IBM User's Guide, Thirteenth Edition
This chapter discusses
hardcopy output that is directed to the UTCC line printers,
the UTCC Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printers,
the Imagen laser printer, the IBM 3816 laser printer,
or the CalComp plotter.
Hardcopy output may be generated by MVS, CMS, VAX/VMS, or Sun/SunOS
(UNIX) jobs.
UTCC line printers are located at Remote 0 (100 Stokely Management
Center), Remote 1 (414 Ferris Hall), Remote 2 (108 Estabrook
Hall), Remote 8
(67 Glocker Business Administration Building), Remote 17 (7C Morgan
Hall), and Remote 28 (207 Physics Building). HP LaserJet
printers are located at Remotes 1, 8, and 96. The Imagen
laser printer, the IBM 3816 laser printer, and the
CalComp plotter are located at Remote 0 (100 Stokely Management
Center).
Line printer output generated
from MVS is controlled by parameters
listed in the table below. The parameters
can appear on the DD statement (see section 7.2.10), the OUTPUT JCL
statement (see section 7.2.9), the JOB statement (see section 7.2.1), or
the JES2 JOBPARM or ROUTE statement (see section 7.2.3 or 7.2.2).
MVS Statements and Parameters for Processing
Hardcopy Output on UTCC Line Printers
JCL Statements JES2 Statements Default Value at UTCC
DD OUTPUT /*JOBPARM /*ROUTE
COPIES COPIES COPIES COPIES=1
FCB FCB FCB=6
form on SYSOUT FORMS FORMS FORMS=0316
LINECT LINECT LINECT=61
UCS UCS UCS=GN See Note 1
PRINT /*ROUTE PRINT RMT0
DEST DEST DEST= See Note 2
Note 1: Recommended use of the UCS parameter is for output produced at
Remote 0: UCS=TN to force upper and lower case printing, or UCS=GN
to force all upper case printing. If the UCS parameter is not coded
for Remote 0, the output will be printed with whichever character
set is mounted at the time. Coding UCS=TN at any other remote will
cause the output to be transmitted to Remote 0 for printing.
Note 2: If the DEST= parameter is not coded on the DD or OUTPUT JCL
statements, then the output destination defaults to the value of
the ROUTE PRINT statement (which, if omitted, defaults to Remote 0).
Hardcopy output from VM/CMS is controlled by parameters on the RIFLE
command (see section 4.8.1). Information about submitting print jobs
from the VMS VAXcluster
is included in the
VAXcluster User's Guide
U01-0572.
Default characteristics of line printer output
Default values for UTCC line printer parameters produce output on
11" x 14" greenbar paper (FORMS=0316)
at six lines per inch, beginning in the tenth print position on the
fifth line of the paper (FCB=6).
The default destination for the printing of output is Remote 0.
Users may request printed output from the line printer on forms other than
the default 11" x 14" greenbar paper. UTCC supplies several other types
of standard forms, listed below, or the user may supply a suitable form.
The same is true for carriage control and alignment requirements; UTCC
has several predefined FCB formats, or the user may define one.
All requests for non-default line printer output are processed at
Remote 0.*
A user may request
standard forms and/or
predefined FCB values simply
by supplying an appropriate value for the FORMS and/or FCB parameters as
discussed in this chapter. Requests for
special forms and/or special alignment and
carriage control are handled by the supervisor of operations, as
discussed in sections 9.1.1.2 and 9.1.1.6.
For further information about using non-default forms on the UTCC line
printer,
consult
Form Design Reference Guide for Printers
,
GA24-3488.
*The exception
is at Remote 17, which can supply forms 0216, 0416 and 0426
on request, as well as the default 0316.
The forms listed below are available at UTCC for line printer output.
On CMS, any of the forms
can be requested by issuing the CMS command
RIFLE FORMS nnnn
before printing, where "nnnn" is the appropriate form number.
On MVS, forms are requested
by coding the forms
subparameter of the SYSOUT parameter on the DD statement
or the FORMS parameter on the OUTPUT JCL
statement or the JOBPARM statement. The default form is 0316
(one-part greenbar paper).
