Paper Sources (Drawers)
For each possible source drawer that the printer can use, the user must
specify the width, height and rotation. Each of the four drawers can be
used to define any possible envelope or paper size and rotation, regardless
of the name of the drawer.
The names of the four source drawers are PAPER 1:, PAPER 2:,
PAPER 3: and ENVELOP:. When the OPTIMA receives a command
from the system to use one of these source drawers, it prints the PFS of the
same name to tell the printer the correct source drawer.
Each drawer has settings for WIDTH=, HEIGHT= and ROTATE=. These
settings are used by the orientation selection algorithm in determining the
best orientation for the drawer.
WIDTH=
Regardless of the orientation of the page, find the smallest dimension of
the paper in the drawer. For example, if the paper in the drawer is 8 1/2 X
11 inches, select 8.5 INCH. If the size of the page is not included in the
configuration menu, choose the next smallest size. If the paper is smaller
than all of the choices in the menu, choose the smallest available size.
HEIGHT=
Find the largest dimension of the paper in the drawer. For example, if the
paper in the drawer is 8 1/2 X 11 inches, select 11 INCH. If the size of
the page is not included in the configuration menu, choose the next
smallest size. If the paper is smaller than all of the choices in the menu,
choose the smallest available size.
ROTATE=
PORT indicates that the paper height is greater than the paper width.
LAND indicates that the paper width is greater than the paper height.
COR, or computer output reduction, is the default setting for each drawer.
If the OPTIMA is driving the printer in COR mode, the printer will be put
into landscape mode (LAND) using the LAND> PFS. The line spacing will
be reduced to 70% (depending upon the setting of the CORVER%= option)
of the system-requested line spacing, allowing an 11-inch page depth to fit
into 8.5 inches. If using COR mode, define the PFSs COR 10>, COR
12> and COR 15>. COR 10> should select a landscape font greater than
or (preferably) equal to 13 pitch. COR 12> should select a landscape font
greater than or equal to 15 pitch. COR 15> should select a landscape font
greater than or equal to 20 pitch.