Offline specifications
D-4 Using LCDS Print Description Language
After an LPS software system is created by the user, the source
for these JDLs is resident in the JSL directory. Use xjdc
commands to obtain a printout of the desired JDLs. (Refer to
“Compiling a JSL” in the “PDL principles and procedures”
chapter for information on managing JDLs.)
LPS tape label format
LCDS resources (such as JDLs) that reside on LPS formatted
tapes may be downloaded to the printing system disk from a host
mainframe computer by means of
. The format of the tapes that may contain these resources is
shown in the following diagram.
In this diagram, each rectangle represents a record that contains
one or more bytes of data. The table that follows it lists the
pieces of information that are contained within each record.
IBMRCA IBM OS and DOS standard-labeled tapes
IBM ANSI-labeled and OS Writer tapes
US70 RCA-labeled tapes
OLDUMP Online dumps of host transmissions
ONLINE Online with or without banner or trailer pages
UNIVAC Univac DF-formated tapes
XEROX ANSI-labeled tapes
Unlabeled tapes
Xerox ANSI-labeled tapes
JDEs to print unknown tapes
Printing tapes without attempting to deblock the tape
properly
Table D-2. JDL source files on software CD (Continued)
JDL JDEs provided for:
