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1. Orientation Print orientation If you select None the printer device settings will be used when printing Note If you use a sheet layout definition the sheet layout settings will override the driver settings For The name of the user for whom the document is printed Routing Information about how to route the document back to its owner after printing for example an email address StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 93 94 PostScript Settings Version The version or revision number of the document or resource Page order None Select this option if the order of the pages is not important Ascend The pages of the document are in ascending order Descend The pages of the document are in descending order Special The pages in the document are in a special order e g signature order and should not be changed Grayscale Yes Converts color images into 8 bit grayscale and compresses them using the LZW compression method Select this option to optimize image output for non color printers No The compression method is selected automatically Use PostScript forms Yes All static images and overlays used in the Project are generated as PostScript form objects No All data is processed as usual Virtual Memory for The amount of virtual memory to be used for forms The Forms KB default form cache size is
2. Tips and caveats Barcodes like text can only be rotated 0 90 180 and 270 degrees Any other angle will result in 0 degrees rotation in the printed output Exact positioning of barcodes which are rotated any other angle than 0 degrees is supported only for 1 dimensional barcodes In the current PageOUT version all features are not available for all barcode types If an option is not available in the Barcode dialog box the default value as specified in the ZPLII Programming Guide is used For the Maxicode barcode the encoding mode is determined by the data content Only modes 2 3 and 4 are supported No structural append is available For the UPC E barcode the length of the input data must be 11 or 12 digits with a pre calculated checksum The checksum must be in the same format as data for UPC A The system ID digit must be 0 Supported barcodes Table Supported barcodes and their corresponding Zebra instructions Zebra instruction Barcode Bl Code 11 USD 8 B2 Interleaved 2 of 5 B3 Code 39 USD 3 amp 3 of 9 B4 Code 49 B7 PDF417 B8 EAN 8 B9 UPC E BA Code 93 BB CODABLOCK A E F BC Code 128 BD UPS MaxiCode BE EAN 13 BF Micro PDF417 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 108 Barcodes Zebra Label Printer Zebra instruction Barcode ABI Industrial 2 of 5 BK ANSI Cod
3. Example 25 CMY black is a black color achieved by a mixture of cyan magenta and yellow If CMY black is used in an image you can replace it with black ink Note You can only replace CMY black with black if the input values for cyan magenta and yellow are maximized to a value of 255 To replace CMY black You configure the print values for cyan magenta yellow and black using the cmyblack2kblack property Specify the e Cyan value to print with the c e Magenta value to print with the m e Yellow value to print with the y e Black value to print with the kmax Replace CMY black with black In this example a CMY black pixel with input values 255 255 255 70 is printed in black 0 0 0 255 lt property name cmyblack2kblack gt 0 0 0 255 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 58 Color separation IJPDS Configuring the total ink amount The total ink amount is set in percentage for all four channels within the range of 0 to 400 percent You configure the total ink amount with the inklimit property in the configuration file Example 26 Total ink limit settings In this case the total ink amount is set to 400 percent lt property name inklimit type int gt 400 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Halftoning 59 IJPDS Halftoning Example 27 To achieve sufficient picture quality you can use an error distribution method for halftoning the
4. e Configure the Zebra printer You must convert TrueType fonts and Unicode fonts ifyou use international character sets to the internal ZPLII format In ZTools you specify the source directories where TrueType and Unicode fonts are stored and the path to the destination files See Configuring the Zebra printer on page 104 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 104 Fonts Zebra Label Printer Edit the driver file and add the fonts to be downloaded to the printer See Editing the driver file and adding the fonts to be downloaded to the printer on page 105 Make sure that the TrueType and Unicode fonts as well as the Zebra fonts are stored in the specified directories Downloading ZST and ZSU files directly to the printer Ifyou are familiar with ZPLII and ZTools you can use ZTools or other label printer utilities to download ZPL code including ZST and ZSU files to the printer Edit the ZST or ZSU file by using the CW command to assign a built in font between I and Z to the font in the file and download the ZST or ZSU file offline See the ZPLII Programming Guide Add the font to the Zebra Label Printer driver file by entering a line in the following format to the Downloadable Fonts section Font SAMPLE ReadFont SAMPLE TTF Select Z ZSU For example Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf Select Z ZSU This will significantly speed up processing in the printer Configuring the Z
5. e TEC references e http Awww toshibatecusa com http www toshibatecusa com Products RFIDProducts tabid 60 Default aspx e Printronix references e http www printronix com e http Awww printronix com rfid printers aspx e Intermec references e http www intermec com http www intermec com products rfid index aspx Known limitations Printronix StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 126 RFID e No support for ISO18000 6b e No support of ASCII 96 ASCII 64 and NUM 96 e No support to lock EPC Class 1 inlays only kill password is supported Intermec Limited support of NUM format Maximum 4 bytes 10 digits e NUM format is not supported for EPC Class 1 air protocols Zebra e No support for NUM format StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Supported air protocols and printer models 127 RFID Supported air protocols and printer models The following air protocols are supported e EPC Class 1 Version 1 e EPC Class 1 Generation 2 e ISO18000 6b The printer models listed in the table below are supported Printer model Air protocol Intermec EasyCoder PM4i f w IPL and EPC Class 1 Version 1 f w FingerPrint Direct protocol EPC Class 1 Generation 2 ISO18000 6b Zebra R110Xi SP994X EPC Class 1 Version 1 TTT EPC Class 2 Generation 2 Printronix SL5000r MP SL5000r MP2 EPC Class 1 Version 1 fiw PG EPC Class 1 Generation 2 S
6. position 0 0 Valid values are 0 300 Label home Y axis The label printing position along the y axis The default home position of a label is the upper left corner position 0 0 Valid values are 0 300 Label top alignment Moves the entire label up or down The Label top is relative to the current Label home position A positive value moves the format downwards away from the top while a negative value moves it upwards towards the top Valid values are 64 64 Default is 0 Tear off adjust alignment Defines where the media is cut The tear off position is relative to the end of the printing on the label Valid values are 64 64 Default is 0 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Zebra Label Printer Settings 113 Zebra Label Printer Driver settings Media darkness Adjusts the darkness relative to the darkness settings specified on the Printer Configuration Label For example if the value specified on the configuration label is 16 and you specify Media darkness 9 the value will be 7 Valid values are 30 30 Default is 0 The maximum and minimum values cannot be surpassed For example if the value specified on the configuration label is 25 and you specify Media darkness 10 the value will still be 30 Print rate The media speed during printing Valid values depend on the firmware version Firmware X 9 2 3 4 5 6 and 8 Firmware X 10 2 3
7. 16 MB 16384 kB If the amount of cached PostScript data exceeds the limit defined for this setting the image or overlay will not be cached and will be processed as usual Copies Not applicable StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 95 XPS The XPS driver produces Microsoft XPS documents according to XML Paper Specification version 1 0 XPS XML Paper Specification is a document storage and viewing specification developed by Microsoft It is based on the XML language and the printer page description language is based on anew print path e a color managed device independent and a resolution independent vector based document format support for advanced printing features such as gradients transparencies CMYK color space named colors printer calibration print schemas etc The XPS document format contains a set of related pages with a fixed layout organized as one or more documents A file that implements this format includes everything necessary to fully render these documents on a display device or physical medium e g paper This includes all resources such as fonts and images that might be required to render the individual page markings XPS uses a ZIP archive containing documents fixed documents pages etc and resources images fonts etc The XPS documents use the XML language to describe fixed documents and pages The documents contain a root fixed document seq
8. 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 and 12 Slew rate The slew speed feeding a blank label Valid values depend on the firmware version See Print rate Print orientation Normal Prints the label with normal orientation Inverted Inverts the label 180 degrees so that the label is printed upside down International Character The character set used for printing If you select a Set value other than Auto the code page settings defined for the output connector will be ignored If you select None the international character set command in ZPLII output is suppressed The label printer will use the last value that was saved If you select Auto the code page settings defined for the output connector are used to select the appropriate character set Note If you use international characters you must configure the Zebra printer to use Unicode characters see Downloading TrueType and Unicode fonts to the Zebra printer on page 103 Image dithering The dithering method used for converting true color method and palletized images to black and white images Usually None is used for black and white line art images and one of the dithering methods are used for photographic images StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 114 Zebra Label Printer Settings Zebra Label Printer Driver settings Memory device for downloads Pause and cut value The device used for storing downloaded files for example
9. AFP driver in Include or Reference mode you must make sure the resource names in the AFP data stream file are the same as the names of the external resources You must therefore map the fonts and code pages used in PageOUT to the corresponding external resources To do this you edit the AFP driver file afp2wfnt map using the Device Tool You can also use the afp2wfnt map file to specify options for a specific font or code page See the Device driver tools documentation for information on how to edit driver files StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 28 Fonts and code pages AFP The settings in the afp2wfnt map file override the corresponding AFP driver GUI settings for fonts and code pages A standard entry for a font has the following format in the afp2wfnt map file Font TTF name ReadFont TTF file SelectPrefix TTF name Codepage Source CP Select AFP font Codepage AFP CP Example 3 Font entry in afp2wfnt map Font Arial ReadFont ARIAL TTF SelectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi Select CZH200 Codepage T1000870 afp2wfnt map parameters TTF name The original TrueType font used in PageOUT The name must contain all used flags e g bold or italic You must use underscores as separators For example Arial_bold_italic TTF file The TrueType font file read by the StreamServer AFP font The name to use for the AFP font resource Source CP The source code page AFP
10. AFP data stream file StreamServer Print Server E Resource group Z gt G Reference gt ORA The following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer generates an AFP resource with a unique name and wraps the AFP resource into the resource group in the AFP data stream file 3 The StreamServer adds the unique name as a reference on the corresponding page definition in the AFP data stream file 4 The StreamServer continues to generate and wrap AFP resources and add references for all the resources it finds 5 The Print Server reads the AFP data stream file 6 When the Print Server finds a reference in the AFP data stream file it retrieves the corresponding resource from the resource group in the AFP data stream file Include mode The Include mode enables the use of external resources 3rd party or modified resources This mode requires that the external resources are included in the resources storage used by the StreamServer AFP data stream file StreamServer Print Server Resource grou S a group Z E Reference gt e T w StreamServer Resources The following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer generates a unique name for the resource retrieves the corresponding AFP resource from the resources storage and wraps it into th
