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SEPOPT

Syntax

SEPOPT=nn,

Description

This parameter specifies special banner page print options for TCP/IP printers. Note that this parameter can be specified multiple times for the same printer node. The valid values are:

• 1—The banner page generated will be suitable for landscape printing, with respect to the number of lines. The content of the banner page will be identical to the standard banner page, but it will have fewer blank lines.
• 2—The banner page generated is not translated from EBCDIC to ASCII, and is printable on some LCDS Xerox printers.

  If used with TCPDRIV=DISK/XCOM/FTP/C:D, form feeds match the carriage control attribute assigned to the file that is being processed. For CC=A, the form feeds are written as x'F1'. For CC=M, the form feeds are written as x'8B' in the beginning separator pages and x'89' in the end separators. All other lines in CC=M files have x'09' assigned as carriage control.

• 3—The JES JOBID will be used on the banner page, instead of the normally used, CA Spool File number.
• 4—A banner page will be generated only for Initial file prints; no banner page will be generated for file Reprints, Restarts, or Partial prints. The banner pages for Newcopy and Browse Partial Print requests will not be bypassed.
• 5—Banner page print lines will have a syntax that will allow them to be printed on LCDS printers. In some cases, it can be necessary to specify both SEPOPT=2 and SEPOPT=5 to print banner pages on LCDS printers.
• 6—The first 20 characters of the OUTPUT Statement Preferred Name field will be placed on the TCP/IP banner page after the Programmer Name line.
• 7—Include PJL resources from PJLLIB that match FORM, FCB and CHARS to be sent before the separator page when TCPDRIV=PJL5 is specified. Include PCL resources from PCLLIB that match FORM, FCB and CHARS to be sent before the separator page when TCPDRIV=PCL5 is specified.
• 8—Add two byte length prefix to each line of the separator pages when the first four characters of TCPDRIV are BARR (TCPDRIV=BARR).
• 9—For TCPDRIV=LCDS convert ASA files to Machine Code write and skip or space commands instead of skip or space and write without spacing commands.
• 10—Choose an alternate separator page format.

  If you use SEPOPT=10, any other specified SEPOPTS are ignored.

  If you include both SEPOPT=10 and a separator page (SEP) option from 2-7 in the Printer Node parameter, the effect of the SEP option changes.

  Note: The purpose of adding this alternate format is to supply separator page logic in ESFU010 that is separate from the main code path. This option provides the ability to modify the separator page format without the need to imbed new code within the code that supports the rest of CA Spool's specialized SEPOPT processing.

  Additional form feeds, other carriage control and formatting PCL can be added within the TSALT constants IN ESFU010. Short PCL formatting strings can be added inline by reviewing the comments within the SEPOPT=10 code in ESFU010. By default, SEPOPT=10 creates a separator with block letters for the file name and Job id. In addition, a 25 line detail box is written containing information on the file being printed. The detail box is 79 characters wide. File attributes are written starting in column 18 so that 60 character Output statement fields will fit within the box. In ESFU010, conditional assembly variable &NOBLOCK can be set to bypass the creation of the block letter sections of the separator. This will occur when &NOBLOCK is set to 1.