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PostScript

Page Device Parameters

In addition to the page device parameters described in Section 4.11 of the PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc., the following page device parameters are used by setpagedevice and currentpagedevice. Certain parameters, such as Policies, Priority, and ManualFeed are listed here since more information about the parameters is given in Table 4-14than in the PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc.

To determine which parameters and default values your printer supports, see

Table C-2 on page C-4.

Table 4-14: Page Device Parameters

Key

Type

Definition

 

 

BeginPage

procedure

Executes at the beginning of each page and returns an integer which indicates

 

 

how many times showpage has been invoked.

 

 

 

Collate

boolean

Indicates if the printer is set to collate multi-copy print jobs.

 

 

If a print job consists of three pages and two copies are requested, then the

 

 

collated output is 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. The non-collated output is 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.

 

 

 

DeferredMediaSelection

boolean

Determines if the printer uses the printer’s own internal algorithms or Adobe

 

 

PostScript algorithms to select print media. The following values are supported:

 

 

True

Uses the printer’s algorithms

 

 

False

Uses Adobe PostScript algorithms (default)

 

 

 

DeviceRenderingInfo

dictionary

Specifies the following unique printer rendering parameters: Screening,

 

 

TonerSaver, PictureGrade, ImageEnhancement, PrintDarkness,

 

 

AutoMediaType, EdgeToEdge, DefaultPoliciesPageSize, SubstituteSize,

 

 

Type, ColorCorrection, ImageBrightness, ImageContrast, and PrintQuality.

 

 

Screening controls which halftone dictionary is installed at the beginning of each

 

 

print job. The value is set at the start of a job according to the print quality settings

 

 

selected from the printer operator panel.

 

 

The following names are valid:

 

 

ColorGrade™

600 dpi printing

 

 

PictureGrade

300 dpi, 600 dpi, or 1200 dpi printing with PictureGrade On

 

 

IET

 

1200 Image Quality printing or 2400 Print Quality

 

 

IETImagesOnly

1200 Image Quality printing for images; 600 dpi printing for

 

 

 

 

text and graphics or maps to IET and sets Print Quality to

 

 

 

 

either 1200 Image Quality or 2400 Print Quality

 

 

IETPictureGrade

1200 Image Quality printing with PictureGrade On

 

 

None

 

300 dpi or 600 dpi printing with PictureGrade Off

 

 

 

 

 

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Lexmark Printer Page Device Parameters, Key Type Definition, TonerSaver, PictureGrade, ImageEnhancement, PrintDarkness