Output for a data set or file

The system prints a data set or file using the formatting operands you specified. It prints a title that contains the name of the data set and the page number on every page, unless the NOTITLE operand is specified or defaulted.

If the output attributes of a member are different from the previous member, such as a Document Composition Facility file, then the system prints it separately. If you specify multiple input data sets or members with unlike attributes, then the system creates more than one SYSOUT data set. If you specify more than one output descriptor using the OUTDES operand, then the system also creates more than one SYSOUT data set.

If you direct the output to a data set, the system does not allocate SYSOUT data sets. The formatted output is placed in the data set specified on the TODATASET operand. If the member or data set does not exist, PRINTDS creates it.

Introductory information about how to use the PRINTDS command is described in z/OS TSO/E User's Guide.