Q:
ABSTRACT: PSF/AIX ASCII carriage control and channel codes
SEARCH ARG: psf aix ascii control
TOPIC THREAD: PRINT
PSF/AIX
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My customer is currently using PSF/MVS to print to a channel attached
3835 printer. They are migrating all their applications to a UNIX
platform and want to use PSF for AIX to drive the 3835 from UNIX. Their
AFP resources (pagedefs) today have channel codes defined for forms
control. Can a simple ASCII data stream include channel codes? Will
PSF/AIX and the pagedef recognize these ASCII commands? Is there
documentation that discusses how ASCII carriage control is handled
by PSF/AIX when converting to IPDS? Thanks.
A:
PSF for AIX can handle ANSI channel codes coded either as EBCDIC values
(e.g., X'F1' for channel code 1) or as ASCII values (e.g., X'31' for
channel code 1) through parameters you specify when processing the
linedata file (line2afp, enq -odatatype=line, JsFileType=line, or smit
psf with template_Unformatted ASCII--there's never just one way to do
anything in AIX, you know˘). Those parameters specify that you are
using carriage controls (e.g., cc=yes) and which format those CCs are
in (e.g., cctype=z if they're in ASCII or cctype=a if they're in
EBCDIC). This is best documented in PSF for AIX Print Submission,
S544-3878.
Note that PSF for AIX can also handle ASCII form feeds (X'0C') through
the use of the ASCIINP or ASCIINPE input record exit on ACIF/line2afp.
I hope that helps.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
AIX PSF ASCII CONTROL CARRIAGE EBCDIC CHANNEL psf/6000 psf/aix cc
cctype ansi acif asciinp asciinpe form feed
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000099021 ITEM: RTA000099021
Dated: 02/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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