Printing data in ISPF/PDF

Your installation might have one or more ways to print information in ISPF/PDF and a way to select a printer from a list of printers. Because printing capabilities vary from one installation to another, this topic discusses only the standard way to print in ISPF/PDF.

In ISPF/PDF, you can send two types of data to a system printer:

Data sets
Screen images of your TSO/E session

Before you can send data to the system printer, someone must define a job statement for you. A job statement is written in job control language (JCL) and identifies work you send to a printer. The job statement can contain your user ID, name, an account number, and the class and priority assigned to the job. Make sure you have your job statement defined before you try the exercises in this chapter.

To find out if you have a job statement, select the ISPF PARMS option (option 0) from the ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu.

------------------------  ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU  ------------------------
OPTION ===> 0
                                                              USERID   - YOURID
    0  ISPF PARMS  - Specify terminal and user parameters     TIME     - 12:47
    1  BROWSE      - Display source data or output listings   TERMINAL - 3277
    2  EDIT        - Create or change source data             PF KEYS  - 12
    3  UTILITIES   - Perform utility functions
    4  FOREGROUND  - Invoke language processors in foreground
    5  BATCH       - Submit job for language processing
    6  COMMAND     - Enter TSO command or CLIST
    7  DIALOG TEST - Perform dialog testing
    8  LM UTILITIES- Perform library administrator utility functions
    9  IBM PRODUCTS- Additional IBM program development products
    C  CHANGES     - Display summary of changes for this release
    T  TUTORIAL    - Display information about ISPF/PDF
    X  EXIT        - Terminate ISPF using log and list defaults

Enter END command to terminate ISPF.

On the next panel you see, select the LOG/LIST option (option 2).

---------------------------  ISPF PARAMETER OPTIONS  ---------------------------
OPTION ===> 2

    1  TERMINAL      - Specify terminal characteristics
    2  LOG/LIST      - Specify ISPF log and list defaults
    3  PF KEYS       - Specify PF keys for 3278 terminal with 24 PF keys
    4  DISPLAY       - Specify screen display characteristics
    5  LIST          - Specify list data set characteristics
    6  GRAPHIC       - Specify GDDM graphic print parameters
    7  ENVIRON       - Specify ENVIRON command settings

At the bottom of the Log and List Defaults panel under the JOB STATEMENT INFORMATION field, look for several lines of information that might look something like the following:

-------------------------  LOG and LIST DEFAULTS  ----------------------------
COMMAND ===>

LOG DATA SET DEFAULT OPTIONS             LIST DATA SET DEFAULT OPTIONS
----------------------------             -----------------------------
Process option    ===> D                 Process option    ===> PD
SYSOUT class      ===> A                 SYSOUT class      ===> A
Local printer ID  ===>                   Local printer ID  ===>
Lines per page    ===> 60                Lines per page    ===> 60
Primary pages     ===> 10                Primary pages     ===> 100
Secondary pages   ===> 10                Secondary pages   ===> 200

VALID PROCESS OPTIONS:
 PD - Print data set and delete          D - Delete data set (without printing)
 K  - Keep data set (append subsequent information to same data set)
 KN - Keep data set and allocate new data set

JOB STATEMENT INFORMATION:        (Required for system printer)
  ===>//YOURIDA  JOB  (ACCOUNT4),'YOUR NAME',
  ===>// CLASS=5,MSGCLASS=W,NOTIFY=YOURID
  ===>//* COMMENT
  ===>//* COMMENT

If you do not have a job statement, see a TSO/E administrator to help you define one.