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patnekar · Beginner Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 41 Topics: 16

Hi,
My requirement is that I need to print certain information on paper. This information processed through a COBOL program and then sent to the printer.
I need to highlight certain lines in that information in bold. Could someone please help me out, as to how to go about doing this??

Thanks
Puru

Bithead · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:05 pm Post subject:

The only thing that I can think of is to use the '+' carriage control which causes the printer to over-type. You would then have to print the same text twice.

kolusu · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject:

patnekar,

Another option is AFP.AFP(Advanced Function Presentation) is a set of IBM licensed programs, together with user applications, that use the all-points-addressable concept to print on presentation devices. AFP includes creating,formatting, archiving, retrieving, viewing, distributing,and printing information.

If your shop has AFP then you can print in Bold, as it allows you select fonts for fields.

Check this link for manual link on AFP

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/FINDBOOK?filter=AFP

Hope this helps...

cheers

kolusu
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patnekar · Beginner Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 41 Topics: 16

Thank you Kolusu and Bithead.

slade · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:53 pm Post subject:

AIR, Bihead's approach will not work if the print data is SPOOLed. If you're printing directly to a print device, it should be OK.

Regards, Jack.

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Puru, the "print/overstrike" carriage control '+', as stated earlier, will work to bold a print line, whether the printer is impact or is AFP controlled.

On the impact printer, a '+' carriage control, which essentially supresses the line-feed, will cause the print head to print the line, and then print over the same line, before advancing to the next print line.

On the AFP or other non-impact printer, the '+' will cause the printer to substitute a bold font for the existing standard font in use, also causing the bold line to print.

For advanced ADP and XEROX printers, there is a reserved print position, usually defined as the second byte of the output, immediately following the carriage-control, that is known as a TRC (Table Reference Character) byte. The TRC allows the programmer to select a font typeface from a table by inserting an appropriate reference character (0-F) within the print data. You must know the format of the TRC table font typeface assignments to use the TRC.

Mike Chantrey · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:45 am Post subject: