Xerox 701P21091 manual CME command

Specifying print format parameters

CME command

Copy modification entries (CMEs) allow certain parts of the printed data in a report to be replaced with predefined static data, and/or specify the changing of fonts within the variable data. (The copy modification function is also referred to as “spot carbon.”)

CMEs define a rectangular space on the printed page within which printed data is replaced with a substitution string or a changed font. More than one CME may be applied to a job.

CMEs may be coded as part of the JDL or created as separate files so that they may be referenced by one or more JDLs. This latter feature is described more fully in the “Catalogued CMEs” section, later in this chapter.

You must specify an ac type identifier (requiring at least one alphabetical character) when defining the CME, and reference it with the MODIFY parameter of the OUTPUT command.

NOTE: The CME must precede the OUTPUT command.

Short form CME You can minimize coding length by giving CME specifications in specifications the short form. In short form, you need to give only the first

character of a keyword, you can omit equal signs, and you need not insert commas except where necessary to avoid ambiguity.

Here is an example of a CME in which the commands are shortened:

CME12.CME L47, P1, F5, (5)’*’, L48, P1, F1,

L49, P10, C’ABCD’;

In the above example, L replaces LINE=, P replaces

POSITION=, F replaces FONT=, and C replaces CONSTANT=.

Catalogued CMEs CMEs need not be part of your JDL. They can be created as separate disk files and still be used as if they were part of the JDL that references them. You can do this by creating a JSL file containing only one or more CMEs, then compiling it using the xjdc command. (Refer to “Compiling a JSL” in the “PDL principles and procedures” chapter, for the procedure.) For each CME, an object file is created in the “lcds” folder on the system disk, which is where the system looks for resource files when they are needed for printing.

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