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SEP

Syntax

SEP=0 | 1 - 9,

Description

This parameter specifies the number of separator pages to print before and after each print file. For TCP/IP printers, the SEP= options and the resulting separator pages are as follows:

• 0—No separator page
• 1 - (Default) No separator page; however, for LPR printers, a print banner command is sent to the LPD
• 2*—A start separator page
• 3*—An end separator page
• 4*—Both a start and an end separator page
• 5*—A start separator page with an extra form feed before the data file
• 6*—An end separator page with an extra form feed after the data file
• 7*—Both a start and an end separator page with an extra form feed before the data file and after the data file
• 8—A beginning banner page is produced only when the creating JOBID for the file to be printed is different from the creating JOBID of the previous file printed on the same TCP/IP printer.
• 9—No separator page. Add an extra first record and send it to the printer as:

  PAGEDEF=xxxxxx,FORMDEF=xxxxxx,FCB=xxxx<CRLF>
  

*The following effects occur if you include both the SEPOPT=10 option and a SEP option from 2-7 in the Printer Node parameter:

• The separator page is produced in the alternate format specified by SEPOPT=10.
• The following SEP options have the same effect:
  • 2 and 5: start separator page in the alternate format
  • 3 and 6: end separator page in the alternate format
  • 4 and 7: both a start and an end separator page in the alternate format