Symptom Possible Causes
Element position is
not as expected You might have misunderstood the element position. The
position depends on the element type. See “Element Type and
Position” on page 407 for detail.
The value of the Unit of measure is different.
You changed the measurement method. This may cause the
element to move within the same row/column position even
though you change the measurement method again.
Text is not as
expected The field you specified for the text does not exist in the file.
You specified rotation, but the printer does not support it. (If
you rotate the overlay or page, the degrees of rotation must be
specified for the text element.)
You specified the vertical format, but the printer does not
support it.
You specified a color that is not supported by the printer.
You specified a value too small for the

Character size

prompt
on the Define Text Detail display or the Change Text Detail
display and your printer is the 4224 printer, the 4234 printer, or
the 4230 printer.
Text in graphics is
not as expected. The size you specified for the graphics element is small and
your printer is the 4224 printer, the 4234 printer, or the 4230
printer.
The length of the
dotted or the dashed
line is not correct
You specified a different printer type in the overlay
specifications or the PFD specifications.
Shading in the box
element is not
correct
You specified a different printer type in the overlay
specifications or the PFD specifications.
Sense Codes and Possible Causes

Some messages sent to the message queue of the printer writer show the sense

data returned by the printer. To see the sense data, position the cursor to the

message and press the F1 (Help) key. The second-level message appears, and its

cause shows the sense data if applicable. For example,

...

the corresponding sense data is X'ð118'..X'ð2' X'ð1'. Processing of the

...

01, 18, and 02 is the sense byte 0, 1, and 19.

The following table shows typical sense bytes and their possible causes:

Sense Bytes
0, 1, 19 Description and Possible Causes Recovery
0218..02 Invalid font ID:
You specified the vertical format of text
although its font is font type 1 (specified
with a font and character identifier)
Specify the horizontal format
or use a font of font type 2
(specified with a coded font)
or font type 3 (specified with
a code page and a font
character set).
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