Specifying Print Stream Properties

The Print Stream Properties window lets you define how Visual Engineer Plus interprets the print stream you loaded. To access this window, select File > Print Stream Properties. If the properties of your print stream are not defined properly, your input definition file will contain errors. Visual Engineer Plus sets all properties to the Enrichment defaults unless you modify them.

Note: You cannot change the print stream type after you have defined a field for the print stream. When you change the print stream type in this situation, the fields return to the default settings.

The fields in this window are described next.

  • Name: A unique name of up to 50 characters for the input print stream. The name cannot contain spaces.
  • Host File: The location and name of the file associated with the input. Use one of the following formats.
    • DD:ddname
    • DD:ddname(member)
    • 'qualifier.qualifier.qualifier'
    • 'qualifier.qualifier.qualifier(member)'

    The location and name can be up to 55 characters in length.

    Note: If you are using Enrichment on a UNIX system, DD:ddname is the only valid host file name format.
  • Print Stream Type: Select one of the following print stream types:
    • Impact Line Data: The input is line-printer data.
    • Xerox DJDE line data: The input is a Xerox DJDE line-data print stream.
    • Xerox Metacode: The input is a Xerox Metacode print stream.
    • Xerox Metacode with Font Index: The input is a Xerox Metacode with font index print stream.
    • AFP Line Data: The input is an AFP line-data print stream (that is, it contains no AFP [X'5A'] records and uses both a PAGEDEF and a FORMDEF to print).
    • AFP Fully Composed (AFPDS): The input is an AFPDS print stream (that is, it contains only AFP [X'5A'] records and uses a FORMDEF).
      Note: You cannot specify a channel type if you select AFP Fully Composed for the print stream type.
    • AFP Mixed (line with PTX): The input is a mixed-mode AFP data print stream (that is, it contains some AFP [X'5A'] records and uses both a PAGEDEF and a FORMDEF to print).
    • PCL: The input is a PCL print stream.
    • PostScript: The input is a PostScript print stream.
  • Carriage Control: Select one of the following:
    • ANSI: The input contains ANSI channel controls in column 1 that are of the same character set as the print stream.
    • ANSI ASCII: The input contains ASCII carriage controls in column 1 even if the print stream is EBCDIC.
    • ANSI EBCDIC: The input contains EBCDIC carriage controls in column 1 even if the print stream is ASCII.
    • Machine: The input has machine code carriage controls in column 1.
    • None: There are no carriage controls in column 1 of the input.
  • Data Type: Select one of the following:
    • ASCII: The print stream is in ASCII format. This is the native character set for Windows and UNIX.
    • EBCDIC: The print stream is in EBCDIC format. This is the native character set for mainframe environments.
  • Layout Options: See the following sections for information about the layout options.
  • Processing Options: See the following sections for information about processing options.