The Print Device Profile allows you to describe the standard print devices that are available on your computer system. You may specify up to 12 queues in addition to the default 00 which is your current terminal. When you specify the defaults, these defaults will be used and presented to each operator whenever they attempt to run a program which will produce printed output and allows them the choice of selection of the various output options.
Device Name
Device 00 will always default to TT:. This is the default for your terminal and can be used for output to the terminal you are logged in to.
If you want to store your output on a disk device, you must enter the 4-character device name or a disk-logical name followed by a colon (:) The options FROM, HLD, DEL, LOCK are NOT to be used for output to the disk or screen.
All other entries under the device name area should be the logical names of the print queues set up and known to the system. Your system manager can provide you with this information or set up your profile.
Description
Enter the description (in user's terms) the name of the output print device.
From No
FROM is used to indicate whether the print queue has forms control applied or not.
'O' means that there is no forms control and this is the default entry.
A number/letter from 1 - U specifies the default form to be used and corresponds to the entries 1 - U in the forms parameter profile (0 = DEFAULT).
Note: See Forms Setup Profile for explanation of forms usage.
Hold
This parameter causes the print output to be held until operator intervention releases to the print queue. The default is 'N', meaning the item will not be held.
Enter 'Y' if you want your output to this queue held.
Delete
This parameter controls if the output is to be deleted after printing. The default is 'N', don't delete after printing.
If you want the output deleted after printing, enter 'Y'.
Note: If you do not specify delete after print in this parameter, you are responsible to clean up the list files from your directory on a periodic basis. The advantage of this option, of course, is that if the print fails during the printout, the job does not have to be re-run to reprint and obtain the completed output.
Locked
The default is 'N', the queue options are not locked and can be changed by the terminal operator during printer output selection.
If you enter 'Y', the options on this queue are locked and may not be changed during output device selection.