To specify print parameters to be used with the print function, select the PARAMETERS option (option 3) from the Print Definition panel. Print parameters are not required information. If you do not type information in the PARAMETER option, the fields default to predetermined system-defined values.

Parameters that you specify are stored as variables in the printer support table. The printer definition variables are listed in z/OS TSO/E Programming Services. For information about parameters contained in the variables, see z/OS MVS JCL Reference.

The IBM-supplied print functions, ICQCPC10 and ICQCPC15, obtain their parameters from entries on the Parameters panels of the print definition. If you specified a print function and typed N in the PRINTDS USED field shown in Figure 1, you see the panels described below in Specifying General Parameters.

If you specified a print function and typed Y in the PRINTDS USED field, you see the panels described in Specifying General PRINTDS Parameters.