PRINT FORMAT COMMANDS6-38 XEROX DOCUPRINT 180 LPS PDL REFERENCEPoints to noteNote the following when using the LINE command:• FONTINDEXAlthough the maximum bit-opt value may be 7 (allowing amaximum font index value of 127), the maximum number offonts is constrained by the size of available input and outputdynamic memory, font memory size, and the CME or PDEFONTS parameter. Also, internal table structures limit thenumber of fonts which can be invoked on a single page to 94fonts.• FONTINDEX and OVERPRINTFONTINDEX, used in conjunction with overprinting, is handledas follows: For OVERPRINT=PRINT, the LPS overprintsrecords analogously to an impact printer if the fonts are thesame size. If the fonts differ, records are overprinted withoutregard to character spacing. For OVERPRINT=MERGE, theLPS replaces characters in the previous record which areblank. Character spacing values are adjusted; thusproportionally spaced or different size fonts may be used, andthe LPS performs the character placement.Characters in the previous record which are blank are replacedonly when they are represented by an EBCDIC X40 or an ASCIIX20. Binary character representations other than an EBCDICX40 or an ASCII X20, which produce a blank character whenprinted with a particular font, is not replaced except in thefollowing case. During input processing, when a binarycharacter representation is greater than the highest character inthe specified font, a blank (EBCDIC X40 or ASCII X20) issubstituted into that print position. (A sample of the specifiedfont shows the highest binary character representation.) In thiscase, the LPS replaces this character since it is now anEBCDIC X‘40’ or an ASCII X‘20’ blank.If FONTINDEX and OVERPRINT=MERGE are specified andproportional fonts are being used, data lines are not properlyaligned if printing in landscape mode, and the data switches toa larger font in the middle of the line.• Multiple fontsWhen multiple fonts of various sizes are used on a single page,the line spacing of any particular line is determined by thelargest font in use in the previous line. The current line can alsobe adjusted downward by the difference in height between thefirst and the largest font in the current line. The line spacing ofthe first line in a report is determined by the first font in the PDE,provided the FONTINDEX parameter has not been specified.When FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing of the first lineof a report is determined by the font indicated by the font indexvalue in the first line of the report. If there is no font index valuein the record and FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing forthe first line of the report is determined by the first font in thePDE. When the FONTINDEX or CME parameters are specified,the line spacing of the first line of subsequent pages isdetermined by the line spacing of the font called out by the lastfont index of the previous page into the current PDL font list. If aPDE DJDE has occurred prior to the page transition, the fontused for the line spacing comes from this list.
