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Define Printer Output
Type choices, press Enter.
Printer device.... *PRINT *PRINT, name
Form size
Length....... ___ Blank, 1-255
Width ....... 132 Blank, 1-378
Start line...... ___ Blank, 1-255
Endline....... ___ Blank, 1-255
Line spacing..... 1 1,2,3
Print definition... N Y=Yes, N=No
F3=Exit F5=Report F10=Process/previous
F12=Cancel F13=Layout F18=Files
You can also specify whether your query definition is to be printed when the report is printed. If it is, the
values specified on this display apply to the printing of both the query report and the query definition.
These values do not apply if you print the definition using option 6 on the Work with Queries display
(which prints only the definition) or if you specify both database output and print definition (which puts the
report in the file and prints the definition).
Printer device in Query for iSeries reports
Specifies the printer device to be used to print your query report. If you type *PRINT in this prompt, the
printer currently assigned to your job is used to print the report. If you want to print your report on a
different printer, type the name of that printer device to be used.
Note: If a query is run in batch, output may be sent to a different printer than one you specify, depending
on the default printer specifications for batch.
Form size in Query for iSeries reports
This set of prompts specifies the length and width of the printer forms that are to be used to print your
query report. If you leave these prompts blank, the length and width values used are those specified in the
printer device file named QPQUPRFIL, which is the only printer device file that Query uses. You cannot
override this file with another device file.
Form length
Either type a number from 1 through 255 that indicates the number of lines per page that are available
on the printer forms to be used, or leave this prompt blank. This length should be the length of the
form itself.
Form width
Either type a number from 1 through 378 that indicates the number of print positions (characters) per
line that are available on the printer forms to be used, or leave this prompt blank. If you specify a
width greater than the width of the form, Query produces the report but truncates any fields on the
right end of the report that exceed the width of the form. If the value specified is greater than 132,
Query forces the characters per inch (CPI) value to 15 and the printer font value to *CPI in the
spooled file that is created.
This does not affect the report width shown on the Display Report display.
Chapter 13. Selecting output type and output form in Query for iSeries reports 149