Printer file feedback areas

This topic describes the open and I/O feedback areas associated with any opened printer file.

The following information is presented for each item in the feedback areas:

  • Offset, which is the number of bytes from the start of the feedback area to the location of each item
  • Data type
  • Length, which is given in number of bytes
  • Contents, which is the description of the item and the valid values for it

The support provided by the high-level language you are using determines how to access this information and how the data types are represented. See your high-level language manual for more information.