IIRC if the printer is set with the last form no prompt to load the
form, this goes back to old 32xx printers, if the output is for a
different form it allows the print operator to load the new form, then
the operator issues the $SPRTx command
the form name can be anything, client specific, or a standard set of
forms like 3 bar...
On 9/15/2021 1:44 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
It's been quite a few years since we had mainframe attached printers, and I'm trying to recall what
the FORMS SYSOUT parameter is used for. If I recall correctly, if a job going to a printer had a
SYSOUT FORMS value that was different than the last job that was printed on that printer, the
operator would be notified, they would change the forms for that printer to the correct one and
then respond to the prompt. Is that correct? And does the FORMS value have any specific meaning?
Or is it up to the shop to know which FORMS value is for which physical form type? More
specifically, the FORMS value just a "free form" string of characters, or is it
"configured" somewhere?
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