I-Data 5250 ALLY - Manual (Page 180)

AGILE 5250 ALLY User’s Guide and Reference Page A-18
The 5250 ALLY has two different modes of transparency for use in
passing Metacode from the host System to the printer. The 5250 ALLY’s
normal handling of transparent data is to remove the data from the
transparent “packet” and to send the data to the printer. XPPM printers,
however, require that they receive the data in a transparent packet. The
5250 ALLY has a special option that specifies whether the transparent
packet header should be passed along to the printer.
Metacode transparency is inactive: This option specifies that the 5250
ALLY should not send transparent packets intact to the printer, but that it
should send only the data in the packet. For example when the 5250 ALLY
receives: Hex 35 countbyte ...data..., only the ...data... will be sent to the
printer. The Hex 35 and countbyte will be stripped.
Metacode transparency is active: This option specifies that the 5250 ALLY
should keep transparent data packets intact when sending them to the
printer. When the 5250 ALLY receives a packet of the form: Hex 35
countbyte ...data..., the printer will receive Hex 35 countbyte ...data....
To program this option:
!AGILE!0606=00; Metacode transparency is inactive (default)
!AGILE!0606=01; Metacode transparency is active
46 — Line Feed Configuration
This setting is useful only for XDPM data streams. It has no use for XPPM
data streams.
The 5250 ALLY, when driving Xerox XDPM mode printers, usually
performs a relative vertical movement command at the end of each line of
text in order to place the next line of text at the correct vertical position.
This vertical positioning is based upon the System-requested line density
setting.
Some XDPM documents are formatted with the assumption that the line
density is based upon the height of the current active font.
The 5250 ALLY has a setting that allows the user to specify whether the
line density should be based upon the font’s height, or the System-
specified line density.
Line Feed movement is Absolute: This setting should not be used for
Xerox printers.
Line Feed movement is Relative: This option specifies that the 5250
ALLY should use relative vertical movements to simulate System-
specified line density.