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Chapter 8. Getting Started with Print Format Utility
This chapter describes how to print data from a database file member with the Print
Format Utility by showing a practical printing exercise.
The operational steps of printing with the Print Format Utility are as follows:
Step 1. Starting the Print Format Utility.
Step 2. Creating a PFD definition file in a library.
Step 3. Creating a PFD definition in a PFD definition file that you created in step
2. This step consists of the following sub-steps:
| a. Specifying a database file
| b. Designing a record layout
| c. Designing a page layout
d. Defining printout specifications
e. Saving a PFD definition
Step 4. Printing a database file based on the PFD definition.
Step 5. Ending the Print Format Utility.
| Step 6. Printing the AFP Utilities tutorial
Note: If your printer does not support bar codes, you should specify your printer
type on the Define PFD Specifications display in the creating a PFD definition step.
AFP Utilities for AS/400 generate appropriate data to print bar codes on your
printer. See “Limitations for Each Printer” on page 414 to check if your printer
supports them.
A page segment is needed to perform the following task. Page segment
QFCLOGO should exist in library QGPL. If it does not exist, copy page segment
QFCPAGS from library QAFP to library QGPL as page segment QFCLOGO. You
can use the Create Duplicate Object (CRTDUPOBJ) command to do this.
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