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Xerox Docuprint 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS Forms Creation Guide
Table of Contents
Forms layout considerations
Compiling and printing forms
Text AT
Text in BOX
Coding a complex form
FDL command summary
Glossary
GLOSSARY-1
INDEX-1
Index
About the reference set
Introduction
LPS Operator Guide
Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX
Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX LPS PDL Reference
LPS System Generation Guide
Card
Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX LPS Forms Creation Guide
LPS Message Guide
User Guide
What this guide contains
Conventions used in this guide
Xiv
Overview
Paper
Laser printing technology
Forms creation
Fonts
Page
Basic concepts
Orientation
Landscape Portrait
Character spacing
Font orientation
Physical
Frames
Virtual
System
Positioning form elements
Form origin
Form element Element origin
Form element origin
Y coordinate
Grids
Basic Concepts
Predefined formats
Formats
Data types
Forms description language
FDL command overview
Command summary
Command format
Form Paper LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT Grid Font
Steps to creating a form
Form command
Setup commands
Form id
Form 3BOXES
Paper Size is Usletter A4 Uslegal A3
Paper command
By y
Option Description
Sysgened paper size is out of range
Using B4 paper size
Paper Size
Specifying TAB as a form
Inches
By y Inches
Virtual page size
LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT command
Landscape
Paper Size is n Dots Wideby m Dots High
Grid command
Centimeter Centimeters
Dots Xdots
Grid Unit is FMT3
Example 1 Landscape
Grid Unit is FMT1 Origin 1 Inch 1 Inch
Example 2 Landscape
Form with grid specified, but no origin or format
Grid Unit is 1 CM
Form with grid, origin, and page size specified
Font command
Font S id. . . id
Fonts UN106A,UN104C,UN114A
Description commands
Use of a negative coordinate
Line command
AT 3 Draw Line from 4 to
Types of lines
Draw
Line
Drawing a horizontal line rows and columns
10.Drawing parallel vertical lines
BOX command
Horizontally
AT 4,6 BOX 24 by 4 USI SHA HEA
Grid Unit is 1 DOT, Origin is 0,0
Shading and Repeat Vertically Every
Text AT
Text commands
Dots PER Line Vertical Xdots PTS LPI Aligned Left
Right Center TOP Bottom
Text command defaults
Text
Keywords Explanations
Aligning text
‘R#ETAIL #D#ISTRIBUTION’
Text Aligned Left AT 5,1 ‘FIRST’ ‘NATIONAL’ ‘TRUST’ ‘CO’
First National Trust
Vertical Text AT 5,1 ‘FIRST’ ‘NATIONAL’ ‘TRUST’ ‘CO’
Text AT 5,1 ‘FIRST’ ‘NATIONAL‘ ‘TRUST’ ‘CO’
Forms Description Language
14.Character block orientations for a portrait
15.Character block orientations for a landscape
Text in BOX 4 3 ‘FIRST’ ‘NATIONAL’ ‘TRUST’
Text in BOX
16.Possible text positions in box
Text in BOX command defaults
Part Number
17.Adjacent boxes
Next Horizontal Vertical BOX ‘text‘ ‘text‘
18.Placing text in adjacent boxes
Logo command
Logo id AT y unit x unit
Logo Eagle AT 10
Graphic name AT vpos unit ,hpos unit Scale is n/ d
Graphic command
Name vpos Unit Hpos
Graphic AFJ AT 10
Begin Section id
Section commands
END Section
Do Section id AT y unit x unit
END Section
Begin Section
Section command syntax
Phone
Do Section
Comment command
Comment text
Comment *** Draw Horizontal Lines
END command
END
Endend
Compiling and printing forms
Form printing processing
Creating an FSL form
Communicate the FSL file to the LPS system disk
Using magnetic tape
Compiling a form
Invoking the forms compiler
RES=300 or
Compiling 4850/4890 color forms and logos
Error checking
Summary sheet
FDL TRYIT,SIMPLEX
Proof option
FDL TRYIT,PROOF
Secured files
Debugging and modifying the file
FDL TRYIT,TRAY
FDL TRYIT,NOPRINT
Storing form files
FDL compilation time
Printing a compiled form
Sample filename.FRM
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Forms layout considerations
Image complexity
Line tables
Example of extraneous lines drawn
Importance of orderly construction
Lines entered in unintended locations
OS6950 Line Density Exceeded
Scan line density
Generation errors
OS9300 page SET-UP Error
Local density and page setup errors
Summary
Text in boxes
Using boxes
Locating the closest box
Error calculations
= P * B/T
= 72/300 * D/N
Measurements used in computing vertical box errors
Text Spaced AT 4 Dots in BOX 10 ’TEXT Line 1’ ’TEXT Line 2’
Shading
Normal shading-using the same coordinates
Sections
Converting other unit values to dots
Rounding measurements
Rounding variable data
Converting preprinted forms
Suggested coding techniques
Designing new forms
Recommended coding sequence
Keywords Explanation
Tips, tricks, and pitfalls
Text Spaced 1 in BOX
Syntax ambiguities
Getting started
Coding a complex form
Using the Comment command
Writing the setup commands
Drawing lines
Drawing horizontal lines
Drawing vertical lines
Drawing boxes
Placing text at a location
Text AT command
Placing text in a box
Text in BOX command
END command
Edit 1STFRM.FSL
Compiling the form
000500
Source statement 1STFRM.FSL
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FDL command summary
FDL command syntax
Keyword
END Font
BOX Comment
Form
Graphic
High
Wide by m
Paper
Logo
Incheses
Incheses Centimeters Dots Xdots Section
Text in BOX
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FD1000 ALL Forms COMPILED. Forms Compiler Exiting
FDL-generated messages
FD2740 FSL not Found or Invalid OPTION. Check and Retry
Not Exist
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Specification Substitution
System default summary
FMT13 Portrait Grid Unit is 13.6 CPI, 8.1 LPI
FMT12 Landscape Grid Unit is 13.6 CPI, 8.1 LPI
FMT1A Landscape Grid Unit is 12.5 CPI, 8.3 LPI
FMT2A Landscape Grid Unit is 14.3 CPI, 8.3 LPI
Solid
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Grid and Text command examples
Grid unit scaling specifications
Grid unit specification System response
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FDL capacity limits
Sections
Fonts and logos
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Forms design ruler
Support tools and measurements
Standard formats and spacings side
Side
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Glossary
Glossary
GLOSSARY-3
Glossary
GLOSSARY-5
Glossary
GLOSSARY-7
Glossary
GLOSSARY-9
Glossary
GLOSSARY-11
Glossary
GLOSSARY-13
Glossary
GLOSSARY-15
Glossary
GLOSSARY-17
Glossary
GLOSSARY-19
Glossary
GLOSSARY-21
Glossary
GLOSSARY-23
Glossary
GLOSSARY-25
IFU
IBM
IGM
IOM
MTU
LPS
Micr
OCR
Glossary
GLOSSARY-29
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Numerals
Index
FDL
LPS
Text in BOX