Use this record-level keyword to specify that a z-fold operation is to be performed on the current sheet. The reference-edge and paper-type parameters are required.
The format of the keyword is:
ZFOLD(reference-edge paper-type)
The possible values are:
Specify DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) on the CRTPRTF command when ZFOLD is specified in the file. If DEVTYPE is changed to anything other than *AFPDS, the keyword is ignored and a warning message is issued at print time.
If ZFOLD is specified for a printer that does not support z-fold operations, the value specified for FIDELITY in he printer file controls whether the file prints.
ZFOLD is ignored at run time if it is not specified on a page boundary. The printer is on a page boundary when no named or constant fields are processed for a page. After a named or constant field is processed, the printer is no longer on a page boundary. The printer is on a page boundary again when a SKIP, SPACE, or ENDPAGE keyword is processed that causes the printer to move to a new page.
ZFOLD, SKIP, and SPACE keywords are processed in the following order:
SKIPB SPACEB ZFOLD SPACEA SKIPA
ZFOLD is in effect only for the record format specified. For the record format in which ZFOLD is specified, the page size is changed to the size of the paper-type specified for ZFOLD: ledger or A3. After records with the specified record format are processed, the page size for the next record format (if the ZFOLD keyword is not specified) is the page size specified at the file level (CRTPRTF, CHGPRTF, or OVRPRTF command).
ZFOLD is in effect for just a single sheet. If consecutive sheets are to have a z-fold operation applied, then ZFOLD must be specified for each sheet. Printers can support a varying maximum number of sheets number of sheets per spooled file that have had a z-fold operation applied to them. Check your printer's hardware reference for this information.
The reference edges supported by a printer vary. Check your printer's hardware reference for this information.
The z-fold operation causes the current sheet to be first folded in half inwards (so the front side of the sheet is now inside the fold) along a line parallel to the reference edge. The half of the sheet furthest from the reference edge is again folded in half outwards along a line parallel to the reference edge. For example, when applied to an 11 x 17 in. sheet with the reference edge along a short side, the result is an 8.5 x 11 in. foldout.
This finishing operation is applied to each medium, or sheet.
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A*
A R REC1 ZFOLD(*DEVD *LEDGER)
A*
When REC1 is printed, it is z-folded by the printer's post processor.
Only one ZFOLD keyword for each record format is valid at any time. Even with option indicators, specifying more than one ZFOLD keyword per record format is not valid.
The overflow line number is recomputed if you specify ZFOLD, because the page size is either ledger or A3. The new overflow line number maintains the distance between the overflow line and the bottom of the page as specified in the printer file. The overflow number specified in the printer file will be restored when processing is complete for ZFOLD. So if the file level specifies an overflow line which is 1" from the bottom of the page, the overflow line for a page on which ZFOLD is specified is also 1" from the bottom of the page.
Refer to your printer's documentation for additional information about the z-fold operation.
Option indicators are valid for this keyword.