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what printers are you using?<br />
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the capabilities you want to include within your documents will depend on what they can support, and the print composition languages that they support...<br />
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all afp provides is a method to specify the document layouts, and embed the desired print control commands... you can write them directly to the spool yourself... with the disadvantage of tieing your self to a articular level of printer/technology...
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what printers are you using?

the capabilities you want to include within your documents will depend on what they can support, and the print composition languages that they support...

all afp provides is a method to specify the document layouts, and embed the desired print control commands... you can write them directly to the spool yourself... with the disadvantage of tieing your self to a articular level of printer/technology...

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I work in an AS 400 COBOL shop. We don't have AFP. Is there a way for a printout &nbsp;(spooled) <br />
to have different fonts, graphics, colors, etc.? <br />
Without buying additional software. If so, could you show some sample code so I can get an idea of how to proceed?<br />
Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
MLS
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I work in an AS 400 COBOL shop. We don't have AFP. Is there a way for a printout  (spooled) 
to have different fonts, graphics, colors, etc.? 
Without buying additional software. If so, could you show some sample code so I can get an idea of how to proceed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
MLS

Can an AS 400 Cobol Print Output Have Graphics without APF

There are many computer languages, and they have been evolving from machine language into a more natural way of writing. Languages are generally classified into machine language (direct machine code); assembly (using mnemonics to present the instructions to be translated later into machine language by an assembly program); procedural languages, also known as high-level languages (HLL) (Pascal, FORTRAN, Algol, JCL, COBOL, REXX, PL/I, Basic, and C are common), along with several other types. Mainframe programming is largely done in the procedural languages.

Mainframe Languages

A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Thousands of different programming languages have been created, mainly in the computer field, and many more still are being created every year. The description of a programming language is usually split into the two components of syntax (form) and semantics (meaning). Some languages are defined by a specification document (for example, the C programming language is specified by an ISO Standard), while other languages (such as Perl) have a dominant implementation that is treated as a reference. Some languages have both, with the basic language defined by a standard and extensions taken from the dominant implementation being common.

Programming Languages-Other

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is a programming language with English-like syntax. It is readable but verbose compared to other programming languages. CODASYL (Conference on Data Systems Languages) created COBOL in 1959 based on design work from Grace Hopper. It was standardized in 1968. COBOL is still present in large-scale batch processing and transaction processing where legacy applications are being used, usually in government, financial, and administrative systems.