Attributes of Physical Printers

This section describes the attributes of a physical printer definition:


General Attributes

Field Explanation
Printer ID Enter the ID of the physical printer.
Printer type

The following printer types are supported by Entire Output Management:

  • CASPOOL - Print to CA Spool.

  • DISKMVS - Print data to disk (z/OS).

  • EMAIL - Physical printer representing one or more email addresses.

  • NAF - Print on Natural Advanced Facilities logical printer.

  • SYSPRJES - System printer in JES (z/OS).

  • TAPEMVS - Print data on tape (z/OS).

  • VTAM - VTAM printer.

  • WRTSPOOL - Output directly to spool (z/OS).

  • UNIXLP - Direct TCP Printing.

  • NATUNIX - Print on Natural on a UNIX system.

  • DISKUNIX - Output to UNIX or Windows file.

Under Natural on a UNIX system, only the printers types NATUNIX and DISKUNIX are supported.

Enter an asterisk (*) to display a selection list of all printer types.

Location Enter the location of the physical printer. For example: 2nd floor, room 262.
Print program The name of the program which does the actual printing.
Job skeleton The name of the job skeleton in the SYSNOMU library, that is used when printing in batch mode.
Escape character The special character used to identify substitution variables.
Maximum lines Enter the maximum number of lines allowed to be printed on this printer.

Time slots when printing is allowed

Printing is allowed only during the specified time intervals.

Special Attributes

Depending on the type of physical printer, there are different sets of special printer-type-specific attributes. The following physical printer types are supported and their special attributes explained below:

The value specified for a special attribute will be used if there is no corresponding specification is made in the logical printer definition.

CASPOOL

Attribute Explanation
Account Enter the account number to be used.
Chars Enter the character table to be used.
Class Enter the output class to be used for system printers.
System ID Enter system affinity.
Fcb Enter the FCB image that describes the length (and, optionally, the width) of a page.
Formdef Enter the name of the FORMDEF to be used.
Form Enter the name of the form to be used.
Hold Should the printout be held by CA Spool? Enter YES/NO.
Linect Enter the maximum number of lines to be printed on a page.
Limit Enter the maximum number of lines allowed.
Filename Enter the name of the output file.
Pagedef Enter the name of the PAGEDEF to be used.
Programmer Enter the programmer's name.
Prmode Enter PAGE to use page mode as PRMODE.
Retention How long should the print file be retained after printing? Enter the retention period (in hours).
Room number Enter the room number.
Trc TRC (table reference characters). Enter YES/NO.
Writer Enter the name of the NJE writer.

DISKMVS

Attribute Explanation
Dataset The file name to be used.
Member The member name to be used.
Dataclas This corresponds to the JCL parameter DATACLAS.
Dcb This corresponds to the JCL parameter DCB.
Disp The Disposition parameter.
Expdt This corresponds to the JCL parameter EXPDT.
Like This corresponds to the JCL parameter LIKE.
Lrecl The record length to be used (for records of variable length, this is the maximum record length + record length field).
Mgmtclas This corresponds to the JCL parameter MGMTCLAS.
Msvgp This corresponds to the JCL parameter MSVGP.
Recfm The record format to be used. In addition, this entry determines whether the data are printed with ASA/machine code or without carriage control characters.
Retpd This corresponds to the JCL parameter RETPD.
Space This corresponds to the JCL parameter SPACE.
Storclas This corresponds to the JCL parameter STORCLAS.
Unit The unit type.
Volser The volser where the file is located.
Work file This entry is made automatically according to the record format (RECFM) used.

If RECFM is set to "V", work file number 01 will be used (this is the default); otherwise, work file number 02 will be used.

EMAIL

Attribute Explanation Symbol
Recipient You can enter up to 9 e-mail addresses to which to send the report. Enter the at sign @ as (a). &REC1. to &REC9.
Recipient-CC You can enter up to 9 e-mail addresses to which to send the report as "CC" (carbon copy). Enter the at sign @ as (a). &REC1-CC. to &REC9-CC.
From This is the name which will appear as the sender of the e-mail. &REPLY.
Node

This Entire System Server node will be used to send the mail. It can be different from the node the Entire Output Manager monitor uses.

If this field is left blank, the node number of the monitor will be used. If this is the case, the monitor user ID (usually NOMMON) must be enabled for "UNIX Services" in your security system (like RACF or ACF2).

If the node number is different from the monitor's number, any user ID who sends an e-mail is used for sending and must be enabled accordingly.

&EMAILNODE.
Encrypt Enter "Y" to encrypt the e-mail message. (This function is not yet available.) &ENCR.
Subject The subject of the e-mail to be sent. &SUBJ.
Text Member For binary reports only: You can specify the name of a Natural text member whose contents is to be used as the actual text of the message. &EMAIL-MEM.
Text Library The library which contains the Text Member. &EMAIL-LIB.

A printer of type EMAIL is available on mainframes only and uses the Entire System Server to send the mails. If the active report is of type "text", it will be sent line by line. If the active report is of type "binary", the binary file will be attached to the mail sent; and, if a Text Member is specified (see above), its contents will be used as the text of the mail.

