Xerox Printer manual Form origin, Physical, Virtual

PLANNING YOUR FORMS

If you decide to place marks along the edge of the physical page (edge±marking) in your form, be familiar with the edge±marking limitations. To accommodate edge±marking, the system page must be larger than the physical page. Since the system page boundaries correspond to at least two edges of the physical page boundaries for all paper sizes, you can only use edge±marking on the two edges of the physical page that do not correspond to the system page.

The product guide for each printer contains specific information about edge±marking.

Physical page

CAUTION: Unexpected results occur if you plan a form for a physical page paper size that is not available.

The physical page is the actual paper size. On a Xerox LPS, you define the default size of the physical page during system generation (SYSGEN). During planning, you must consider the default paper size or other paper sizes available for your printer. See the ªSupported paper sizesº appendix for more information.

Virtual page

The virtual page is the area you specify for printing. The virtual page can be as large as the physical page (actual paper size), but can never be larger than the physical page. If you do not specify the virtual page size, the defined (planned) area of the virtual page is the same as the physical page.

Since the Xerox 4700 Color Document Printer has a limitation on the print area of the physical page, make sure that the virtual page does not include the area the printer grippers cover. Refer to your printer documentation for more information on print area limitations.

Form origin

All form data described by HFDL is positioned on the page relative to a point, called the form origin. The form origin is a reference point from which you place all elements on a form using HFDL commands. The form origin is a point that is offset from the upper left corner of the virtual page. You can specify this point during form description. If you do not define a virtual page and specify a form origin, the default form origin is the origin of the physical page.

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