IBM S544-5285-01 manual Psf

and the MVS/390 Data Facility Product operatingparameteron a . A variable that is given a constant value

System/390 processor.for a specified application and that may denote th

application.

MVS . Multiple Virtual Storage.

pitch . A unit of width of type, based on the numbe

O

characters

that

can

be

placed

in

a

linear

inch. For

example,

10-pitch type has ten characters

per inch.

offset .

The

number

of

measuring

units

from

an point .

A

unit of about 1/72 of an inch used in

arbitrary

starting

point

in

a

record,

area,

or

control block

material.

to

some

other

point.

measuring

typographical

object .

point

size .

The

height

of

a font

in

points.

See

also

(1) A

collection

of

structured

fields.

The

first

point.

structured field provides a begin-object

function,

and

the

last

structured

field

provides

an

end-object

function.

The

(PSF) .

PSF

is

a

sophisticated

Print

Services

Facility

object

may

contain

one

or

more

other

structured

fields

that

drives

IPDS

page

printers.

IBM

print

subsystem

whose

content

consists

of

one

or

more

data

elements

of

under

OS/390,

MVS,

VSE,

VM,

OS/2,

PSF

is

supported

a particular

data

type.

An

object

may

be

assigned

a

a

standard

part

of

the

operating

syst

AIX,

and

is

name,

which

may

be

used

to reference

the

object.

under OS/400. PSF manages printer resources such as

Examples

of

objects

are

text,

graphics,

and

image

fonts, images, electronic forms, form definitions, and

objects. (2) A

resource

or

a

sequence

of

structur

d

page definitions, and provides error recovery for p

fields

contained

within

a larger

entity,

such

as

a

page

segment

or

a

composed

page.

jobs.

When printing line data, PSF supports external

Operating

System/2

.

IBM's

operating

system

for

formatting

using

page

definitions

and

form

definitions.

the

formatting

extends

page

printer

functions

IBM

Personal

System/2

or

a

compatible.

This

external

such

as

electronic

forms

and

use

of

typographic

fon

OS/2 .

See

Operating

System/2.

without

any

change

to

applications

programs.

outline

fonts .

(1) Fonts

whose

graphic

Print

Services

Facility/2 (PSF/2) .

PSF/2

is

an

character

shapes

are

defined

as

mathematical

OS/2-based print server that drives IPDS page printer

equations

rather

as well

as

IBM

PPDS

and

HP-PCL

compatible

printers.

than by raster patterns. (2) Fonts created in the format

describedAdobein

Type

1

Font

,Format publication

PSF/2

manages

printer

resources

and

provides

error

available from

Adobe

Systems

Inc.

Synonymous

recovery for print jobs. PSF/2 supports distributed

with

Type

1

fonts.

printing

of

AFP

print

jobs

from

PSF

for

OS/390,

PSF/MVS, PSF/VSE, PSF/VM, and OS/400. PSF/2 also

overlay .

A

collection

of

predefined,

constant

supports

printing

from

a

wide

range

of

workstation

data

such

as

lines,

shading,

text,

boxes,

or

logos,

th

a

including

Microsoft

Windows

and

OS/2

pplications,is

Manager, as well as the ASCII, PostScript,

electronically

composed

and

stored

as

an

AFP

Presentation

ource

file than can be merged

with

variable

and

AFPDS

data

streams.

data

on

a

page

while

printing

or

viewing.

PSF .

See

Print

Services

Facility.

P

PSF/2 . See Print Services Facility/2.

page

.

Part

of

an

AFP

document

bracketed

by

R

a

pair

of

Begin

Page

and

End

Page

structured

fields.

page

definition

.

A

resource containing

a

set

resource

.

A

collection

of

printing

instructions

and

of

formatting

controls

for printing

logical

pages

sometimes data to be printed consisting entirely of

of

data.

Includes

controls

for

number

of

lines

per

structured fields.

A

resource

can

be

stored as

a

printed sheet,

font

selection,

print

direction,

and

mapping

member of

a

library

and

can

be

called for

by

Prin

individual

fields in

the

data

to

positions

on

the

Services Facility when needed. Coded fonts, font

printed

sheets.

character

sets,

code

pages,

page

segments,

overlays

page

segment

.

An

AFP

resource

that

can

form

definitions,

and

page

definitions

are

all

resour

contain

text

and

images,

and

can

be

included

on

any

addressable

point

on

a

page

or

electronic

overlay. A

rotation .

The

number

of degrees

a

graphic

character

page

segment

is turned relative to the page coordinates.

assumes the environment of the object in which is it

included.

See

also

image.

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