Re: Printer File - Urgent!!!

["hrishikesh kotwal" <hdkotwal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi!

Sorry abt the Lines per page, I have corrected it to 66 with LPI = 6.
My Page Size is 13.2 inch wide and 11 inch long.

I have reduced my column requirement to 220 columns (convincing the user took
sometime though :-) ) with CPI=16.7.

Thanks all.
Regards,

Hrishikesh Kotwal

>From: Douglas Handy
>Reply-To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Printer File - Urgent!!!
>Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 08:36:38 -0500
>
>Hrishikesh Kotwal,
>
> >I want to print a Report in RPG III with number of columns = 250.
>
> > PAGESIZE
> > > 110
> > > 255
> > > *ROWCOL
> > LPI > 6
> > CPI > 16.7
>
>I believe you'll find CPI(16.7) is only going to be able to print 220 columns
at
>print time, unless you have paper wider than 13.2 inches (standard
"green-bar"
>width). Since 13.2 * 16.7 = 220.44, it follows only 220 charactes are
>
>To get 250 columns to fit within 13.2 inches, you'd need 250 / 13.2 = 18.94
CPI
>or more, not 16.7. If your printer supports it, use CPI(20) instead. However,
>many *SCS printers don't support anything smaller than CPI(15), yielding 198
>print columns across 13.2 inches.
>
>Your page length of 110 lines at LPI(6) seems curious too. Do you really have
>forms which are 18.33 inches long?
>
>Doug
>
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