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

START UR (Unit Record)
Responses
When you enter either the START, START PRINTER, or START ALL
commands, it causes all virtual machines associated with all print IDs to be
started.
8. The keyword DEST is required to precede any destination value that is four or
fewer hexadecimal characters or that matches the minimum truncation of an
option on the START command.
9. If DEST is not specified on a command that sets a DEST value, the current
value is unchanged.
10. A printer with DEST set to OFF only processes files with DEST specifically set
to, or defaulted to, OFF.
11. If the START command is issued with the NOAFP option for a CP printer, the
printer does not select files with advanced function printer (AFP)
characteristics—that is, files that contain X'5A' CCWs or an extended attributes
buffer (XAB). These files are not selected, even if other selection criteria are
satisfied (for example, CLASS, FORM, DEST).
12. If you issue the START command for an output device that has been drained,
or for an output device with a different FORM than the one previously started,
you receive CP Message 0405. You should ensure that the correct form is
mounted on the device; then, press the start button on the device or issue
START from the console. Message HCP405 does not appear for an output
device started with FORM asterisk (*) or for one that was genned with FORM
asterisk (*) and started without using a different FORM.
13. If an error is detected loading an FCB or UCS to an impact printer, an error
message is not issued until after the second START command. The first
START command completes and the user is prompted to mount FORM.
Also, if the printer is not ready, an error message is not issued until the printer
is made ready.
14. CP prints the first non–blank page of the spool file as the alignment page
when the printer is in SETUP mode. Pages of blanks that exist before the
non–blank page will be processed. In this case, you will receive blank pages
before the alignment page is printed.
15. When in SETUP mode, if all of the data in the spool file that is selected for
printing is blanks, or if the first non–blank page contains only unprintable
characters, then the alignment page results are unpredictable.
16. If the START command is issued with the FCB option, the LPP value will not
change until the new FCB is actually loaded on the printer. The FCB is loaded,
and the LPP value is changed, when the next file begins printing.
Response for a Real Reader:
RDR rdev STARTED {SYSTEM}
{userid}
Responses for a Real Printer:
When a printer is started, the first two lines of the response are:
PRT rdev STARTED {SYSTEM} CLASS abcdefgh [SECLABEL ssssssss]
{userid}
PRT rdev FORM operform {MANUAL} {SEP } { NO3800} [DEFFCB]
{AUTO } {NOSEP} {BEG3800} [FILEFCB]
{SETUP } {ANY3800}
For 3800 printers, the third line is:
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