Mackie manual Using other Xprint V7.0 objects

Using other Xprint V7.0 objects Producing Output with Xprint V7.0

3.5Using other Xprint V7.0 objects

The previous section has already mentioned a number of options which are in some cases closely related to each other. For example, the options for defining font settings and the options for defining page settings are logically connected.

Xprint V7.0 responds to this fact by providing two objects which combine logically connected settings. These are the objects font (-fnt) and form (-frm). With the help of objects of these types, the corresponding settings can be defined globally and called up for printing.

Instead of specifying several options, e.g. for defining the font settings, you only need to specify a single option which will activate a predefined font. Here the following applies:

A font comprises all the options for font settings, a form comprises a font as well as all the options for page and margin settings for a printout. Fonts are assigned to forms and these in turn are assigned to printers. By default, every printer is assigned the GENERIC form which defines the default settings for the printer. An administrator can define new fonts or forms and assign these to printers. A user can only assign these objects to his/her print jobs, thus overriding the default settings.

Selecting a font or form does not mean, however, that all the options defined by this object must be accepted exactly as they are. Every user can assign to a job a predefined form and additionally specify single options which will override the settings defined by the form.

Fonts and forms are selected with the following options:

-ftfont_name

If you want to use a predefined font for printing your document, select the font font_name with the -ftoption. You must, however, make sure that the printer to which your print job is sent supports the selected font. You can display a list of the defined fonts with the xpshow -fntcommand.

-fmform_name

form_name is the name of a predefined form on which you want to print your document. You can display a list of all the available forms with the xpshow -frmcommand.

There are two types of form: AUTOMATIC and MANUAL. This differentiation is due to the fact that there are forms which require manual intervention at the printer (e.g. changing paper or font cassettes) and others which do not.

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