IBM S544-5351-03 Printing with the Print Definition, Defining Page Formats, Defining Copies, Apu

APU IBM Advanced Print Utility

Select one of the following:

Build and Test APU Print Definitions

1.Work with Print Definitions

2.Work with Spooled Files

Run APU in Batch Mode

3.Work with APU Monitor

4.Start APU Monitor

5.End APU Monitor

Configure APU

6.Set APU Defaults

7.Work with Fonts

8.Configure APU Monitor Action

Selection or command

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F3=Exit F4=Prompt F9=Retrieve F12=Cancel F16=System main menu F23=Set initial menu

Figure 5. APU main menu panel

Initially, you may need to set the APU defaults if they were not previously set. For more information, see ªInitial APU Setupº on page 14.

Creating a print definition includes defining page formats and defining copies. We describe these tasks in the sections that follow.

Defining Page Formats

When you create a print definition, you must specify whether the print definition will contain one or more page formats. If your print definition will contain only one page format, APU uses a fast path to map the spooled file data and define other document resources such as overlays and images.

However, if your print definition will contain multiple page formats, you must define the fields in the spooled file that APU can use to determine which page format to use for each page of input data. See ªExample of a Multiple Page Format Documentº on page 51 for a detailed description of the panels in APU that you use for a print definition with multiple page formats.

After you have set up the conditions you want APU to use to select a page format, you can then specify the formatting instructions for each output copy.

Defining Copies

A page format needs a minimum of one copy. APU provides the first *ORIGINAL copy with all related default values. Before you create additional copies, you need to define or modify all elements common to all copies. All work that is done on the first copy can be reused by any additional copies.

Step 4: Printing with the Print Definition

To test how your application output will appear with the new print definition applied, select Work with Spooled Files from the APU Main Menu. On that panel you can select an existing spooled file to which you can apply your print definition.

10APU User's Guide