shift-out-shift-in

This single-valued attribute specifies the printer scanning modes used when processing EBCDIC line data that prints with either a single-byte or a double-byte font.

Allowed values

You can enter one of these fixed values:

one

Each shift-out, shift-in code is converted to a blank and a Set Coded Font Local text control.

two

Each shift-out, shift-in code is converted to a Set Coded Font Local text control.

three

Each shift-in code is converted to a Set Coded Font Local text control and two blanks. Each shift-out code is converted to a Set Coded Font Local text control.

four

PSF skips each shift-out, shift-in code and does not count the code when calculating offsets for the print data set. SOSI4 is used when double-byte character set (DBCS) text is converted from ASCII to EBCDIC. The IBM transforms from AFP (AFP to PCL, AFP to PDF, and AFP to PostScript) do not support SOSI4.

Default value

The default value that the administrator has defined for the printer.

Usage guidelines

• This attribute applies to line data documents printed on an AFP printer.
• Products that transform AFP documents can support this attribute. For information, see the documentation for the transform.
• For the shift-in, shift-out process to work correctly, either the chars attribute or the page definition used to print the job must specify two coded fonts. The first must be a single-byte font, and the second must be a double-byte font.
• IBM® suggests that you do not mix SOSI codes and TRCs in the same job.
• This attribute is similar to the PRMODE parameter of the OUTPUT JCL statement.