IPDS Menu Item Value Description PAGE WHOLE*
COMP1
COMP2
PRINT Determines how data is positioned on the page.
v  WHOLE—IPDS whole page (default). The printer does     not move or compress the page. This is the preferred
    method; all page positioning and formatting is done at
    the application level on the host. The PRINT, COMP1,
    and COMP2 options may alter the appearance of the
    page, or may not be compatible with predecessor
    products (for example, 3116, 3916), especially when
    combined with duplex and other IPDS MENU page
    format adjustments such as X-OFFSET and Y-OFFSET.
    PRINT, COMP1, and COMP2 are included to allow line
    printer jobs to fit on a page where edge-to-edge printing
    was not possible; they are not recommended for use in
    generating new applications.
v  PRINT—IPDS print page. If the page origin falls within     the unprintable area, the origin of the page is moved to
    the inside edge of the nearest unprintable area border. If
    the origin violates the unprintable area on two edges, it is
    moved to the nearest inside corner of the unprintable
    area. If the origin violates only one edge of the
    unprintable area, then the origin is adjusted to avoid only
    that area.
    If a location adjustment is made, the printed page shifts
    in the direction of the adjustment. There is no
    compression, so the opposite-edge data may be pushed
    off the page.
    Note:  PRINT requires EDGE-EDGE set OFF to work. Any
    data placed in this unprintable area is lost. Also, PRINT
    will not work on envelopes or media overlays (overlays
    that are part of the base page, not the overlays included
    in the variable print data).
v  COMP1—COMP1 format uses PRINT page as a base, and then compresses the spacing between text lines generated
by the IPDS Begin Line command. Its primary purpose is
to compress Begin Line text data into a page with
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