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Contents
Automatic Printing with APU Monitor
Part 4. Appendixes
Figures
Vi APU Users Guide
Tables
Viii APU Users Guide
Purpose of this Publication
APU Enhancements
Organization of the Manual
APU Users Guide
Introducing Advanced Print Utility
Part 1. Understanding and Preparing to Use APU
APU Users Guide
What is APU?
Introducing Advanced Print Utility
What You Can Do with APU
Why Use APU?
Printing with and without APU
Printing without APU
Printing with APU
Design Phase
APU formatting instructions
Production Phase
APU Concepts
Steps in Creating an APU Document
Analyzing the Existing Application
Questions you need to Ask
Example of Sample Spooled File Source Input Data
Locating Required AFP Resources
Using APU to Create a Print Definition
LOS
Chantenay Seeds
Defining Page Formats
Printing with the Print Definition
Defining Copies
APU
Introducing Advanced Print Utility
APU Users Guide
APU Prerequisites and Options Required
Preparing to Use the Advanced Print Utility
Recommended
Optional
Initial APU Setup
Input Inch
SUPER2
Review Document Resource Requirements
Font Installation Considerations
Apudft
Calc
Super Sun Seeds Invoice
Printersville
Using Fonts with APU
Map Text panel
Outline Fonts
Default SYS
Custom Fonts
USR, *SYS, *ALL
Display Font Details on Work with Fonts panel
Special Helvetica
Special
Helvet
How APU Works with Image Resources
Image Resources
Strwnb
Treenb
Inch Strwnb
Overlay Resources
Building Image Resources
How APU Works with Overlays
Invbac Super SUN Seeds T&C Invfst Invoice First
Invall
Invoice Full Header
Invlst Invoice Last Invmid Invoice Middle
Building Overlay Resources
Bar Code Resources
Invbac
Code 3 of 9 Bar Code Example
Postnet Postal Bar Code Bar Code Example
How APU Works with Bar Codes
Postnet
Map Bar Code panel
Additional Bar Code Attributes
Building an APU Print Definition for a Single Page Format
Part 2. Creating Print Definitions with APU
APU Users Guide
Building an APU Print Definition for a Single Page Format
Example of a Single-Page Format Document
Example of the SCS File to be Formatted
Setting up a Basic Print Definition
Example of the Formatted File
Identifying Resources
Work with Print Definitions
Working with a Print Definition
Further Defining the Print Definition
SUNSD1
YES, *NO
ALL
Qypuoutq
USER1 Qypuoutq
Invscs USER1 Qypuoutq
Working with Copies
Input
Courier LATIN1
Work with Copies panel
Selecting a Sample Spooled File
Setting up Duplexing
Layout Options
Layout Options You can Set
What Duplex Printing Does
Defining Page Segments
Create Page Segment Positioning panel
Defining Overlays
Invscs
Mapping Field Data
Best WAY
Your Printer RE
High
Spar
Nort
Same Performance Boulevard Printersville
Mapping a Field as Text
When you map a field, the mapping is displayed as follows
Using the Repeat Function
Mapping a Field the First Time
Mapping a Field at Multiple Locations
Multiple Mapping Restrictions
Mapping a Field to a Second Position
Example of a Multiple Page Format Document
Building an APU Print Definition for Multiple Page Formats
Super Sun Seeds Invoice
Building an APU Print Definition for Multiple Page Formats
Overview of Defining a Multiple Page Format Document
Continuation Page Format
Initial Copy for Page Format One
Working with a Print Definition Identifying Resources
Starting to Work on a Print Definition
Developing Your Print Definition
Invoice
YES YES, *NO
APU1
Define a Print Definition panel displays
Perelman Qypuoutq RDY Invscs HLD
