAL COPIES field.

GROUPID NAME

Type the name of an output group to which this output data set belongs. The name can have up to eight characters, A-Z, or 0-9.

FORMDEF NAME

Type the name of a SYS1.IMAGELIB member that contains statements specifying forms to be used in printing the output data set on a 3800-3 printer. The name can have up to six characters, A-Z, 0-9, @, #, or $.

The member can specify the following:

Overlay forms to be used in printing
Location on the page where overlays are to be placed
Suppressions that can be activated for specified page formats

PAGEDEF NAME

Type the name of a SYS1.IMAGELIB member that contains statements specifying page characteristics for printing the output data set on a 3800-3 printer. The name can have up to six characters, A-Z, 0-9, @, #, or $.

The page characteristics include logical page length and width, line lengths and lines per page, fonts, page types, and formats.

INDEX

The Index parameter sets the left margin for output on a 3211 printer with the Indexing feature. The width of the line is reduced by the parameter value.

Type a number from 1 to 31. Type 1 to indicate flush left; type numbers 2 through 31 to indent the print line between 1 and 30 positions to the right. The default is 1, flush left.

The INDEX entry is supported only on JES2 and is only for printing on a 3211 with the Indexing feature.

LEFT INDEX

The Left Index parameter sets the right margin for output on a 3211 printer with the Indexing feature. The width of the line is reduced by the parameter value.

Type a number from 1 to 31. Type 1 to indicate flush right; type number 2 through 31 to move the right margin over by 1 to 30 positions. The default is 1; flush right.

The LEFT INDEX entry is supported only on JES2 and is only for printing on a 3211 with the Indexing feature.

The fourth panel of the General Parameters is as follows:

Figure 4. Printer – Parameters

ICQAPE60                        Parameters                           Page 4 of 4
Command ===>

   Printer Location ..... NY/701/R09
   Print Format ......... LETTER
   Printer Type ......... 6670
   Description .......... 6670 printer, letter with logo

Type or change locally defined parameters, if any.
To exit without saving, press END.

   Parameter 1        ===> _____________________________________
   Parameter 2        ===> _____________________________________
   Parameter 3        ===> _____________________________________
   Parameter 4        ===> _____________________________________
   Parameter 5        ===> _____________________________________
   Parameter 6        ===> _____________________________________

This panel allows you to store information about the print definition for use by the calling application or print function.

The information at the top of the panel identifies the print definition. Below it are fields where you can type print parameters specific to this print definition.

Be sure to type parameters and values in their required format.