Output MO:DCA-P data stream

Regardless of the input data stream, ACIF always produces output files in the MO:DCA-P format. Each structured field in the file is a single record that is preceded by a X'5A' carriage control character.

Note: When BPF and EPF structured fields are found in the input file, ACIF does not pass them to the output file unless the EXTENSION=PASSPF parameter is specified. See Begin Print File (BPF) and End Print File (EPF) structured fields for more information.

The following sections describe the required changes ACIF must make to an AFP input file to support MO:DCA-P output format.

In this section:

  1. Composed Text Control (CTC) structured field
  2. Map Coded Font (MCF) Format 1 structured field
  3. Map Coded Font (MCF) Format 2 structured field
  4. Presentation Text Data Descriptor (PTD) Format 1 structured field
  5. Inline resources
    Inline resources at the beginning of the input file are copied to the resource file (RESOBJDD) if the appropriate RESTYPE value is specified. Inline resources are only copied to the output file (OUTPUTDD) if RESTYPE=INLINE is specified.
  6. Page definitions
    Because page definitions are used only to compose line data into pages, this resource is not included in the resource file. The page definition is not included because it is no longer needed to view or print the document file.
Parent topic: Format of the output document file