Output Modules › Printing Labels (CULELABL) › How to Use CULELABL

How to Use CULELABL

Supply a carriage control tape or a function control block (FCB) to direct channel 1 to the first line of each label.

To invoke CULELABL:

1. Use a SORT parameter if you want to print the labels in alphabetical order.
2. Code type 5 or type 6 edit parameters with:
   • The label information.
   • A carriage control character of 1 in column 10 for the first edit line.
   • The exact start position of each detail line, based on the record size defined on the output parameter. See the following diagram for calculating the record and block size.
3. Specify CULELABL on the OUTPUT parameter, using the UM option:

   Col
   2
   ▼
   RPT-nnOUTPUT record-size-n block-size-nUM(CULELABL)
   

   • Rpt-nn, coded in columns 2 and 3, is a 2-digit report number in the range 00 through 99.
   • Record-size-n requires the number of print positions occupied by each label on a page. Include blank spaces before and after printed information (see the following diagram).
   • Block-size-n requires the number of print positions occupied by all labels across the page. To determine block-size-n, multiply record-size-n by the number of labels (see the following diagram). This specification should not exceed the printer's output line size (usually 132 characters).

CULELABL Record Size and Block Size Calculation

The following diagram shows the CULELABL record size and block size calculation.

Example

This example reads 80-character input records and prints name and address labels on a form having two labels across the page and several labels down the page.

The following code:

• Uses the OUT parameter to specify:
  • A record size of 34 characters
  • A block size of 68 characters to accommodate two labels across the page
  • A CALL to CULELABL
• Uses a carriage control character of 1 in column 10 for the first line of each new label

   INPUT 80 F 80
   99OUT 34 68 D UM(CULELABL)
   REC NAME 1 25
   REC STREET-NAME 26 19
   REC STATE-CODE  45  2
   REC CITY-NAME   47 10
   REC ZIP-CODE    57  9
   995100011NAME
   99520001 STREET-NAME
   99530001 CITY-NAME
   99530012 STATE-CODE
   99530015 ZIP-CODE
  

An Example of Name and Address Labels