11. Arial the old Project version would use Century The upgraded version of the Project will use the mapfont entry Arial instead Adding new font entries to driver files If the driver file does not include entries for all fonts you are using you must add the missing font entries to the driver file See Adding font entries to driver files on page 117 for information on how to add font entries Making fonts available to the printer All fonts included in the output from the StreamServer must be available to the printer or equivalent that receives the output If there are fonts that are not installed on the printer you must make them available to the printer See Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts on page 121 Adding fonts to a resource set If you move a Project from one machine to another you cannot be sure that all used fonts are installed in the Windows Fonts directory of the new machine In this case you can add all used fonts to the default resource set of the Project before you move it The easiest way to do this is to export the Project and check the option Add exported fonts to Platform s default resource set in the Export dialog During the export all used fonts are automatically added to the default resource set Adding font entries to driver files 117 Specifying fonts Adding font entries to driver files All device drivers available to Design Center are stored in the device driver repository and the font entries
12. PCL fonts This list includes the escape sequences for the downloaded soft fonts Then you must add the new soft font entries to the driver file See Adding TTF font entries to PCL driver files on page 118 Enabling soft fonts for the PDF PCL convert driver If you are using the PDF PCL convert driver you must add the following custom argument at the beginning of the startup argument file pcl2pdfarg ru l Drivers User Guide Rev A 124 Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts Specifying fonts Drivers User Guide Rev A RFID 125 Radio Frequency Identification RFID tags are used for automatic identification of individual items RFID inlays are configured in the Page OUT tool and the following StreamServe drivers can be used for sending RFID configuration information to label printers Intermec DP 203dpi Intermec DP 300dpi e Zebra ZPLII 150dpi 200dpi 300dpi and 600dpi e Printronix IGP PGL Prerequisite To configure RFID inlays you must have Detailed knowledge in the printing environment and the hardware configuration e Basic knowledge in RFID such as air protocols and tag data formats EPC encoding References EPC Class 1 Generation 2 and EPC tag data standards http www epcglobalna org StandardsDevelopment EPCglobalStandards tabid 185 Default aspx e Zebra references e http Awww zebra com http Awww zebra com id zebra na en index products printers rfid html
13. StreamServe PostScript driver supports PostScript Level 2 Image compression Images are compressed using e CCITT compression for 1 bit monochrome images e LZW Lempel Ziv Welch compression for grayscale and color images i e all but 1 bit monochrome images The appropriate compression method is selected automatically according to image type To further optimize image output for non color printers set the Grayscale option to Yes PostScript forms PostScript forms can be used to optimize driver output A form is a resource that can be added to the output stream once cached in the printer memory and then executed multiple times on subsequent pages This means that only information that changes between forms needs to be interpreted for each page Images raster and EPS device overlays EPS and LXF overlays can be converted into forms Note Dynamic overlays from PreformatIN can not be converted into forms since they only appear once in the printed file Settings Page size Page size If you select None the printer device settings will be used when printing Note If you use a sheet layout definition the sheet layout settings will override the driver settings Simplex Duplex Select whether to print on one side or both sides of the paper If you select None the printer device settings will be used when printing Note If you use a sheet layout definition the sheet layout settings will override the driver settings
14. driver setting You cannot enter a variable into the property field you must use the Alias method to enter the variable 1 On the Device Driver Settings tab at Job Begin or Document Begin select the device driver property The selected property is displayed as an Alias option at the bottom of the Runtime Connector Settings dialog box 2 Select Variable and enter the variable in the Variable field Assigning a variable to Value TLE 1 In this example the variable zip is assigned to the property value TLE 1 1 Select Value TLE 1 on the Device Driver Settings tab at Document Begin Alias for Option Value TLE 1 is displayed at the bottom of the Runtime Connector Settings dialog box 2 Select Variable and enter zip in the Variable field Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes The text strings that specify TLE values and NOP comments can include metadata generated for post processing purposes bundling sorting enveloping etc You include the metadata as variables using the following format amp MetadataName For example to add the number of sheets in a document to a comment you enter NumSheets in the comment field StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 38 Page identification parameters included in the generated AFP data stream file AFP Page identification parameters included in the generated AFP data stream file The generated AFP data stream files contains a numbe
15. fonts and images R printer DRAM library Always present and read write access B optional memory card A card or factory installed memory Read write access E flash memory Use only with jobs using already loaded images and fonts Read only access The number of labels to be printed before pausing for PQ p a cut Valid values are 0 to 99999999 The default value is 0 Copies The number of labels to be printed StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 115 Specifying fonts Example 46 Example 47 Example 48 The fonts available to the Process tools for page formatted output and to the Overlay Editor are the fonts included in the Windows Fonts directory on the machine where you configure the Project This means you must make sure that all fonts you intend to use in your document designs are included in the Windows Fonts directory before you try to include them in your documents All used fonts must also be included as font entries in the driver files drs of the device drivers used by the StreamServer when delivering the documents If you are using Typel fonts you must also import the font from the Windows Fonts directory to a resource set connected to the Message that uses the font Driver file font entries A driver file can contain font entries character width tables and font mapping entries Readfont entry Font Century ReadFont CENTURY TTE SelectPrefix C
16. fonts in PDF documents on page 121 Acrobat PDF compatibility Acrobat version Native file format PDF version Acrobat 3 0 PDF 1 2 Acrobat 4 0 PDF 1 3 Acrobat 5 0 PDF 1 4 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 84 PDF References For more information about Acrobat and PDF go to http partners adobe com asn techresources jsp StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PDF driver settings PDF PDF driver settings Setting Description Use compression e Yes Use compression e No Do not use compression Use compression whenever possible Info Author The document author Info Creator The application that created the document Info Title The document title Info Subject The document subject Info Keywords Keywords associated with the document Use encryption e No Do not use encryption Standard R2 Use Standard Security Handler revision 2 encryption algorithm RC4 with 40 bit keys See Standard Security Handler revision 2 on page 90 Standard R3 Use Standard Security Handler revision 3 encryption algorithm RC4 with 128 bit RC4 encryption See Standard Security Handler revision 3 on page 90 User password Applicable only if encryption is used A password a user must enter to open decrypt and display the document on screen Enables printing modifying and copying of the documen
17. information A PDF A document must not be reliant on information from external sources e g font programs and hyperlinks and must not be password protected PDF A Level B is focused on preserving the appearance of the document PDF A Level A is the same as PDF A Level B with the addition of tagged PDF Level A conformance ensures in addition to the appearance of the document that the document structure is described in the PDF and that all text can be extracted For example to enable a document to be read out loud using a speech synthesizer you must use Level A StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PDF driver settings PDF Setting Use JPEG Image Compression Description Specifies whether to convert color images to compressed JPEG images e Yes Convert all color image formats to compressed JPEG images Monochrome images will be compressed as CCIT G4 or using ZLIB e No Keep the original image formats No compression is applied unless the original format is JPEG Comments Ifyou select No JPEG compression will still be used for images already in JPEG format If a source image is of any other format PNG BMP etc you must select Yes to compress the image in the output document Note that if you select No and the option Use compression above is set to Yes the ZLIB compression is applied to images JPEG Image Compression Quality Specifies the compression level and quality of JP
18. of printing an image with a transparent background a black box is printed If you disable the image background the image is printed as a transparent image but the opaque function is lost Disable Automatic Orientation Disables the automatic orientation of logical pages on the sheet For example if you use partition rotation to place a logical page with landscape orientation onto a physical sheet with portrait orientation the physical sheet will still have portrait orientation Disable BCOCA Disables the Bar Code Object Content Architecture This can be useful if your printer does not support BCOCA or if you want to allow barcodes on a server or printer that does not support BCOCA StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 17 18 Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings Max Record Length The maximum record length for AFP structured fields Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer If you select None 32 KB is used by default Halftone Method The halftone method used to convert color and grayscale images to black and white Available methods are Floyd Steinberg and Ordered Dither If you select Default Ordered Dither is used Halftone Size The size of the halftone matrix Default is an 8x8 matrix Halftone Gamma The halftoning gamma value Page Group Scope The PageGroup scope Default Use the Document definition to set the
19. output Circle and ellipse Supported Target fill color is black for input fill color with intensity 0 127 on a 0 255 scale or white for input fill color with intensity 128 255 on a 0 255 scale Not supported Polygon Polyline Supported Cannot be filled Not supported Path Paths are always presented as polygons or polylines Curves are presented as lines connected at the end points Not supported StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 109 110 Enabling hexadecimal character values Zebra Label Printer Enabling hexadecimal character values If you want to use ZPL reserved characters e g and in field data output to a Zebra label printer you must use the corresponding hexadecimal character values To be able to use hexadecimal character values in field data in an FD command you must add the following keyword to the driver file without parameters ENABLE HEX For example to be able to use tilde in output to a Zebra label printer you must add the ENABLE HEX keyword to the driver file and use the hexadecimal value for lt 7e gt in the Page OUT Process In the output to the printer the field data is translated to the correct ZPL syntax The table below shows the field data in PageOUT and the corresponding field data sent to the printer Field data in PageOUT ZPL command Tilde lt 7e gt used for
20. pictures The following methods can be used with the IJPDS driver e Floyd Steinberg Jarvis e Stucki To use halftoning You configure the error distribution method using the halftonemethods property Error distribution method for halftoning In this example the floyd steinberg error distribution method is used for halftoning lt property name halftonemethods gt floyd steinberg lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 60 Printheads and RIPs IJPDS Printheads and RIPs The printhead is a hardware part that applies ink to paper A IJPDS printer can have up to eight printheads If the printer has multiple printheads side by side normally the first printhead starts printing from the cursor starting position The second printhead starts printing from a position relative to the cursor starting position plus the width of the first printhead and so on The physical RIP Raster Image Processor is the device that controls the printheads processes input data and builds image to print The RIP controls a single printhead or multiple stitched printheads The stitched printheads are treated as a single printhead in the print job and produce a contiguous image that appears to be produced by one single printhead A logical RIP is multiple physical RIPs that are stitched Configuring printheads Example 28 You can configure the number of jets and the number of ink drops to print per dot You can
