Xerox 721P87491 manual About this guide, Contents, Conventions

Introduction

The Xerox DocuPrint Network Printing Series Guide to Using PDL describes how the PostScript, HP PCL 5, and VIPP (formerly XGF) page description languages (PDLs) are implemented on the Xerox DocuPrint NPS printers.

About this guide

This document is for users who will be submitting PostScript, HP PCL 5, Decomposition Service, and VIPP jobs to the DocuPrint printers. These users should be familiar with the applications they are using to generate print jobs. This document is also for PostScript, HP PCL 5, and VIPP programmers who will be creating applications since it defines the features that are not supported for each PDL. It is assumed that these programmers have a working knowledge of the language they are working in. For specific reference information, refer to the “Related information” section in this guide.

Before using this guide, become familiar with its contents and conventions.

Contents

This section lists the contents of this guide:

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Chapter 1, “PCL 5,” provides information about how to use PCL 5 with your DocuPrint printer.

Chapter 2, “PostScript,” contains the information you need to use PostScript with your DocuPrint printer.

Chapter 3, “VIPP,” provides instructions for using Variable Data Intelligent PostScript PrintWare (formerly XGF) with your DocuPrint.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

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All caps and angle brackets—Within procedures, the names of keys are shown in all caps within angle brackets (for example, press <RETURN>).

Angle brackets—Variable information, or the position of a specified argument in the command syntax, appears in angle brackets (for example, List Fonts <Pattern>).

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