Xerox 96MX manual Summary

FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS

Summary

In general, you can optimize form generation in the following manner:

•Use lines and boxes rather than characters of the form element font, whenever possible.

•Avoid placing too many small characters in one area of the page.

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Avoid overlapping (superimposing) lines or boxes.

Avoid overlapping characters to achieve bolding or other effects. Use the correct font whenever possible.

•Avoid using too many dotted/broken lines because they create too much overhead in the printing process. You will receive a displayed message during compilation each time a broken/ dotted line has been defined.

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Avoid too many font switches on the same text line. This creates overhead in the printing process.

Avoid drawing unneeded lines across the longest side of the physical page.

FDL statistics If a form is successfully compiled, FDL statistics are displayed on the summary sheet. Among them are the following:

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Size of the source output file (FSL)

Size of the printable form file (FRM)

Size of the form image buffer

Amount of font memory used by the form.

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