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VALUE Description
PAGE WHOLE*
PRINT
COMP1
COMP2
Determines how data is positioned on the page.
WHOLE—IPDS whole page (default). The printer does not move or
compress the page. This is the preferred method; all page positioning
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.
PRINT—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 nearest
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).
COMP1—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.
COMP2—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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