Xerox 701P21110 manual Record structure, Offline dump, Format

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Tape Client overview

Record structure

A record is arbitrarily divided into two portions: operating system and user.

•The operating system portion of the record contains information that is supplied by the host operating or spooling system.

•The user portion of the record contains information that is provided by the application or the program that is running on the host system.

The boundary between the two portions of the record is traditionally between the record length and the printer carriage control (PCC) fields. The PDL RECORD command defines the components of a record.

Offline dump

	The offline tape dump feature is a troubleshooting tool for tape
	jobs. It allows you to generate a hardcopy printout of all the
	characters, carriage control information, tape labels, and other
	information in the data stream, while a job is being transmitted
	and printed.
Offline dump	• When the system encounters a tape mark while formatting for
format	the dump, the tape mark is indicated following the block
	number.
	• The dump of each block, tape mark, end of volume, or end of
	data is separated by at least one blank print line.

Dump content The tape data stream dump contains the following information for each block that is dumped:

•Block number

•Block length

•The hex decimal number of the starting byte in each printed line of data

•The data printed in hexadecimal

•The data printed using the translation code table that is defined in the VOLUME CODE command.

1-8	Tape Client Job Submission Guide

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Contents Tape client USA Table of contents Managing and printing jobs from the Tape Client Managing the Tape ClientSafety Laser safetyOperation safety U. S Ozone information U. S. onlyOperation safety Europe Operator accessible areas Electrical supplyVentilation Maintenance Before cleaning your productCE mark Europe only Radio and telecommunications equipment directive Europe only For further information Safety Xii Tape Client Job Submission Guide Contents IntroductionAbout this guide Conventions Documentation DocuPrint 2000 Series 100/115/135/155/180 EPS documentationPrinting customer documentation Cd /usr/ucbFeatures and capabilities Tape Client overviewTape Client capabilities IBM DOS/360 Power II HOST=POWER Supported tape formatsFunctional overview Streaming and spooling transmission modesJob and tape status reporting Tape job accounting Tape dumpJob recovery Input processing from tape using Print Description Language Host computer tape formatsTape codes Record formatsRecord structure Offline dumpFormat Managing and printing jobs from the Tape Client Overview of the printing processTape Client window End of Job field on Tape Client window Preparing to print a tape job Importing resource filesLcds Resources window with Source menu displayed Lcds Resources window displaying resource files on tape Popup menu with Import selected Specifying files for printingSpecifying the JDL, JDE, and form to start a job Document field on Tape Client window Job Descriptor Library window Controlling input for tape jobs Ending a jobMoving over files on a tape Move Tape Mark window Moving over blocks on a tape 10. Move Block windowStarting and ending tape dump sessions Accessing the Tape Client Setting up the printer for offline printingManaging the Tape Client Printer setup window Adding a printerModifying a printer Deleting a printerManaging the tape drive Rename Device windowManaging the tape job accounting log Click Rewind or UnloadViewing the job log Printing the job log Click Print LogPage Managing the Tape Client Tape Client Job Submission Guide Index JDLINDEX-2