Printer File Width > 255. PRTF width > 255

[Gary Segal]

Happy New Year to everyone!

Is there any way to create external Printer file with a width > 255.

I already have external printer file with a width of 255, I need to
extend it to 275.
Is there anyway to do it?

RLU allows to make the file width from 1 to 378, I start RLU with a
width of 275, but when I try to go over 255, I get a message
"Starting position for field '|' greater than 255."
Any suggestions ???????????

Thank You in advance.
Gary

[Paul Tykodi]

Hi Gary,

I posted this information to a similar question last month. Let me
know if you have any questions about what I meant.

Best Regards,

/Paul

On 13 Dec 2005 19:42:59 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc "Paul
Tykodi" <pty...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dear Jaison,
>
>The printer control code for maximum print position on a line uses a
>one byte hex counter so the typical maximum value is X'FF (255). If you
>change your printer file to reference a font by number instead of a CPI
>value, you can quite often print at positions beyond 255 so long as you
>do not exceed the width of the physical media being requested by the
>application.
>
>HTH
>
>Best Regards,
>
>/Paul
>--
>Paul Tykodi
>Principal Consultant
>TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
>
>E-mail: pty...@tykodi.com

On 3 Jan 2006 13:48:30 -0800, "Gary Segal" <sega...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Happy New Year to everyone!
>
>Is there any way to create external Printer file with a width > 255.
>

>I already have an external printer file with a width of 255, i need to

>extend it to 275. Is there anyway to do it?

>RLU allows to make a width from 1 to 378, but when I try to go over

>255, I get a message "Starting position for field '|' greater than
>255."
>Any suggestions ??????????
>

[Gary Segal]

Thank You Paul.
I will try to play around with that.
What do you mean by "the width of the physical media being requested by
the
application"

Thanks
Gary

[Paul Tykodi]

Hi Gary,

Page size:
Length--lines per page . . . . 66
Width--positions per line . . 132
Measurement method . . . . . . *ROWCOL
Lines per inch . . . . . . . . . 6
Characters per inch . . . . . . 10

The values listed above are some of the typical printer file defaults
frequently found on servers sold in North America. The system is able
to calculate the size of the actual paper being used by the printer
(A3, A4, Letter, Legal, Ledger, etc.) from these entries.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul

On 5 Jan 2006 06:25:17 -0800, "Gary Segal" <sega...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Thank You Paul.