RE: ACS spool file to PDF issue -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Bill
We had the same problem where the contents of the spool/print was smushed over to the left
I am assuming that the print file was created with

Font:
Identifier . . . . . . . . . . *DEVD Character value, *SAME...
Point size . . . . . . . . . . 000.1-999.9, *NONE

That means that the font size is determined by the printer its printing on

We changed this to
Font:
Identifier . . . . . . . . . . *CPI Character value, *SAME...
Point size . . . . . . . . . . 000.1-999.9, *NONE

And this tells the PDF where to position the characters

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] ACS spool file to PDF issue

Hello all,

We seem to be having an issue with spool files that we convert to PDF through the ACS "Printer Output" option. The particular spool file in question has an overlay attached to it. When we generate the spool file and then use our ERP package (we have CMS) to send a PDF version of the spool file to the IFS, the "normal" margins for the PDF are maintained, but when we select the spool file and view it as a PDF through the ACS option, it's as if the PDF has been shrunken down to 80% or so of its original size, leaving a large margin on the right-hand side of the document. And it's everything on the document that adjusts, not just the overlay, but the document data as well.

Anyone ever run across this issue?

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