Add or Modify Printer Names

Defining Print Destination Tables › Add or Modify Printer Names

Add or Modify Printer Names

To add or modify the list of physical printers for a virtual printer or mnemonic printer name

Access the TPX Print Destination Table Entry List, as described in Adding or Selecting a Print Destination Table in this chapter.
The TPX Print Destination Table Entry List is displayed.

Do one of the following:

To add an ID or name, type S printer-name on the command line, where printer-name is the virtual printer ID or mnemonic printer name that you want to add or modify. Then press Enter.
To modify an existing ID or name, either type S printer-name as described previously, or use the Tab key to move the cursor to the ID or name you want, type S, and press Enter.

The TPX Print Destination Detail Table is displayed.

In the following panel, the administrator is adding a mnemonic printer name of SYSPROG.

TPX Print Destination Table Entry List Panelid - TEN0156 Command ===> S SYSPROG Userid - SYSADMIN Termid - DXAP59B Print Destination Table: SYSBTEST Date - 03/14/03 Time - 07:41:19 Mnemonic name or Virtual Printer name TPXAP001 TPXAP002 ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA **************************

Press ENTER.

TPX Print Destination Detail Table Panelid - TEN0157 Command ===> Userid - VALGA02 Termid - A55TU002 Print Destination Table: SYSBTEST <New> Date - 04/19/13 Mnemonic/Virtual Printer: SYSPROG <New> Time - 20:48:57 VTAM Printer/ Type --Optional JES-- JES Sysout Dest. (V/J) Class Form ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *******************************

To copy a mnemonic/virtual printer from another entry, type COPY printer-name on the command line. Then press Enter. You will see message: MENA8017 printer-name copied. The printer details may now be modified.

TPX Print Destination Detail Table Panelid - TEN0157 Command ===> copy tpxap001 Userid - VALGA02 Termid - A55TU002 Print Destination Table: SYSBTEST <New> Date - 04/19/13 Mnemonic/Virtual Printer: SYSPROG <New> Time - 20:56:33 VTAM Printer/ Type --Optional JES-- JES Sysout Dest. (V/J) Class Form ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *******************************

Press ENTER.

TPX Print Destination Detail Table MENA8017 TPXAP001 copied Panelid - TEN0157 Command ===> Userid - VALGA02 Termid - A55TU002 Print Destination Table: SYSBTEST Date - 04/19/13 Mnemonic/Virtual Printer: SYSPROG Time - 21:12:44 VTAM Printer/ Type --Optional JES-- JES Sysout Dest. (V/J) Class Form DXAL584 V LOCAL J ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *******************************

To add a printer ID to the list, use the Tab key to move the cursor to the left of an existing line, type I, and press Enter.

If no printer IDs are on the panel, type I to the left of the heading JES Sysout Dest.

Accessing Online Help for Field Definitions—To access help for a field on a panel, move the cursor to the field and press PF1.

TPX Print Destination Detail Table Panelid - TEN0157 Command ===> Userid - SYSADMIN Termid - DXAP59B Print Destination Table: SYSBTEST Date - 03/14/03 Mnemonic/Virtual Printer: SYSPROG Time - 07:41:32 VTAM Printer/ Type --Optional JES-- I JES Sysout Dest. (V/J) Class Form PRTLU101 V PRTLU102 V **************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *****************************

Press PF3 three times to save your changes and return to the TPX System Administration Menu.
You can put your changes into effect by issuing the following command in a TPXOPER session:
```
RELOAD PRT=table-name
```