Mackie V7.0 manual Modifying the attributes of a form, Default forms for printers

Administering forms Configuring Xprint V7.0

6.9.3Modifying the attributes of a form

You can modify the attributes of any form which you administer or which you are allowed to use:

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The attributes of the default form GENERIC of Xprint V7.0 cannot be modified, even by the system administrator.

●To modify the attributes of a form, use the following command: xpmod -frm [selection] modifications

For selection you can either specify a list of forms whose attributes you want to modify, or you can use the -scl“selection_criteria_list” option (see section “Selection criteria list” on page 266 in the Appendix) to define a list of criteria according to which the relevant forms are selected. If selection is not specified, all forms are modified accordingly.

modifications represents a list of changes to be made to the selected form(s). Each entry in this modifications list consists of one of the options of the xpadd -frmcommand listed in section “Adding a form” on page 157 and a corresponding value.

Examples

–To modify the attributes of the form form1 such that the form layup is set to landscape format and the default font to font1.

xpmod -frm form1 -ls LANDSCAPE -ft font1

–To modify the paper format of all forms with the setting A4

(297 mm x 210 mm) to Legal (14 inch x 8.5 inch):

xpmod -frm -scl "-ph 297m -pw 210" -ph 14i -pw 8.5i

6.9.4Default forms for printers

Xprint V7.0 allows you to assign a default form to every printer. This default form is then used automatically unless a different form is specified at spoolin. If you do not specify a default form when setting up a printer, Xprint V7.0 automatically uses the default form GENERIC on this device.

To assign a default form to a printer or to change a default form that has already been assigned, proceed as follows:

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