Pcc, Pde, Pdl | Xerox 4450, 4650 specification

GLOSSARY

orientation		In reference to image area, describes whether the printed lines
		are parallel to the long edge of the paper (landscape) or the
		short edge of the paper (portrait).
origin		In reference to image area, the upper left corner of a sheet.
overprint	ratio	Maximum number of variable data and form characters that can
		be intersected by a single scan line.
packet		A group of DJDE records terminated by an END command.
page	end	Command character (form feed) to terminate the current page.
palette		Predefined set of colors or inks. Different versions are provided
		with the printer and with host- or PC-based application software.
parameter		Part of a command, other than the keyword. See keyword.
parse		To read or interpret a command; to build up a parameter list
		from information within a command.
	PCC	Printer Carriage Control.
	PDE	Page Description Entry.
	PDL	Print Description Language. Language used to describe printing
		jobs to a laser printing system. PDL describes the input (type,
		format, characteristics), performs the processing functions
		(logical processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
		selection, accounting options).
	PE	Phase encoded.
physical	page	Actual page size your printer uses to print a form.
pitch		Width of a fixed-pitch font expressed in characters per horizontal
		inch.
	pixel	Acronym for picture element. Smallest addressable point of a
		bitmapped screen that can be independently assigned color and
		intensity.
point		In Xerox laser printing systems, a unit of measurement equal to
		0.0139 inch. Points are always used to express type, size, and
		leading. There are 12 points to a pica and about 72 points to an
		inch.
portrait		Orientation in which text and images are positioned parallel to
		the short edge of the paper.

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XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE

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Xerox 4450, 4650 manual Pcc, Pde, Pdl

Contents

Xerox Page Table of contents Grid Font TroubleshootingCompiling and printing forms Line BOX Text Logo Graphic Section Comment END Index AppendicesGlossary GLOSSARY-1Page Lowercase black italics IntroductionUppercase Bold Blue Uppercase Related publications Publication Number Advantages of FDL LPS Orientation Fonts Character spacing/line length examples Font memory PaperImage size considerations System Physical page sizes PhysicalVirtual Inches Millimeters Edgemarking Virtual page origin Imaging error messages Registration shift and skewNon-imaged elements Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x Output performance considerations Patient Name Form origin Form element Positioning form elementsForm elements and corresponding origins Text block origin Grids Y coordinates Predefined formats Data types Data typesData type Description FDL command overview Command formatForms Description Language Command summary FDL command summaryCommand types Commands Command function Setup commands Form creation processForm Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font FORM/RESOLUTION Parameter options PaperPaper Size is value Unit by y unit LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Orientation page Size is n Wide by m HighOrientation Grid Unit is value Origin y unit x unit GridGrid Unit is format id Origin y unit x unit Format id Font Fonts id 1 id 2 id 3...id 32jFonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A Description commands · Line · BOX · Text AT · Text in BOX · Logo · Graphic Line Direction AT c a unit c a unit ... Every c i unitDirection BOX Thickness Density Text Text AT #ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION Next direction BOX `text `text Using Font n in position BOX y unit x unit `text `textText in BOX Position Text positioning Next Horizontal BOX `text `text Logo Logo id AT y unit x unit Graphic name AT vpos unit hpos unit Scale is n/d GraphicEagle Vpos Syntax Begin Section id Sample .FSLPlacing a graphic Do Section id AT y unit x unit Begin Section Default NoneBegin Section Phone Phone Comment Do Section Phone AT 0,0 Do Section Phone AT 30,37Syntax Comment text Syntax END Parameters None Default None ENDEndend FSL data transfer Compiling and printing formsForm printing process Offline FDL compilation time Compiling a formOnline Invoking the forms compiler RES=spi Compiling 600 spi formsCompiling 4850 color forms and logos Summary sheet Using the compilation optionsError checks FDL Tryit Simplex FDL filename Proof File storageProof Secured files Sample filename.FRM Printing a compiled formExample 1 FDL Tryit Tray Sample TRYIT.FRM Converting preprinted forms TroubleshootingSuggested coding techniques Designing new forms Recommended coding sequence Syntax ambiguitiesForms Paper size Hints and tips Hints and tipsKeywords Hints and tips Image complexity factors Line tablesHints and tips Keywords Importance of orderly construction Example of extraneous drawn lines Scan line density Lines entered in unintended locations Determining line density limitations Landscape pagesPortrait pages Generation errors Local density and page setup errorsSuperimposed lines Using boxes Solid 2 box sharing part of a Solid 1 box edge Error calculations Text in boxesLocating the closest box Correcting text-in-box errors Centering text in boxes Shading factors Text Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 `TEXT Line Terminating shading to avoid line density problems Section factors AT 8 Draw VER Line from 4 to 5 Using Hairline Rounding measurement factorsConverting other unit values to dots Rounding variable data FDL statistics Grid unit scaling specificationsGrid unit specification System response Grid unit scaling FDL command syntax summary FDL command syntax conventionsSyntax Meaning Compiling commands syntax END System default summary Specification Substitution Grid and origin substitutions for 8.27 byInch/A4 paper Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes Page Sample form creation Figure C-1.Earnings register Writing the setup commands Using the Comment command Drawing horizontal lines Vertical Line commandDrawing lines Drawing vertical lines Drawing boxes Placing text at a location Using the END command Placing text in a box Compiling the form Edit 1STFRM.FSL Figure C-12.Source statement 1STFRM.FSL Page FDL capacity limits Capacity limitsMaximum Page Begin Standard print formatsFormat ID No. Lpi Cpi Point Size Lines Columns Size1 Orientation2 Values y,x Font IDPage Standard formats and spacings Support tools and measurementsForms design ruler Side Formats/spacing Support Tools and Measurements Form results with grid specified, but no Command examplesGrid examples Size or origin Command Examples Grid Unit is 1 CM Figure G-5.Form results with grid and page size specified Line examples Draw Figure G-8.Drawing a horizontal line inches BOX examples Every Shading and Repeat Vertically Every Figure G-12. Drawing boxes Text AT examples Command Examples Text in BOX examples Center positionsBottom positions BOF GlossaryBCD BOT Enet CMEDjde EOT FCU FCBFCP FDL JDE JCBJCL JDL LPS PCC PDEPDL PSC UCS TOFUcsb Xddi Symbols IndexFDL FSL Image Predefined formats, 1-13, 2-6 to