Stand-alone code pages

Code pages supply consistent or similar characters across systems. For example, a document created at one location using a specific code page could be sent to a different location, printed on a different model printer, and still look the same.

Code pages must be downloaded to the printer for use.

The following printers accept downloaded code pages:

• 3112 (has resident fonts also)
• 3116 (has resident fonts also)
• 3130 (has resident fonts also)
• 3160 (has resident fonts also)
• 3812 (has resident fonts also)
• 3816 (has resident fonts also)
• 3820
• 3825
• 3827
• 3828 (MICR printer)
• 3829
• 3831
• 3835
• 3900–001
• 3900–AFCCU (has resident fonts also)
• 3900
• 3912 (has resident fonts also)
• 3916 (has resident fonts also)
• 3930 (has resident fonts also)
• 3935 (has resident fonts also)
• 4028 (has resident fonts also)
• 4312 (has resident fonts also)
• 4317 (has resident fonts also)
• 4324 (has resident fonts also)
• Infoprint® 20 (has resident fonts also)
• Infoprint 32 (has resident fonts also)
• Infoprint 3000 (has resident fonts also)
• Infoprint 4000 (has resident fonts also)

Naming convention for code pages

Like character sets, code pages are named in a number of ways. One way is with a code page name. These code pages are downloaded to the printer. The code page name can be up to 8 characters long. Code page names are used with character set names for printing on printers such as the 3820, 3825, 3827, or 3835.

Another way is with a code page global identifier (CPGID). CPGIDs are printer-resident code pages and have numbers for names (for example, 259 or 500). Generally, printers with resident fonts use CPGIDs to name the printer-resident code pages. CPGIDs are also used within CHRIDs.

For example, in the code page name T1V10500:

T

The T means that this object is a code page.

1

This is always a 1.

V1

The V1 means that this is version 1 of this code page.

0500

The 0500 is the code page name, number, or category. In this example 500 is the code page name.

Selecting code pages

Code pages are selected by specifying a certain value for the code page (CDEPAG) parameter of the printer file.

If you choose to use code pages with your applications, you must also specify a font character set (by providing a value for the FNTCHRSET parameter of the printer file being used).

Substituting code pages

Substitution of code pages occurs for the following reasons:

• The application specifies a code page that is resident on a printer and the printer being used does not have resident code pages.
• The application specifies a code page that is resident on the host system (iSeries server) and the printer being used has resident code pages (not capable of accepting downloaded code pages).
• The job requesting the code page is not authorized to it.
• The code page cannot be found.
• The job is not authorized to the library where the code page is stored.