OA44471: SERVICE ROLLUP FOR Z/OS OF FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS FROM INFOPRINT XT FOR AIX AND WINDOWS.

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• Service rollup of fixes and enhancements from InfoPrint XT for
  AIX and Windows.
  

Local fix

• Apply the applicable PTF.
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All Infoprint XT users.                      *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Rollup APAR to incorporate fixes and    *
  *                      enhancements from InfoPrint XT for AIX  *
  *                      and InfoPrint XT for Windows.           *
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  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the applicable PTF.                    *
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  *  1. Message 5019-242 E (DBCS shift-in with no shift-out)     *
  *     issued for SBCS LCDS job containing binary data.         *
  *                                                              *
  *  2. Variable data appears on wrong pages, separated from     *
  *     associated overlay.                                      *
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  *  3. FORMS=NONE does not take effect if a previous DJDE       *
  *     packet is ignored.                                       *
  *                                                              *
  *  4. Variable data misaligned with 3-up forms.                *
  *                                                              *
  *  5. MICR lines and other variable data misaligned            *
  *     vertically.                                              *
  *                                                              *
  *  6. LCDS job conversion produces extraneous pages.           *
  *                                                              *
  *  7. Incorrect font rotation on first page of metacode job.   *
  *                                                              *
  *  8. Incorrect overlay on first data page of output.          *
  *                                                              *
  *  9. Variable data mislocated in output.                      *
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  * 10. The pdxtpdl command does not recognize DOTS in PDE font  *
  *     lists.                                                   *
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   1. The input data contains several instances of binary x'0F'.
      Although the job is SBCS, Infoprint XT interprets the x'0F'
      characters as DBCS shift-in controls. The x'0F' characters
      appears to be part of the output of an unrelated z/OS
      utility program.
  
   2. Infoprint XT incorrectly forces data to the back side of
      the page under certain conditions.
  
   3. Infoprint XT incorrectly determines which FORM or BFORM to
      include in its AFP output.
  
   4. Infoprint XT incorrectly adjusts the baseline when multiple
      fonts are specified for the same line by a CME.
  
   5. Further investigation showed that all of the data is
      mislocated, due to inconsistent application of logic for
      adjusting baselines.
  
   6. CME processing for LCDS jobs can cause the bottom baseline
      of a page to be exceeded, forcing an extra blank page.
  
   7. The input file begins with 2 consecutive DJDE packets, each
      specifying FONTS. The first packet specifies portrait
      fonts that are appropriate to the first data page, which is
      in portrait orientation. The second DJDE packet specifies
      landscape fonts appropriate to the subsequent landscape
      pages. Due the particular configuration of carriage
      controls in the problem job, Infoprint XT does not ignore
      the second DJDE packet, and applies its font list to the
      first page, causing the appearance of incorrectly rotated
      fonts.
  
   8. When Infoprint XT encounters this sequence of carriage
      controls and DJDEs at the point in the input data where
      the error occurs:
  
        1
         DJDE packet A
         record with FONTINDEX but no data
         DJDE packet B (with FORMS DJDE for expected overlay)
        1
  
      existing logic incorrectly assumes that a DJDE packet is
      already in effect for the page, and ignores the second DJDE
      packet.
  
   9. The starting JDL / JDE for the problem job specifies an
      extensive EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation table, as well as
      LINE PCC=(0,TRAN). Infoprint XT interprets these factors as
      an indication that the machine code carriage controls
      should be translated according to the table in the JDL /
      JDE, along with the input data. As a result, many of the
      machine code carriage controls in the input data are
      translated to hex values which the default xpcctest=yes
      logic cannot recognize. This causes the data stream
      converter to assume ANSI carriage controls for the entire
      job, resulting in the incorrect vertical data placement.
  
      Carriage control translation should not occur in online
      job processing, according to Xerox LPS documentation.
  
  10. The pdxtpdl command issues an error message if it
      encounters DOTS in PDE font lists.
  
  Problem conclusion:
  
   1. Added logic to prevent misinterpretation of binary x'0E' or
      x'0F' as shift-out or shift-in when converting LCDS jobs
      that do not use DBCS fonts.
  
   2. Added logic to force output to the back side only if
  
        (1) in duplex mode and
  
        (2) only one logical page is in effect or
  
        (3) multiple logical pages are in effect, but the data
            stream converter has just finished processing a
            logical page other than the first one.
  
   3. Changed logic to reflect the Xerox LPS algorithm for
      determining which FORM or BFORM will actually print, when
      the input data specifies multiple FORMS or BFORMS in a
      DJDE packet and only one copy is requested.
  
   4. Changed logic to prevent CME-related baseline adjustment
      for the combination of font metrics presented in the
      problem job.
  
   5. Added logic to detect additional conditions under which a
      baseline adjustment should occur.
  
   6. Added logic to prevent baseline-based pagination in CME
      processing when the line count does not exceed the BOF
      established in the current environment.
  
   7. Added logic to include consideration of whether carriage
      control processing prepended an initial skip to channel 1
      to the job when determining whether to ignore a
      consecutive DJDE packet.
  
   8. Changed logic to correctly process the second DJDE packet
      when the problem sequence is encountered.
  
   9. Added logic to prevent carriage control translation when
      online mode is detected.
  
  10. Added support for DOTS in PDE font lists to the pdxtpdl
      command.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UA72483

Modules/Macros

•    AIOCDUMP AIOCFDEC AIOCIFD  AIOCRHDR AIOCR2AR
  AIOCXBR  AIOCXDLL AIOCXDMN AIOCXR2F AIOCXR2I AIOCX2A  AIODXTON
  AIOHBXR  AIOHCLR  AIOHCLS  AIOHDXR  AIOHJOBS AIOHLPDS AIOHLRES
  AIOHMSG  AIOHPDL  AIOHPDXT AIOHRES  AIOHX2A  AIOLXACE AIOLXDFE
  AIOMCTMS AIOMPDMS AIOMPDXT AIOMXRMS AION111E AIORFRMS AIORLICR
  AIORSBKT AIORSTDR AIORTAKT AIORTSKT AIORX2AE AIORX2AR AIOR111D
  AIOR111E AIOTJOB  AIOTMAP  AIOTXTON AIOT1BOB AIOT111D AIOT111E
  AIOT111N AIOT112C AIOT6BOB AIOT612C AIOXCBXR AIOXCDXR AIOXCLXR
  AIOXCMSG AIOXCPDL AIOXCPDS AIOXCSFI AIOXCX2A AIOXLXAC AIOXLXAE
  AIOXLXBC AIOXLXBE AIOXLXIC AIOXLXIE AIOXLXOC AIOXLXOE AIOXLXTC
  AIOXLXTE AIOXMCLS AIOZBAT  AIOZBATB AIOZBATT AIOZCLR  AIOZCLS
  AIOZIVPD AIOZIVP1 AIOZIVP2 AIOZIVP3 AIOZMCLS AIOZPDL  AIOZPDLB
  AIOZPDLT AIOZRESL AIOZRPDS AIOZRTAP AIOZR2AR AIOZ2AFP AIO01BOB
  AIO0112C AIO06BOB AIO0612C
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INFOPRINT XT Z/

• Fixed component ID

  5655O1500

Applicable component levels

• R310 PSY UA72483

     UP14/02/21 P F402

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