Form Type Form Number
Green Bar (11" x 14") 0316
Plain White (11" x 14") 0216
Plain White (8 1/2" x 11") 1 part 0416
2 part 0426
3 part 0436
4 part 0446
**Pressure Labels 3006
**Only users with project codes classified as 3-, 4- or 6-codes are
permitted to print pressure labels on the UTCC line printers. (See
section 2.1.2 for a description of UTCC project code classifications.)
Note
:
The default form
number
for all sites is 0316. Non-UTCC remotes,
however, determine what actual form corresponds to the form number 0316
at their respective sites. Users at non-UTCC sites should contact their
local computing
center to obtain information about the forms conventions at their sites.
Examples
The following are examples of various non-default forms requests
for MVS users:
` One-part plain
white 8 1/2" x 11" paper may be requested by the following
DD statement.
//ddname DD SYSOUT=(*,,0416)
` Multiple forms may be specified by using multiple OUTPUT statements and
referring back to them with the OUTPUT parameter on the DD statement.
//ABC OUTPUT FORMS=0316
//DEF OUTPUT FORMS=0216
//PAPER DD SYSOUT=*,OUTPUT=(*.ABC,*.DEF),COPIES=3
This JCL will produce three copies
of the output on 11 x 14" greenbar paper
(form 0316) and three copies of the
output on 11 x 14" white paper (form 0216).
Up to 128 different OUTPUT statements can be referred back to with the
OUTPUT parameter on the DD statement.
The OUTPUT JCL statement and the DD statement are discussed in
sections 7.2.9 and 7.2.10.
Any form other than one of
those listed in section 9.1.1.1 above must be supplied by
the user and registered with the manager of operations
via the Special Forms
Description Sheet.
All sections of the description sheet
must be completed.
The complete form name must be
and a sample of the
form must be submitted at the time of registration. The description
sheet should be filled out as neatly as possible, as it will become
a part of a reference book consulted by the operator.
When the form has been
registered,
the supervisor of operations
will assign
a four-digit form number, which is to be coded on the FORMS= parameter
so that the correct form can be mounted
when output is to be printed on the special form.
Users should
submit a short test run after the special form has been registered and
assigned a form number
(see section 9.1.1.7 for more information about test runs).
In addition, each run using special forms should print a
few pages of alignment data before the real output. This will help the
operator align the forms properly.
Alignment is the vertical and horizontal positioning of the forms.
The vertical specification includes carriage control instructions and
the positioning of the forms relative to these instructions. It
also specifies the number of lines printed in a vertical inch.
The horizontal specification
indicates where printing begins relative to the
left edge of the form.
Alignment information is conveyed through the FCB (forms control block)
parameter on the
RIFLE command on CMS or on the
DD statement or the OUTPUT statement in an MVS batch job stream.
The default alignment (FCB=6)
causes printing to begin on the fifth line from the top of the form
and in the tenth print position from the left edge of the paper;
six lines are printed per vertical inch.
With FCB=8, eight lines are printed per vertical inch.
The usual alignment used with
pressure labels (FCB=7, form 3006) causes printing to begin
on the first line of the label and in the first print
position at the left edge of the paper, eight lines per label.
If an alignment different from the default alignment is required on CMS,
the RIFLE command must be issued on CMS assigning the appropriate value
to the FCB parameter. On MVS
the FCB parameter must be coded on the SYSOUT DD statement or
the OUTPUT statement of an MVS batch job stream. For example,
//ddname DD SYSOUT=A,FCB=align-id
where align-id is a one- to four-digit UTCC-assigned number
that identifies the alignment instructions.
Typically a form is aligned so that the top of the form corresponds
to carriage control channel 1. Some programs may simulate carriage
control by counting lines.
The following chart gives the format of the
default alignment (FCB=6) used on the UTCC line printers.
Carriage Control Channel Line Explanation
1 5 top of page (normal start)
2 35 halfway down page
3 25 one-third down page
4 20 one-fourth down page
5 3
6 4 top of internal page
7 70 top of external page
8 6 or 36 whichever is next
9 61
10 13
11 14
12 64
The following chart gives the format of the FCB=8 alignment (8 lines per
inch) used on the UTCC line printers.
