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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 char-
acters; 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 emu-
lation, 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 incre-
ment 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 run-
ning 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.
Emulation specific options
Various emulation specific options can be set for most emulations, with the exception of the line printer
and database emulations. For more information about a specific emulation type, see:
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"ASCII emulation" on the next page
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"Channel skip emulation" on page57
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"CSV emulation" on page58
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"Database emulation" on page59
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