Xerox 4650, 4450 manual RES=spi, Compiling 600 spi forms, Compiling 4850 color forms and logos

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COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS

TRAY

Specifies that the sample form, source statement, and summary sheet will go to the sample tray instead of the currently active output stacker.

DEBUG

Specifies that no attempt to print the sample form will be made. This ensures that the source statement and summary sheet are printed even if the sample form cannot be printed.

XPAN

Specifies printing of the source statement of section expansions.

NOSOURCE

Specifies that disk source file creation will be suppressed when compiling from magnetic tape or disk when the form name is the same as the file name given.

PROOF

Specifies that the .FSL will be compiled and the source statement and/or summary sheet will be printed. No .FRM file is generated.

SIMPLEX

 

Specifies that the source statement or summary sheet

 

generated with each compile is printed in simplex rather than

 

duplex.

 

RES=spi

 

Specifies a 300 or 600 spots per inch (spi) resolution.

 

If the source file contains multiple form descriptions, the system

 

does not start printing until all forms have been compiled.

Compiling 600 spi forms

A 600 spots per inch (spi) form can be compiled only on a 4650.

 

It is important, however, that all 600 spi system fonts, logos, and

 

image files are loaded on that system prior to compilation.

Compiling 4850 color forms and logos

V3.5 operating system software does not support any color

 

references. Color forms created on a 4850 LPS using the

 

IRESULT, ICATALOG, and PALETTE commands are accepted and

 

can be printed successfully on the 4050, 4090, or 4650 LPS;

 

however, problems occur when calling out color format LGOs

 

and IMGs. A form or logo that was created and compiled on a

 

4850 can be printed (in monochrome black) only on a 4050,

 

4090, or 4650 LPS using V3.8 (or higher) operating system

 

software releases.

 

When an .FSL is compiled and the name of the source input file

 

differs from the name in the FORM command, an .FSL is created

 

using the name from the FORM command. This newly created

 

.FSL contains only those commands necessary for that form.

 

However, if the input file has the same name as the one in the

 

FORM command, the original .FSL file is not affected.

 

If there are multiple forms in the input source and the source

 

input file name is used for any of the forms other than the first,

 

an error occurs during compilation. Therefore, if you wish to use

 

the source input file name as one of the form names, you must

 

use it as the first form to be compiled. Typically, forms

 

contained in a multiple-file .FSL do not have the same name as

 

the source input file. An example of this is DC20.FSL.

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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 EdgemarkingNon-imaged elements Imaging error messagesRegistration shift and skew 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 type Description Data typesData types Forms Description Language FDL command overviewCommand format Command types Commands Command function Command summaryFDL command summary Form Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font Setup commandsForm creation process FORM/RESOLUTION Unit by y unit PaperPaper Size is value Parameter optionsOrientation LANDSCAPE/PORTRAITOrientation page Size is n Wide by m High Format id GridGrid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit Grid Unit is value Origin y unit x unitFonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A FontFonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32j · Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · Graphic Description commandsDirection LineDirection AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unit 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 SectionSyntax Comment text CommentDo Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37 Endend Syntax END Parameters None Default NoneEND Offline Compiling and printing formsForm printing process FSL data transferInvoking the forms compiler Compiling a formOnline FDL compilation timeCompiling 4850 color forms and logos RES=spiCompiling 600 spi forms 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 formsForms Paper size Recommended coding sequenceSyntax ambiguities Keywords Hints and tips Hints and tipsHints and tips Hints and tips Keywords Image complexity factorsLine tables Example of extraneous drawn lines Importance of orderly constructionLines entered in unintended locations Scan line densityPortrait pages Determining line density limitationsLandscape pages Superimposed lines Generation errorsLocal density and page setup errors Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edge Using boxesLocating the closest box Error calculationsText in boxes 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 problemsConverting other unit values to dots AT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using HairlineRounding measurement factors Rounding variable data Grid unit scaling Grid unit scaling specificationsGrid unit specification System response FDL statisticsSyntax Meaning FDL command syntax summaryFDL command syntax conventions END Compiling commands syntaxSystem default summary Inch/A4 paper Specification SubstitutionGrid and origin substitutions for 8.27 by 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 Maximum FDL capacity limitsCapacity limits 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 Bottom positions Text in BOX examplesCenter positions BOT GlossaryBCD BOFEOT CMEDjde EnetFDL FCBFCP FCUJDL JCBJCL JDELPS PDL PCCPDE PSC Xddi TOFUcsb UCSFDL SymbolsIndex Image FSLPredefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to
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