Default values for PRINTDS

Table 35 shows a summary of default values for the PRINTDS command. SYSOUT operand defaults apply only when printing to a SYSOUT data set.

Changing these default values for the PRINTDS command is discussed in z/OS TSO/E Customization.

Table 1. Summary of default values for the PRINTDS command
Operand	SYSOUT only	Default value	Allowed values
BIND	No	0	0 - 255
TMARGIN	No	0	0 - 4094
BMARGIN	No	0	0 - 4094
PAGELEN	No	60	6 - 4095
CLASS or SYSOUT	Yes	A	A - Z, 0 - 9
BURST or NOBURST	Yes	NOBURST	BURST or NOBURST
COPIES	Yes	1	1 - 255
HOLD or NOHOLD	Yes	NOHOLD	HOLD or NOHOLD
MEMBERS or DIRECTORY or ALL	No	ALL	MEMBERS or DIRECTORY or ALL
NUM or SNUM or NONUM	No	NONUM	NUM or SNUM or NONUM
TITLE or NOTITLE	No	If possible, TITLE, Otherwise, NOTITLE. (See note later in this section.)	TITLE or NOTITLE

Note: If you did not specify the CCHAR, DCF, or TRC operands and the data set does not contain carriage control characters, the default is TITLE. Otherwise, PRINTDS assumes NOTITLE. If NOTITLE is the default, PRINTDS does not print title lines when printing a sequential data set or members of a partitioned data set. However, the directory of the partitioned data set is always printed with title lines, even when you specify NOTITLE.

The destination value used for a SYSOUT data set can be defined by the following statements:

PRINTDS DEST keyword.
OUTDES DEST keyword (or output JCL in a TSO/E proc).
- OUTDES statement referenced is specified by the PRINTDS OUTDES keyword
- Output JCL statements in a TSO/E proc can be used for a PRINTDS SYSOUT data set if output JCL is an applicable default type
Default destination (as specified by ACCOUNT DEST keyword) for the user in SYS1.UADS.
For JES3 only, the SYSOUT initialization statement DEST keyword.

When JES processes the SYSOUT, it incorporates the information in the order listed below.

PRINTDS DEST keyword is used if it is given. If no PRINTDS DEST keyword is given, then check if the OUTPUT statement is applicable. The OUTDES keyword on PRINTDS provides the OUTPUT statement.
DEST keyword in the OUTPUT statement is used if it is given. If no OUTPUT DEST keyword is given, then check if SYS1.UADS has a default destination defined (DEST keyword).
Default destination (DEST keyword) in SYS1.UADS is used if it is given. If there is no default destination (DEST keyword) in SYS1.UADS then check the SYSOUT CLASS for JES3 installation.
DEST keyword in SYSOUT CLASS is used for JES3 installation if the SYSOUT CLASS for the PRINTDS contains the DEST keyword.
If none of the preceding applied, use JES defaults.