Printer Emulation Modes
Differences From IBM 5256 Operation
The 5256 emulation provided by the workstation uses the same character sets as the IBM 4214
system printer. Several characters are missing from the IBM 5256 system printer’s character
sets. These characters are replaced with the 4214 characters. The characters affected are as
follows:
The “Less Than or Equal Sign” is replaced by a lower case “y” with an acure accent.
The “Up Arrow” is replaced with an upper case “Y” with an acure accent.
The “Not Equal Sign” is replaced by an “Overscore”.
The “Peseta” symbol is replaced by a “Bullet”.
The “Greater Than of Eual Sign” is replaced by a “Dot-less i".
Differences From IBM 4214 Operation
The workstation’s 4214 emulation does not support BGU and APF graphics. The workstation’s
emulation also ignores Load Alternate Characters (LAC) and Transparent (TRN) SCS
commands. In some cases, invalid data may be printed.
The workstation 4214 printer supports line densities in 1/72nds of an inch. All vertical margins
and line densities are truncated to the nearest 1/72
nd
of an inch. To avoid alignment problems,
specify line density in even multiples of 1/72nds (i.e., 20/1440ths).
Differences From IBM 5219 Operation
The workstation 5219 printer supports horizontal motion in 1/120ths of an inch. All horizontal
positions are truncated to the nearest 1/120
th
of an inch. To avoid alignment problems, specify
horizontal margins in even multiples of 1/120ths (i.e., 12/1440ths). Neither the IBM 5219
system printer nor the workstation 5219 printer support orientation changes.
If a PSM font is selected, the workstation 5219 printer assumes that the character widths of the
resulting font are equivalent to the character widths of the 5219 printer’s PSM fonts.
Differences From IBM 3812 Operation
The Set Form Feed Control (SFFC) and Execute PMP SCS commands are not supported.
Orientation changes not occurring on a page boundary may cause unpredictable results.
Character set support is limited to the character sets listed in section 19.
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