If you are running the FAP2MET utility on z/OS, set the Environment and OutMode options to:
Environment = MVS
OutMode = JES2
This is based on definitions in the FSISYS.INI file. For example, in the INI file, you can set up different modes of Xerox printing by setting up different control groups, such as…
< PrtType:XER1 >
DJDEIDEN = E’$$Xerox’
OUTMODE = JES2
.........
< PrtType:XER2 >
DJDEIDEN = A’@@@DJDE’
OUTMODE = BARR
.........
When you want to send the FAP2MET output to the printer via JES2, you could provide /P= XER1, or if your output is going through BARR, you could provide /P = XER2 to select proper paragraph. If you omit the /P parameter, it defaults to XER.
The /D parameter provides short edge binding duplex functions. /D=SB means the section is to be compiled for short edge binding as a back page. This forces the text to be printed in inverse portrait mode. Your FXR file should have the corresponding font names suitable for inverse portrait mode. /D=SF means the section is to be compiled for short edge binding as a front page. The default is SF.
The /VF parameter creates Metacode which can be sent to the printer immediately for sample printing, with all field positions indicated with XXXX strings. The name of the form is printed at the bottom right corner, using the font ID you specified with the /N parameter. Check your FXR file, and make sure the font ID is assigned to a suitable font.
Note | Do not use this parameter if you are precompiling Metacode files in preparation to run the GenPrint program. |
The /SV parameter creates an intermediate form of Metacode which can not be sent to the printer directly, but which at GenPrint time, gets merged with field data and gets converted into proper Metacode. This combined Metacode is then sent to the printer. Therefore, if you are creating the Metacode files as precompiled Metacode files to be used in GenPrint process, use /SV parameter. In the absence of either of these flags, a sample print Metacode is generated without the XXXX strings.
If you add an H to either the /VF or /SV parameters (/VFH or /SVH), the system generates a more efficient Metacode output by combining several Metacode records into one, reducing the output file size. You can also specify this option as a separate standalone parameter (/H).
Note | This feature is available only for portrait mode printing. |
Use the /C parameter when you want to print the compiled instream Metacode on a 4850 or 4890 highlight color printer, and some elements of the form have a color specification. (Be sure to set PrinterInk option to whatever ink is installed on the printer. Also, the SendColor option must be set to Yes).
Note | The PrinterInk option supports red, blue, green, ruby, violet, brown, gray, cardinal, royal, cyan, and magenta. |
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