Line-Data Files
Line data is EBCDIC data that is arranged for printing on line printers. These records may contain line-printer control characters such as carriage control characters (CC), table-reference characters (TRC), or only data. To compose pages for the page printer from line data, the print servers separates the incoming print records into pages according to specifications in a page definition. A page definition is always required for printing line data with the print server. You can create your own page definition or use a page definition provided with the print server. There are two types of line data: traditional and record format.
The following figure shows two types of line data. The first type shows data arranged as it prints out and the second shows data that requires field processing.
Formatted and Unformatted Print Records
The technique of mapping the unformatted data to locations on the output pages is known as field processing or record processing and is available through use of page-definition controls. Field processing is explained in detail in Processing Fields.