Agilent Technologies 5250 The OPTIMA orientation selection algorithm:

The OPTIMA orientation selection algorithm:
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Has
System Specifically
Requested Landscape,
Portrait or COR?
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Use System-
Requested
Orientation.
Yes
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What Is The Setting
Of FMTINFO:ORIENT=?
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Use Setting of
FMTINFO:
DRAWER :
ROTATE= as
Orientation.
(COR by default.)
/DRAWER
No (Or System
Requests Default)
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Will
System-Requested
Page Size Fit On Paper In
Current Drawer?
AUTO
No
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Is
System-Requested
Height > System-Requested
Width?
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Use Portrait
Orientation.
Yes
Yes
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Use Landscape
Orientation.
No
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Calculate Page Orientation
System page size is calculated as:
Columns (MPP) x CPI = width in inches,
Lines (MPL) x LPI = length in inches.
Physical paper width and height are
FMTINFO:
DRAWER : WIDTH= and
FMTINFO:
DRAWER : HEIGHT=
repectively, where
DRAWER: is the
currently selected paper source drawer.
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As always, FMTINFO: settings are for
the currently active output port — ie.,
the output port sending the data to the
printer.
The 5250 OPTIMA supports only
portrait, landscape and COR (Computer
Output Reduction) orientations; it does
not support “reverse” portrait or
landscape orientations. Rotations of 0 or
180 degrees are both portrait. Rotations
of 90 or 270 degrees are both
landscape.
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Is the
setting of
FMTINFO:ORIENT= PORT,
LAND or COR?
Use Orientation
Specified by the
FMTINFO:
ORIENT=
regardless of
system requests.
Yes
The FMTINFO: ORIENT= settings of
LAND, PORT and COR allow overriding
of all system orientation requests.
No
When automatically orienting, pages
that are taller than wide are printed in
portrait orientation, and pages that are
wider than tall are printed in landscape
orientation.
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Use Setting of
FMTINFO:
DRAWER :
ROTATE= as
Orientation.
(COR by default.)