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Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series Guide to Using Page Description Languages

Version 7.1 August 2000 721P87491

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Contents Version 7.1 August 2000 721P87491 Page Operation safety Laser safetyOzone information Conductor may result in risk of electrical shock. grounding Table of contents PostScript Index VippViii About this guide ContentsConventions Introduction Related information Related publicationsPostScript publications Vipp publication HP PCL 5 publicationsMaintaining image quality PCLOFF PCL 5 font support PCL 5 media supportPCL 5 fonts installed with NPS software PJL commands PCL command supportPCL Copy command Duplex PCL Copy command example PCL Copy command examplePCL Duplex commands DocuPrint NPS Collated HP LaserJet 4si PCL Duplex commandsPCL Job Separation command PCL media selection PCL Paper Source command tray assignmentPrecedence in selecting media PCL Offset Registration commands PCL Output Bin commandPCL 5 coding recommendations PCL 5c supportPCL 5c functions not applicable to DocuPrint NPS PCL 5c coding recommendationsLimitations for custom PCL 5c drivers Driver recommendations for PCL 5cImplementation-dependent operations Coordinate system default matrixFloating-point arithmetic and math operators Adobe Type1 PostScript fonts FontsFont Typeface User-defined fonts Loading fontsType 1 fonts Using Adobe Type 1 fontsProducing Type 1 fonts for use with DocuPrint Using a Type 1 font in a documentPostScript language extensions PostScript with embedded PJL commandsSystem Dict Server Dict User DictIdleTime Dictionary Status DictDfltkIdleArry needflush Nonstandard definitions Appearance consistency Printer resolution and resolution enhancementExamples of nonstandard definitions Statusdict UserdictDpi image Printed on a 300 dpi printer Printer imaging characteristics Proprietary PostScript extensions Font consistencyControl-D as binary data and end-of-job Control-Z and superfluous errorsSolution to control-Z and control-D problems Multiple jobs in one input file Simulated mixed plex DocuPrint NPS implementation of PostScript LevelScan conversion details Printer Controller operationsStroke Shapes FillCurved shapes Zero-width lines strokesImages Image quality Rendering of color and gray values transfer function Implementation limits PostScript printer description PPD filesImplementation limits File operators and standard devicesQuantity Limit Description PostScript VM limits Path limitsSetCacheDevice Device orientation and setscreen operatorObsolete operators-banddevice, framedevice, renderbands PostScript storage object size limitsArc to Bezier conversion-pathforall Print performance related to image printing Creating the necessary PostScript Ccitt Group 3Scan order and rotation Image orientation mismatch a PurposeImage orientation mismatch B 10.Image pixel sequence example Summary Considerations11.Scaling and resolution example Scan resolution and scaling12.PostScript with embedded image normal scan order MaxX exch def /minY exch def /minX exch def 14.Actual PostScript print Page Vipp Operating environment FunctionalityVipp line mode extension XGFNub Page Ccitt SymbolsIndex PCL PPD Index