Printing a data set in ISPF/PDF

When you request to print something from the UTILITIES option (option 3) in ISPF/PDF, it goes to an intermediary data set called a LIST data set. The LIST data set collects information you want printed during your ISPF/PDF session. When you exit ISPF/PDF, the LIST data set can be:

Printed and then deleted
Deleted and not printed
Kept and not printed

More about LIST data sets is covered in Exiting ISPF/PDF with a LIST data set.

You might have noticed on the ISPF/PDF Utilities Selection Menu that you can print entire data sets or members of a data set with the LIBRARY option (option 1).

Printing a data set follows the same procedure as allocating and deleting a data set. First select the UTILITIES option (option 3) from the ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu.

------------------------  ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU  ------------------------
OPTION ===> 3
                                                              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.

From the Utility Selection Menu, select the LIBRARY option (option 1).

--------------------------  UTILITY SELECTION MENU  ----------------------------
OPTION ===> 1

    1  LIBRARY     - Compress or print data set.  Print index listing.
                       Print, rename, delete, or browse members
    2  DATASET     - Allocate, rename, delete, catalog, uncatalog, or
                       display information of an entire data set
    3  MOVE/COPY   - Move, copy, or promote members or data sets
    4  DSLIST      - Print or display (to process) list of data set names
                       Print or display VTOC information
    5  RESET       - Reset statistics for members of ISPF library
    6  HARDCOPY    - Initiate hardcopy output
    8  OUTLIST     - Display, delete or print held job output
    9  COMMANDS    - Create/change an application command table
   10  CONVERT     - Convert old format messages/menu panels to new format
   11  FORMAT      - Format definition for formatted data Edit/Browse
   12  SUPERC      - Compare data sets (Standard dialog)
   13  SUPERCE     - Compare data sets (Extended dialog)
   14  SEARCH-FOR  - Search data sets for strings of data