Do not change FORMFD= unless you have problems printing the tables or importing them into some other program.

 

The form feed character indicates the start of a new page of print-out. The DOS standard is Ctrl+L (ASCII 12) which is what represented by ^ (Shift+6). The DOS standard is understood by most word-processing software and PC printers as the instruction to skip to the top of a new page, i.e., form feed. The ASA (FORTRAN) form feed character is 1.

 

Notepad does not have a "form feed" or page advance feature. You must put extra blank lines in the output files.

 

Example 1: You want your EPSON LQ-500 printer to form feed automatically at each new page of output. (You have already set the printer to use compressed print, at 15 cpi, because output lines contain up to 132 characters):

  FORMFD=^ (the standard)

 

Example 2: Your main-frame software understands a "1" in the first position of a line of print-out to indicate the top of a new page:

  FORMFD=1