On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:06:30 -0500, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to help out an application group that is designing forms on a PC and then uploading them to the mainframe for printing. > >We have an Infoprint 4445 Printer (?) and what they want to see is an Arial >Font that is about a 12 pitch. I do not have a pitch ruler so I am guessing at >the 12, it maybe smaller. Arial is a proportionally spaced font, so pitch is probably not the right word. Usually these fonts are measured by point size. >I have been looking for manuals or archives that might help me understand how >to print Arial on the Mainframe in 12pitch font. > >I remember that there are Pagedef and Formdefs that can help, but I have not >located a manual that says a GT12 is this or a GF15 is that. Those names are part of the IBM naming scheme for fixed pitch fonts. >I am just looking for documentation that identifies the normal core fonts that >exist on the mainframe (or how to find them) and what ?defs I need to use to >get the same page print on the infoprint that I get on a windows attached >printer. Arial is basically the same font as IBM's Sonoran Sans Serif. It is (duh) a sans serif font, with proportional spacing, and all those fancy things like kerning and such, that make printed output easier on the eyes. >We are using ExStream Dialogue drivers on the mainframe to do the print the >files from the PC, I am just thinking that perhaps the JCL needs a little Output >tweaking. > >The test I will use is printing a word doc with Arial 12. Then printing the same >file to the mainframe printer. If they are identical, then I have the right >combination of stuff (that is the technical term? Stuff?). Yup - stuff is the right term. But the kind of stuff you need is the question. I would do some Googling on terms like AFP, Arial, Sonoran, Infoprint. But first, I would start with the doc for your ExStream product. That must surely explain how to print Arial-like fonts on your mainframe-attached printer. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
