SCS page-formatting attributes

You can specify SCS page-formatting attributes in the printer definition. You can specify top and bottom margins, left and right margins, the maximum line length, and the maximum page length. The left margin and maximum page length specified in the printer definition are used only if the FCB does not specify other values. These SCS page-formatting attributes are used to generate the SCS Set Horizontal Format (SHF) and Set Vertical Format (SVF) commands.

You cannot set the line density (lines per inch) or the print density (characters per inch) in the printer definition. IP PrintWay™ sets the line density to the lines per inch specified in the FCB. If FCB processing is not enabled or if no FCB is present, IP PrintWay uses 6 lines per inch. IP PrintWay sets the print density based on the table reference characters (TRCs) in the input data stream, as shown in Table 31. If no TRCs are present, IP PrintWay uses the character density set on the printer's panel.

IP PrintWay does not support SCS controls, such as the X'35' transparent data control, that are embedded in line data. The transparent data control and any other unrecognized characters are converted to blank characters.