Xerox 96MX - Manual (Page 215)

PRINT FORMAT COMMANDS
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS PDL REFERENCE 6-41
• Multiple fonts
When multiple fonts of various sizes are used on a single page,
the line spacing of any particular line is determined by the
largest font in use in the previous line. The current line can also
be adjusted downward by the difference in height between the
first and the largest font in the current line. The line spacing of
the first line in a report is determined by the first font in the PDE,
provided the FONTINDEX parameter has not been specified.
When FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing of the first line
of a report is determined by the font indicated by the font index
value in the first line of the report. If there is no font index value
in the record and FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing for
the first line of the report is determined by the first font in the
PDE. When the FONTINDEX or CME parameters are specified,
the line spacing of the first line of subsequent pages is
determined by the line spacing of the font called out by the last
font index of the previous page into the current PDL font list. If a
PDE DJDE has occurred prior to the page transition, the font
used for the line spacing comes from this list.
The height of the last font used determines the initial base line
of that first print line.
The FONTINDEX byte, if selected, is processed for every
record, DJDEs, RPAGE, and all criteria records. A valid
FONTINDEX byte should be present in all records since it
controls line spacing and override line spacing at page
transitions.
• Font index bytes
It is advisable to put the font index byte in the beginning of a
variable record to conserve tape space. The byte must be
present in every record.
If the offset to the font index value exceeds the logical record
size, the first font in the font list is used, except when
HOST=UNIVAC is specified. If HOST=UNIVAC is specified, the
byte located at the specified font index offset is processed. The
font index byte must be located at the beginning of the record if
Univac Fieldata and ASCII records are intermixed within the
file.
• Print line data
When changing the print line data to a value greater than the
default value (150), the LENGTH parameter of the RECORD
command must also be changed accordingly. (Refer to the
“RECORD command” section of the chapter “Specifying input
parameters.”)
• PCCTYPE
The PCCTYPE=IBM3211/IBM4245 is not intended to be used
when processing offline jobs. Checks that the LPS online
interface performs, such as for bad or NO-OP parameters, are
not done in the offline mode. There is no check for bad or NO-
OP parameters, and they are treated as undefined carriage
control parameters in the offline mode and default to the
carriage control parameter of print-and-space-1-line.