Xerox 96MX manual Shading and Repeat Vertically Every, Grid Unit is 1 DOT, Origin is 0,0

FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

Example 2 AT .5,0 DRAW 4 BOXES IN INCHES 5 WIDE BY .5 HIGH USING

SHADING AND REPEAT VERTICALLY EVERY 2;

This command specifies four 5-inch wide, 0.5-inch high bars placed with the top edges at 0.5 inches, 2.5 inches, 4.5 inches, and 6.5 inches as shown in figure 3-13.

Figure 3-13. Drawing boxes

Converting a 4850 color box to a When the DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX prints a 4850 or 4890 form DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX specifying a color box, it converts the color box fill to a black box fill. black box In printing the box, the DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX converts any

shades of a color to a shade of black or “grayscale.” Be aware, however, that solid-color boxes are not converted to solid-black boxes. These solid-colors are also printed in grayscale.

Using the SHIFT command with The SHIFT and XSHIFT parameter is a PDL feature that enables the SHADING on a DocuPrint 96/ Programmer to adjust the data on a form to allow for three-hole

DocuPrint 96MX drilling or binding. Sometimes a negative SHIFT value can cause the data to be shifted past the margin and off the page. This can easily occur when shading is used near the leading edge of the paper.

Adjusting the SHIFT, ORIGIN and ALIGNMENT values can prevent the shading image from shifting off the page at the leading edge. The following example illustrates this point:

Example:

GRID [UNIT] [IS] 1 DOT, ORIGIN [IS] 0,0;

The system displays the following message:

Data origin off page. Check output

XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-25