Printing Output › Online and Batch Printing—P and J Commands › Using the P and J Commands › JOB Mode

JOB Mode

This section provides procedures for printing output in JOB mode.

P Command

To print output in JOB mode with the P command, follow these steps. These steps print all reports associated with the job.

1. In the Job Selection List, enter P in the Select column of the job output.
2. Press Enter to display the main Print Attribute panel.

   Note: For more information about the attributes, see Main Print Attribute Panel.

   CA View JOB --------------- Print Attribute Panel ----------------  
   Command ===>                                                                   
   

      
      ID     ---> SWILAROG
      Job    ---> SWILAROG    Jobid  ---> JOB05739        
   

   Print Attributes:                                                              
   

      BANNER ===> DEFAULT      CLASS  ===> 3           DEST   ===> LOCAL         
      COPIES ===> 1            BURST  ===> N           FORM   ===> STD
      FCB    ===>              OPTCDJ ===> N           FLASH  ===> (      ,     )  
      UCS    ===>              HOLD   ===> N           MODIFY ===> (      ,   )    
      FORMDF ===>              PAGEDF ===>             PRMODE ===>                 
      LINECT ===>              VIEW   ===>             PRTY   ===>                 
      CHARS  ===> (      ,      ,      ,      )        WRITER ===>                 
      COPYG  ===> (     ,     ,     ,     ,     ,     ,     ,     )                
      PAGE   ===>                                                                  
      RECORD ===>                                                                                                                                     
   

3. Verify or change the print attributes in the main Print Attribute panel, and perform one of these actions:
   • To print from this panel, press Enter.
   • To print on the primary optional printer, enter P on the command line, and press Enter to display the primary printer panel. Validate the print attributes, and press Enter.
   • To print on the alternate optional printer, enter A on the command line, and press Enter to display the alternate printer panel. Validate the print attributes, and press Enter.
   • If the reports associated with the job reside on more than one tape, any P type online reprint is automatically changed to J type batch reprint.

   The output is processed online.

J Command

When you use the J command in Job mode, a batch job is created to print the output that you specify. The job is submitted when you exit the product or issue the SUBMIT command. Follow these steps to print all reports associated with the job:

1. Enter a J in the Select column of the job output that you want to print, and press Enter to display the main Print Attribute panel.

   Note: For more information about the attributes, see Main Print Attribute Panel.

2. Verify or change the print attributes in the main Print Attribute panel, and perform one of these actions:
   • To print from this panel, press Enter.
   • To print on the primary optional printer, enter P on the command line, and press Enter to display the primary printer panel. Press Enter again.
   • To print on the alternate optional printer, enter A on the command line, and press Enter to display the alternate printer panel. Press Enter again.
   • To cancel, enter the END command.

   The output is queued for printing.

3. Perform one of these actions to submit the batch print job:
   • Issue the SUBMIT command.
   • Exit CA View.
4. When the Batch Card JCL panel appears, verify the JOB statement information.