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HPIIISi TWINAX CARD
The dimensions of a word-processing document are specified directly
through the document-format menu. The dimensions of a data-processing
report are calculated in the following manner:
• Width = Page Width (in no. of columns) divided by CPI
• Length = Page Length (in no. of lines) divided by LPI
6.4.8.C Print-Orientation Settings
The Card’s print-orientation settings determine the orientation of the host
document or report
after
the host’s page-rotation setting and the Card’s
APO setting have been accounted for.
The available print-orientation settings are portrait, landscape, and
two COR options. The COR feature rotates documents to landscape
orientation and compresses the font as needed to fit the complete
document on a standard 8.5" x 14" page. This allows the user to print
a report initially designed to fit on 14
7
⁄
8
" x 11" green bar paper onto a
standard letter- or legal-size page without redesigning the report.
When used together, the APO and COR features can be a powerful tool
to print host jobs in portrait, landscape, or (if required) in landscape with
reduced font (COR) without user intervention.
The Card’s first COR option is not a true IBM 3812 emulation. This COR
setting was added to give the user a more straightforward way of obtaining
COR. This COR setting ignores print-quality settings and always prints
COR (unless the host’s page rotation or the Card’s APO setting determine
the print orientation).
The Card’s second COR option is a true 3812-1 emulation. With certain
page-rotation settings on the host, the IBM 3812-1 printer allows the user
to manipulate the final print orientation through the print-quality setting.
Note though, that this “override” only applies if the Card’s print
orientation is set to COR, host override allowed (host/PC-download
command &%Z07,0).
Tables 6-3 through 6-5 show what page-rotation settings can be
manipulated through print-quality settings and how the combination of
page rotation and print quality affects the final print orientation.
Table 6-6 shows desired print-orientation results and the combination of
settings required to obtain those results. Most print-orientation results can
be achieved with more than one setting combination. Refer to Figure 6.1.
