Associating printers with display devices

If you want to copy the contents of a screen direct to a printer, associate a specific printer with the display device in the TERMINAL definition. You do this using the PRINTER and ALTPRINTER attributes.

ALTPRINTCOPY
Specify YES for ALTPRINTCOPY if you want to use the hardware COPY feature on the alternative printer.

For programming information about screen copying, see the CICS® Application Programming Reference.

ALTPRINTER
The alternative printer is used if the primary printer is unavailable. ALTPRINTER and ALTPRINTCOPY can be set dynamically by the autoinstall control program, if the display device definition is autoinstalled.
PRINTER
The primary printer is to be used. PRINTER and PRINTERCOPY can be set dynamically by the autoinstall control program, if the display device definition is autoinstalled.
PRINTERCOPY
Specify YES for PRINTERCOPY if you want to use the hardware COPY feature on the primary printer.