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Subject: Re: SYSOUT FORMS question
On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:46:40 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>It's the responsibility of the separator to start each DS on a front side;
>there is not and should not be anything that
On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:46:40 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>It's the responsibility of the separator to start each DS on a front side;
>there is not and should not be anything that device specific on SPOOL.
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Nonetheless, when the printer was directly attached to MVS each
data set started on a
, September 15, 2021 2:44 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: SYSOUT FORMS question
It's been quite a few years since we had mainframe attached printers, and I'm
trying to recall what the FORMS SYSOUT parameter is used for. If I recall
correctly, if a job going to a printer had a SYSOUT
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Subject: Re: SYSOUT FORMS question
On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:44:19 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
>It's been quite a few years since
From my personal experience (dating back to 1977-1980), both the SYSOUT-related
sub-parameters CLASS and FORM (possibly also WRITER-program, and often DEST)
provided a "gate" so that a queued-SYSOUT could be directed to a printer that
was configured / set to the appropriate data-values via JES
On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:44:19 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
>It's been quite a few years since we had mainframe attached printers, and I'm
>trying to recall what the FORMS SYSOUT parameter is used for. I...
>
IIRC, long ago we had an MVS guest directing SYSOUTs to a
virtual printer. But all
40+ years ago, I worked in the print room for a GM subsidiary. We printed using
mainframe connected printers. Probably 80% green bar paper, 1-5 copies that
went through the decolator. (2-5) But, we also printed checks & special forms
that required setting up the printers for each form. If I
IIRC if the printer is set with the last form no prompt to load the
form, this goes back to old 32xx printers, if the output is for a
different form it allows the print operator to load the new form, then
the operator issues the $SPRTx command
the form name can be anything, client specific,
It's been quite a few years since we had mainframe attached printers, and I'm
trying to recall what the FORMS SYSOUT parameter is used for. If I recall
correctly, if a job going to a printer had a SYSOUT FORMS value that was
different than the last job that was printed on that printer, the
