Configure Spool-a-matic defaults

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If you find that the text on the left edge of your PDF output is compressed then this could mean that you need to alter the defaults for Spool-a-matic, which is used to generate the PDF.

Note: After Version 6.2.68 of the Cobwebb Server software, when you install Spool-a-matic, these defaults will be set automatically.

To check which defaults have been set for your version of Spool-a-matic please run the following from a command line on your server.

ADDLIBLE SPLAMATIC

GO SPLAMATIC

Select option 64 - Change Spool-A-Matic default

Check the following entries are set as the recommended values and if not, correct them.

Description	Keyword / Recommended Value	Why?
Reference printer device & Refprtdev offset correction	REFPRTDEV(*AFPYES) REFOFFSET(0 0)	These two keywords prevent text near the edge of the page being ‘pushed’ into the page and overwriting other text. The Default for REFPRTDEV appears to be *HPTASCII which can cause problems.
PDF font imbedding	PDFFNTIMB(*TRUETYPE)	This allows embedded True Type fonts in the PDF.
PDF image process blending	PDFIMGPBL(*PREBLEND32)	This blends the 4 colour planes of a 32bit CMYK image into one plane. This decreases the size of the PDF and prevents each colour plane opening one after the other when the PDF is opened.