AGILE 5250 OPTIMA User’s Guide and ReferencePage A-8
This example shows that a job start command is only translated to a Form
Feed if it is the same type of job as the currently active job.
Logical Not (¬) Commands
In order to maintain compatibility with existing data streams and
applications, the OPTIMA supports the use of logical not (¬) commands to
initiate PFS and FF suppression modes.
The PFS/FF suppression modes that these command initiate are not the
same as Auto PFS and Auto FF suppression modes. For example, if a
logical not command is used to initiate FF suppression mode, then the FF
pass-through feature described above is not available.
Also, if PFS/FF suppression mode is initiated with a Logical Not
command, it cannot be terminated automatically with the Auto PFS/FF
suppression terminator s+Xd; it must be terminated with the
appropriate Logical Not command.
The logical not commands:
¬¬<<< Initiates PFS Suppression
¬¬>>> Terminates PFS Suppression
¬¬{{{ Initiates Form Feed Suppression
¬¬}}} Terminates Form Feed Suppression
If ¬¬{{{ is used to initiate FF suppression mode, then following is the
only way to send a form feed to the printer:
use ¬¬}}} to terminate FF suppression mode
send the FF
use ¬¬{{{ to reinitiate the FF suppression mode.
For this reason, AGILE recommends the use of these commands only for
existing applications and documents. New applications and documents
should use the auto PFS/FF suppression modes.