User's Manual

IBM OS WRITER TAPE ORGANIZATION
12-4 XEROX LASER PRINTING SYSTEMS TAPE FORMATS MANUAL
Step 5. When the time comes to transfer the output to a tape, the operator
mounts the tape and starts up the Xerox Writer by keying in:
S XEROXWTR
The Xerox Writer then copies (to tape) the entire contents of Class X
as a multi-report, single-file, multi-volume job, blocking the output as
described in the OS Writer generation procedure (or as changed by
the operator key-in parameters or by parameters on the EXEC
statements that created the reports–not shown).
Step 6. Finally, the operator dismounts the tape and prints it on the Xerox
printer using the JDL which contains the correct OSTLP, OSHDP,
and OSCHN values and, of course, the HOST=OSWTR and
LABEL=STANDARD left/right parts.
Steps to creating an OS Writer tape
A brief summary of the operations leading to an OS Writer tape is as
follows:
1. Create the Writer “proc” and catalog it in the OS or OS/VS
system.
2. Create the JCL for the job which corresponds to the OS Writer
message class.
3. Initialize the tape volume labels, if necessary.
4. Run the jobs that generate the reports.
5. Start up the Writer with an operator key-in.
6. Unload the tape and print it on the printing system.