21. printer 105 Printing white text on black background ssa 106 Barcodes a E E seveeduees seeds E 107 Graphics LEE EEN ED SEE rn sanne dre 109 Enabling hexadecimal character values 1 110 Zebra Label Printer Settings ccccccceeeesseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeesnenes 111 Specifying fon S LL LEE hee ee el Reena 115 Adding font entries to driver files cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeneeeeeenees 117 Adding TTF font entries to driver files cc cceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeees 117 True Type Collections TTC rrenan 118 Adding TTF font entries to PostScript PDF and raster driver files 118 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Adding TTF font entries to PCL driver files 118 Adding Type 1 font entries to driver files reenen 119 Adding character encodings to Type font entries ii 120 Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts soo 121 Embedding fonts in PDF documents renere nerne rrernnee 121 Embedding fonts in output to PCL printers 121 Downloading soft fonts to PCL printers rener nn renee 122 PRP a PRP RE TREE SEEC TT A E T TETT 125 Supported air protocols and printer models eee 127 RFID settings 33 aa ERE rios a dos D e Sua pesani ida ronda desaba d
22. property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Splitting large jobs 71 IJPDS Splitting large jobs Example 41 Jobs that exceed two gigabytes are split into multiple output files by the Kodak Versamark IJPDS printing system A sequence number is appended to the name of each output file If your printing system does not support jobs larger than two gigabyte you can configure a maximum job size The job is split before the maximum size is reached i e the output files will not be exactly the size of the maximum size The split is made at the closest allowed offset and only at IIPDS document level You must use a File output connector to split jobs To split a large job You specify at which size you want to split the job using the filesplitthreshold property Splitting large job settings In this case the job is split before one gigabyte is reached lt property name filesplitthreshold type int gt 1000000000 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 72 IJPDS driver quick reference IJPDS IJPDS driver quick reference Resolution x resolution Horizontal resolution in DPI y resolution Vertical resolution in DPI Color manager richblack Values are set for c m y and kmax If K black in images are equal to or larger than kmax the amounts of cyan magenta and yellow ink are reduced cmyblac
23. scope of the PageGroup Envelope Use the envelope definition to set the scope of the PageGroup Document Begin AFP driver settings Settings Before document comment A comment that will be included before the document Any Document comment string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 A comment that is included in the document Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Document name The name of a specific BNG Begin Named Page Group in the AFP print file This name corresponds to the StreamServe Document The name can be built up using several variables for example the Document number and user ID If left empty the default naming convention D0000001 D0000002 is used End document comment A comment that is included at the end of the document Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings TLE indexes Enable disab
24. set of patterns This option allows rasterizing of objects filled by unsupported patterns images and overlays When using external image and overlay resources Include and Reference mode you must make sure the resource names in the AFP data stream file are the same as the names of the external resources This means you must map the original images and overlays used in PageOUT to the corresponding external resources To do this you create a map file that describes how to map original images and overlays to external resources Then you add the map file to the AFP driver configuration The map file settings override the corresponding AFP driver GUI settings for images and overlays To create a map file 1 Create a new table resource in a resource set 2 Rename the table resource For example to resourcemap 3 Open the table resource 4 For each image overlay you want to map add a new line using the following syntax Item TAB Type TAB Name TAB Mode TAB Location The parameters are described in the table below 5 Save and close the table resource StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 34 Images and overlays AFP Parameters Item The name defined for the overlay image in PageOUT Type PSEG for images and OVERLAY for overlays Name The AFP resource name to use for the image overlay for example 01SLIPEN Im
25. source MultiPurpose Tray The media in the multipurpose tray Upper Cassette The media in the upper media cassette Lower Cassette Envelope Cassette The media in the lower cassette The media in the envelope tray Third Cassette The third cassette only on printers equipped with this feature External Tray 1 The media in the first external input tray External Tray 2 The media in the second external input tray External Tray 248 The media in the 248th external input tray StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PageDestination PCL 6 The destination for cach page after it has been printed Value Description Default Destination This is the bin currently set by the operator Face Down Bin Sets the paper output to the facedown bin Face Up Bin Sets the paper output to the face up output bin only on printers equipped with this feature Job Offset Bin Sets the paper output to the job offset bin only on printers equipped with this feature External Bin 1 The media in the first external output bin External Bin 2 The media in the second external output bin External Bin 251 The media in the 251th external output bin Duplex The pages will be printed on either one side or on both sides of the media and oriented for either horizontal or vertical binding Value Descriptio
26. stream file using Include mode The image resource is retrieved from the file S1LOENG PSG and is named S1LOENG The overlay resource is retrieved from the file 01SLIPEN OVL and is named 01SLIPEN Both resource files are stored in the resource directory AFPRESOURCES in the Export directory of the Project The map file looks like this CodePage UTF8 Slip OVERLAY O1SLIPEN INCLUDE AFPRESOURCES 01SLIPEN OVL Logo PSG S1LOEN INCLUDE AFPRESOURCES S1LOEN PSG StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 36 Form definitions AFP Form definitions A form definition formdef is a resource object that defines the layout and characteristics of logical pages on a sheet A form definition is normally created using the Sheet layout editor If you do use the Sheet layout editor a default form definition is generated This default form definition is based on the layout defined in the Page OUT tool Formdef output can be handled by the AFP driver using the following modes Embed Include Reference Export Ignore See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the above driver options StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Variables and metadata 37 AFP Variables and metadata Example 10 You can assign variables to the device driver settings at both Job Begin and Document Begin To assign a variable to a device
27. this image To convert RGB images to CMYK you can use ICC color profiles You should import all color lookup tables to the resource set to include them in the export Using color lookup tables Example 15 In the configuration file you configure the color lookup table sets and which set to use when printing images vector graphics and text To configure a color lookup table set 1 Configure a unique ID for the color lookup table set with the lut property 2 Configure the name of the e Cyan color lookup table with the lutc property e Magenta color lookup table with the 1utm property e Yellow color lookup table with the Luty property Black color lookup table with the lutk property Settings for color lookup table sets In this example two color lookup table sets with ID 6 and 7 are configured Each set contains four color lookup tables one for each color lt property name luts gt lt property name lut id 6 gt lt property name lutc gt data tables Curvel Lev6 c lut lt property gt lt property name lutm gt data tables Curvel Lev6 m lut lt property gt lt property name luty gt data tables Curvel Lev6 y lut lt property gt lt property name lutk gt data tables Curvel Lev6 k lut lt property gt lt property gt lt property name lut id 7 gt lt property name lutc gt data tables Curvel Lev7 c lut lt property gt lt property name lutm gt data tables Curvel Lev7 m lut lt property gt l
28. to specify which technology to use when generating a specific font Entries specifying font technology Font Arial ReadFont ARIAL TTF SelectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi Select COH20000 EXPORT Technology RASTER data fonts 300 Font Times New Roman ReadFont TIMES TTF SelectPrefix Times New Roman Codepage Ansi Select CZN200 EXPORT Technology CID data fonts OLN System code page You can use the parameter SYSCP System CP to specify a specific system code page for a font This will override the default system code page specified for the output connector An entry specifying a system code page for a font Font MS Mincho ReadFont MSMINCHO TTF SelectPrefix MS Mincho Codepage Ansi Select CZM001 Codepage T1000950 SYSCP BIG5 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Images and overlays AFP Images and overlays Image and overlay output from Page OUT can be handled by the AFP driver using the following modes e Embed e Include e Reference Export e Merge Ignore See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the above driver options Auto generated image and overlay names The AFP driver auto generates resource names for images and overlays as PrefixName where Prefix is s1 for images and 01 for overlays and Name is the name of the image overlay used in PageOUT For example S1LOGO O1SLIP The resource name including prefi
29. work for these bitmap fonts e Letter spacing will be ignored for fonts mapped to Zebra fonts A H e Downloading TrueType fonts to the printer will significantly delay the output of the first label in a Job Using Zebra fonts A H will speed up processing in the printer e Fonts that are downloaded to the printer are only available during the StreamServe Job The fonts are deleted from the printer memory when the Job is finished Text can only be rotated 0 90 180 and 270 degrees Any other angle will result in 0 degrees rotation in the output e Zebra font H only supports uppercase letters No lowercase letters will be included in the output Mapping fonts to Zebra fonts To change the mapping of Zebra fonts you must edit the Fonts Mapping section in the driver file See the Device driver tools documentation for information on how to edit driver files Text underlining and striking out is supported for all Zebra fonts You can map several fonts to the same Zebra font StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 102 Fonts Zebra Label Printer Example 42 Example 43 Mapping fonts used in PageOUT to Zebra fonts To map the Arial font to the Zebra font 0 add the following line to the ronts Mapping section in the driver file MapFont Arial won Mapping underlined fonts To map underlined fonts add a line in the following format to the Fonts Mapping section in the driver file MapFont Arial Underlin
30. 176 177 178 179 180 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 202 202 203 204 204 205 206 206 207 2 21 2 2122130213 214 214 215 215 3216 2 221 221 222 223 223 224 225 226 226 2 233 234 235 235 236 237 2381239 239 2 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 24 45 68 85 103 123 138 154 168 181 196 07 17 27 40 curve 25 27 46 48 70 71 86 87 104 106 124 125 139 140 155 156 168 169 182 183 197 198 208 209 217 218 228 229 241 242 28 49 72 88 107 126 141 157 170 184 199 209 218 230 243 29 50 13 89 108 127 142 157 171 185 200 210 219 230 243 30 52 15 90 110 128 143 158 171 186 200 210 220 231 244 32 53 76 91 111 129 144 159 y2 187 201 211 220 232 245 Configuring the AFP driver 21 AFP 246 246 247 248 248 249 249 250 251 251 252 252 253 253 254 255 End StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 22 Modes for managing AFP resources AFP Modes for managing AFP resources The AFP driver can use several modes to handle resources You can specify a default mode used to handle the resources and then for each resource type specify other options that override the default options Embed mode The Embed mode is the default mode It converts the original resources to AFP resources and wraps the AFP resources into the resource group in the AFP data stream file
