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Field Name	Description
Printer	type	Specifies	the printer type you are going to use.
	1	4224,	4234,	4230
	2	3812,	3816,	3930

33916, 4028

43820, 3825, 3827, 3829, 3835, 3900

53825, 3835, 3900 with the Advanced Function Image and Graphics feature

63831

73935

9Not specified

The

specified value is used to :

Ÿ

Check if each element is supported

by

the

printer.

Ÿ

Create

the appropriate

data

stream

to

each

printer.

If

9

or

*DEFAULT

is

selected,

another

panel

is

displayed to

change

the

following

attributes

for

your printer:

Ÿ

Pel density

Ÿ

Graphics

Ÿ

Text color

Ÿ

Color shading

Ÿ

Vertical

right

to

left

format,

for

DBCS

Ÿ

PTOCA

Tower

2,

Underline,

Overstrike,

Character

enlarge

Ÿ

BCOCA,

Bar

Code

Object

Content

Architecture

See

Appendix A,

“Printer

Characteristics”

on

page 413

for

the

differences

of

printers.

Characters

per

Specifies

the

width

of

a

column. For

example,

at

12 CPI,

eac

inch

takes

one-twelfth

inch

width. The

valid

values

are

5.00,

10.00,

1

13.30,

15.00,

16.70,

18.00,

and

20.00.

This value is used to specify horizontal positions when the

measurement

method

is

Row/Column.

This

value

is

also

used

to

specify

horizontal

positions

of

th

box

element.

Lines

per

inch

Specifies

the

distance

from

one

row

to

the

next. For

exa

means

that

the

distance

between

the bottom of a row

and

th

next one is one-eighth

inch. The

valid

values

are

3.00,

4.00,

6

7.50,

8.00,

9.00,

and

12.00.

This

value

is used to specify vertical positions when the mea

method

is

Row/Column.

This

value

is

also

used

to

specify

vertical

positions

of

the

element.

Degree of

Specifies

0,

90,

180,

or

270

for

the

degrees

of

clockwise

ro

rotation

overlay.

DBCS

SO/SI

Specifies

whether

or

not

shift-out (SO)

and

shift-in

(SI)

char

spacing

printed

as blanks.

Y

(Yes)

The shift-out and

shift-in characters in the text dat

printed

as

blank

characters.

N

(No)

The shift-out and shift-in characters in the text dat

printed. They

occupy

no

space

in

the

printout.

Note:

DBCS

SO/SI

spacing

is valid

only

when

the

file

is

a

DBCS

capable

file.

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