NAF

Attribute Explanation
Printer Profile Enter the name of a Natural Advanced Facilities logical printer profile (LPF). The LPF determines which printer is used. For further information, see the Natural Advanced Facilities documentation.
CC Table Enter the PROFILE parameter. For further information, see the Natural Advanced Facilities documentation.
Forms Enter the FORMS parameter. For further information, see the description of the DEFINE PRINTER statement in the Natural documentation.
Listname Enter the NAME parameter. For further information, see the description of the DEFINE PRINTER statement in the Natural documentation.
Disposition Enter the DISP parameter (DEL/HOLD/KEEP). For further information, see the description of the DEFINE PRINTER statement in the Natural documentation.

SYSPRJES

Attribute Explanation
Burst This corresponds to theJCL parameter BURST.
Chars Enter one or more 4-byte character set names as in JCL.
Ckptline Enter the maximum lines in a logical page. This corresponds to the JCL parameter CKPTLINE.
Ckptpage Enter the number of logical pages to be printed before JES takes a checkpoint. This corresponds to the JCL parameter CKPTPAGE.
Ckptsec Specify how many seconds of printing are to elapse between each checkpoint for the SYSOUT file. This corresponds to the JCL parameter CKPTSEC.
Class Enter a one-character JES output class for the printout.
Compact This corresponds to the JCL parameter COMPACT.
Datack This corresponds to the JCL parameter DATACK.
Dcb This corresponds to the JCL parameter DCB.
Destination Enter the JES destination parameter.
Fcb This corresponds to the JCL parameter FCB (Forms Control Buffer).
Flash This corresponds to the J CL parameter FLASH.
Formdef Enter the name of the library member that PSF uses in printing on a page-mode printer.
Forms Enter the name of the form. This corresponds to the JCL parameter FORMS.
Index This corresponds to the JCL parameter INDEX.
Lindex This corresponds to the JCL parameter LINDEX.
Lrecl This corresponds to the JCL parameter LRECL.
Modify This corresponds to the JCL parameter MODIFY.
Pagedef Enter the name of the library member that PSF uses in printing on a page-mode printer.
Prmode This corresponds to the JCL parameter PRMODE.
Recfm This corresponds to the JCL parameter RECFM.
Trc This corresponds to the JCL parameter TRC.
Ucs This corresponds to the JCL parameter UCS.
Work file This entry is made automatically according to the record format (RECFM) used.

If RECFM is set to "V", work file number 01 will be used (this is the default); otherwise, work file number 02 will be used.

TAPEMVS

Attribute Explanation
Dataset The file name to be used.
Disp The Disposition parameter.
Blksize The block size to be used.
Recfm This corresponds to the JCL parameter RECFM.
Lrecl The record length to be used.
Dcb This corresponds to the JCL parameter DCB.
Label This corresponds to the JCL parameter LABEL.
Unit The unit type.
Volser The volser where the file is located.
Work file This entry is made automatically according to the record format (RECFM) used.

If RECFM is set to "V", work file number 01 will be used (this is the default); otherwise, work file number 02 will be used.

Expiration Enter the retention period for the file.

VTAM

Attribute Explanation
Carriage control Enter YES, if printing is to be done with carriage control. Enter NO, if not.
Form feed before Enter the number of form feeds to be performed at the beginning of a printout.
Form feed after Enter the number of form feeds to be performed at the end of a printout.
Trace Enter YES, if you want a trace to be written by Entire System Server.
Logmode Enter a special log mode, if desired.

WRTSPOOL

Attribute Explanation
Chars Four groups of 4-byte character-set names taken from the JCL.
Class A one-character output class for the printout. If this field is left blank, the print class of the monitor defaults will be used.
Copies The number of SYSOUT copies.
Destination The remote destination of the file.

For this attribute, attribute symbols can be used.

Fcb The name of the Forms Control Buffer.
Flash The Flash parameter for device type 3800.
Form Enter the SYSOUT form.
Hold Determines whether the SYSOUT file is to be held (YES/NO).
Node The Entire System Server node which will be used to write to spool. If this field is left blank, the node number of the monitor will be used.
Program The name of the writer program to process this file.

Attribute Symbols

For the printer types EMAIL, UNIXLP, NATUNIX and DISKUNIX, as well as the attribute Destination of printer type WRTSPOOL, you can specify attribute symbols in their special attributes. At the time of printing, each of these will then be replaced by the value of the corresponding attribute.

Every attribute symbol begins with an ampersand (&) and ends with a period (.). Both characters are part of the symbol.

Three groups of attribute symbols are available:

For the WRTSPOOL attribute Destination, only the Spool Attribute Symbols are available.