31. 78 Ifno System text code page is specified the code page specified for the connector is used Ifthe code page specified for the output is not an EBCDIC code page you must specify an EBCDIC code page for TLE information and NOP comments TLE code page The EBCDIC code page to use for TLE information Leave this empty ifyou want to use the same code page as for NOP comments Disable inline resources Disables the use of inline resources in the AFP data stream file When selected only the Reference mode can be used Disable mCF 2 Disables Map Coded Font function 2 MCF2 Select this option if the output device only supports MCF1 and not MCF2 Disable mDR Disables Map Data Resource MDR Select this option if Technology Font is Open Type and if the printer does not support MDR If Technology Font is not Open Type MDR is disabled automatically Disable n up Front pages only Disables AFP n up for side by side printing Select this option if you want to use the Sheet Layout n up functionality instead of the AFP n up definition for side by side printing For example if the Sheet Layout has two A4s on one A3 Landscape and you disable n up the A4 sheets are merged on one Landscape A3 sheet The Print Server receives one A3 sheet and not two A4 sheets positioned side by side Overrides duplex printing Disable Image Background Some printers cannot handle image transparency correctly Instead
32. CP The name to use for the AFP code page resource Technology Technology font The font technology to use to generate font resources You can specify the following Technology font options CID ig OUTLINE RELATIVERASTER R FIXEDRASTER s OPENTYPE See Generating font resources on page 25 for more information about these options StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts and code pages AFP afp2wfnt map parameters Technology Technology CP The code page technology to use to generate code page resources You can specify the following Technology CP options hd DEFAULT hd CODEDFONT See Generating code page resources on page 27 for more information about these options mode The mode to use for the font code page resource You can specify the following modes INCLUDE REFERENCE e EMBED See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about these options Location font The location of the font resource Used only if mode is INCLUDE OT EXPORT If mode is INCLUDE the resource will be retrieved from this location If mode is EXPORT the resource will be exported to this location Location_CP The location of the code page resource Used only if mode is INCLUDE OT EXPORT If mode is INCLUDE the r
33. EG images in the output document You can select a number between 10 highest compression level worst quality and 100 lowest compression level best quality The default value is 80 Comments Compression quality is applied when compressing non JPEG images Images already in JPEG format are not reprocessed Copies Not applicable StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 89 90 Encryption PDF Encryption You can encrypt the PDF output to protect the generated PDF documents from unauthorized access Encryption only applies to the contents of the document It does not apply to other object types that are used to convey information about the structure of the document The filter that controls access to the contents of the encrypted document is the security handler The security handlers available in PDF are Standard Security Handler revision 2 and Standard Security Handler revision 3 Standard Security Handler revision 2 Algorithm RC4 with 40 bit keys Passwords User and owner passwords can be specified Standard Security Handler revision 3 Limitations Acrobat version 4 05 and PDF version 1 4 or higher Algorithm RC4 with 128 bit keys Passwords User and owner passwords can be specified StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 91 PDF PCL Convert The following applies to the PDF PCL Convert driver e Generates PDF version 1 2 e Compatible with Acrobat 3 0 see Acro
34. F Load Fixed Files All versions NOP No Operation All versions PHR Printhead Requirements Record All versions RFF Reset Fixed File All versions RIP Select RIP All versions SDC Start of Document and Cue All versions SFM Super Font with Metrics Version 1 13 and later SFT Set Font All versions SIL Two Byte Image Line All versions SLF Set Logical Function Version 1 14 and later SOR Set Origin Version 1 13 and later SPO Set Position All versions SPX Set Position Extended Version 1 14 and later StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the IJPDS driver 47 IJPDS Configuring the IJPDS driver To specify the IJPDS driver settings you must use a configuration file in XML format You can copy and edit one of the template files ijpds mono cfg or ijpds cmyk cfg These files are available from the Device Tool See the Device Tool documentation for information on how to use the Device Tool To include the files in the Project export you should import the configuration file and the color lookup tables to the Project resource set To create a configuration file 1 Inthe Device Tool select the IJPDS device 2 Click Duplicate A duplicate of the IJPDS device is added 3 Inthe Device driver files list double click ijpds mono cfg or ijpds cmyk cfg A Yes No dialog box opens Click Yes The template opens Copy the template XML and paste it into a text editor Exit the Device Tool No on f Edit and save the
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36. abar BL LOGMARS BM MSI ABP Plessey BQ QR Code BU UPC A BX Data Matrix BZ PostNet StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Graphics Graphics Zebra Label Printer The main difference between firmware versions X 9 and X 10 is in graphics support Firmware X 9 supports fewer ZPLII commands than X 10 See Table 2 on page 109 and the ZPLII Programming Guide for more information Non supported graphical objects will not be included in the printed output Table 2 Differences in graphics support between firmware X 9 and X 10 Graphical object Firmware X 10 Firmware X 9 is black for input fill color with intensity 0 127 on a 0 255 scale or white for input fill color with intensity 128 255 on a 0 255 scale Line All line types are supported Only vertical and horizontal For diagonal lines the line lines are supported width can differ depending on the slope angle Rectangle Supported Target fill color Supported Target fill color is black for input fill color with intensity 0 127 on a 0 255 scale or white for input fill color with intensity 128 255 on a 0 255 scale Rectangle with rounded corners Supported Target fill color is black for input fill color with intensity 0 127 on a 0 255 scale or white for input fill color with intensity 128 255 ona 0 255 scale Not supported Rounded corners are replaced by sharp corners in the printed
37. age resources have the prefix s1 and overlay resources have the prefix 01 The resource name including the prefix can be up to eight characters long Mode The mode to use for the image overlay resource The following options apply e INCLUDE RE F ERE NC F e EXPORT MBED e IGNORE F RGE See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about these options Location The location of the image overlay resource Used only if Mode is INCLUDE OF EXPORT The location is the path to the file that contains the resource for example AFPRESOURCES 01SLIPEN OVL If Mode is INCLUDE the resource is retrieved from this location If Mode iS EXPORT the resource is exported to this location To add the map file to the AFP driver configuration The map file you created is exported from the resource set to lt export gt data tables You must specify this path when you configure the device driver settings 1 Open the Runtime Connector settings dialog for the output connector that delivers the AFP output Select Job Begin and Device Driver Settings 3 In Map file Resource enter the path to the map file for example data tables resourcemap StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 9 Images and overlays 35 AFP Examples Mapping images and overlays In this example the image Logo gif and the overlay Slip 1xf are used in PageOUT The image and overlay are added to the AFP data
38. also configure the relative starting position of the printhead for example to compensate for gaps between the printheads If all printheads have the same characteristics you only need to configure one printhead The printhead definition must have a unique ID You use the ID to assign printhead characteristics to a RIP see Using a RIP with single printhead on page 61 and Example 29 on page 61 To configure printheads 1 Configure a unique printhead definition ID with the printhead property 2 If required change the relative starting position for the printhead with the xposition property 3 Configure the number of e Jets with the jetcount property e Drops per dot with the dropcount property Printhead configuration In this example the printhead uses 2688 jets and prints 1 drop of ink per dot The position of the printhead is not specified in the job file since xposition is 0 lt property name printheads gt lt property name printhead id 0 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name jetcount type int gt 2688 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Printheads and RIPs IJPDS lt property gt Using a RIP with single printhead Example 29 To configure the number of jets the number of drops per dot and a relative starting position of the RIP you assign a pr
39. are included in a drs file attached to each driver You cannot edit the default device drivers in the repository but you can create a custom device driver by copying a default device driver See the Device Driver tools documentation for more information Adding font entries to a custom drs file You can add font and font mapping entries to any custom drs file in the device driver repository When you export the Project the new font and font mapping entries are included in the exported ars file Adding font entries to a font substitution table You can also add font and font mapping entries to a font substitution table resource When you configure the driver settings for the output connector you add this font substitution table to the connector When you export the Project the new font and font mapping entries are appended to the exported drs file If you use font substitution tables for several connectors with the same driver only the font and font mapping entries from the last table are appended to the exported driver file Adding TTF font entries to driver files You can use the Windows Driver Tool to create new TTF readfont and table width font entries To create font entries using the Windows Driver Tool 1 From the Start menu select lt StreamServe gt gt Utilities gt Windows Driver Tool The Windows Driver Tool opens From the Printers drop down list select any printer Specify the path to the driver file in F
40. bat PDF compatibility on page 91 e Accepts PCL overlays e Enables inclusion of soft fonts in output e No color support e Accepts graphics added in PageOUT Supports rounded corners and oblique lines only if added to PageOUT as overlays e Does not support file compression Does not support encryption To generate PDF PCL Convert output you must select and configure a PDF driver for the output connector and configure the appropriate driver options see PDF PCL Convert driver settings on page 92 Soft fonts in PDF output You can include soft fonts in PDF PCL Convert output This enables the receiver of the document to view and print fonts that are not locally installed For information on how to download soft fonts to PCL printers see Downloading soft fonts to PCL printers on page 122 Acrobat PDF compatibility Acrobat version Native file format PDF version Acrobat 3 0 PDF 1 2 Acrobat 4 0 PDF 1 3 Acrobat 5 0 PDF 1 4 References For more information about Acrobat and PDF go to http partners adobe com asn techresources jsp StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 92 PDF PCL Convert driver settings PDF PCL Convert PDF PCL Convert driver settings PDF PCL Convert settings Page Size Page size Print Orientation Print orientation Copies N A StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PostScript The
41. configuration file To configure the IJPDS driver 1 In the Platform connector configuration select the IJPDS driver 2 Inthe Runtime connector configuration click Job Begin and select the Device Driver Settings tab 3 Enter the name of the configuration file Preparing the configuration file You specify the driver settings in the IJPDS configuration file for example e Resolution e Color lookup tables Color separation Printhead and RIP settings For a quick reference of the properties in the configuration file see JPDS driver quick reference on page 72 IJPDS configuration file syntax The value of the lt property gt element can be specified in three different ways in the configuration file As an element content e Using the value attribute StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 48 Configuring the IJPDS driver IJPDS e Using the choice attribute and a lt choices gt list The examples below show the different ways to configure the x resolution to 300 Example 11 Horizontal resolution specified as an element content lt property name x resolution gt 300 lt property gt Example 12 Horizontal resolution specified using the value attribute lt property name x resolution value 300 gt lt property gt Example 13 Horizontal resolution specified using the choice attribute and a choices list lt property name x resolution choice 3 gt lt choices gt lt property
