IBM S544-5343-03 manual Whole, COMP1, COMP2

IPDS MENU

VALUE

Description

ITEM

PAGE

WHOLE*

Determines

how

data

is

positioned

on

the

page.

PRINT

Ÿ WHOLE—IPDS whole page (default). The

printer

does

not

move

or

COMP1

compress the page. This is the

preferred

method; all

page

positioning

COMP2

and

formatting

is

done

at

the

application

level on the host. The

PRINT,

COMP1,

and

COMP2

options

may

alter

the

appearance

of the

page,

or

may

not

be compatible to predecessor products (for example,

3116,

3916),

especially

when

combined

with

duplex

and

other

IPDS

MENU

page

format

adjustments such as X-OFFSET

and Y-OFFSET.

PRINT,

COMP1,

and

COMP2

are

included

to

allow

older

line

printer

jobs

to

fit

on

a page where edge-to-edge printing was

not

possible;

they

are

NOT

recommended

for

use

in

generating

new

applications.

ŸPRINT—IPDS print page. If the page origin falls within the unprintable

area, the origin of the page is moved to the inside edge of the neares

unprintable	area border. If	the origin	violates the unprintable		area on
two edges, it is moved to		the nearest inside corner of the			unprintable
area. If the origin violates only one			edge	unprintable area,	then the
origin is	adjusted to get	out of only	that	area.

If a location adjustment is made, the printed page shifts in the direction of the adjustment. There is no compression, so the opposite-edge data may be pushed off the page.

Note:	PRINT		requires		EDGE-EDGE		set OFF to work. Any data
placed		in	this	unprintable		area is lost. Also, PRINT will not work on
envelopes			or media		overlays		(overlays that	are part of the base page,
not	the	overlays		included		in	the variable	print data).

ŸCOMP1—COMP1 format uses PRINT page as a base, and then

compresses the spacing between text lines generated by the IPDS Begin Line command. Its primary purpose is to compress Begin Line

text data into a page with unprintable borders.

ŸCOMP2—COMP2 format uses PRINT page as a base, and then adds compression IPDS Begin Line command (see COMP1) and of the following vertical text positioning commands: Absolute Move Baseline,

Relative Move Baseline, Draw B Axis Rule, Draw I Axis Rule.

Note:

Alignment

problems

can

occur

if

you select

COMP1

or

COMP2

and

you print jobs that mix text with

images,

graphics,

or

bar

codes. Problems

arise

when

text positioning commands are used to move

across

text

or

into non-text

(image,

graphic,

or

bar-code)

areas. Both

COMP1

and

COMP2

reduce

the

line spacing

of

text

only

and

have

no

effect

on

non-text

data. To minimize this problem, select COMP1, because

Begin Line

commands

are

not

normally

used

to

move

across or

into

non-text

areas.

If, however, the application you want to compress does not

use

Begin Line

commands,

you should

select COMP2.

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