Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SRV-SCR (Application Component) SAPscript⤷
STXD (Package) SAPscript
Basic Data
| Data Element | TDPCPORT |
| Short Description | Print control 1 for font selection |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | RSPOPRCTL | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 5 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 5 | |
| Value Table | TSP4D |
Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | PrtCtl.1 |
| Medium | 15 | Print control 1 |
| Long | 20 | Print control 1 |
| Heading | 30 | Print control 1 |
Documentation
Definition
Name of the Print control which is to be used by the SAPscript printer driver to select the printer font when printing.
Print controls for each separate device type are maintained in the spool administration transaction.
This Print control has different functions when printing, depending on the printer driver you are using.
Printer driver HPL2 for the PCL-5 printer:
The functions of the Print control depend on the "scaleable font" parameter:
With scaleable printer fonts, this Print control contains the PCL-5 command to select the character set that is to be used for the font.
Example: ESC(0N (selects character set "ISO 8859/1")
With non-scaleable printer fonts, this Print control contains the full PCL-5 command to select the character set and the font when printing in portrait format.
Example: ESC(0N ESC(s0p10h0s0b3T (selects "Courier" font in character set ISO 8859/1 with 10 cpi)
Printer driver POST for the PostScript printer:
This Print control contains the PostScript name of the font used when printing in portrait format.
Example: Helvetica Bold (selects PostScript font "Helvetica Bold")
Printer driver PRES for the PRESCRIBE printer:
This Print control contains the PRESCRIBE command to select fonts when printing in portrait format.
Example: FONT 12; (selected PRESCRIBE font number 12)
Printer driver STN2 for the line printer:
This Print control contains the printer command to select fonts when printing in portrait format.
Printer driver SWIN for the SAPWIN and related device types:
The functions of this Print control depend on the "scaleable font" parameter:
If "scaleable font" is deactivated, this Print control contains the name of the MS Windows font to be used when printing in portrait format.
Example: Courier New (selects Windows font "Courier New")
If "scaleable font" is activated, this Print control contains the name of the MS Windows font to be used when printing, regardless of the format used (that is, for both portrait and layout formats).
Example: Arial (selects Windows "Arial" font)
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010130 |
| SAP Release Created in |
