Printing oversize characters on a 6400 printer with SAP R/3
InfoPrint Manager gives you the ability to resize Output Text Format (OTF) fonts on
a 6400 Printer. If your printer supports the graphics object content architecture
(GOCA) feature, you can use the 6400fonts.tab configuration file to alter the height
and width of characters printed. The SIZE= parameter lets you specify the height of a font (in points) and have it scaled appropriately.
Since there are 72 points in an inch, 720 indicates a height of an inch. The CPI= (characters per inch) parameter defines the
horizontal width to which the 6400 printer-resident fonts should be scaled. The smaller
the number you specify, the wider the font you receive.
To make sure that a font prints one inch high, specify this line in the 6400fonts.tab configuration file:
FONT=TIMES SIZE=720 TYPE=3 CODEPAGE=T1V10273 CharSet=C0S0ESTR DB=0The 6400fonts.tab configuration file is located in the /usr/lpp/psf/sap2afp directory on an InfoPrint Manager AIX or InfoPrint Manager Linux server and the install_path\sap2afp folder on an InfoPrint Manager Windows server.
To make sure that a font prints one inch wide, specify this line in the 6400fonts.tab configuration file:
FONT=TIMES SIZE=360 TYPE=3 CODEPAGE=T1V10273 CharSet=C0S0ESTR DB=0 CPI=1
To make sure that a font prints one-half inch wide, specify this line in the 6400fonts.tab configuration file:
FONT=TIMES SIZE=360 TYPE=3 CODEPAGE=T1V10273 CharSet=C0S0ESTR DB=0 CPI=2
Once you have modified the 6400fonts.tab file appropriately, access the Print Screen
List window on the SAP R/2 graphical user interface and specify 6400 in the Title field of the Spool request pane.