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# Printouts

This section covers the following topics:

- What is a Printout?

- Available Commands for Printouts

- Listing All Printouts

- Listing Selected Printouts

- Printout Attributes

- Modifying Printout Attributes

- Displaying Printout Attributes

- Deleting a Printout

- Moving a Printout to Another Printer

- Putting a Printout in HOLD Status

- Releasing a Printout from HOLD Status

- Resuming a Failed Printout

- Browsing a Printout

- Listing Active Reports in a Printout

## What is a Printout?

A printout in Entire Output Management is a report or a bundle queued for printing either upon user request or automatically by the Monitor.

## Available Commands for Printouts

To list all available commands for printouts:

1. In the object workspace, expand the Reports folder.

2. Select a report and invoke the context menu.

   A list of available commands is displayed.

These are:

Command | Shortcut | Explanation
--- | --- | ---
Active in Bundle | --- | Lists the active reports in the printout.
Browse | Ctrl+B | Displays the content of a printout (only possible for reports).
Delete | Del | Deletes a printout.
Display | Ctrl+D | Displays the attributes of a printout.
Filter | F3 | Lists printouts according to selection criteria.
Hold | --- | Puts a printout in hold status.
List | F8 | Lists printouts.
Move | --- | Move printouts to another printer.
Open | Ctrl+O | Modifies a printout definition.
Release | --- | Releases a printout from hold status so that it can be printed.
Resume | --- | Resumes the failed printing of a printout.

## Listing All Printouts

To list all printouts:

1. In the object workspace, select the Printout Queue folder.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the List command.

   All printouts are listed in the content pane.

For each printout, the following information is displayed:

Field | Explanation
--- | ---
Object | Name of report or bundle to be printed.
Printout ID | Internal unique identifier for the printout.
Type | Report or bundle.
Printer | Logical printer to be used.
Lines | Number of lines already printed.
Kbytes | Size of the printout in KB (for binary printouts only).
Status | Status of the printout.
User ID | ID of user printing or of report owner or bundle coordinator.
Job Name | Job name of the printout in the job queue, if printing with a batch job.
Job Number | Job number of the printout in the job queue, if printing with a batch job.
Scheduled Date/Time | Date and time printout is scheduled.
Printed Date/Time | Date and time printout was printed.

## Listing Selected Printouts

To list printouts according to selection criteria:

1. In the object workspace, select the Printout Queue folder.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose Filter.

   The Filter Printouts window is displayed.

3. Enter your selection criteria, or select them via the list boxes next to the input fields. The fields are described below.

4. Choose OK.

   Now only printouts which satisfy the selection criteria appear in the expanded Printout Queue folder in the object workspace.

#### Selection Criteria

Field | Explanation
--- | ---
Printout | The name of the printout (based on a report or bundle) to be printed.
Prefix / Substring | If you select Prefix, all printouts whose names begin with the character string specified in the Printout field will be selected. If you select Substring, all printouts whose names contain the character string specified in the Printout field will be selected (this is the default).
User ID | The ID of the user who has requested the printout; or of all users whose IDs begin with the specified character string.
Printer | The name of the logical printer to be used; or of all logical printers whose names begin with the specified character string.
Status | The status of the printout.
Creation date | You can select printouts which were created: today, yesterday, or the day before yesterday; on/before/after a specific date/time, or within a specific date/time range.

## Printout Attributes

Printout attributes consist of:

- General Printout Attributes

- Printer Printout Attributes

- Special Printout Attributes

### General Printout Attributes

Field | Explanation
--- | ---
Printout ID | The internal unique identifier of the printout.
Report name / Bundle name | The name of the report/bundle to be printed.
Run number | The internal run number of the report/bundle to be printed.
Status | The status of the printout.
Copies | Enter the number of copies to be printed.
Priority | Enter the print priority. This is passed to JES when system printers are used.
User | User ID of user printing, or of report owner, or of bundle coordinator.
Date/Time (Created, Scheduled, Printed) | The date and time the printout was created/scheduled/printed.
Contents
Total (lines/size) | The total number of lines in the printout. For binary documents, its size in KB (as indicated by a "K" after the number).
Lines printed / Printed size | The number of lines currently printed. For binary documents, the portion already printed in KB.
Language | The language to be used in the report/bundle separators.

