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4.2.2 Specifying Default Data Types for the System and Queues
You can specify a system wide default text data type and queue-specific default
text data types. If DCPS software cannot determine the data type, the file is
processed as the default data type you specify.
The factory default data type is ANSI. If users regularly print PCL or
Proprinter text files instead of ANSI files, you should change the default
from ANSI to PCL or Proprinter.
Define one or both of the following logical names:
• DCPS$DEFAULT_TRANSLATOR specifies the system wide default text
data type.
To define a system wide default text data type, use the following command:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE DCPS$DEFAULT_TRANSLATOR text_data_type
• DCPS$queuename_DEFAULT_TRANSLATOR specifies the queue-specific
default data type.
To define a queue-specific default text data type, use the following
command:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE DCPS$queuename_DEFAULT_TRANSLATOR text-data-type
Valid values for the text-data-type are:
• ANSI (the default)
• PCL
• PROPRINTER
Do not abbreviate the data type name.
If the system wide data type differs from the queue-specific data type, the
queue-specific data type takes precedence.
The queue-specific logical name is useful when a queue is used by
PATHWORKS clients. Text files printed from PCs may be PCL or Proprinter
files. The following example specifies the PCL data type for the queue named
PATHWORKS:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE DCPS$PATHWORKS_DEFAULT_TRANSLATOR PCL
Providing Automatic Data Type Detection 4–3