Printing a chart
To print high-resolution graphics
- Display the chart that you want to print or transfer.Notice the number of the PF key that has been assigned to HARDCOPY in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. If you want to change this PF key definition, press PF1, and then specify the new number in the HARDCOPY PFKEY field on the Chart Selection panel.
Press the Hardcopy PF key.The Graphics Transfer panel is displayed, as shown in following Figure.
----------------------------- GRAPHICS TRANSFER ---------------------------
OPTION ===>
1 QUEUE - transfer screen image to the GDDM print request queue data set
2 SAVE - transfer screen image to a permanent picture file (GDF)
3 PLOT - transfer screen image to an attached plotter
4 PRINT - transfer screen image to an attached printer
Queued request: (option 1)
Printer name ==> LSPRB32 (VTAM node name or GDDM nickname)
Number of copies ==> 1
Separator page ==> NO
Page width (cols) ==> 75
Page depth (rows) ==> 60
Picture file: (option 2)
Data set name ==>
Member name or ==>
Member prefix ==> (the next 2-digit sequential number will be
appended to this prefix)
Press ENTER to generate picture transfer
Press END KEY to cancel requestSelect the task that you want to perform from the following table and follow the procedure specified:
To take this action
Follow this procedure
Transfer a chart to the GDDM print-request queue data set.
- In the OPTION field, type 1(Queue).
- Complete the Queued request fields on the Graphics Transfer panel.
- Press Enter.
Transfer the graph to a picture file on auxiliary storage for later display.
A picture file is a member of a partitioned data set (PDS) stored in Graphics Data Format (GDF).
- If you or your site does not already have a graphics PDS, allocate one on auxiliary storage with these attributes:
RECFM=F or FB
LRECL=400 - In the OPTION field, type 2 (Save).
- In the Data set name field, specify the name of the PDS.
- In the Member name field, specify the member name that you want to use, or in the Member prefix field, specify a prefix of up to six characters.
- Press Enter.
About member prefixes: The Member prefix field allows you to logically group a set of related graphs. Graph Manager appends a two-digit suffix (01-99) to the prefix for each unique graph.
For example, if you specified the prefix TAXES, the first graph is saved as TAXES01, the second graph as TAXES02, and so on. Then, when you are ready to display all of the TAXES graphs, you can use the PICture command to display the graphs in numerical order.
Transfer the graph to an attached plotter.
A plotter can be attached to a 3179G or 3270 PC/G(.X).
In the OPTION field, type 3 (Plot), and then press Enter.
Transfer the graph to a locally attached printer.
In the OPTION field, type 4 (Print), and then press Enter.