OcéPower Logic: Settings Editor(for the system administrator) 209
Printer Descriptive Language settings
ThePrinter menu in the SA settings of the Settings Editor allows you to define
specific settings for the available printer lang uages and to change pen settings
for the supported vector languages.
The Océ TDS600 accepts print files invarious dat a formats (languages). Thes e
include HP-GL, HP-GL/2, Calcom p, Postscript level 3, NIRS, C4, TIFF,
CALSand ASCII. Youcan changethe settings for HP-GL,HP-GL/2, Calcomp
and ASCII. The other available languages can only be enabled or disabled.
Ont he Océ TDS600, a number of settings are available whi ch allow the system
administratorto specify, per connection type, which printer languages are
accepted for automatic data format re cognition and which language is forced.
These settings arecalled ALS (Automatic Language Sensing) settings.
If ALS is enabled, the Océ TDS600 a utomatically recognizes the host data
language and adapts the printer to s upport all the parameters required for
printingd atafrom the host.
Automaticdata format recognition enables the OcéTD S600 toswitch between
fileswith different formats when working in amulti-format environment,
where different printer drivers are being used.
The following language formats are suppo rted on the Océ TDS600:
■HPGL
■HPGL2
■CALCOMP
■PostScript
■NIRS
■C4
■TIFF
■CALS
■ASCII
The ASCII language is not automatically recogni zable, but must be forced
when plots are to be printed in ASCI I format (e.g. for printing listings). VDF
and BGL are not available on the Océ TDS600.
C4, or CALS type4, was previously called EDMICS. NIRS is also called
CALS type 3. CALS type 2 is recognized, but not interpreted (only CALS1 is
supported).