Xerox 701P21091 manual Specifying input parameters, Input data streams

2.Specifying input parameters

Input data is processed and temporarily written to disk for subsequent printing under control of user selected PDL commands.

The input processor decodes and formats input data online from a host attached channel interface or a remote communication, and offline from magnetic tape via the Tape Client.

Input data streams

The DP EPS systems receive data online, over a channel or through Ethernet using TCP/IP. They also print offline from magnetic open reel and cartridge tapes. The controller supports submission of the following data streams:

•PostScript

•PCL

•ASCII (converted to PostScript by the controller)

•TIFF (converted to PostScript by the controller)

•LCDS

•PDF (converted to PostScript by the controller)

PostScript, PCL, and LCDS each has its own decomposer on the controller, and the controller supports page description commands for each page description language. Print Description Language is a type of page description language, which is used only with the LCDS data stream.

Using LCDS Print Description Language 2-1