42. d Error Page No Warn Back Channel Only errors will be reported no warnings through the back channel and by printing or displaying an error page StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 81 82 PCL 6 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PDF 83 The following applies to the PDF driver e Generates the lowest possible PDF version which is normally PDF 1 3 If the output contains features that require PDF 1 4 then PDF 1 4 is generated e Compatible with Acrobat 4 0 and later see Acrobat PDF compatibility on page 83 e Accepts LXF overlays e Enables adding and embedding of TrueType fonts in output e Enables adding and embedding of Postscript Type 1 fonts in output e Full Unicode support via automatic font embedding e Full color support e Accepts graphics added in PageOUT Supports rounded corners and oblique lines Supports file compression e Supports encryption Supports bookmarks To generate PDF output you must select and configure a PDF driver for the output connector and configure the corresponding driver options see PDF driver settings on page 85 Fonts You can use TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts in the PDF output Embedding fonts Embedded TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts enable the receiver of the PDF file to view and print fonts without installing them locally For information on how to embed fonts in PDF documents see Embedding
43. ded once in the job file and referenced in the data stream lt property name overlays2fixedfiles type bool gt yes lt property gt To allocate memory for fixed files You allocate memory for fixed files using the fixedfilememory property Allocation of memory for fixed files In this case 5242880 bytes are allocated for fixed files lt property name fixedfilememory type int gt 5242880 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Compressing bitmap 69 IJPDS Compressing bitmap Example 39 You can compress bitmaps to reduce the memory required for bitmap images and font characters To compress bitmaps You use the compression property to specify whether to compress bitmaps or not Bitmap compression settings In this case the bitmaps are compressed lt property name compression type bool gt yes lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 70 Allocating resource memory IJPDS Allocating resource memory Example 40 The resource memory is mainly used for fonts You must specify a size for the resource memory that corresponds to the actual size of the memory available in the printer To allocate resource memory You allocate resource memory using the resourcememory property Settings for resources memory size In this example 266338304 bytes are allocated for resource memory lt property name resourcememory type int gt 266338304 lt
44. duplex printing In this example the front side of the sheet is printed in color by four RIPs ID 0 1 2 and 3 The back side of the sheet is printed by one RIP ID 4 with black All the RIPs have two stitched printheads lt RIP group 0 for front page gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 0 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name rip id 1 gt lt property name plate type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Duplex and n up printing 67 IJPDS lt property gt lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type int gt 2 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name rip id 3 gt lt property name plate type int gt 3 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt lt RIP group 1 for back page gt lt property name ripgroup id 1 gt lt property name type gt backpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 4 gt lt property name plate type int gt 3 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property g
45. e 0 Underline Font sizes Example 44 Zebra fonts A H are bitmap fonts with a fixed width and height Font sizes specified in PageOUT or in overlays will be matched to the nearest Zebra font size as specified in the driver file To change the size of Zebra fonts used in the printed output you must edit the Fixed size fonts section in the driver file See the Device driver tools documentation for information on how to edit driver files All font sizes used in PageOUT and in overlays must be mapped to a valid Zebra font size Valid Zebra font sizes for bitmap fonts A H are multiples of height from 2 to 0 times the standard height in increments of 1 For example Zebra font A has standard height 9 dots Valid values for this font would be 9 default 18 36 45 54 63 72 81 and 90 Specifying another value will not generate an error but has no sense because it will be rounded to the closest valid value See the ZPLII Programming Guide for valid font sizes for specific printer resolutions Note In PageOUT and in overlays font size is specified in points while the size of Zebra fonts is specified in printer dots Mapping font sizes used in PageOUT to Zebra font sizes To map sizes 10 12 and 15 of the Courier font to sizes 18 36 and 45 of Zebra font A add the following lines to the Fixed size fonts section in the driver file Font Courier WidthTable 2 Size 10 SelectPrefix A SelectPostfix 18 Size 12 Selec
46. e following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer generates an AFP resource with a unique name and exports the resource to a file in the resources storage used by the StreamServer 3 The StreamServer continues to generate and export AFP resources for all resources it finds Ignore mode The Ignore mode is only applicable to image overlay and formdef resources It can be used during development to ignore temporary problems with resources It can also be used during production where the corresponding resources are pre printed on paper AFP data stream file StreamServer Print Server 8 Ignore resource gt OP RY The following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer ignores the resource and adds no resource information to the AFP data stream file 3 The StreamServer continues to ignore all resources it finds 4 The Print Server reads the AFP data stream file 5 The Print Server finds no resources and no resources are included in the output StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts and code pages 25 AFP Fonts and code pages Font output from Page OUT can be handled by the AFP driver using the following modes e Embed e Include Reference Export See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for information about the ab
47. e resource group in the AFP data stream file 3 The StreamServer adds the unique name as a reference on the corresponding page definition in the AFP data stream file StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Modes for managing AFP resources 23 AFP 4 The StreamServer continues to retrieve and wrap AFP resources and add references for all resources it finds 5 The Print Server reads the AFP data stream file 6 When the Print Server finds a reference in the AFP data stream file it retrieves the corresponding resource from the resource group in the AFP data stream file Note The names of the resources in the resources storage must correspond to the resource names generated by the StreamServer Reference mode The Reference mode can be used to optimize conversion speed the size of the AFP data stream file and resource loading on the printer This mode requires that the resources are included in the resources storage used by the Print Server AFP data stream file StreamServer Print Server a E Reference gt Gan T Print Server Resources The following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer generates a unique name for the resource and adds this name as a reference on the corresponding page definition in the AFP data stream file 3 The StreamServer continues to add references for all resources it finds 4 The Print Serve
48. e size Specifies the size of the target page Value Description Letter Letter paper size Legal Legal paper size A4 A4 paper size Executive Executive paper size Ledger Ledger paper size A3 A3 paper size Comm 10 Env COMIDO envelope size Monarch Env Monarch envelope size Intl C5 Env C5 envelope size International Intl DL Env DL envelope size International JIS B4 JB4 paper size Japan Industrial Standard JIS BS JB5 paper size Japan Industrial Standard Intl B5 Env B5 envelope size International J Postcard J postcard size J Double Postcard J double postcard size A5 A5 paper size StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 78 PCL 6 Custom Size mm Value Description A6 A6 paper size JIS B6 JB6 paper size Japan Industrial Standard Custom page size in millimeters The size is defined by the CustomPageWidth and CustomPageHeight options CustomPageWidth The width mm of a custom media size This option is active when the Page Size value is set to Custom Size CustomPageHeight The height mm of a custom media size This option is active when the Page Size value is set to Custom Size Paper source The printer source from which the media will be chosen Value Description Auto Select The media source is automatically selected Manual Feed The media in the manual feed
49. ebra printer You use ZTools to e specify the directory where TrueType and Unicode fonts are stored and the destination directory to which Zebra fonts will be written e convert TrueType fonts to the internal ZPLII format convert Unicode fonts to the internal ZPLII format To specify the fonts and destination directories 1 In ZTools select Options gt Directories The Directories dialog box opens 2 Specify the path to the font directory 3 Set the Destination path to the font directory of the current Project 4 Click OK To convert TrueType fonts to internal ZPLII format 1 In ZTools select Convert gt TrueType The Convert TrueType dialog box opens StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts 105 Zebra Label Printer Browse to the TrueType font Source directory Click Convert You should not edit the Destination field Zebra fonts will be written to the Destination directory you specified in the Directory configuration The destination files have the extension ZST Note Do not edit the ZST file To convert Unicode fonts to internal ZPLII format 1 In ZTools select Convert gt Unbound TT The Convert Unbound TrueType dialog box opens Browse to the font Source directory Click Convert You should not edit the Destination field Zebra fonts will be written to the Destination directory you specified in the Directory configuration The destination files have the extension ZSU Note D
50. ed maximum 250 characters You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 19 20 Configuring the AFP driver AFP Configuration file AFP driver settings Example 1 Example 2 In the AFP driver configuration file afp drs you can configure user defined halftone matrix and halftone transfer curve This file is available from the Device Tool See the Device Tool documentation for information on how to configure driver files Note Configuring user defined halftone matrices requires expert knowledge in this matter User defined halftone matrix The sample of user halftone matrix Halftone 8 2 0 HalftoneMethod ordered dither HalftoneMatrix 64 0 128 32 160 8 136 40 168 192 64 224 96 200 72 232 104 48 176 16 144 56 184 24 152 240 112 208 80 248 120 216 88 12 140 44 172 4 132 36 164 204 76 236 108 196 68 228 100 60 188 28 156 52 180 20 148 252 124 220 92 244 116 212 84 End User defined grayscale transfer curve The sample of user Grayscale transfer HalftoneTransfer 256 0 4 Ou As Loo EF All 222 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 42 43 55 56 58 59 61 62 64 65 67 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 83 84 92 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 102 112 113 115 116 117 118 120 121 122 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 160 161 162 163 163 164 165 166 167 173 174 175 175
51. ed for PTOCA objects are mapped to a limited OCA color set containing the following color values e Blue e Red e Pink Magenta e Green e Turquoise Cyan e Yellow Black Brown e Device default e Color of medium CMYK All colors are mapped to the CMYK color model StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings GOCA The GOCA Graphics Object Contents Architecture options apply to vector graphics drawn in Storyteller PageOUT or in the Overlay Editor Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer None GOCA is not used to generate vector graphics Only vertical and horizontal lines are presented in the output Yes Algorithms with simple GOCA objects are used to generate vector graphics Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners Extended The extended GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics without GOCA fillets Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners Full The extended GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics with GOCA fillets Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners Raster All All vector graphic objects on pages or overlays are rasterized Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners as raster images Raster Patterns All vector graphic objects with patterns are rasterized GOCA supports only a li
