The Cobwebb Document Management printing process uses IBM i AFP features as described above, this process is the same as used in the Cobwebb Fax system so the process of preparing the fax and the printed document are the same.

The Cobwebb/400 fax system on the other hand uses the Ascom Fax Gateway (AFG) or Hasler Fax Unit (HFU) to create the fax. The fonts and text instructions are interpreted in the fax modem. To print the fax on the IBM i requires that the features of the fax modem are reproduced in printed document. This is done by using an appropriate CPPD font group. The font group 'HFU' contains normal, bold and reverse image fonts at 10 chs per inch, plus a 5 ch per inch font.

The AFG uses only three fonts 10, 12 and 17 cpi, these fonts can be emboldened, reversed, italicised and underlined. AFP can only underline, the other features are simulated by choosing the appropriate font, if one exists.

In font group 'HFU' Font 0 is bold 10 cpi, Font 1 is normal 10 cpi, Font 2 is Reverse 10 cpi, and Font 3 is 5 cpi (to simulate the HFU double width characters).

If you need to simulate other fonts e.g. 12 cpi, make up your own font group as follows: -

Font 0 = Bold, Font 1 = normal and Font 3 = large (if required), the only reverse image font in the standard Server font library QFNTCPL is for 10 cpi.

In order to retain compatibility with existing 10 cpi documents, created for faxing using the Ascom Fax Modem, the following conversion table is provided: -

The following text enhancement features are simulated using the appropriate Server font...

The following text enhancement features are AFP functions: