MODIFY-SPOOLOUT-OPTIONS

Compress SPOOL output

Component:	SPOOL
Functional area:	Controlling spoolout job
Domain:	SPOOL-PRINT-ADMINISTRATION
Privileges:	STD-PROCESSING PRINT-SERVICE-ADMINISTRATION SAT-FILE-EVALUATION SAT-FILE-MANAGEMENT SECURITY-ADMINISTRATION

Function

This command compresses printouts by reducing line feeds.

The MODIFY-SPOOLOUT-OPTIONS command affects the way in which feed control characters in files edited for printing are handled during printout. You can define the degree of compression. Entries made here affect all subsequent PRINT-DOCUMENT commands in which interpretation of the feed control character has been explicitly requested (LINE-SPACING operand).
The entries lose their effect at the end of the job or when the MODIFY-SPOOLOUT-OPTIONS command is issued with corresponding arguments.

Format

MODIFY-SPOOLOUT-OPTIONS                                                                                                                 

COMPRESS-OUTPUT = *UNCHANGED / *NO / *MINIMUM / *MAXIMUM

Operands

COMPRESS-OUTPUT =
Degree of compression.

The COMPRESS-OUTPUT operand is ignored if the LINE-SPACING operand has not been specified with a value of *BY-EBCDIC-CONTROL, *BY-IBM-CONTROL or *BY-ASA-CONTROL in the PRINT-DOCUMENT command.

COMPRESS-OUTPUT = *UNCHANGED
The existing entry is valid (= *NO at the start of a job).

COMPRESS-OUTPUT = *NO
No compression, i.e. the entries in the PRINT-DOCUMENT command (LINE-SPACING operand) are not changed.

COMPRESS-OUTPUT = *MINIMUM
Interprets the feed control characters in the edited file as follows: 

Feed control character for	Line feed
1 line	1 line
2 lines	1 line
3 lines	2 lines
> 3 lines	3 lines

COMPRESS-OUTPUT = *MAXIMUM
Selects a 1-line feed (minimum space requirement) for the output of edited files.

Return codes

(SC2)	SC1	Maincode	Meaning
	0	CMD0001	No error
	1	CMD0202	Syntax error