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Display Printouts

To obtain hard copies from CA Auditor displays:

• Use the print key on the keyboard to print screen images on 3270‑type local printers. You can determine if a local printer is available to your particular CRT by looking for the printer symbol, which is found on the bottom line of the screen display.
• Use the ISPF/PDF Print feature. Press the ISPF‑defined print key (usually F4 or F12) or enter PRINT on the command line. ISPF/PDF saves all screens that you select for printing in a data set named userid.ISPFx.LIST, where x is a sequential number assigned by ISPF. You specify what you want ISPF/PDF to do with this data set when you leave ISPF. ISPF/PDF usually submits a batch utility to print and delete the list data set, although you can request that the list data set be saved. If you save the data set when you exit ISPF, you can use the TSO rename command to give it a new name. This practice is useful because, each time you enter ISPF, the list data set is allocated. Because it is always “in use,” you cannot browse or edit its contents. Renaming the data set lets you reenter ISPF/PDF and browse the renamed list data set.
• Use the CA Auditor report feature. The CA Auditor displays, such as functions that compare data sets, can create “spin‑off” data sets. These are sequential data sets or partitioned data set members that contain the CA Auditor displays, similar to those displayed on the terminal. You can process this data set with a report writer or print it using the ISPF/PDF Print function. CA Auditor dynamically allocates and deallocates these data sets. No explicit user action is needed. These files are created in printer format.