Set Print Definition Attributes Screen 1 panel
Set Print Definition Attributes panel 2 panel
Defining Selection Fields
Inside page formats are copies
Defining the Page Layout
Specifying the Back Overlay
Back Overlay Terms and Conditions Invbac
Mapping Fields
Organic Garden Supplies
Mapping Bar Codes
Goldenoats Nochems
Chris Seeder
Map Bar Code panel
Defining Constant Data
Selecting Fonts
Text
Outline Fonts
Define Overlays panel
Replicating the Contents of Copies
Seed Roaster Oven SET
Arboles DEL SUR
Fava Seeds
Purple Teepee Seeds
Sample Packing List Showing Suppression
Continuation Page Copies
Pagen
PAGE1
Packing
Create with Copies panel
AND, or
USE USE, *OMIT, *GOTO
USE PAGE1 Pagen
APU Users Guide
Part 3. Printing With APU
Manual and Command Line Printing
APU Users Guide
Manual and Command Line Printing with APU
Methods of Printing with APU
Manually Associating a Print Definition with a Spooled File
Panel 1 Apply Print Definition
John
Normal
JOB
Panel 2 Apply Print Definition
Spoolfile
NO, *YES
Panel 3 Apply Print Definition
Using the Apply Print Definition Command
Automatic Printing with APU Monitor
Introduction to the APU Monitor
Understanding How the APU Monitor Works
Customer Environment
An Example of APU Monitor Processing
Outq Save
Implementing the Customer Requirements on the APU Monitor
APU Monitor Action Example
Condition of the Output Queue after Processing
APU Main Menu
Configuring APU Monitor
Qgpl
Specifying the Queues APU is to Monitor
Configuring APU Monitor Action
Initial Panel
Creating an Action Group Entry
Defining Selection for Input Spooled File
Defining Action for Input Spooled File
Qpjob
OUTQ1
An Example of this Processing Step
Defining Action for Output Spooled File
Outq
OUT1
Action
Spooled File Location after Processing
Defining User Exit Before and Middle
Sample
Prtdeflib
PRT01
Defining User Exit After
YES, *NO, Spoolfile
Devd
Begin at the APU Main menu, as shown in Figure
Starting APU Monitor
Monitor
Stopping APU Monitor
Part 4. Appendixes
APU Users Guide
Name Type
Appendix A. APU Samples
APU Users Guide
Processing Phases
Appendix B. User Exits
User Exit Before
Parameters Passed to the Before Initialization User Exit
User Exit Middle
Parameters Passed to the Middle User Exit
User Exit After
Sample User Exit Program
VAR&EXPARM
VAR&EXINFILE
VAR&EXINNBR
VAR&EXINTYPE
VAR&RESERVED
VAR&EXJOBUSR
VAR&EXJOBNBR
Exinfile *TCAT ’.’ *CAT &EXINNBR *BCAT +
MSG’APU
HOLD’ *CAT &EXOTHOLD *TCAT ’ SAVE’ +
CAT &EXOTSAVE *TCAT ’’ TOUSR*SYSOPR
Return Endpgm
APU Defaults
Apyprtdef Command
Appendix C. APU Helpful Hints
Maximum APU Values
Copies and Page Formats
Mapping Data
Creating Sample Spool Files
Duplex
Creating Your Own Copy of Invscs
Recreating Invpre and Invscs
APU Users Guide
Creating Font Resources
Appendix D. AFP Resource Commands
Fntrsc
Creating Overlay Resources
Curlib
MBR Fntrsc
OVL
Creating Page Segment Resources
MBR OVL
Datatype Afpds
MBR Pagseg
Pagseg
Appendix D. AFP Resource Commands
APU Users Guide
Appendix E. Rotation Hints
Methods of Rotating Text Data
General Rules
APU Users Guide
Times New Roman Medium
Appendix F. Font Samples
Helvetica Roman Bold
Helvetica Roman Bold
Courier Font Samples
Courier
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Glossary
Bar Code Object Content Architecture Bcoca
Glossary
MICR. Magnetic ink character recognition
Glossary
Spooling simultaneous peripheral operation online
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Extbef
User exit
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