A printer definition file acts like a translator for the printer. It contains printer codes that specify how to handle bolding, underlining, printing graphical characters used in lines/boxes, and so on. Printer definition files are text files (for example, ASCII, EBCDIC) that do not require any additional compressing or compiling before they can be used.
Note: Printer definition files are only used when running
a report in character mode (MODE
=CHARACTER
).
Packaged printer definition files
Printer definition file search method
Printer definition file syntax (printer codes)
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