The DOWN Direction for Continuous Forms Printers
If PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN are not specified on the FORMDEF command, the data is printed in the landscape presentation; however, the data will be upside down, as shown in the next Figure. The data is upside down in this case because the media origin for an continuous forms printer is located on the same corner of the form, regardless of whether a narrow or wide form is being used.
The Results of Not Specifying PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN on an Continuous Forms Printer
If PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN are specified on the FORMDEF command, the data will be printed as shown in Figure The Results of Specifying PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN on an Continuous Forms Printer. In this example, line data is formatted using a page definition.
PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN can also be specified for data formatted in the DOWN print direction that will be printed on narrow forms. Although PRESENT LANDSCAPE and DIRECTION DOWN do not need to be specified in this case in order to produce readable output, specifying them enables you to use the same form definition regardless of whether the data will be printed on wide forms or narrow forms.