Printed and punched output processing in a multi-access spool configuration differs very little from that of single-member operation. Member affinity does not apply to selection of work from the job output elements.

The selection of output for a device is governed by a list of work selection (WS) criteria. This list is specified through the WS= keyword on the output device initialization statement or through the WS operand on the JES2 $T command. Either you or the operator can choose from a list of characteristics (user-specified and JES2-specified criteria) to be considered when JES2 selects output for output devices.