Installing and Configuring FASTP Network Print
Processes
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Using the CONTROL, CONTROLBUF, and
SETMODE Operations
data/key
is a single byte that indicates whether the item value is to be used as data or as
key. The
data/key
field can have either of the following values:
format
is a single byte that indicates how the data should be presented. The
format
field
can have any of the following values:
text/file
is either a text string that the FASTP network print process should use as data or
the name of a key-sequenced file that the FASTP network print process should
read to obtain the data.
If a text string is supplied, it should be delimited by quotation marks and the
item
field must be 220 (indicating the data is supplied as a string).
If a file name is supplied, the
data/key
field must have a value of 1 (to indicate a
file is to be used) and the
item
field must indicate the key to use in reading the
file.
Example 2-6
contains a sample Font utility script file that produces a header page with
text "Company" expanded and centered on the first line; the date expanded and
centered on the second line; and data extracted from a file using the user ID as the key
expanded on the third line.
0
Use the
item
field as the data. For example if
item
was 255, the data
would be 01MAR99 (or the present date).
1
Use the
item
field as a key and retrieve the data from the file identified by
the
text/file
field. For example, if
item
was specified as 250, the 7-
byte job owner would be used as a key to retrieve the data.
0
Use the data as a normal text string.
1
Convert the data to expanded characters.
2
Convert the data to expanded characters centered.