Maintenance Functions for Physical Printers

The section describes the functions for the maintenance of physical printer definitions:


Listing Physical Printers

Start of instruction set To define a physical printer:

  1. Enter 5 in the command line of the System Administration menu.

    The Physical Printer Maintenance screen is displayed:

       12:34:15             **** ENTIRE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT ****            2015-06-06
      User ID XYZ           - Physical Printer Maintenance -                        
                                                                                    
      Cmd Printer  Type     Location                    S Program  Skeleton Monitor 
      ___ ________ ________ ___________________________ _ ________ ________ ________
       __ BDE-PXML XML                                    RMPRWKF  DISKMVS  MAIN    
       __ CASPOOL  CASPOOL                                RMPRCMA           MAIN    
       __ CON-NECT CON-NECT                               RMPRCNT           MAIN    
       __ CSG4100S VTAM     SagUK Development             RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAECOP09 VTAM     Real printer in U12, Room 2   RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAEDC611 VTAM     Raum 117 on WK desk           RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAEFPR09 VTAM     VKA host printer              RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAEPRTCA VTAM     Printer in RM116              RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAUPRTED VTAM                                   RMPRVTM           MAIN    
       __ DAU063   UNIXLP                                 RMPRTCP           MAIN    
       __ DISKGGR  DISKMVS                              S RMPRWKF  GGDISK   MAIN    
       __ DISKMVS  DISKMVS                                RMPRWKF  DISKMVS  MAIN    
       __ DISKSJU  DISKMVS                                RMPRWKF  DISKSJU  MAIN    
       __ DISKUNIX DISKUNIX                               RMPRSRV           MAIN    
       __ DY1S0BF  VTAM     XYZ                           RMPRVTM           MAIN    
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      Command => ___________________________________________________________________
     Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
           Help  Add   Exit  Flip               -     +                      Menu
    

    This screen lists all defined physical printers which can be used in the system.

    For each printer, the following information is displayed:

    Field
    Explanation
    Printer VTAM ID of physical printer or SYSPRINT for system printer, DISK for printing to disk.
    Type Printer type.
    Location The location of the physical printer.
    S Status of the physical printer: S = printer stopped; blank = printer active (started).
    Program Program which performs the actual printing.
    Skeleton JCL skeleton used when printing in batch mode.
    Monitor The monitor responsible for control of this physical printer.

Line Commands

Command Function
CO  Copy physical printer definition.
DE  Delete physical printer definition.
DI  Display physical printer definition.
MO  Modify physical printer definition.
ST Start physical printer.
CL Close physical printer.

Adding a Physical Printer

Start of instruction set To add a physical printer:

  1. Press PF2 (Add) on the Physical Printer Maintenance screen.

    The Physical Printer > General Attributes screen is displayed:

       14:10:27             **** Entire Output Management ****            12/12/2015
    
      User ID XYZ       - Physical Printer >General Attributes 
    
      Printer ID ........... ________
      Location ............. ______________________________
    
      Monitor ..............
      Printer type ......... ________
      Print program ........ ________
      Job skeleton ......... ________
      Escape character ..... _
      Maximum lines ........ __________
    
      Time windows
         From .............. _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____
         To ................ _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____
    
    
      Command => ___________________________________________________________________
     Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
           Help  Add   Exit  Flip  Do    Undo              Attrb Edit        Menu
    
  2. The fields are described under General Attributes. Specify the attributes as desired.

Special PF Keys

Key Name Function
PF2  Add Add another physical printer.
PF9 Attrb Define special attributes for the printer.
This PF-key is available as soon as general attributes have been specified.
PF10 Edit Edit the job skeleton.

Defining Special Attributes for a Physical Printer

Start of instruction set To define special attributes for a physical printer:

  • Press PF9 (Attrb) on the Physical Printer > General Attributes screen.

    The Physical Printer > Special Attributes screen is displayed.

    The fields are described under Special Attributes.

To display the corresponding substitution variables, press PF11 (Var). To revert to the original display, press PF10 (Promp).

For details on a special attribute, place the cursor on the appropriate line and press PF9 (Zoom). The following information is displayed for the attribute:

Field Explanation
Subst. Variable This is used if job skeletons are displayed.
No. The error number from the SYSERR application used to determine the prompt text.
Field Prompt This is used in the logical printer definition as well as in the printout definition screens.
Field Length The length of the input field as used in the logical printer definition.
Default Value The content of this field is used if nothing is specified in the logical printer definition.

Modifying a Physical Printer

Start of instruction set To modify the attributes of a physical printer:

  1. On the Physical Printer Maintenance screen, enter the line command MO next to the physical printer you want to modify.

    The Physical Printer Definition screen is displayed, showing the attributes of the selected physical printer. They are described under Attributes of Physical Printers.

  2. Change the attributes as desired.

    Then press ENTER to save your changes.

    A message confirms the modification.

Deleting a Physical Printer

Start of instruction set To delete a physical printer:

  1. On the Physical Printer Maintenance screen, enter the line command DE next to the physical printer you want to delete.

  2. Depending on the CONFIRM option (see SET command), you may be prompted to confirm the deletion.