Carriage Control Channel Line Explanation
1 7 top of page (normal start)
2 47 halfway down page
3 33 one-third down page
4 26 one-fourth down page
5 4
6 6 top of internal page
7 94 top of external page
8 8 or 48 whichever is next
9 81
10 17
11 18
12 85
FCB=7 for mailing labels (8 lines per label, 12 labels per page) is
defined as follows:
Carriage Control Channel Line Explanation
1 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, top of label occurs
41, 49, 57, 65, every 8 lines
73, 81, and 89
If special alignment is required, users must register
the information with the manager of operations by completing
a Special Forms
Alignment Requirement Sheet.
An FCB number will be issued and should be coded in the FCB parameter
when the special alignment is required.
The sheet should be filled out as neatly
as possible, as it will become a part of a permanent
record of alignment information used by the operations staff.
Carriage control channels 9 through 12 do
not exist on some remote printers. The
system may replace a request for these channels with a single space.
The major considerations are that:
(1) no line can contain more than one channel,
(2) each channel must be defined, even if not required by the
program, and
(3) channel 1 must be used to indicate the top of the form.
Users may wish to test the alignment instructions for their special
forms by initially printing the output on the standard 0316 form
(greenbar paper). Such runs must specify
the appropriate FCB parameter but omit the special forms specification.
For example, an MVS batch
job that prints on pressure labels (form 3006), would have
a DD statement showing the forms subparameter as follows:
//ddname DD SYSOUT=(A,,3006),FCB=7
To test the alignment for FCB=7 on form 0316, code
//ddname DD SYSOUT=(A,,0316),FCB=7
The default FCB for all sites is FCB=6. Non-UTCC remotes, however,
determine what alignment actually corresponds to FCB=6 at their
respective
sites. Users at non-UTCC sites should contact their local computing
center to obtain information about the conventions at their sites.
Users designing applications that print at various sites should
familiarize themselves with the wide variety of hardware, software, and
operational policies and procedures at the sites. For example,
a given site may support up to 12 carriage control channels,
8 carriage control channels or one carriage control channel. Character
sets may be 48, 60, or 120 character EBCDIC or 64 or 96 character
ASCII. Printers may be controlled directly by JES2, or output from
JES2 may be spooled to disk at a remote site for subsequent printing
by the site's local operating system.
The print mechanism on a line printer is called a print train,
print chain, print wheel, print band,
or print drum, depending upon the manufacturer
of the printer and the operation of the print mechanism.
The print mechanism usually supports a particular character set. For
example, the
print bands on the IBM 4245 printer at SMC (Remote 0) support either
the TN (upper and lower case) or the GN (upper case only)
character set. Appendix B of this guide shows the GN and TN character
sets as defined at UTCC.
On the IBM 4245 printer at SMC, the GN character set prints at
approximately 1,570 lines per minute, and the TN character set prints
at approximately 745 lines per minute.
IBM users can direct printed output to the HP LaserJet printers at
Remotes 1, 8 and 96.
The HP printers print on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper in either
landscape or portrait mode. The landscape
mode prints nine lines per vertical inch with a 13-pitch font;
the line length is 132 characters. Portrait mode prints 6.5 lines per
vertical inch in a 10-pitch font, 72 characters per line with no line
wrap. Presently there are two HP LaserJet printers at Remotes 1 and 8;
IBM users can print only to the one attended by the student assistant.
Output is distributed to the bins.
There is one HP LaserJet printer at Remote 96; it is accessible from CMS
and MVS, and distribution of output is self-service.
Selection of the HP laser printer is controlled by the FORM and DEST
parameters,
either in JCL lines or in the RIFLE command. Allowable values are
RMT1, RMT8 or RMT96 for DEST and
LAND or PORT for FORM.
On CMS, issue the command
RIFLE FORM PORT DEST RMT8
before issuing a PRINT command for a file to be printed on the HP laser
printer at Remote 8.
