The print text (PRTTXT) parameter specifies the text that appears at the bottom of listings and on separator pages.
Print text is copied from the job attribute when the job enters the system. Print files that originate on another system do not use the print text on the target system. Print text exists as a job attribute (PRTTXT) for defining the print text of a specific job, and as a system value (QPRTTXT) for the default of jobs with *SYSVAL specified. QPRTTXT is the system-wide default for all jobs.
The print text can be up to 30 characters in length. The text should be centered in the form's width and printed in the overflow area. You should center the desired text within the 30 character field.
If the print text is not blank, the system prints 30 characters of text on the bottom of each page. This text normally follows the overflow line and is preceded by a blank line (if the form's length permits). If the user prints past the overflow line, the print text follows the last line of the user text, again preceded by a blank line when possible. If the overflow line is the last line of the form, the print text also prints on the last line of the form, which may result in the typing over of user text.
The print text for job and file separators is put on the first line of the separator page. A job separator contains print text of the job that created the separator at the time the file was printed. A file separator contains the same print text as the spooled file it precedes.
The print text can be specified for all job types. System and subsystem monitor jobs use the system value. Reader and writer jobs use the system value unless print text is changed in the QSPLxxxx job description associated with the reader or writer.
The print text is determined from several places by using the following hierarchical order. If print text is not specified in one place, the next place in the order is used.
The hierarchical order, beginning with the highest priority, is as follows:
For the system value QPRTTXT, any character string can be specified, with the exception of *SYSVAL. If *BLANK is specified, there will be no print text. For PRTTXT, some of the following values can be selected, depending on the command: