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Xerox 4050/4090/4450/4650

Laser Printing Systems

Forms Creation Guide

April 1995 720P93990

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Contents

Xerox Page Table of contents Compiling and printing forms TroubleshootingGrid Font Line BOX Text Logo Graphic Section Comment END Glossary AppendicesIndex GLOSSARY-1Page Uppercase Bold Blue IntroductionLowercase black italics Uppercase Publication Number Related publications LPS Advantages of FDL Fonts Orientation Character spacing/line length examples Image size considerations PaperFont memory System Virtual PhysicalPhysical page sizes Inches Millimeters Virtual page origin Edgemarking Registration shift and skew Imaging error messagesNon-imaged elements Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x Patient Name Output performance considerations Form origin Form elements and corresponding origins Positioning form elementsForm element Text block origin Y coordinates Grids Predefined formats Data types Data typesData type Description Command format FDL command overviewForms Description Language FDL command summary Command summaryCommand types Commands Command function Form creation process Setup commandsForm Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font FORM/RESOLUTION Paper Size is value PaperParameter options Unit by y unit Orientation page Size is n Wide by m High LANDSCAPE/PORTRAITOrientation Grid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit GridGrid Unit is value Origin y unit x unit Format id Fonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32j FontFonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A · Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · Graphic Description commands Direction AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unit LineDirection BOX Density Thickness Text AT Text #ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION Text in BOX Using Font n in position BOX y unit x unit `text `textNext direction BOX `text `text Position Next Horizontal BOX `text `text Text positioning Logo id AT y unit x unit Logo Eagle GraphicGraphic name AT vpos unit hpos unit Scale is n/d Vpos Placing a graphic Sample .FSLSyntax Begin Section id Do Section id AT y unit x unit Begin Section Phone Default NoneBegin Section Phone Do Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37 CommentSyntax Comment text END Syntax END Parameters None Default NoneEndend Form printing process Compiling and printing formsFSL data transfer Offline Online Compiling a formFDL compilation time Invoking the forms compiler Compiling 600 spi forms RES=spiCompiling 4850 color forms and logos Error checks Using the compilation optionsSummary sheet FDL Tryit Simplex Proof File storageFDL filename Proof Secured files Example 1 FDL Tryit Tray Printing a compiled formSample filename.FRM Sample TRYIT.FRM Suggested coding techniques TroubleshootingConverting preprinted forms Designing new forms Syntax ambiguities Recommended coding sequenceForms Paper size Hints and tips Hints and tipsKeywords Hints and tips Line tables Image complexity factorsHints and tips Keywords Example of extraneous drawn lines Importance of orderly construction Lines entered in unintended locations Scan line density Landscape pages Determining line density limitationsPortrait pages Local density and page setup errors Generation errorsSuperimposed lines Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edge Using boxes Text in boxes Error calculationsLocating the closest box Centering text in boxes Correcting text-in-box errors Text Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 `TEXT Line Shading factors Section factors Terminating shading to avoid line density problems Rounding measurement factors AT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using HairlineConverting other unit values to dots Rounding variable data Grid unit specification System response Grid unit scaling specificationsFDL statistics Grid unit scaling FDL command syntax conventions FDL command syntax summarySyntax Meaning END Compiling commands syntax System default summary Grid and origin substitutions for 8.27 by Specification SubstitutionInch/A4 paper Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes Page Figure C-1.Earnings register Sample form creation Using the Comment command Writing the setup commands Drawing lines Vertical Line commandDrawing horizontal lines Drawing vertical lines Placing text at a location Drawing boxes Placing text in a box Using the END command Edit 1STFRM.FSL Compiling the form Figure C-12.Source statement 1STFRM.FSL Page Capacity limits FDL capacity limitsMaximum Page Format ID No. Lpi Cpi Point Size Standard print formatsBegin Lines Columns Size1 Orientation2 Values y,x Font IDPage Forms design ruler Support tools and measurementsStandard formats and spacings Side Formats/spacing Support Tools and Measurements Grid examples Command examplesForm results with grid specified, but no Size or origin Grid Unit is 1 CM Command Examples Figure G-5.Form results with grid and page size specified Draw Line examples Figure G-8.Drawing a horizontal line inches Every BOX examples Figure G-12. Drawing boxes Shading and Repeat Vertically Every Text AT examples Command Examples Center positions Text in BOX examplesBottom positions BCD GlossaryBOF BOT Djde CMEEnet EOT FCP FCBFCU FDL JCL JCBJDE JDL LPS PDE PCCPDL PSC Ucsb TOFUCS Xddi Index SymbolsFDL Image FSL Predefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to