PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

System Parameters
11387 Tandem Computers Incorporated 6-7
PRINTER^TYPE This parameter specifies the device class for the type of formatting to be
sent to the printer.
What to Enter
PARAM PRINTER^TYPE int
int
must be 0 or 1.
How to Use PRINTER^TYPE
TFORM recognizes two classes of devices:
1 = Tandem 5530 letter-quality printer
0 = All other Tandem printers
If PRINTER^TYPE is 0, lines can never be wider than the specified
margins. If PRINTER^TYPE is set to 1, TFORM assumes the printer is
capable of compressing lines to fit within the margins, and therefore uses a
different line-break rule to take advantage of that flexibility.
PARAM PRINTER^TYPE 1 allows you to use a high-speed printer to
produce a version of a document quickly, but with the line breaks and page
breaks it would have if it were sent to a letter-quality printer. (The printer
must be one with paper wide enough to accommodate the overlength lines
that result. Note also that such a printer can’t cope with superscripts and
subscripts, so the results may not be exactly what you expect.)
If you don’t enter this parameter, TFORM obtains the printer class from the
value of the DEVICE^TYPE parameter, whether explicit or implicit.