Iseries print position problem
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Jannene
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Iseries print position problem
DDS, iSeries printing
I am having difficulty positioning output in the same position on a page across different printers using line/column positioning in DDS. If I use the position keyword in the same document across these printers then the output is positioned on the page in exactly the same spot each time. I want to avoid using this method as I am simply applying overlays to exist print files. One of the printers concerned is a raster mode printer and I believe I can expect the same alignment on the page as this printer when I move to faxing the documents.
ASKED: Dec 2 2007  10:21 PM GMT
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Are you using a fixed pitch font? Variable pitch fonts have a diferent width per character, so even if you synchronise the fonts across printers, a change in content will alter alignment.
Where you need to print within linework, then your only hope is to use fixed font.

Rememebr that a space is also a character. You could conceivably fix the start point of each block / sentence / paragraph / word to an absolute position, but that isn't really practical.
Last Answered: Mar 6 2009  10:00 AM GMT by Yorkshireman   3200 pts.
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