Xerox 4215/MRP manual PostScript mode, Device-dependent features

1. PostScript mode

The Xerox laser printer supports Adobe PostScript Level 2 implementation. The operator set includes all Level 2 operators and a set of Level 1 compatibility operators unique to this printer. It does not include Display PostScript operators based on Level 1 or Level 2.

This chapter highlights certain language features specific to the Xerox implementation of the PostScript Page Description Language. It is intended for programmers who design host software for use on the printer or write their own programs in the PostScript PDL. This chapter does not cover standard operation and programming of PostScript printers. Refer to the references below for detailed information:

·PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second Edition, Adobe Systems Incorporated.

·PostScript Language Supplement, Adobe Systems Incorporated. Information supplied in this book is a necessity for designing software or writing PostScript Page Description Language programs. It can be obtained only from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

·PostScript Language Printer Addendum, Xerox 4220/MRP, 4230/MRP, Adobe Systems Incorporated. This book is packaged and shipped with the PostScript Language Reference Manual.

NNote: The PostScript Language Supplement and PostScript Language Printer Addendum, Xerox 4220 referred to in this manual are Version 2015.

Device-dependent features

The PostScript language, although designed to be inherently device-independent, has provisions for some physical features that are not common across products. Your printer has PostScript language features and capabilities that might not be present in other PostScript output devices. Some of these features are described in the following pages.

Fonts available with the PostScript Language mode

A total of 65 fonts are included. The printer has 35 internal Adobe standard typefaces. ISO Latin1 Encoding and Standard Encoding are supported. The Adobe Type Manager pack supplied with the printer provides an additional 30 fonts. These fonts may be downloaded to Random Access Memory (RAM), the programmable font module, or hard disk, if they are present

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