Common Attribute Symbols

For general attributes of active reports, which apply to all four printer types (EMAIL, UNIXLP, NATUNIX, DISKUNIX), the following attribute symbols are available:

Attribute Symbol
Printout ID &PO.
Program controlling the printout &PROG.
Number of copies &COP.
Printer exit program &MEM.
Printer exit library &LIB.
Report name &REP.
Bundle name &BUN.
Description &DESC.
Record length &REC.
CC type &CC.
Number of lines &LIN.
Printer type &PT.
Type "AL" (Y/N) &TAL.
Run number of the report &RRNB.
Run number of the bundle &BRNB.
4-digit random number &RND.
Current date (in format yy-mm-dd) &DAT.
Current time (in format hhmmss) &TIM.
Current internal timestamp &TMST.
Current process ID &PID.

Printer-Type-Specific Attribute Symbols

The printer-type-specific attribute symbols are shown next to the corresponding printer attributes for these printer types:

Spool Attribute Symbols

For spool attributes of the active report, which apply to all four printer types (EMAIL, UNIXLP, NATUNIX, DISKUNIX) and the Destination attribute of printer type WRTSPOOL, the following attribute symbols are available:

Spool Attribute Explanation Symbol
SPOOL-TYPE Spool type of the report to be printed &SPTYP.
CA Spool:
EQNO EQNO parameter &CSEQNO.
OWNNM OWNNM parameter &COWNNM.
WTRNM WTRNM parameter &CWTRNM.
DSTNM DSTNM parameter &CDSTNM.
CLASS CLASS parameter &CCLASS.
COPYS COPYS parameter &CCOPYS.
PRIO PRIO parameter &CPRIO.
LINCT LINCT parameter &CLINCT.
RETAN RETAN parameter &CRETAN.
FORMS FORMS parameter &CFORMS.
FCB FCB parameter &CFCB.
PRMOD PRMOD parameter &CPRMOD.
FORMD FORMD parameter &CFORMD.
PAGED PAGED parameter &CPAGED.
CHARS CHARS parameter &CCHARS.
USRID CA Spool user ID &CUSRID.
ACTNO ACTNO parameter &CACTNO.
ROOM ROOM parameter &CROOM.
LNCNT Linecount parameter &CLNCNT.
PGCNT Pagecount parameter &CPGCNT.
SID SID parameter &CSID.
PGMNM PGMNM parameter &CPGMNM.
TRC Trace (Y/N) &CTRC.
CMP CMP parameter &CCMP.
FNAM FNAM parameter &CFNAM.
JES:
NODE NPR node number &JNODE.
JOB-NAME Name of the job which created the output &JJOB.
JOB-NUMBER Job number &JJOBN.
DSTYPE Type of the spool file &JTYP.
DSNO-OLD Old DS number &JDSNO.
DATASET-KEY Data set key &JKEY.
GROUP-ID Group ID &JGRP.
PROCNAME Name of the procedure &JPROC.
STEPNAME Name of the step &JSTEP.
DDNAME Name of the SYSOUT file &JDD.
CHARS CHARS parameter &JCHARS.
FCB FCB parameter &JFCB.
FLASH FLASH parameter &JFLASH.
FORM FORM parameter &JFORM.
FORMDEF FORMDEF parameter &JFDEF.
PAGEDEF PAGEDED parameter &JPDEF.
TRC Trace (Y/N) &JTRC.
RECFM RECFM parameter &JRECFM.
COPIES Number of copies &JCOP.
UCS UCS parameter &JUCS.
BURST BURST parameter &JBURST.
COMPACT COMPACT parameter &JCOMP.
LINECT Linecount parameter &JLIN.
DESTINATION Printout destination device &JDEST.
TRIGGER-DSNAME Trigger data set name &JTRIG.
DSNO DS number &JDSNO.
Natural:
USER-ID Natural user ID who created the report &NUSER.
PNR Logical printer name &NPNR.
TIME Natural report creation time &NTIME.
NATPGM Natural program which created the report &NPGM.
NATLIB Natural library in which the program was executed &NLIB.
FORM FORM parameter &NFORM.
PROFILE PROFILE parameter &NPROF.
COPIES Number of copies &NCOP.
NAME NAME parameter &NNAME.
DISP Disposition &NDISP.
ST-ID Internal file number of the container file &NID.
DBID Database ID of the container file &NDBID.
FNR File number of the container file &NFNR.
DEST Destination &NDEST.
OUTPUT Output &NOUT.
UNIX:
NODE-NAME Entire System Server UNIX node name of the source machine &UNODE.
USERID User of the source machine &UUSER.
CIPHER-PASSWORD Ciphered password of the user &UPW.
GROUP UNIX group or Windows domain &UGROUP.
PATH Path of the source file &UPATH.
FILE-NAME File name and file type of the source file &UFNAM.
CONTAINER-DBID Database ID of the container used &UDBID.
CONTAINER-FNR File number of the container used &UFNR.
SIZE Size of the report &USIZE.
Direct Input:
ST-ID Internal number of the file in the container &DID.
RPC-SERVER Name of the RPC server for transmission &DRPC.
USERID User who has initiated the report &DUSER.
PATH Path of the source file &DPATH.
FILENAME File name of the source file &DFNAM.
FILETYPE File type of the source file &DFTYP.
CONTAINER-DBID Database ID of the container used &DDBID.
CONTAINER-FNR File number of the container used &DFNR.
SIZE Size of the report &DSIZE.