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Identifying Printer Devices

Printer devices are identified with one of the following name types:

• Actual system name
• Printer subsystem name
• Names that your System Administrator has assigned

A maximum of seven types of printer locations can be set up for printing output through CA View. The printer types and their DEST ID field formats are:

JES Printer

The JES printer type indicates the standard CA View printer that prints through JES or CA Spool, depending on the value of the PRINTO SARINIT parameter.

DEST ===> xxxxxxxx

External Writer

The external writer type indicates printers in external printing subsystems that print through JES.

DEST ===> xxxxxxxx

CA Spool Printers

The CA Spool (CA Spool Print Management) type indicates printers on the CA Spool print subsystem that print directly to the CA Spool database, and do not go through JES.

Use one of these formats:

CMA printer

Specify the device ID of the CMA printer. Use the following format:

DEST ===> CMA.device-id

Use the PRINTTO and CMASPOOL parameters of the SARINIT utility to configure the printing of output to a default CA Spool system. For details, see these parameters in the Reference Guide.

To print to a non-default CA Spool system, enter a device-id that specifies a non-default CA Spool system. For details about creating and maintaining devices, see the Reference Guide.

subsysid.dest

For individual reports or jobs, users can optionally print and email output to an alternate CA Spool system instead of the default system, using the Print Attributes Panel.

subsysid is the 4 character subsysid of the alternate CA Spool system.

dest is a 1-8 character destination of this alternate CA Spool system.

Note: For details about specifying these values, see the “Printing Output” chapter.

VTAM Print Option

The VTAM print option type indicates printers on the VTAM print subsystem that print directly to printers, and do not go through JES. This type is designed for an IBM 3287 printer configuration, with LU type = 3. Consult your VTAM expert if necessary.

DEST ===> VPO.device-id

Synonym

The synonym type is a printer that has been renamed through CA View (using the DEFine DEVice online facility and SARBCH batch facility) so that it can have a meaningful name for you (for example, PRINTER1, COPYROOM, EDGAR, and so on).

DEST ===> synonym-id

External Printer

The external printer type is a direct interface to a product from another software or hardware company.

DEST ===> >printerid.attributes

For more information about printers that are accessed with the DEST print attribute, see the section Defining Output Devices in the chapter "System Administration: Defining Online Specifications."