RE: RE: How and where do I-- Separator Pages in Front of printout

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   8. RE: How and where do I-- Separator Pages in Front of printout
>      (Dave Odom)
>
>Tom Liotta wrote:
>
>>> Are you referring to 'file' or 'job' separator pages? The two kinds
>are specified separately in somewhat unrelated places. I'll have to dig
>for details (though maybe someone will know once memory is sparked). But
>either way, I don't know that I've ever seen a *BEFORE/*AFTER kind of
>setting. I've always thought they print when they print.  <<
>
>In my vernacular, what I'm talking about is a separator page printing
>out BEFORE each print file, sometime call a job, is printed.   The point
>being to print something that quickly identifies the printout so that

>anyone picking it up can quickly separate their printout from someone
>else's.
>
>The problem is not getting one to print out at all, the problem is
>getting one to print out BEFORE each print stream(file/job).

Dave:

After some looking to remind myself, 'file' separators are specified for 
printer writers, e.g., via the STRPRTWTR FILESEP() parameter. 'Job' separators 
are specified generally for outqs, e.g., via the CHGOUTQ JOBSEP() parameter. A 
single job separator page would print for a job that created dozens of spooled 
files and all were printed together; dozens of file separator pages would print 
for that single job if file separators were enabled.

But that's mostly trivia in this case. Perhaps what you want to study will come 
from:

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/0/37bc85cefacc13ab862566c2007102df?OpenDocument
  or:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V2182110C

I knew something in this issue resonated in memory somewhere. Search for the 
word 'trailer' in that page. It might start bringing some of it all to light.

By the looks of it, it isn't going to happen unless you do it yourself. And  
I'm not clear on how that could be done. It doesn't look as though job or file 
separators are reliable. (There are some other IBM support type documents that 
talk about different printer drivers handling things in different ways.)

Tom Liotta