The primary benefit to moving SCS rendering off the host computer is reduced CPU time. AS/400 and RPM Remote Print Manager users have reported print times reduced from minutes to seconds, though results will vary depending on the host utilization.

The secondary benefits include:

• The ability to capture to disk using an RPM filter queue
• Support for country-specific extensions to EBCDIC

Convert EBCDIC to ASCII

RPM can also convert EBCDIC text to ASCII. RPM also supports country-specific extensions to EBCDIC, translating characters not used in the US or United Kingdom to the appropriate ISO 8859-1 codes.

RPM allows the user to select the extended EBCDIC codes from a menu of languages. RPM also attempts to match the current locale setting to an EBCDIC extension if one has not already been selected.

SCS to ASCII conversion

RPM enhances printing time and reduces CPU usage on the AS/400. RPM can interpret SCS codes and translate them to ASCII.

• For non-text printing (pass-through and filter) RPM creates line oriented output using carriage return for overstrikes as appropriate.
• For text output RPM preserves the SCS markup and reproduces attributes such as margins, font size, character position, etc.