Xerox 96MX manual Local density and page setup errors, OS9300 page SET-UP Error

FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS

Local density and page setup errors

One problem that may occur while a page is being imaged is a page setup error, displaying the following message:

OS9300 PAGE SET-UP ERROR

This message basically means that there was not enough time to image a page. The lack of time could be caused by an excessively large amount of data and/or form to be imaged, disk errors, image generation problems, or a problem known as “local density“.

Even a form designed to avoid exceeding line density limitations may cause page setup errors because of local density. However, such problems are rarely encountered in readable forms. To have a problem area of local density, a form would have to have long lines of small text very closely spaced.

The reason for a local density problem is that the imaging hardware accepts and dispatches characters at two different rates. If a form's structure imposes a dispatching load that is too heavy, the hardware may run out of input before the processing of data is finished.

Troubleshooting If a form you have described causes page setup errors, examine the form and variable data to see if there are many lines or a large amount of text in a small area. If so, you may reduce the density of this area by spreading out the material or by deleting parts of the form in the area where you suspect a problem.

Items to look for in determining the possible cause of a page setup error related to local density are the following:

•Large amounts of closely spaced text in a small font, that is, long lines of solid text with minimum spacing. This is especially suspect if a form is portrait.

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Large amounts of text in an orientation different from the defined form orientation, for example, portrait text in a landscape form.

A large number of lines drawn on the short axis of the paper; that is, vertical lines on a landscape form.

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