z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

Usage Notes
FLash OFF
specifies the forms overlay negative loaded into the device. Spool files
designated to be flashed with name, and spool files with no flash name
associated with them, are selected for printing. The variable name is 1 to 4
alphanumeric characters long.
If OFF is specified, it indicates that no flash is to be used.
If no START command with the FLASH option has been issued since the last
cold, force, or clean start, the default FLASH name specified on the RDEVICE
statement in the system configuration file.
HOld
PUrge
specifies the system action to be taken on files with 3800 load errors. If HOLD
is specified, all files with load errors are placed in system hold status. If PURGE
is specified, all files with load errors are purged.
If no START command with the HOLD or PURGE option has been issued since
the last cold, force, or clean start, the default is HOLD.
MARK
NOMARK
specifies whether a 3800 printer will mark 3800 separator trailer pages with
separator bars.
If no START command with the MARK or NOMARK option has been issued
since the last cold, force, or clean start, the default MARK setting specified on
the RDEVICE statement in the system configuration file.
1. If a device is busy when you issue the START command, the changes that you
specify take effect after the current file is complete.
2. If you specify the NOSEP operand for a punch, separator cards are not
punched. Instead, for each file the operator receives the message:
PUN rdev START FOR OUTPUT
START UR (Unit Record)
The punch can be started for the next file by pressing the START/STOP key
on the device.
3. If a real spooling printer that is not a 3800 is started with the BEG3800 or
ANY3800 options, all 3800 load CCWs contained in selected spool files are
removed, and the file is printed with the available setup.
4. IBM does not recommend that you use spool file class to determine the output
form (paper) for 3800 operation. If you change the paper on the 3800 printer
without specifying a new form name with the FORM operand of the START
command, 3800 errors result.
Accordingly, when you change the paper on a 3800 printer, IBM recommends
that you start the printer with the FORM operand and a new form name. If you
prefer, you may instead drain the printer (with the DRAIN command) and enter
the START command without the FORM operand.
5. If you are working within CMS and you want to enter a CP START command,
use #CP START.
6. Throughout the START command operation, the 3800 printer specified refers
to a CP-driven 3800 printer.
7. For printer IDs, the virtual machine associated with the printer ID processes
the START command. Therefore, the options given on the START command
must be valid for the virtual machine processing it.
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