Small Font Size in Output

Q. I'm trying to print over TCP/IP, but when doing so, I have problems with the font size in the output. Everything works well when I use a spool file with PCL macros. But if I try to print using the Print Screen key, the output is very small.
Using the OVRPRTF command works fine. However, because we have many printer files, I tried using the workstation customization (WSCST) tag FNTGRP, but it doesn't work.

A. When you print to a laser printer, the print size is reduced by default to a small size to ensure the whole printout will fit on the page. This is called Computer Output Reduction, or *COR, and is the default value in the PAGRTT parameter in the PRTF commands. To better control the printing, I recommend that you use the OVRPRTF command to set your own page rotation (PAGRTT), characters per inch (cpi), and lines per inch (lpi).
For example, if you want to print in landscape mode, use PAGRTT(90). Most printouts that would fit on the old greenbar paper will fit on a laser printer with CPI(15) and LPI(8).
You can increase the font size by making the cpi a smaller value. If you find a print size that fits most of your existing printouts, you could use command CHGPRTF to make the change to one or all printer files systemwide.
However, you may want to save these commands in a CL program and execute that program when you make a release upgrade because many of the IBM-supplied files will revert back to the IBM default under a release change.

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