Background information about printing with GDDM is given in the GDDM
User's Guide. You may find it helpful to glance through that information
before carrying out the procedures described in this section. It may also
help if you run into any difficulties.
You can print an image on a graphics or graphics/image printer such as an
IBM 3287, 3816, or 4224. Under TSO and CMS systems only, you can also
create image output suitable for advanced-function printers such as the
IBM 3800 Model 3, 3820, or 3825. However, the Export function (see topic
1.14) creates this type of output, and is generally simpler to use.
- To use a graphics or graphics/image printer, you need some information
from your system-support personnel:
- If you are running under CICS or TSO, find out the name of the
printer. Under CICS, this is a terminal identifier, and under TSO
an LU (logical unit) name.
- If you are running under CMS, GDDM-IVU creates a print file. This
file is sent to a printer. Find out whether this happens
automatically, or whether you have to take any action to cause it
to happen. Find out, as well, whether there are any special
naming requirements for the print file.
- Select option 4 on the Home panel, or option 2 on the Output Selection
panel, described in topic 1.10, which you can display from other
panels by pressing Output (PF6). You should then see the Print Image
panel:
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| ---------------------------------------------------- Print Image -------------- |
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| Print image: Name of the image to be printed |
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| Projection: Name of a projection to be applied (optional) |
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| Printer name: Name of the printer to be used |
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| PF 1 Help 2 No Menu 3 Return 4 Input 5 Projectn 6 |
| PF 7 Backward 8 Forward 9 Clear 10 11 12 Home |
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- Ensure that the name of the image to be printed appears in the Print
image field.
- The Projection field is described in "Editing images" in topic 2.0.
You can leave it blank.
- Type the name of the printer in the Printer name field. If your
system-support personnel have not specified any particular
requirements, choose a name yourself. It must follow the conventions
for image names, as described in "Names of images" in topic 1.7. A
letter followed by up to seven letters or numbers is always a valid
name.
On systems in which GDDM-IVU puts the image output into a disk file
rather than sending it direct to a printer, GDDM-IVU normally gives
the output the name you specify as the printer name. The output is
normally of type ADMPRINT if intended for a graphics (or
graphics/image) printer. Ask your computer support personnel how to
print these files on your system.
- Press ENTER.
- If any further actions are required to print GDDM print files, end the
GDDM-IVU session and do them.
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