October 22, 2009

Reminder: Titan Default Printer Options Changing November 15th

As announced in the September 29 Titan News article “Titan Default Printer will be Cut Sheet starting November 15, 2009,” Titan’s default centralized printing will change from continuous-form paper to cut-sheet paper starting on November 15th.

Default printing features

As of that date, the default print service will feature double-sided, cut-sheet forms in landscape mode.

Options

Print options include portrait mode, single-sided printing, and 3-hole punched paper. In addition, there are slower impact printing services for labels and user-supplied forms.

Alternatives to printing

• Use IOF in TSO/ISPF to view and save output to a disk data set (see the Titan Batch Processing manual for more information).


• Use IOF as a batch job to save jobs/reports to a Titan data set (see the Titan Batch Processing manual for more information).


• Use JCL (Job Control Language) to route reports directly to a Titan data set.


• Use JCL to fetch job output and email to recipients.


• Use JCL to fetch job output and convert it to a PDF file and email it to user.


• Use the FETCH utility to copy output to a disk data set (see the Titan Batch Processing manual for more information).

For more information on alternatives to printing output, including JCL examples, go to http://silk.nih.gov/silk/PrintingAlt

Questions?

If you need help or have any questions regarding print options or output distribution, contact the NIH Help Desk at http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/support or call 301-496-HELP (301-496-4357), 866-319-4357 (toll free), or 301-496-8294 (TTY).