These values for FORM and DEST
will stay in effect for the entire CMS session or
until they are
expressly changed by the user. To change back to the default
form (greenbar paper from the line printer) without logging off,
issue the command
RIFLE FORM *
To print on the HP laser from MVS, specify RMT1, RMT8 or RMT96 on the
/*ROUTE PRINT statement and use one or more of the following:
/*JOBPARM FORMS=form
//name DD SYSOUT=(*,,form)
or you can specify destination and form on the OUTPUT statement:
//name OUTPUT FORMS=form,DEST=RMTn
The Imagen laser
printer at Remote 0 produces high-quality laser output. CMS users can
access the Imagen printer by using the IMPRINT command.
For information
about the IMPRINT command
and its options, enter HELP IMPRINT on CMS.
The RELATED option of this help file contains examples for printing
various types of output on the Imagen.
CMS and MVS users can print output on the IBM 3816 laser printer
located at Remote 0, 200 SMC. Output can be picked
up from the output bins at SMC or delivered through the UTCC runner
service. CMS users can
select the 3816 printer with the DEST parameter of the RIFLE command,
as follows:
RIFLE DEST SMC3816 BANNER NO
In the MVS environment, select the 3816 printer by using SMC3816 as the
output destination identifier on the usual output JCL statements (e.g.,
ROUTE, DD, OUTPUT) or TSO commands (e.g., PRINTDS, ALLOCATE, OUTDES).
The 3816 printer offers a wide choice of page
formatting options. Default output formatting emulates a traditional
IBM line printer, i.e., it prints on both sides of the page in
landscape orientation with maximums of 66 lines per side and
132 characters per line. The default font is "Gothic Light,"
printing 15 characters per inch (CPI) measured horizontally.
Use the UCS parameter to select a nondefault font. Use the PAGEDEF
parameter to select an alternate page format. Examples
below demonstrate how to
choose a portrait orientation and a 12-pitch font:
From CMS
RIFLE DEST SMC3816 BANNER NO PAGEDEF PORT66 UCS PR12
From MVS
//ALL OUTPUT DEFAULT=YES,DEST=SMC3816,
// PAGEDEF=PORT66,UCS=PR12
From TSO
OUTDES ALL DEFAULT DEST(SMC3816) CLASS(A) PAGEDEF(PORT66) UCS(PR12)
For more information about printing on the IBM 3816 laser printer, see
"UTCC's IBM 3816 printer offers varied fonts" and "Changing output
formatting on IBM 3816 laser printer," articles that appeared in the
July 1992 issue of the
UTCC Newsletter
, which can be found in the Reserve Section of Hodges Library.
The CalComp plotter software available at UTCC is discussed in
section 16.1.1. This section discusses output considerations for plots.
Output directed to the CalComp 1051 plotter
is classified as standard or non-standard
depending upon its pen and paper requirements. This
distinction is necessary in order for the operations
staff to schedule the plotting.
A standard plot is defined as one that
uses the default arrangement of pens
(one to four ceramic-tipped
pens--black, red, blue, and/or
green) on white paper which has a usable width of 11 inches. A
standard plot uses less than five feet of plotter paper and does not
require operator intervention. Only single copies
of standard plots are permitted.
A non-standard plot has one or more of the following characteristics:
1. requires paper other than paper used for standard plots
2. requires more than one copy of the plot
3. requires more than five feet of standard plotter paper
4. requires a pen setup other than
the default arrangement of ceramic-tipped pens
Users producing
non-standard plots may request an initial setup of one type of plotter
paper and one arrangement of four pens. Pens and/or paper cannot be
changed during a plot.
Compared to the speed of the central processing unit, the plotter is
a very slow device. For this reason, plotter directed output is written
to a high speed intermediate device such as a tape or disk. The
intermediate plot data set is then plotted after the job terminates.
The choice of tape or disk as a spooling device is made by the user
through job control statements. In general, the choice will be
determined by pen and paper requirements for the plot.
Documentation
U01-0632, "CalComp 1051 Plotter," available through PRTDOC.
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