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

• Listing Physical Printers

• Adding a Physical Printer

• Modifying a Physical Printer

• Deleting a Physical Printer

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Listing Physical Printers

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 **** 2020-02-02 User ID XYZ - Physical Printer Maintenance - Cmd Printer Type Location S Program Skeleton ___ ________ ________ ___________________________ _ ________ ________ __ BDE-XYZ DISKMVS RMPRWKF DISKMVS __ CASPOOL CASPOOL RMPRCMA __ CSG4100S VTAM SagUK Development RMPRVTM __ DAECOP09 VTAM Real printer in U12, Room 2 RMPRVTM __ DAEDC611 VTAM Raum 117 on WK desk RMPRVTM __ DAEFPR09 VTAM VKA host printer RMPRVTM __ DAEPRTCA VTAM Printer in RM116 RMPRVTM __ DAUPRTED VTAM RMPRVTM __ DAU063 UNIXLP RMPRTCP __ DISKGGR DISKMVS S RMPRWKF GGDISK __ DISKMVS DISKMVS RMPRWKF DISKMVS __ DISKSJU DISKMVS RMPRWKF DISKSJU __ DISKUNIX DISKUNIX RMPRSRV __ DY1S0BF VTAM XYZ RMPRVTM Top Of Data 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	The VTAM ID of the physical printer or SYSPRINT for a system printer, DISK for printing to disk.
   Type	The printer type.
   Location	The location of the physical printer.
   S	The status of the physical printer: S = printer stopped; blank = printer active (started).
   Program	The program which performs the actual printing.
   Skeleton	The JCL skeleton used when printing in batch mode.

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

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 **** 2020-02-02 User ID XYZ - Physical Printer >General Attributes Printer ID ........... ________ Location ............. ______________________________ 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

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

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.

   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

To delete a physical printer:

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

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