Page definitions

Page definitions are resources that format and compose line data into logical pages. A page definition contains printing controls that specify:

• Where data from each input record is to be printed
• Page size (height and width)
• Data fields that can be suppressed
• Print positions for line-data records containing carriage control characters
• Inline printing direction
• Number of lines per inch
• List of page segments that might be used
• List of overlays that might be used
• Record definitions
• Constant data to be printed
• List of fonts that might be used

Whenever you are printing to a printer configured as AFP(*YES) and you are printing line or mixed data, a page definition is required. If a page definition is not specified on the printer file, an inline page definition is built from the printer file parameters.

If you specify a page definition and also specify line data or mixed data, no inline page definition is built from the printer file parameters. In this case, if you send the data to an Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) printer, Print Services Facility™ (PSF) ignores some print parameters.

Related concepts

How page definitions, form definitions, and printer files interact

Related tasks

Obtain AFP resources

Specify a page definition

Related reference

Page definitions included with the server