II10682: THE ROTATION OPTION OF THE N_UP PLACE SUBCOMMAND WAS IMPLEMENTED INCORRECTLY.

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• The ROTATION option of the N_UP PLACE subcommand was
  implemented incorrectly in original microcode for the AFCCU
  printers. The implementation is corrected with a fix to
  microcode 6.121 and is correct in all 8.xxx level microcode.
  The ROTATION option is used to rotate the page and any overlays
  specified with the N_UP PLACE subcommand. In the correct
  implementation, the origin of the page and overlays is placed
  relative to the partition origin before the rotation is
  applied. The page and the overlays are then rotated around their
  origin point. This is described and illustrated in "IBM PPFA
  User's Guide" S544-5284-01, in the description of the ROTATION
  option in Chapter 8 page 143.
  The incorrect implementation rotates the origin of the
  partition before the page is placed. Below is an example of
  correct and incorrect implementation. Any FORMDEFs which were
  designed using N_UP ROTATION on early microcode must be changed
  to reflect the correct implementation when microcode is
  updated.
  CORRECT IMPLEMENTATION     INCORRECT IMPLEMENTATION
        8.5"                         8.5"
    @-----------                  -----------       @-Partition
     PARTITION 1                  PARTITION 1            origin
                                                    *-page
                11"                          11"         origin
        -----                        -----
        rot'd                        rot'd
        page                         page
   -----------*                  -----------*@
  FORMDEF N_UP 2                FORMDEF N_UP 2
  PLACE 1 FRONT                 PLACE 1 FRONT
  OFFSET 8.5" 11" ROTATION 180  OFFSET 0 0 ROTATION 180
  *
  *
  Additional information;
  569504001 r220 568819001
  The old AFCCU 1 PRINTERS ( d/t3935 ) handled this
  incorrectly. They print the incorrect implementation correctly.
  When that same job using that formdef is tried on an AFCCU 2
  printer the page rotates outside the valid printable area.
  msgaps788i msgaps832i sns08c1
  The AFCCU 2 PRINTERS ( D/T3130 R2 ) were corrected to use the
  correct implementation.
  The formdef needs to be changed per the PPFA's User guide.
  

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