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UNIVAC SDF TAPE FORMAT
XEROX LASER PRINTING SYSTEMS TAPE FORMATS MANUAL 11-7
Table 11-3. Univac SDF control record format
Name
Character
position(s)
Field Description
Control record type code 1 1 Type code of control record
O‘50’ —Label control block
O‘51’ —Continuation record
O‘42’ —Translation mode change
O‘54’ —End-of-reel
O‘60’ —Print image control
O‘77’ —End-of-file
All other codes are ignored
Length field 2 2 Length of record text in Univac words (6 characters
per word). May be zero if only control record is
present.
File type 3 3 File type. Must be “P” for symbiont print file.
Part number 4 4 Sequential file count
Reserved 5 5 Reserved
Code type 6 6 0 —Fieldata
1—ASCII
Record text Variable 7 Text for type codes O‘51‘, O‘50’, and O‘60’.
Table 11-4. Univac SDF label control block
Name
Character
position(s)
Field Description
Control record type code 1 1 This is O‘50’ for the label control block.
Length field 2 2 This is O‘11’ for the normal 9-word label, O‘06’ for the
6-word label, or O‘24’ for the 20-word label.
File type 3 3 This is O‘25’ (P) for symbiont print file.
Reserved 4-5 4 Unused
Code type 6 5 0 —Fieldata
1 —ASCII
Must be Fieldata for labels.
File name 7-18 6 File name
Device association 19-24 7 Unused.
Run I.D. 25-30 8 Unused.
Date and time 31-36 9 Date portion is used when headings are specified by
the “H” string.
Site I.D. 37-48 10 Unused.
Reserved 49-180 11 Unused.