Character Output Reduction

RPM Remote Print Manager allows you to fully customize & modify incoming spool files from the host system. Change characters per inch, landscape/portrait settings, font settings, and more. This is the requirement to print AS/400 spool files that were configured to print on 14 7/8 x 11 7/8 green bar paper on standard cut sheet 8 1/2 x 11 paper size with Landscape orientation. The RPM "Text" type queue can accommodate this option. The configuration is as follows:

Use a RPM "Text" type queue.
Set the printer orientation to Landscape.
Set the font to Courier New 12
Margins to .5 on all options
Set the "Use lines per inch" to 8.8
Set the "Use characters per inch to 13.2"
Set the "Use CR to overwrite line"
Set the "Remove Control characters"
Set the "Never print banner page"
Set the "Suppress blank pages"

This RPM Text Queue setting will accomplish the following:

  • Print 66 lines per page
  • Print 132 characters per line
  • Capture and BOLD printing that uses the CR function
  • Remove all control characters that have a characters with ASCII value less than the space character, excluding carriage return, line feed, and form feed.
  • Not print a RPM banner page
  • Suppress any blank page

If you have any questions or need assistance setting up the text queue, please contact our technical support department. To determine the "Lines per inch" and "Characters per inch" please review our FAQ.
 



RPM Features: Appending & Inserting Bytes | ASA Carriage Control | Banner Page Support | Character Output Reduction | EBCDIC to ASCII Conversion | Convert LF to CRLF | Using Installed Code Pages | Host Page Range Printing | Removing PCL Codes | SCS to ASCII Translation

Please try RPM for free by downloading the 21-day fully functional trial. If you need help or have questions, please call our technical support department at +1 (208) 523-6970 or email support. RPM is used in more than half the countries around the world and trusted by government agencies, universities, and Fortune 500 companies worldwide!

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