Xerox 4650 Support tools and measurements, Forms design ruler, Standard formats and spacings

F. Support tools and measurements

There are two separate functions of form creation: forms design and forms description. Any form can be converted to an electronic form stored on the system by describing it in Forms Description Language (FDL).

Forms design involves laying out and measuring a form and is only a peripheral concern of this guide. A forms design ruler is provided for the forms designer.

Forms design ruler

The forms design ruler is used for the following:

·Measuring character and line spacings

·Converting forms from one type of paper to another.

The ruler has eight scales, four on the front and four on the back, as shown in table F-1.

	Table F-1.	Standard formats and spacings
Side 1	Formats/spacing
Scale 1±10/inch	Standard computer output character spacing; can also be used
	for measuring inches, graduated in tenths.
Scale 2±6/inch	Standard computer output line spacing (6 lpi).
Scale 3±8/inch	Standard computer output line spacing (8 lpi).
Scale 4±12/inch	Can be used for 12 cpi or 12 lpi.
Side 2	Formats/spacing
Scale 5±13.6/inch	Default character spacing on Xerox laser printing systems.
Scale 6±8.1/inch	Default line spacing on Xerox laser printing systems (66 lines
	per landscape page).
Scale 7±10.7/inch	Line spacing on Xerox laser printing systems (88 lines per
	landscape page).
Scale 8±15/inch	Can be used for 15 cpi or 15 lpi.
	The scales can be used for either character spacing or line
	spacing. For example, scale 1 can be used for either 10
	characters per inch (cpi) or 10 lines per inch (lpi).

XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE F-1