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CA Spool Parameters

The following CA Spool parameters are supported and have been adapted from AFP:

• FORMDEF—Specifies formatting at the start of the file; can be used to request an overlay to be printed along with the data.
• PAGEDEF—Specifies formatting at the start of the file; used to specify the line density and the default font.
• CHARS—Indicates that a maximum of four fonts can be specified. TRCs can be used in the print file to specify where to use one of the four fonts. This makes it possible to print files formatted by DCF for the IBM 3800-1.

The CA Spool Advanced Laser Printer interface ensures that identical line mode files sent to HP-LaserJet, Xerox 4045 printers, or AFP printers can be printed with almost identical results.