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BASIC CONCEPTS

Print density Full throughput estimates are based on pages with an average print density of approximately seven percent of the page. Pages which are very dense require more time to image and to print.

Highlight color The LPS running V3.8 Color Compatibility Release or XDDI software is compatible with the 4850/4890 printer running V3.7, V4.0, or V5.0 highlight color software. Highlight color applications can be printed when using V3.8 or XDDI software on the LPS. Highlight color datastreams are fully supported and translate to black and shades of gray.

Color text printed over a solid black background or vice versa, disappear when printed on the LPS. There is no error message when this occurs. Light tints with isolated single pixels may not print on the LPS.

Form origin

All forms data described by FDL commands is positioned relative to a point called the ªform origin,º as shown in figure 1-9. This point offsets from the virtual page corner by horizontal and vertical displacement values, which you specify using the GRID command. If none are specified, standard default values are used to establish the form origin.

If variable data is merged with the form, set the form origin to coincide with the beginning position of the variable data so that the form and variable data coordinate accurately. Standard computer printing formats are stored on the system. Refer to the ªPredefined formatsº section, later in this chapter.

Figure 1-9. Form origin

Form origin (offset from virtual page origin)

Virtual page origin

Virtual page (default size=paper size)

Form origin (offset from virtual page origin)

Virtual page origin

Virtual page (user-defined size)

Physical page

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Contents Xerox Page Table of contents Grid Font TroubleshootingCompiling and printing forms Line BOX Text Logo Graphic Section Comment ENDIndex AppendicesGlossary GLOSSARY-1Page Lowercase black italics IntroductionUppercase Bold Blue UppercaseRelated publications Publication NumberAdvantages of FDL LPSOrientation FontsCharacter spacing/line length examples Font memory PaperImage size considerations SystemPhysical page sizes PhysicalVirtual Inches MillimetersEdgemarking Virtual page originImaging error messages Registration shift and skewNon-imaged elements Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x Output performance considerations Patient NameForm origin Form element Positioning form elementsForm elements and corresponding origins Text block originGrids Y coordinatesPredefined formats Data types Data typesData type Description FDL command overview Command formatForms Description Language Command summary FDL command summaryCommand types Commands Command function Setup commands Form creation processForm Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font FORM/RESOLUTION Parameter options PaperPaper Size is value Unit by y unitLANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Orientation page Size is n Wide by m HighOrientation Grid Unit is value Origin y unit x unit GridGrid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit Format idFont Fonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32jFonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A Description commands · Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · GraphicLine Direction AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unitDirection BOX Thickness DensityText Text AT#ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION Next direction BOX `text `text Using Font n in position BOX y unit x unit `text `textText in BOX PositionText positioning Next Horizontal BOX `text `textLogo Logo id AT y unit x unitGraphic name AT vpos unit hpos unit Scale is n/d GraphicEagle VposSyntax Begin Section id Sample .FSLPlacing a graphic Do Section id AT y unit x unitBegin Section Default NoneBegin Section Phone PhoneComment Do Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37Syntax Comment text Syntax END Parameters None Default None ENDEndend FSL data transfer Compiling and printing formsForm printing process OfflineFDL compilation time Compiling a formOnline Invoking the forms compilerRES=spi Compiling 600 spi formsCompiling 4850 color forms and logos Summary sheet Using the compilation optionsError checks FDL Tryit SimplexFDL filename Proof File storageProof Secured filesSample filename.FRM Printing a compiled formExample 1 FDL Tryit Tray Sample TRYIT.FRMConverting preprinted forms TroubleshootingSuggested coding techniques Designing new formsRecommended coding sequence Syntax ambiguitiesForms Paper size Hints and tips Hints and tipsKeywords Hints and tips Image complexity factors Line tablesHints and tips Keywords Importance of orderly construction Example of extraneous drawn linesScan line density Lines entered in unintended locationsDetermining line density limitations Landscape pagesPortrait pages Generation errors Local density and page setup errorsSuperimposed lines Using boxes Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edgeError calculations Text in boxesLocating the closest box Correcting text-in-box errors Centering text in boxesShading factors Text Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 `TEXT LineTerminating shading to avoid line density problems Section factorsAT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using Hairline Rounding measurement factorsConverting other unit values to dots Rounding variable data FDL statistics Grid unit scaling specificationsGrid unit specification System response Grid unit scalingFDL command syntax summary FDL command syntax conventionsSyntax Meaning Compiling commands syntax ENDSystem default summary Specification Substitution Grid and origin substitutions for 8.27 byInch/A4 paper Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes Page Sample form creation Figure C-1.Earnings registerWriting the setup commands Using the Comment commandDrawing horizontal lines Vertical Line commandDrawing lines Drawing vertical linesDrawing boxes Placing text at a locationUsing the END command Placing text in a boxCompiling the form Edit 1STFRM.FSLFigure C-12.Source statement 1STFRM.FSL Page FDL capacity limits Capacity limitsMaximum Page Begin Standard print formatsFormat ID No. Lpi Cpi Point Size Lines Columns Size1 Orientation2 Values y,x Font IDPage Standard formats and spacings Support tools and measurementsForms design ruler Side Formats/spacingSupport Tools and Measurements Form results with grid specified, but no Command examplesGrid examples Size or originCommand Examples Grid Unit is 1 CMFigure G-5.Form results with grid and page size specified Line examples DrawFigure G-8.Drawing a horizontal line inches BOX examples EveryShading and Repeat Vertically Every Figure G-12. Drawing boxesText AT examples Command Examples Text in BOX examples Center positionsBottom positions BOF GlossaryBCD BOTEnet CMEDjde EOTFCU FCBFCP FDLJDE JCBJCL JDLLPS PCC PDEPDL PSC UCS TOFUcsb XddiSymbols IndexFDL FSL ImagePredefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to