Printing Bidirectional Data using the /usr/bin/ebprt filter

The /usr/bin/ebprt print filter supports two modes that affect the method of processing:

Normal mode

Data is processed as a single line of text at a time.

Tabular mode

Data is formatted in a tabular layout. The requirement for this mode of operations arises when the data to be printed is in tabular format that cannot be processed as a single line. Attempts to process the data as a single line of text will result in the fields being incorrectly aligned and damaging the intended tabular structure. This requires the filter to understand the layout of the data being processed in order to preserve the location of the fields within a table.