printing on the mainframe

[Keri Palko <keri.palko@UCDMC.UCDAVIS.EDU>]

We have just installed PeopleSoft HRMS 7.5 with MVS/DB2 as our Database
Server (DB2 v5.1). This is our first experience with SQR (v 4.3). I thought
I could just run SQRs on the mainframe and they would come out formatted
correctly. This didn't happen.

If I use
SQROUT  DD SYSOUT=9 (which is a mainframe printer class for a Xerox OCE
impact printer), the report comes out. The problems are
1. the first line is the garbase printer-init characters (E (0N &l0O &l8D
&l88F (s16.66H &a9L &k2G).
2. There is a 1 on each of the subsequent pages where the top of page
should be (like I would use if coding a COBOL report and using control
characters 1-top of page, 0-double space... and then I would also use
RECFM=FBA).
3. The pages are not breaking where they should be. The 1 mentioned above
is never at the top of the page.

This all also happens when I send the output to the mainframe line printer.

When I try using
SQROUT DD SYSOUT=L,DEST=U37 (which is a HP network laserjet printer that is
also a VPS printer), the report never comes out. Instead a page comes out
with Error Detected and the printer goes into EDRAINED status.

I would be so HAPPY if someone could help me out.

Thanks,
Keri