Xerox 4650, 4450 manual Table of contents

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Table of contents

Introduction

vii

 

 

Document conventions

vii

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related publications

viii

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Basic concepts

1-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page orientation

1-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fonts

1-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Font memory

1-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper

1-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image size considerations

1-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System page

1-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical page

1-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual page

1-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edgemarking

1-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-imaged elements

1-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imaging error messages

1-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration shift and skew

1-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output performance considerations

1-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form origin

1-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positioning form elements

1-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grids

1-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x and y coordinates

1-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Predefined formats

1-13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data types

1-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Forms Description Language

2-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FDL command overview

2-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command format

2-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command summary

2-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form creation process

2-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup commands

2-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM/RESOLUTION

2-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAPER

2-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT

2-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE

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Contents Xerox Page Table of contents Line BOX Text Logo Graphic Section Comment END TroubleshootingCompiling and printing forms Grid FontGLOSSARY-1 AppendicesGlossary IndexPage Uppercase IntroductionUppercase Bold Blue Lowercase black italicsPublication Number Related publicationsLPS Advantages of FDLFonts OrientationCharacter spacing/line length examples System PaperImage size considerations Font memoryInches Millimeters PhysicalVirtual Physical page sizesVirtual page origin EdgemarkingImaging error messages Registration shift and skewNon-imaged elements Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x Patient Name Output performance considerationsForm origin Text block origin Positioning form elementsForm elements and corresponding origins Form elementY coordinates GridsPredefined 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 Unit by y unit PaperPaper Size is value Parameter optionsLANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Orientation page Size is n Wide by m HighOrientation Format id GridGrid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit Grid Unit is value Origin y unit x unitFont Fonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32jFonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A · Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · Graphic Description commandsLine Direction AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unitDirection BOX Density ThicknessText AT Text#ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION Position Using Font n in position BOX y unit x unit `text `textText in BOX Next direction BOX `text `textNext Horizontal BOX `text `text Text positioningLogo id AT y unit x unit LogoVpos GraphicEagle Graphic name AT vpos unit hpos unit Scale is n/dDo Section id AT y unit x unit Sample .FSLPlacing a graphic Syntax Begin Section idPhone Default NoneBegin Section Phone Begin SectionComment Do Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37Syntax Comment text Syntax END Parameters None Default None ENDEndend Offline Compiling and printing formsForm printing process FSL data transferInvoking the forms compiler Compiling a formOnline FDL compilation timeRES=spi Compiling 600 spi formsCompiling 4850 color forms and logos FDL Tryit Simplex Using the compilation optionsError checks Summary sheetSecured files File storageProof FDL filename ProofSample TRYIT.FRM Printing a compiled formExample 1 FDL Tryit Tray Sample filename.FRMDesigning new forms TroubleshootingSuggested coding techniques Converting preprinted formsRecommended coding sequence Syntax ambiguitiesForms Paper size Hints and tips Hints and tipsKeywords Hints and tips Image complexity factors Line tablesHints and tips Keywords Example of extraneous drawn lines Importance of orderly constructionLines entered in unintended locations Scan line densityDetermining line density limitations Landscape pagesPortrait pages Generation errors Local density and page setup errorsSuperimposed lines Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edge Using boxesError calculations Text in boxesLocating the closest box Centering text in boxes Correcting text-in-box errorsText Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 `TEXT Line Shading factorsSection factors Terminating shading to avoid line density problemsAT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using Hairline Rounding measurement factorsConverting other unit values to dots Rounding variable data Grid unit scaling Grid unit scaling specificationsGrid unit specification System response FDL statisticsFDL command syntax summary FDL command syntax conventionsSyntax Meaning END Compiling commands syntaxSystem default summary Specification Substitution Grid and origin substitutions for 8.27 byInch/A4 paper Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes Page Figure C-1.Earnings register Sample form creationUsing the Comment command Writing the setup commandsDrawing vertical lines Vertical Line commandDrawing lines Drawing horizontal linesPlacing text at a location Drawing boxesPlacing text in a box Using the END commandEdit 1STFRM.FSL Compiling the formFigure C-12.Source statement 1STFRM.FSL Page FDL capacity limits Capacity limitsMaximum Page Lines Columns Size1 Orientation2 Values y,x Font ID Standard print formatsFormat ID No. Lpi Cpi Point Size BeginPage Side Formats/spacing Support tools and measurementsForms design ruler Standard formats and spacingsSupport Tools and Measurements Size or origin Command examplesGrid examples Form results with grid specified, but noGrid Unit is 1 CM Command ExamplesFigure G-5.Form results with grid and page size specified Draw Line examplesFigure G-8.Drawing a horizontal line inches Every BOX examplesFigure G-12. Drawing boxes Shading and Repeat Vertically EveryText AT examples Command Examples Text in BOX examples Center positionsBottom positions BOT GlossaryBCD BOFEOT CMEDjde EnetFDL FCBFCP FCUJDL JCBJCL JDELPS PCC PDEPDL PSC Xddi TOFUcsb UCSSymbols IndexFDL Image FSLPredefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to
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