52. ense of hue and lightness Most suitable for business graphics such as charts where it is important that the colors contrast well with each other Proof The colors are unchanged except colors that fall Relative outside the range that the output device can handle Colorimetric These colors are adjusted to the closest color that can be rendered The white point of the image is mapped to the white point of the printer Match The same applies as for proof except that the white Absolute point is preserved Colorimetric To use an ICC profile 1 Specify the name of the ICC profile with the rgb2cmykprofile property 2 Specify the rendering intent method with the renderingintent property ICC color profile settings In this example raster images are converted to CMYK with the ICC color profile ijpds icm and the rendering intent method picture StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Color management 53 IJPDS lt property name rgb2cmykprofile gt data tables ijpds icm lt property name renderingintent gt picture lt property gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 54 Color separation IJPDS Color separation Each printhead prints only one color and a color separation process is used to decompose the color image into single color layers The process separates the image using plates which produce four halftone patterns in cyan magenta yellow and blac
53. entury Codepage Ansi Font entry with character width table Century regular italic WidthTable 1 Size 7200 7200 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 End Font Century WidthTable 1 SelectPrefix Century CodePage Ansi Font mapping entry mapfont Times New Roman bold underline Arial bold How the StreamServer handles fonts The StreamServer uses two tables when it handles fonts The font table that includes the available fonts e The mapfont table that includes font mappings Drivers User Guide Rev A 116 Specifying fonts Drivers User Guide Rev A When the StreamServer finds a font it looks in the mapfont table first to see if the font is mapped to another font and then it looks in the font table If the font is found in the mapfont table the StreamServer will use the mapped new font If the font is found in both the mapfont and the font table the StreamServer will still use the mapped font In previous StreamServe versions the StreamServer looked in the font table first and then in the mapfont table If the font was found in the font table the StreamServer used that font even ifthe font was also included in the mapfont table i e mapped to another font This difference may cause errors if you run upgraded Projects with custom device drivers For example if the custom device driver includes a readfont entry for the font Century and also a mapfont entry that maps Century to
54. esource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include and Export mode and overrides Location Resource Code page The mode used to handle code page resources Overrides the default resource mode Default Use the default resource mode See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings Default Code page Overrides the auto generated code page name for the default code page The default code page is the code page specified on the connector or IBM CP 500 StreamServe code page name if no code page is specified For example TILATIN1 See also Fonts and code pages on page 25 You can also specify multiple code pages If the character is not found in the first specified code page the character is searched in the next following and so on Use the following syntax lt code page gt SYSCP lt system code page gt and separate the code pages with a semicolon For example T1000852 SYSCP IBM CP 852 T1000500 SYSCP IBM CP 500 T1000851 SYSCP IBM CP 851 Technology Code page The technology used for generating code page resources Applicable to modes Embed and Export and ignored for all other modes See Generating code page resources on page 27 Content Code page N A Location Code page The code page r
55. esource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include and Export mode and overrides Location Resource Image The mode used to handle image resources Overrides the default resource mode Default Use the default resource mode See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes Default Image N A Technology Image Technology used for generating image resources Applicable to modes Embed Wrap and Export Ignored for all other modes See Generating image resources on page 31 Content Image Color mode for generating images Applicable to modes Embed Wrap and Export Ignored for all other modes See Generating image resources on page 31 Location Image The image resource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include and Export mode and overrides Location Resource StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 15 16 AFP Configuring the AFP driver Settings Overlay The mode used to handle overlay resources Overrides the default resource mode Default Use the default resource mode See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes Default Overlay N A Technology Overlay Technology used for generating overlay resources Applicable to modes Embed Wrap and Export and ignored for all
56. esource is retrieved from this location If mode is EXPORT the resource is exported to this location SYSCP System CP System code page to use for a font where system cr is the StreamServe name of the code page to use For example SYSCP ISO 8859 1 Mode To specify whether to export include embed or reference a specific font or code page resource you must add the mode parameter to the Select row Example 4 Embedding a font and code page resource Select CZH200 E MBED Codepage T1000870 EMBED StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 29 30 Fonts and code pages AFP Example 5 Example 6 Example 7 Example 8 Export Include path To be able to export or include a font or code page resource you must add the Location font and Location CP parameters to the Select row Including a font and code page resource Select CZH200 INCLUDE Data Fonts OLN Codepage T1000870 INCLUDE Data Fonts Font sizes for raster fonts You can specify which raster font to use for a specific font size An entry specifying which font to use according to font size Font Arial ReadFont ARIAL TTF SelectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi Size 7 Select COH20080 Size 8 Select COH20080 INCLUDE data fonts 300 Size 9 Select COH20090 300 Size 10 Select COH20000 300 Font technology You can use the parameter Technology Technology_font
57. file You use the generateijq property to specify whether to generate a RIP set up file RIP setup file settings In this case a RIP setup file is generated lt property name generateijq type bool gt yes lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 66 Duplex and n up printing IJPDS Duplex and n up printing Example 35 For duplex printing you must configure one RIP group for each side of the sheet Each RIP group can comprise of one or multiple RIPs If you print multiple document pages on the same side of the sheet n up printing or if you configure more than two RIP groups you must use a sheet layout The sheet layout must be divided into partitions You use the partition number to configure which RIP should print a specific part of the sheet The partition numbers are displayed in the Sheet Layout editor in Design Center si New Sheet Layout xml File SheetLayout View Toc Dee bebe Category C sheet Layout x Media Q Repeat Signature FA Partition 1 ER Partition 2 FA Partition 3 z 70 Hor Fold Marks H ver Fold Marks E Hor Gutters BE ver Gutters For information on how to create and use sheet layouts in a Project see the Sheet Layout documentation To configure duplex printing You configure which side of the sheet the RIP group should print using the type property for example lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt RIP settings for
58. finitions printhead Unique ID of the printhead definition xposition The offset of the printhead relative to the starting position of the first printhead This is specified in the number of dots jetcount Number of jets in the printhead dropcount Number of ink drops per dot RIP groups ripgroup Unique ID for a group of RIPs type RIP group type which defines on which side of the sheet the printheads are positioned Possible values are frontpage and backpage partition Sheet layout partition number rip ID of the physical RIP or logical RIP if multiple physical RIPs are stitched StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A IJPDS driver quick reference IJPDS RIP groups plate Color separation plate used by the RIP printheads Comma separated list of printhead definitions used by the RIP stitching Comma separated list of physical RIPs that are stitched StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 75 76 IJPDS driver quick reference IJPDS StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PCL 6 The PCL 6 driver is a Hewlett Packard developed LaserJet PCL language with related technology User interface You configure the PCL 6 driver in the Output Connector Settings and the Runtime Output Connector Settings dialog boxes Output Connector Settings The following settings can be made in the Design Center Output Connector Settings dialog box Pag
59. g system uses the cue mark to synchronize the start of a document StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 33 Printheads and RIPs 65 IJPDS A cue mark is normally a 4 by 4 millimeter black square The mark is printed in a position relative the cursor starting position the upper left comer of the IJPDS document To print cue marks You configure the size and position of the cue mark using the cuemark property You configure the cue mark e Width with the w property Height with the h property e Upper left corner horizontal position with the x property Upper left corner vertical position with the y property Cue mark settings In this example a 4 by 4 millimeters cue mark is printed The upper left corner of the mark is printed 11 0 millimeters in the horizontal direction from cursor starting position lt property name cuemark gt lt property name x gt 11 0 mm lt property gt lt property name y gt 0 0 mm lt property gt lt property name w gt 4 0 mm lt property gt lt property name h gt 4 0 mm lt property gt lt property gt Generating a RIP setup file Example 34 You can generate a RIP setup file and use this file to set up the RIP positions colors and web sides in the IJPDS proofer software The RIP setup file has the same name as the job file but with the extension ijq You must use a File output connector to generate the RIP setup file To generate a RIP setup
60. gt 120 lt property gt lt property gt 240 lt property gt lt property gt 300 lt property gt lt choices gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Resolution 49 IJPDS Resolution Example 14 Resolution can differ in horizontal and vertical directions The paper movement direction should normally have a higher value To configure the resolution You configure the horizontal resolution using the x resolution property and the vertical resolution using the y resolution property Resolution settings In this example the horizontal resolution is 240 DPI and the vertical resolution is 300 DPI lt property name x resolution gt 240 lt property gt lt property name y resolution gt 300 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 50 Color management IJPDS Color management The output color is dependent on a number of factors such as paper quality printing speed and the amount of ink To achieve exact color representation you can use color lookup tables to transform the input color to output color You can use different sets of color lookup tables to print images text and vector graphics Each set contains one color lookup table for each color cyan magenta yellow and black If an individual image for example a logotype should be printed in a different color tone than the other images you can use another set of color lookup tables to transform
61. haracters and lines that overlap For uncompressed images reduce the number of areas of white space if possible AFP objects Reduce the number of objects structured fields and controls Try to avoid switching between different AFP object types Representation Use efficient representation for example solid lines instead of dashed and group data that uses the same font Use compressed images instead of uncompressed and where possible use IOCA images instead of GOCA images Optimizing printer efficiency for AFP throughput There are several things to consider when optimizing printer efficiency for AFP output e Retain resources in the printer storage e Use overlays for sections that are common to several pages e Avoid creating many short jobs Job initiation and termination can affect printer performance e Minimize the need to switch between simplex and duplex e Minimize the need to switch between different input bins StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 40 Upgrading an AFP StreamServe 3 x driver AFP Upgrading an AFP StreamServe 3 x driver Normally you only have to select the AFP driver on the connector to upgrade an AFP StreamServe 3 x driver to an AFP driver the new AFP driver described in this document However if the 4 x Project Tool Project is using local INI files you must upgrade the driver manually Note You do not have to update the driver manually in Design Center Projects To u
