Supported encoding schemes for traditional and record format line data

The encoding schemes supported by PSF for traditional and record format line data are:

• EBCDIC (single-byte)
• EBCDIC (double-byte)
• ASCII (single-byte only)
• UTF-8
• UTF-16

If your line data is entirely UTF-8 or UTF-16, the UDType parameter must be specified with the PPFA PAGEDEF command so that PSF looks for a Byte Order Mark (BOM). For UTF-8 data, the BOM is the first three bytes of the line data. For UTF-16 data, the BOM is the first two bytes of the line data and tells PSF if the data is in big endian order or little endian order. The BOM is required if the line data encoding is UTF-16 in little endian order. Otherwise, the BOM is optional.

All supported line data encodings can be printed with FOCA fonts and TrueType and OpenType fonts. However, single-byte UTF-8 data can only be printed with FOCA fonts and an ASCII code page that you specified for the font. For more information about using TrueType and OpenType fonts with the supported encodings, see Using OpenType Fonts in an AFP System, G544-5876.