AGILE 5250 OPTIMA User’s Guide and ReferencePage 2-16
Underlining Spaces
The setting of the UNDLSPC= option determines the way in which the
OPTIMA will tell the printer to underline spaces when an underlined space
is encountered in the data stream. It is useful primarily for nine-pin dot
matrix printers.
If the UNDL PFS choice is selected, the OPTIMA will have the printer
print the space character and then underline it as defined by the entry in the
UNDL ON> PFS (on a nine-pin dot matrix printer, this will require a
second pass of the printhead). This is the default selection.
If the UNDERLIN choice is selected, the OPTIMA will have the printer
underline space characters by printing an underscore. The advantage of
this method is that a second pass of the printhead is avoided, and printing
is faster. The drawback is that when underlined spaces are combined with
underlined text on the same line, the result will be an uneven line, because
the underline character and the underscore character are at different
heights on the line.
Orientation
The choices under ORIENT= are used to determine page orientation.
Portrait orientation indicates the page height is greater than its width;
landscape orientation indicates the page width is greater than its height.
There are three different methods that the OPTIMA can use to select page
orientation. (When determining the appropriate orientation, the System
tells the OPTIMA which drawer to use, and the OPTIMA assumes that the
PFS for that drawer has been set correctly.)
1. System Command: If the OPTIMA receives a command from the
System for page orientation, the System command will be used to
orient the page.
2. Drawer: If there is no System command for page orientation, and if
the user chooses /DRAWER, the page orientation will be determined
by the rotation setting (PORT, LAND or COR) that has been indicated
for the drawer selection (PAPER 1:ROTATE=, PAPER
2:ROTATE=, PAPER 3:ROTATE= or ENVEL 2: ROTATE=).