62. he title bar Viewer Page mode Applied when the user opens the document e Page Only Only display the page e Bookmarks and Page Display the Bookmarks tab and the page StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 87 88 PDF driver settings PDF Setting Conformance Description The conformance level of the PDF output Plain PDF Select to generate plain PDF Tagged PDF Select to generate tagged PDF i e include information about the structure of the document in the PDF Structure is the term for a set of instructions that define the logic that binds the content together for example the correct reading order and the presence and meaning of significant elements such as figures lists tables etc Note Tagged PDF can only be used in combination with the Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES Process PDF A 1a Select to generate PDF A Level A compliant output See About PDF A below for more information Note PDF A la can only be used in combination with the Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES Process PDF A 1b Select to generate PDF A Level B compliant output See About PDF A below for more information About PDF A PDF A is used for long term archiving of electronic documents and ensures the documents can be reproduced the exact same way in years to come All information necessary for displaying the document is embedded in the file This includes all content fonts and color
63. heads gt lt property name printhead id 0 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name Jetcount type int gt 256 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name printhead id 1 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name Jetcount type int gt 1024 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt lt RIP group definition gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt Using stitched RIPs Multiple physical RIPs can be stitched to form a logical RIP For example two stitched physical RIPs with one printhead each form one logical RIP with two printheads The printer operator must manually configure the system controller and data station when you use stitched RIPs in a job StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 64 Printheads and RIPs IJPDS For general information on how to configure RIPs see Using a RIP with single printhead on page 61 To configure stitched RIPs You configure which physical RIPs to stitch using the stitching property For exa
64. hex FH FDTilde e used for hex FS StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Zebra Label Printer Settings Zebra Label Printer Zebra Label Printer Settings Driver settings Firmware version The printer firmware version Available options are X 10 and X 9 X 9 means all firmware versions up to 9 To determine the version of the firmware in your printer you can print out a Printer Configuration Label See the printer documentation The firmware version usually has the format vxx N z where vxx is the main version number X N is 9 or 10 and z is a version extension Print mode Media type Tear off The printed label is advanced so that it can be torn off manually The backing is still attached to the label Peel off The backing is partly separated from the label Printing stops until the label is removed Cutter The label is cut by the cutter mechanism Rewind The label and backing are rewound on an optional external rewind device The next label is positioned under the printhead no backfeed motion Applicator When used with an application device the label move far enough forward to be removed by the applicator and applied to an item None Do not set the print mode None Do not set the media type Direct thermal The media is heat sensitive and no ribbon is required Thermal transfer Black or color high carbon ribbon The ink on the r
65. ibbon is bonded to the media Media tracking Non continuous The media has some kind of physical characteristic for example holes or perforations that can be detected by the printer to separate the labels Continuous The media has no physical characteristic that can be used to separate the labels StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 111 112 Zebra Label Printer Settings Zebra Label Printer Driver settings Media feed at power up The media feed action at start up Available options are Media feed No media feed Set media sensor calibration Feeds the media one label length and recalibrates the media and ribbon sensors Set label length Feeds one or more blank labels depending on the label size When using continuous media the label length is defined by the page height as defined in PageOUT Media feed at head close The media feed action after closing print head Available options are Media feed No media feed Set media sensor calibration feeds the media one label length and recalibrates the media and ribbon sensors Set label length Feeds one or more blank labels depending on the label size When using continuous media the label length is defined by the page height as defined in PageOUT Label home X axis The label printing position along the x axis The default home position of a label is the upper left corner
66. ifies the resolution of the generated images This setting also sets the resolution of all generated overlays and fixed raster fonts Color settings The AFP driver settings Color and Technology Image specifies whether to generate black and white or color images To generate color images you must select Color gt Extended and Technology Image gt IO Image or IO Image Compressed IOCA settings The IOCA settings AFP driver setting Content Image apply to color images The following modes are available IOCA FS11 Content Image gt RGB e IOCA FS45 Content Image gt CMYK e IOCA FS10 Content Image gt B W The mode to select depends on the capabilities of the printer The default mode is IOCA FS45 and is normally used for printing IOCA FS11 is normally used for AFP viewers Generating overlay resources When generating overlay resources Embed Export and Merge mode you must specify the resolution and color range for the overlay resources You can also specify different GOCA modes for generating vector graphics Resolution The AFP driver setting Resolution specifies the resolution of the generated overlays This setting also sets the resolution of all generated images and fixed raster fonts Color settings The AFP driver setting Color specifies whether to generate black and white gray scale or color overlays The option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer The following options a
67. ile name drs file Specify the path to the option file in File name opt file Enter a Driver name Select Create width tables during runtime if you want to create readfonts Select the appropriate Charset oN Oo FP W ND Select the Fonts you want to create you can multi select font entries and click Create You can now open the created drs file and copy the font entries Drivers User Guide Rev A 118 Adding font entries to driver files Specifying fonts True Type Collections TTC You can use True Type Collections TTC TTC support is necessary for certain Japanese and non Western typefaces All information and instructions regarding TTF fonts in this document also apply to True Type Collections If the True Type Collection has an English name and a locale specific name for example a Japanese name you must update the driver file with separate entries for both of these names For some languages you must run the language version of Windows to be able to see the locale specific names Adding TTF font entries to PostScript PDF and raster driver files This section applies to the PDF Postscript and raster drivers for example the BMP driver It does not apply to the PDF PCL convert driver To add font entries 1 Create the font entries using the Windows Driver Tool 2 Open the dummy drs file and copy the font entries 3 Paste the entries to the driver file or to the font substitution table To add font ma
68. in a font substitution table to include the EncodingFile keyword and the path to the encoding file Adding an encoding to a font entry Font Minion Condensed ReadFont moc pfb SelectPrefix Minion Condensed EncodingFile drivers iso8859 1 enc Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts 121 Specifying fonts Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts If your output contains fonts that are not installed on the printer you must make sure the missing fonts are sent to the printer Embedding fonts You can embed the missing fonts in the output sent to the printer See Embedding fonts in PDF documents on page 121 and Embedding fonts in output to PCL printers on page 121 Downloading soft fonts Embedding fonts in the output increases the size of the output files If you want to keep down the size of the output sent to PCL printers you can download the missing fonts as softfonts to the printer See Downloading soft fonts to PCL printers on page 122 Embedding fonts in PDF documents Example 53 You can embed TTF TTC and Type 1 readfonts in PDF documents Note that this is applicable only to the PDF driver and not to the PDF PCL convert driver To embed a font you add the FontEmbed keyword to the entries for the fonts you want to embed Embedding a font Original font entry Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf SelectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi Modified font entry Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf Se
69. ind the resource it issues an error message Asa bitmap in a page definition only images and overlays Images and overlays can be merged as bitmaps directly on a page definition StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A AFP How the StreamServer determines the resource options to use Resource names resource storage location and resource modes include embed reference etc can be specified in different ways In the GUI settings for the AFP driver you can specify default options that apply to all resource types and options that apply per resource type You can also specify resource options in map files The flow chart below illustrates how the StreamServer determines the options to use when adding a resource to the AFP data stream file Resource Map file AFP data stream file Type specific Required knowledge You must be familiar with basic AFP terminology StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Configuring the AFP driver To enable an output connector to deliver AFP output you must select Output mode gt Job and configure the AFP driver for the connector Platform driver settings In the Platform connector configuration you must select the AFP driver You cannot configure any driver settings at this stage Document Begin driver settings In the Runtime connector configuration at Document Begin you can configure doc
70. inthead definition to the RIP For information on how to configure printhead definitions see Configuring printheads on page 60 To configure which color the RIP should print you assign a color separation plate to the RIP For information on how to configure plates see Configuring the color a RIP should print on page 54 The RIP must be included in a group and each RIP group must have a unique ID For each group you configure which side of the sheet the RIP group should produce Each RIP must also have a unique ID Ifyou specify a physical RIP you must use the RIP ID defined in the hardware To configure a RIP with a single printhead 1 Configure a unique ID for the RIP group with the ripgroup property for example lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt 2 Configure which side of the sheet the RIP group should print with the type property for example the front side of the sheet lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt 3 Configure the RIPs included in the RIP group with the rip property and give the RIP a unique ID for example lt property name rip id 2 gt Assign the color separation plate ID to the RIP with the plate property 5 Assign the printhead definition ID to the RIP with the printheads property RIP settings for monochrome printing with a single printhead In this example one RIP with a single printhead prints the front side of the sheet The printhead prints black with 2688 jets and with 1 dro
71. is equal to the actual physical width of the media In cases where the page size is larger than the physical size of the label the output will be different from that defined in PageOUT or the overlay Continuous media When using continuous media for printing the label length is defined by the page height Overlays If you use overlays the size of the overlay should be the exact same size as that of the page defined in PageOUT StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts 101 Zebra Label Printer Fonts The Zebra Label Printer driver supports the A H bitmap fonts and the scalable font 0 that come with most Zebra printers The driver also supports downloading TrueType fonts to the printer Limitations e The GS Graphic Symbol Zebra font is supported for all fonts and code pages except for downloaded Unocide fonts e You cannot download Windows TrueType fonts as Zebra bitmap fonts e Font rasterization is not supported Adding the options Rasterizefont or FontEmbed in the driver file will have no effect Tips and caveats e You should map monospaced TrueType fonts to Zebra fonts A H and variable width fonts to the Zebra font 0 e Zebra fonts A H are only scalable to specific font sizes The height of these fonts can differ significantly from what you defined in PageOUT or in the overlay See Font sizes on page 102 e Avoid using horizontal text stretching and scaling for Zebra fonts A H This does not
