Maintenance Functions for Physical Printers

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# Maintenance Functions for Physical Printers

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

## 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 ****            2022-02-02
         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
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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 | 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 ****            2022-02-02
         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.

### On this page

- Listing Physical Printers
- Adding a Physical Printer
- Modifying a Physical Printer
- Deleting a Physical Printer