Block Preamble; Block Zero - Xerox 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer Software Manual

BLOCK
POSTAMBLE
parameter: points
to note
Syntax
Options
Table 2-13. BLOCK PREAMBLE parameter options and definitions
Option
length
Default
Syntax
Options
Table 2-14. BLOCK ZERO parameter options and definitions
Option
YES
NO
Default
Using LCDS Print Description Language
• If the block delimiter string constant is specified, the block
postamble is ignored.
• The POSTAMBLE parameter may be overridden if RECORD
STRUCTURE is changed through tape label processing.

BLOCK PREAMBLE

Specifies the length of the operating system portion of the block;
that is, the byte offset from the first byte of a tape block to the
first byte of the first logical record.
BLOCK PREAMBLE = length
Definition
An integer in the range of 0 to the block length that specifies the number of
bytes from the first byte of the tape block to the first byte of the first logical
record
0

BLOCK ZERO

Specifies the End-of-block indicator.
BLOCK ZERO = {NO | YES}
Definition
Specifies that the end of a tape block is indicated by a value of 0 in the record
length field (before applying the record length adjustment). Data that follows
the record is ignored through the end of the block.
Indicates that the end of a tape block is not indicated by a value of 0 in the
record length field.
NO
Specifying input parameters
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