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Exits to Send Print Requests to a Data Set

Two printer exit procedures are distributed with your product. Each writes the output for a print request to a data set. The procedure $PSDS81X can be customized to specific site requirements. The procedure $PSDS81Z offers the same functionality with improved performance, but cannot be customized. The target data sets for both procedures can be sequential or partitioned.

Parameters that control the operation of the exit are defined in the Exit Data portion of the printer definition. Procedures that pass data to PSM for printing can override the exit data specified in the PSM printer definition.

The procedures use the parameters contained in the exit data to do the following: