Xerox XDPE/400 (also known as EOMS I-Services) Support & Software User Guide
Multi-up printing
Printing Documents with XDPE/400 (9/2001)
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Absolute position command
Use this command to specify the origin point of the logical page using
units of 1/300 inch. The format of this command is:
ax,y
ax,y
where
x
Horizontal distance from the origin point
y
Vertical distance from the origin point
Example:
a120,3210
a120,3210
Relative position command
The first line of text is placed at the logical page origin. However, the lines
immediately following can be offset to the right or left of the logical page
origin. Use the relative position command to specify this offset. The
format of this command is:
rpx
rpx
where
p
Specifies whether the offset will be to the right or left of the logical
page origin. Use r to indicate placement to the right or l to indicate left
of the logical page origin.
x
Number of pixels the text is offset.
Example:
rr0
rr0
Using the IBM SEU
Follow these steps to create a multi-up ASCII packet using IBM SEU:
Step 1.
Create a member that represents the EBCDIC text version of the packet
within a physical source file.
Step 2.
Use the CPYTOPCD command to copy the source file member to the
XDPEFLR/XESMUP file. You can use these command options:
•
An EBCDIC to ASCII translation table
•
*TEXT as the PC data format
Using the DOS ASCII editor
Follow these steps to create a multi-up ASCII packet using the DOS ASCII
Editor and OS/400 Client Access:
Step 1.
Create an ASCII text file that has the XES packet format.
Step 2.
Copy the file to the shared I:/XDPEFLR/XESMUP folder.