Convert LF to CR/LF

One of our more frequent RPM Remote Print Manager requests is to solve the "stair-step" problem This is often the result of spooling a UNIX print file to a DOS or Windows printer. Most Unix operating systems represent the end of each line with a line feed (LF) character. However, the Windows operating system represent the end of line with both a carriage return (CR) and a LF. RPM can assist you in eliminating the "stair-stepping" problem!

Because most printers are manufactured for use in Windows environments, both a CR and LF are required without this conversion, most DOS and Windows printers interpret a LF to represent moving the print head down one line. The CR is typically used to reprint a line providing bold, underline, strikethrough, and other font modifications. Both Filter and Pass-through queues support LF to CRLF; text queues perform this translation automatically.

Instead of seeing this...

This is line one
This is line two
This is line three
 

...you might see something like the following

:
This is line one
This is line two
This is edge of page

 


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

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