### Printer Printout Attributes

Field | Explanation
--- | ---
Printout ID | The internal unique identifier of the printout.
Logical Printer | The name and description of the logical printer.
Physical Printer | The name and location of the physical printer.
Printer Exit | The member name of the exit to be executed for each line before it is printed, and the library containing the member.
Job Parameters
JCL skeleton | The name of the Natural member containing the JCL skeleton to be used when submitting a print job.
Escape character | The special character used as a prefix to identify substitution variables.
Jobcards or Additional Parameters | The jobcards to be used when printing in batch mode. If you leave these lines blank, the specifications from the logical printer definition are used; see Adding a New Logical Printer.

### Special Printout Attributes

The special printout attributes are printer-dependent. See Attributes of Physical Printers in the System Administration documentation for more information.

## Modifying Printout Attributes

You can only modify printout attributes when the printout is in HOLD status.

To modify the attributes of a printout:

1. Select the desired printout in the object workspace or in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose Open.

   The printout definition is displayed. It consists of: General Attributes, Printer Attributes and Special Attributes.

3. To change the desired attributes, choose the appropriate tab.

4. The corresponding window is displayed, and you can change the attributes. They are described under Printout Attributes.

5. Choose OK to save your changes.

## Displaying Printout Attributes

To display the attributes of a printout:

1. In the object workspace or in the printout list, select the desired printout.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose Display.

   The printout attributes are displayed. They are explained under Printout Attributes.

## Deleting a Printout

To delete a printout:

1. In the object workspace or in the printout list, select the desired printout.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose Delete.

   A dialog is displayed, asking you to confirm the deletion.

3. Choose Yes to delete the printout, or No to cancel the operation.

## Moving a Printout to Another Printer

To move one or more printouts to another printer:

1. In the object workspace or in the printout list, select the desired printout(s).

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Move command.

   The Printouts Move dialog is displayed.

3. Choose the Select button to the right of the Printer field to display a list of printers of the same printer type.

4. Select a printer from the list, and choose OK.

   The name of the selected printer is written into the Printer field.

5. By default, all listed printouts are moved. If this is not desired, deselect the option Select all and then mark individual printouts on the list.

6. Choose the Move button to move the printout(s) to the selected printer.

## Putting a Printout in HOLD Status

This function places a printout in HOLD to prevent printing. Printout characteristics can be modified only when the printout is in HOLD status.

To put a printout in HOLD status:

1. Select a printout in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Hold command.

   "hold" is displayed in the Status column for the selected printout.

## Releasing a Printout from HOLD Status

To release a printout from HOLD and queue it for printing:

1. Select a printout in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Release command.

   "ready for printing" is displayed in the Status column.

## Resuming a Failed Printout

Print tasks and batch jobs periodically record the number of lines printed so far. If a printout fails, it can be restarted from the last recorded printed line number.

To resume printing of a failed a printout:

1. Select a printout in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Resume command.

   "ready for printing" is displayed in the Status column.

## Browsing a Printout

This function is only available for printouts of type "report".

The display the content of a printout:

1. Select a printout in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Browse command.

   The content of the printout is displayed in the editor screen.

## Listing Active Reports in a Printout

To list the active reports contained in a printout:

1. Select a printout in the object workspace or in the printout list.

2. Invoke the context menu and choose the Active in Bundle command.

   The Active Report List in Bundle (Printout) is displayed. The fields are the same as described under Listing All Active Reports in an Active Bundle.

### On this page

- What is a Printout?
- Available Commands for Printouts
- Listing All Printouts
- Listing Selected Printouts
- Printout Attributes
- Modifying Printout Attributes
- Displaying Printout Attributes
- Deleting a Printout
- Moving a Printout to Another Printer
- Putting a Printout in HOLD Status
- Releasing a Printout from HOLD Status
- Resuming a Failed Printout
- Browsing a Printout
- Listing Active Reports in a Printout