Xerox Troubleshooting Vertical Black Lines in Printing

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

form Electronic version of a form that can include lines, boxes, text, shading, logos, and embedded text. Forms can be printed without variable data or merged with variable data during the printing process.

form feed Keyboard printer control character that causes the printer to skip to the top of the next page.

format 1. Layout of a document, including margins, page length, line spacing, typeface, and so forth. 2. In data storage, the way the surface of a disk is organized to store data. 3. To prepare the surface of a disk for the acceptance of data.

FDL Forms description language. Keyword oriented language used to define the appearance of an electronic form including horizontal and vertical lines, boxes, descriptive text, and so forth. The source language is referred to as forms source language (FSL) and the object language (after compilation) is referred to as

.FRM. See also FSL.

FSL Forms source language. Uncompiled collection of user±created files containing FDL commands. See also FDL.

graphics Use of lines and figures to display data, as opposed to using text.

grid Imaginary pattern of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines on a page.

grid unit Smallest rectangle enclosed by horizontal and vertical lines on a grid. The size of a grid unit is expressed as the length of one side of the rectangle.

hardcopy Machine output in permanent form, such as printed reports, listings, and so forth.

hard values Nonoptimal adjustment of particular Font Interchange Standard (FIS) fonts in terms of point size and orientation.

hardware Physical components of a system (processors, printers, terminals, and keyboards).

hexadecimal Numbering system with a base of 16. The numbers 10 through 15 are represented by A through F, respectively.

HFDL Host Forms Description Language. Xerox host implementation of forms description language.

hierarchy Relative priority assigned to rank and order of items.

high±level language Computer programming language consisting of symbols and English±like command statements that are easily understood and read by the user. High±level languages are considered the source code and are usually compiled. FDL and HFDL are high± level languages.

host Computer accessed by users that serves as a source of high speed data processing for workstations with less computer power. Commonly referred to as a mainframe.

host interface Connection between the network and the host computer.

IDEN Parameter that notifies the system that DJDE records may be part of the input data stream.

identifier (ID) Characters used to identify or name data and possibly to indicate certain properties of that data.

image area Area on a physical page that may contain text or graphics.

input Data or text introduced into a computer±based system.

GLOSSARY±6 HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS