cpsplf *fcfc

I'm working on a simple copy spool file to HTML project based on some code
from News400 a couple of years ago where you copy the spool file to a data
base file and then insert HTML tags in the final product.  

My externally described print file inexperience is showing. I created a
simple printer file with five character fields in one record format.  Each
field has the underline attribute.  I have a test program that writes to
this record format ten times using a nested loop to fill up the fields.
When I do a cpysplf with no control characters, I get a ten record data base
file.  When I do cpysplf *fcfc or *prtctl I get a 50 record data base file
with 4 blank fields and one field populated in each record.  I know that
this doesn't happen with overprinting done with O specs where you overlay
one except record on another.  Is this just the way it works?  
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