difference in OTF format and RDI format

[Former Member]

Please explain the basic differences between OTF format and RDI format.

[Former Member]

Hi

[OTF format|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/09/b42e1a228211d5b687006094192fe3/content.htm]

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5903c590-0201-0010-84a6-f247c275...

Regards,

Sravanthi

[Former Member]

Look at Spool Request Management and Storage

R/3 Spool Data Formats

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/en/d9/4a98f351ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

Spooled documents from the SAPscript text processing and forms printing system are held either in partially-formatted form or in the uninterpreted RDI (raw data interface) format. In normal (non-RDI) documents, the stored data is already printer-specific, which means that output requests cannot readily be shifted among printers that have incompatible R/3 device types.

The storage format for non-RDI SAPscript documents is R/3 OTF (Output Text Format). The printer-specificity of OTF data lies in the absolute character positioning in the data. Spacing between characters in a non-proportional font, line length, and page length are all specified in OTF. All are dependent upon the font metrics of the typefaces offered by a particular type of printer and the format specified for the spool request. SAPscript stores font metrics data for typefaces so that it can accurately fill data.

[Former Member]

Hi Srinivas,

Here is the difference:

Look at Spool Request Management and Storage - R/3 Spool Data Formats http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/en/d9/4a98f351ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

Spooled documents from the SAPscript text processing and forms printing system are held either in partially-formatted form or in the uninterpreted RDI (raw data interface) format. In normal (non-RDI) documents, the stored data is already printer-specific, which means that output requests cannot readily be shifted among printers that have incompatible R/3 device types.

The storage format for non-RDI SAPscript documents is R/3 OTF (Output Text Format). The printer-specificity of OTF data lies in the absolute character positioning in the data. Spacing between characters in a non-proportional font, line length, and page length are all specified in OTF. All are dependent upon the font metrics of the typefaces offered by a particular type of printer and the format specified for the spool request. SAPscript stores font metrics data for typefaces so that it can accurately fill data.

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Hope this helps.

Manish