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Add/remove characters: Enter the number of characters to add to, or remove from, the head of
the data stream, or use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value. Positive values
add characters; negative values remove characters. This is useful when one or more characters
of input data precede the start of the first data page. Note that certain control characters can be
problematic. For example, the NUL character (hexadecimal 00) cannot be removed from the
head of the data stream, and a backspace (hexadecimal 08) can cause unpredictable behavior.
The Hex Viewer can be useful in helping determine the control characters that appear at the
head of the data stream. (To open the Hex Viewer, select Debug > View as Hex, in the menu.)
Note that you cannot add characters in a CSV. Further note that if you remove characters in a
CSV emulation, you should ensure that you do not inadvertently remove field or text delimiters.
Add/remove lines: Enter the number of lines to add to, or remove from, the head of the data
stream, or use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value. Positive values add lines;
negative values remove lines. This is useful when one or more lines of input data precede the
start of the first data page. Note that you cannot add lines in either a CSV or user defined
emulation.
Lines per page: Enter the number of lines each data page contains, or use the spin buttons to
increment or decrement the value.
Pages in buffer: Enter the number of data pages you want the data page buffer to contain, or
use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value.
Read in binary mode (ASCII emulation only): Select to read the data file in binary mode. You
select this if you intend to run a PlanetPress Design document on a printer queue that is set to
binary mode. In binary mode, the printer reads the end of line characters (CR, LF, and CRLF)
as they appear in the data stream and does not perform any substitution. A printer that does not
support binary mode or is not running in binary mode replaces any CR, LF, or CRLF that
appears at the end of a line of data with a LF. Note, however, that it replaces a line feed
followed by a carriage return (LFCR) with two LFs. Binary mode is the recommended printer
mode when you use an ASCII emulation.
Cut on FF character: Select to have a new data page when a form feed character is
encountered in the data stream. If you select Cut on FF character, you have two conditions that
signal the end of a data page: the form feed character and the number of lines set in the Lines
per page box.
View Selector: Click to go to the Data Selector to set the properties of this task.
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