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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-us">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<title>Margin (FRONTMGN and BACKMGN) parameters</title>
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<a name="rzalumargin"></a>
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<h4 id="rzalumargin">Margin (FRONTMGN and BACKMGN) parameters</h4>
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<p>To use the margin parameters, the device type (DEVTYPE) parameter on the
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printer file must be *AFPDS. For device types other than *AFPDS, the iSeries™ server calculates
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the margins.</p>
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<p>Margins define the starting point of printed output on a piece of paper.
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The FRONTMGN parameter specifies the starting point on the front side of the
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paper; the BACKMGN parameter specifies the starting point on the back side
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of the paper.</p>
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<p>There are two types of margins: front and back. Offset values, down and
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across, are used to fix the position of the margin. Across is defined as left
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to right. Down is defined as top to bottom.</p>
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<p>Margins are measured in either inches or centimeters. The type of measurement
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is specified in the unit-of-measure (UOM) parameter on the printer file.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Using *DEVD and 0 as margin parameter values</span></p>
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<p>If you have existing application programs that specify how far across and
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how far down to start printing, you should specify 0 (zero) or *DEVD for the
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margin parameter offset values. </p>
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<dl>
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<dt class="bold">*DEVD</dt>
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<dd>When *DEVD is specified, the no-print border (<span class="italic">no-print
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border</span> is a small area around the whole page where data will not print)
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is used to determine the starting printing point.
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<p>For printers configured
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as AFP(*NO), 0 is used to determine the starting point when *DEVD is specified.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">0</dt>
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<dd>When 0 is specified, the top left corner of the page is used to determine
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the starting printing point.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>The following diagram shows a no-print border. The size of the no-print
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border can vary from printer to printer.</p>
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<a name="wq299"></a>
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<div class="fignone" id="wq299">
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<div class="mmobj">
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<img src="rv2h341.gif" alt="A no-print border." /></div></div>
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<p><span class="bold">Restrictions with the margin parameters</span></p>
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<p>The margin parameters (both front and back) are ignored for spooled files
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that have *COR specified as the value for the page rotation (PAGRTT) printer
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file parameter. This is because *COR assumes a half-inch margin. In addition,
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the margin parameters are ignored for spooled files that have a pages per
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side (MULTIUP) value of 2, 3, or 4.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Using margin parameters and overlays</span></p>
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<p>There are two ways to position your overlays </p>
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<ul>
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<li>Specify overlays with the front or back margin (FRONTMGN or BACKMGN) parameters
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so that the overlays move with the text based on margin parameters.</li>
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<li>Change value in data area QPRTVALS so that the overlays are not affected
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by the front or back margin parameters.</li></ul>
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<p><span class="bold">Positioning overlays based on margin parameters</span></p>
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<p>Overlays specified with the back or front overlay printer file parameter
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are affected by the front or back margin parameters. The following diagram
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shows how your output would look if your front margin was defined as 2 units
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down and 2 units across and the placement of your overlay was 4 units down
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and 4 units across:</p>
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<p></p>
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<div class="mmobj">
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<img src="rbaft516.gif" alt="How your output would look if your front margin was defined as 2 units down and 2 units across and the placement of your overlay was 4 units down and 4 units across" /></div>
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<a name="wq300"></a>
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<div class="notetitle" id="wq300">Note:</div>
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<div class="notebody">If you use margins and overlays together, the offsets have
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the same unit of measure (UOM) specified: inches (*INCH) <span class="underlined">or</span> centimeters (*CM), but not inches <span class="underlined">and</span> centimeters
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together.</div>
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<p><span class="bold">Positioning overlays independently</span></p>
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<p>If you do not want the overlays moved by the values specified in the front
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or back margin parameters, you can specify a <tt class="xph">Y</tt> (uppercase) in position
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4 of the data area QPRTVALS. The following diagram shows you the two ways
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to position the overlays:</p>
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<div class="mmobj">
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<img src="rbaft517.gif" alt="Two ways to position the overlays" /></div>
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<p>To find out if data area QPRTVALS exists on your system, use the following
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command: </p>
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<pre class="xmp">DSPDTAARA DTAARA(QUSRSYS/QPRTVALS)</pre>
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<p>If the data area QPRTVALS exists, but position 4 is not set to 'Y' (uppercase),
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use the following command: </p>
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<pre class="xmp">CHGDTAARA DTAARA (QUSRSYS/QPRTVALS (4 1)) VALUE ('Y')</pre>
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<p>If you do not have data area QPRTVALS on your system, you can create one
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by using the following commands: </p>
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<ol type="1">
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<li><tt class="xph">CRTDTAARA DTAARA(QUSRSYS/QPRTVALS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(256) VALUE(' Y')</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="xph">CHGOBJOWN OBJ(QUSRSYS/QPRTVALS) OBJTYPE(*DTAARA) NEWOWN(QSYS) CUROWNAUT(*SAME)</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="xph">CRTOBJAUT OBJ(QUSRSYS/QPRTVALS) OBJTYPE(*DTAARA) USER(*PUBLIC) AUT(*ALL)</tt></li></ol>
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