AGILE 5250 OPTIMA User’s Guide and ReferencePage 2-12
Format Information
The AGILE 5250 OPTIMA is capable of emulating most popular IBM
printers. In order to do this, it needs some information about the target
printer. The user needs to provide some of this information under
OPTIMA: CONFIG: FMTINFO: in the configuration menu. (Other
information is provided under PFSINFO:, XLTINFO: and FNTINFO:.)
When a supported printer configuration is loaded from the diskette, the
5250 OPTIMA sets the FMTINFO: appropriate for the printer. If the
output device is supported, and if no changes to the default settings are
needed, the user can skip this section.
If the printer/output device is not among the supported printer
configurations, the user must specify the appropriate format information.
The information required should be found in the reference section of the
printer users manual. With this reference information, use the following
tutorial to specify the appropriate format for the printer:

Carriage Return At Form Feed

Some printers automatically perform a carriage return (CR) when they
receive a form feed (FF) command, while other printers do not perform
this function. The CRATFF= option provides users with two choices. If the
user chooses ADD CR (the default value), the OPTIMA will send a
carriage return every time it sends a form feed to the printer. This is the
appropriate choice if the printer does not perform a carriage return. If the
user chooses DONT ADD, a carriage return will not be sent with a form
feed. This choice assumes that the printer will perform this function.

Movement

The HORMOVE= and VERMOVE= choices of RELATIVE (the default) and
ABSOLUTE refer to the type of parameters that the printer recognizes for
controlling the printers horizontal and vertical cursor movement. Some
printers recognize a command to move the cursor to an absolute position
on the page, and others recognize a command to move a relative distance
from the current cursor position. Some printers recognize either type.
Determine the type of parameter the printer recognizes for horizontal and
vertical movement. The two types of movement may be different. Set
HORMOVE= and VERMOVE= appropriately. If the printer recognizes both
types of parameters, choose ABSOLUTE for vertical movement and
RELATIVE for horizontal movement. This choice must be coordinated
with the definitions given to the HORMOVE> and VERMOVE> PFSs.