Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 4650 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
You need to repeat the lines where the data needs to be bolded, using a print-no-advance option. This will cause the print head of the printer to print the text from left-to-right, then, instead of advancing the paper to the next print line, will instead move the print head back to the beginning, and it will print the same line over. Whereever the text is duplicated, the printer will be "overstriking" that text, thereby rendering the text bold.
For example, let's say I'm creating a couple of print lines in an output dataset defined as RECFM=FBA, LRECL=133:
Code:
1THIS IS THE NORMAL TEXT. THIS IS BOLDED.
+ BOLDED.
0THIS NEXT LINE IS NORMAL.
0THIS WHOLE LINE IS EXTRA-BOLDED.
+THIS WHOLE LINE IS EXTRA-BOLDED.
+THIS WHOLE LINE IS EXTRA-BOLDED.