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XEROX
Xerox 4050/4090/4450/4650
Laser Printing Systems
Forms Creation Guide
April 1995 720P93990
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Contents
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Table of contents
Compiling and printing forms
Troubleshooting
Grid Font
Line BOX Text Logo Graphic Section Comment END
Glossary
Appendices
Index
GLOSSARY-1
Page
Uppercase Bold Blue
Introduction
Lowercase black italics
Uppercase
Publication Number
Related publications
LPS
Advantages of FDL
Fonts
Orientation
Character spacing/line length examples
Image size considerations
Paper
Font memory
System
Virtual
Physical
Physical page sizes
Inches Millimeters
Virtual page origin
Edgemarking
Registration shift and skew
Imaging error messages
Non-imaged elements
Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x
Patient Name
Output performance considerations
Form origin
Form elements and corresponding origins
Positioning form elements
Form element
Text block origin
Y coordinates
Grids
Predefined formats
Data types
Data types
Data type Description
Command format
FDL command overview
Forms Description Language
FDL command summary
Command summary
Command types Commands Command function
Form creation process
Setup commands
Form Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font
FORM/RESOLUTION
Paper Size is value
Paper
Parameter options
Unit by y unit
Orientation page Size is n Wide by m High
LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT
Orientation
Grid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit
Grid
Grid Unit is value Origin y unit x unit
Format id
Fonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32j
Font
Fonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A
· Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · Graphic
Description commands
Direction AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unit
Line
Direction
BOX
Density
Thickness
Text AT
Text
#ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION
Text in BOX
Using Font n in position BOX y unit x unit `text `text
Next direction BOX `text `text
Position
Next Horizontal BOX `text `text
Text positioning
Logo id AT y unit x unit
Logo
Eagle
Graphic
Graphic name AT vpos unit hpos unit Scale is n/d
Vpos
Placing a graphic
Sample .FSL
Syntax Begin Section id
Do Section id AT y unit x unit
Begin Section Phone
Default None
Begin Section
Phone
Do Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37
Comment
Syntax Comment text
END
Syntax END Parameters None Default None
Endend
Form printing process
Compiling and printing forms
FSL data transfer
Offline
Online
Compiling a form
FDL compilation time
Invoking the forms compiler
Compiling 600 spi forms
RES=spi
Compiling 4850 color forms and logos
Error checks
Using the compilation options
Summary sheet
FDL Tryit Simplex
Proof
File storage
FDL filename Proof
Secured files
Example 1 FDL Tryit Tray
Printing a compiled form
Sample filename.FRM
Sample TRYIT.FRM
Suggested coding techniques
Troubleshooting
Converting preprinted forms
Designing new forms
Syntax ambiguities
Recommended coding sequence
Forms Paper size
Hints and tips
Hints and tips
Keywords Hints and tips
Line tables
Image complexity factors
Hints and tips Keywords
Example of extraneous drawn lines
Importance of orderly construction
Lines entered in unintended locations
Scan line density
Landscape pages
Determining line density limitations
Portrait pages
Local density and page setup errors
Generation errors
Superimposed lines
Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edge
Using boxes
Text in boxes
Error calculations
Locating the closest box
Centering text in boxes
Correcting text-in-box errors
Text Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 `TEXT Line
Shading factors
Section factors
Terminating shading to avoid line density problems
Rounding measurement factors
AT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using Hairline
Converting other unit values to dots
Rounding variable data
Grid unit specification System response
Grid unit scaling specifications
FDL statistics
Grid unit scaling
FDL command syntax conventions
FDL command syntax summary
Syntax Meaning
END
Compiling commands syntax
System default summary
Grid and origin substitutions for 8.27 by
Specification Substitution
Inch/A4 paper
Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes
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Figure C-1.Earnings register
Sample form creation
Using the Comment command
Writing the setup commands
Drawing lines
Vertical Line command
Drawing horizontal lines
Drawing vertical lines
Placing text at a location
Drawing boxes
Placing text in a box
Using the END command
Edit 1STFRM.FSL
Compiling the form
Figure C-12.Source statement 1STFRM.FSL
Page
Capacity limits
FDL capacity limits
Maximum
Page
Format ID No. Lpi Cpi Point Size
Standard print formats
Begin
Lines Columns Size1 Orientation2 Values y,x Font ID
Page
Forms design ruler
Support tools and measurements
Standard formats and spacings
Side Formats/spacing
Support Tools and Measurements
Grid examples
Command examples
Form results with grid specified, but no
Size or origin
Grid Unit is 1 CM
Command Examples
Figure G-5.Form results with grid and page size specified
Draw
Line examples
Figure G-8.Drawing a horizontal line inches
Every
BOX examples
Figure G-12. Drawing boxes
Shading and Repeat Vertically Every
Text AT examples
Command Examples
Center positions
Text in BOX examples
Bottom positions
BCD
Glossary
BOF
BOT
Djde
CME
Enet
EOT
FCP
FCB
FCU
FDL
JCL
JCB
JDE
JDL
LPS
PDE
PCC
PDL
PSC
Ucsb
TOF
UCS
Xddi
Index
Symbols
FDL
Image
FSL
Predefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to
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