PD Print to remote printer/File-Transfer

PDn Print on Device. A system-specific relationship may be established between the station name of a remote printer and a one to two character mnemonic code n. This code may specified in the PD Action Code, and is defined in the CFS.PDFILE be the system administrator. Print commands with specific parameters (e.g. for a laser printer, FORM=, LOOP=, CHARS=, ..) and File Transfer/RDAC requests to a predefined host may be issued via these mnemonic codes. The record format of the CFS.PDFILE is documented in the system administrator manual in the "Administration Interfaces" section.

Any user can assign a user-specific PDFILE with a /FILE file,LINK=PDFILE command. This command can be given when starting CFS.

PDnS PD with parameter SPACE=E

PDnE PD with parameter ERASE

PDnB PD with parameter BINARY=YES

PD? A menu with the mnemonic codes and their respective printers and print parameters as defined by the system administrator will be displayed. The user can then select the required printer by marking it with an X, or S (Print with Space=E).

PD if this is the first time it is entered, it functions identically to PD?; i.e. a menu with the defined mnemonic codes and their printers will be displayed from which the user may select. In contrast to PD?, CFS will note the marked mnemonic code and substitute this automatically for each successive PD Action Code.