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With a form-feed character, how and when do I use the ‘Skip’
option?
option?
The PARIS Designer permits you to create multiple
logical pages on a single page.
A logical page is just another term for a text block and their use has extended
beyond the original concept of simple logical pages.
beyond the original concept of simple logical pages.
When the form-feed character is defined in the Input Filter, using a ‘Line End’, it
can be instructed to ‘Skip’ to the next logical page before or after printing the
current line. You can also instruct the form-feed character to ‘Skip’ to the next
physical page, and in such cases a ‘Page End’ would be used.
can be instructed to ‘Skip’ to the next logical page before or after printing the
current line. You can also instruct the form-feed character to ‘Skip’ to the next
physical page, and in such cases a ‘Page End’ would be used.
The function of skipping to a new page becomes a little more confusing when you
are using more than one logical page (text block) on a physical sheet of paper as:
are using more than one logical page (text block) on a physical sheet of paper as:
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Selecting the Skip option will always end the current logical
page only.
•
The print position will move to the next available logical page, which may
be on the same physical page.
be on the same physical page.
For example:
A simple example would be printing ‘Two-Up’ to save paper, where two logical
pages are printed on the one side of a piece of paper.
pages are printed on the one side of a piece of paper.
When the first logical page is terminated with a form-feed character, we do not
want it to go to the next physical page (as it would normally do), but rather
want it to go to the next physical page (as it would normally do), but rather
skip
to the next logical page.