72. k To fine tune the color separation you can print color registration marks To reduce the amount of ink you can replace rich black and CMY black with black You can also configure the total amount of ink to use Configuring the color a RIP should print Example 20 For monochrome printing you should configure one plate for the black color For color printing you should configure four plates one for each color To specify the color a RIP should print you assign a plate to the RIP For general information on how to configure RIPs see Using a RIP with single printhead on page 61 To print monochrome 1 Configure the black color and give the plate a unique ID with the plate property For example lt property name plate id 0 gt black lt property gt 2 Configure a RIP group and the RIP and its properties with the ripgroup property 3 Assign the plate to the RIP with the plate property For example lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt Color separation for monochrome printing In this example the RIP prints black on the front side of the sheet lt Color separation plate description gt lt property name plate id 0 gt black lt property gt lt RIP group definition gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name p
73. k2kblack Values are set for c m y and kmax CMY black in images are replaced by black using kmax value inklimit Total maximum ink limit for all four channels given in a percentage within the range 0 to 400 rgb2cmykprofile ICC color matching profile file used to convert RGB images to CMYK renderingintent Rendering intent used with the ICC color matching profile Available values are picture graphic proof and match lut Unique ID for a set of color lookup tables lutc Color lookup tables for cyan lutm Color lookup tables for magenta luty Color lookup tables for yellow lutk Color lookup tables for black imagetable Name of the image lookup table file imagelut ID of the color lookup table set used for images vectorlut ID of the color lookup table set used for vector graphics textlut ID of the color lookup table set used for text Halftoning and color separation halftonemethods Error distribution method to use for halftoning Available values are floyd steinberg jarvis and stucki StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A IJPDS driver quick reference IJPDS plate Halftoning and color separation Halftoning plate Available values are cyan magenta black and yellow Marks registrationmark Registration mark for color separation x Horizontal position of the registration mark center relative to the cursor starting position in millime
74. large jobs vie ss ERE lee HEE ERE rd a 71 IJPDS driver quick reference EE ELLE LEE LEE ERE LEE EEEEE ER 72 POL PR aan cee cn ee et URE SRD RE AR E EN DER Ec UR nt 77 Output Connector Settings ciciie ocd ceed Acessado se see bs VENN ERE FEER ER KERES ENE SEN ske a 77 Runtime Output Connector Settings a 81 g P RES RRS RRS SIDE a R ND a ce mre REA CCR SENSE BE TE ARC 83 PDE driver settings aea cinta unite EET ED EDEN 85 Encry pi EIDE EDEL 90 POP PCL CONVEM casado nere aa Ra Aa aE dene 91 PDF PCL Convert driver settings ccccccsesseeneeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeenenees 92 POSISCIpis o lc RE SEE SE ct a 93 PRPS PENA PRO RONDA RU ORAS ORDER UP O METRCRE ER UR CARAS REI A AE E S 95 Zebra Label Printer ac ccc eh eer eee Gas eee eee asi E iu 97 Upgrading existing Projects using the Zebra Label Printer driver 98 Driver files and printer resolution sara 99 Getting the label Size right cseiccssissiacscsesectcitaceiscnsnsceten head sand dsua lili atra arena di asian 100 FON S wesccccvessnecctececccrececesencwcrvsentus Sunes ccens E r E 101 Mapping fonts to Zebra fonts area 101 FONSIZOS casas io EAEE Ra si ntoaTo decate A E cascsactabostetsacutontnatseesnes 102 Downloading TrueType and Unicode fonts to the Zebra printer 103 Configuring the Zebra printer 104 Editing the driver file and adding the fonts to be downloaded to the
75. lectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi FontEmbed To embed a readfont 1 Open the driver file or font mapping table that includes the entries for the fonts you want to embed 2 Edit the entries for the fonts you want to embed Embedding fonts in output to PCL printers You can embed TTF readfonts in the output sent to PCL 5 compatible printers that support True Type based soft fonts To embed a font you add the FontEmbed keyword and the escape sequence selectPrefix lt 1B gt s SelectPostfix V to the entries for the fonts you want to embed Drivers User Guide Rev A 122 Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts Specifying fonts Example 54 Embedding a font Original font entry Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf SelectPrefix lt 1B gt slp SelectPostfix v0s0b16602T Codepage Ansi Modified font entry Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf FontEmbed SelectPrefix lt 1B gt s SelectPostfix V Codepage Ansi To embed a readfont 1 Open the driver file or font mapping table that includes the entries for the fonts you want to embed 2 Edit the entries for the fonts you want to embed Downloading soft fonts to PCL printers Drivers User Guide Rev A You can download missing fonts as soft fonts to PCL printers if you want to keep down the size of the output sent to the printer The downloaded soft fonts are available to the printer until it is restarted If the printer is restarted you must download the soft fon
76. les generation of TLE indexes If the Page OUT output contains bookmarks and TLE indexes is enabled page level TLE indexes are generated automatically Key TLE n The key of TLE archiving index number n Any string can be used Value TLE n The value of TLE archiving index number n Any string can be used maximum 250 characters You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Page Begin AFP driver settings Settings Before Page Comment A comment that will be included before the page Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Page comment Page TLE indexes A comment that is included in the page Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Enable disables generation of TLE indexes for StoryTeller and PageOUT output If the PageOUT output contains bookmarks and TLE indexes is enabled page level TLE indexes are generated automatically Key Page TLE n The key of TLE archiving index number n Any string can be used Value Page TLE n The value of TLE archiving index number n Any string can be us
77. mServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 97 98 Upgrading existing Projects using the Zebra Label Printer driver Zebra Label Printer Upgrading existing Projects using the Zebra Label Printer driver Projects that use the old version of the driver Zebra Label Printer StreamServe 3 x cannot be automatically upgraded to use the new driver If possible you should consider replacing the old driver with the new Zebra Label Printer driver which has improved functionality and is easier to use especially when working with barcodes and graphics However if required you can continue to use the Zebra Label Printer driver for StreamServe 3 x in StreamServe 4 x StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Driver files and printer resolution 99 Zebra Label Printer Driver files and printer resolution You should use the Zebra Label Printer driver that corresponds to the resolution supported by your Zebra printer e ZEBRA LabelPrinter 150dpi ZEBRA LabelPrinter 200dpi ZEBRA LabelPrinter 300dpi ZEBRA LabelPrinter 600dpi StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 100 Getting the label size right Zebra Label Printer Getting the label size right The Zebra Label Printer driver supports any label size supported by the printer You define the label size in PageOUT When printed the label is automatically centered on the media The best result is achieved if the page width defined in PageOUT
78. mited set of patterns This option allows rasterizing of objects filled by unsupported patterns StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 11 12 Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings Color GOCA Default Set GOCA colors according to global color setting Color option None All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to black amp white Yes Text and graphics colors are mapped to a limited set of colors Images are mapped to black and white Extended All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to the RGB 0 255 color model See also Technology Image for information about image colors Grayscale All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to 256 shades of gray Standard Limited All colors used for GOCA objects are mapped to a limited OCA color set containing the following color values e Blue e Red e Pink Magenta e Green Turquoise Cyan e Yellow Black Brown e Device default e Color of medium CMYK All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to the CMYK color model Rasterizing Threshold GOCA The lower limit of when the GOCA object is rasterized If the number of points where there is one point per line of a polygon or shape and three points per Bezier curve of the object is lower than this value for the incoming GOCA objects it will not be rasterized Line thickness factor GOCA The line thickness factor applies to polygons only
79. mple lt property name stitching gt 0 1I lt property gt Example 32 Stitched RIPs In this example two physical RIPs are stitched to form a logical RIP that prints the front side of the sheet The physical RIPs have ID o and 1 which are defined in the hardware The RIP with ID o prints with 2688 jets and prints 1 drop of ink per dot The RIP with ID 1 uses the same number of jets but prints 2 drops of ink per dot lt Printhead definition gt lt property name printheads gt lt property name printhead id 2 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name Jetcount type int gt 2688 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name printhead id 3 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name Jetcount type int gt 2688 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 2 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt lt RIP group description gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 1 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 2 3 lt property gt lt property name stitching gt 0 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt Printing cue marks You can print cue marks on the web The printin
80. n None Using one page per physical media page Horizontal Using a horizontal binding of the printed pages Vertical Using a vertical binding of the printed pages DuplexSide This option specifies the side of the media on which the current page should be printed Value Description None The device default setting Front Media Side The front side of the physical pages Back Media Side The back side of the physical pages StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 79 80 PCL 6 Orientation The orientation of the page Value Description Portrait Portrait page orientation Landscape Landscape page orientation Reverse Portrait Reverse portrait page orientation Reverse Landscape Reverse landscape page orientation ImageColorQuality The color quality of the output image Value Description 256 Color 256 color quality 8 bit High Color Maximum color quality 24 bit ImageCompression The compression method used on the output image Value Description No Compression No compression RLE Compression Run length encoding RLE compression StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PCL 6 Runtime Output Connector Settings The following settings can be made in the Design Center Runtime Output Connector Settings dialog box ByteOrder The byte order specifies the ordering
81. n the job See Mapping fonts and code pages on page 27 for more information Unicode Unicode is applicable only if the AFP driver runs in Embed mode for code page resources If you specify unicode StreamServe name Unicode ucs 2 as the default code page on the output connector the auto generated AFP code page name is T11200 Code page for TLE information and NOP comments External applications that read TLE information and NOP comments expect EBCDIC code pages StreamServe code page name IBM CP nnn This means if the code page specified for the output is not an EBCDIC code page you must specify an EBCDIC code page for the TLE information and NOP comments The AFP driver setting System text code page applies to both TLE information and NOP comments If you need a separate code page for TLE information you can use the AFP driver setting TLE code page Generating code page resources Normally you will use the default technology to generate code page resources Embed and Export mode If you need to produce double byte output not only for printing but also for archiving searching etc you must set the AFP driver option Technology Code page to Coded Font for Double Byte This means the AFP driver converts double byte code pages to a set of single byte AFP code page resources and AFP font resources together with AFP coded fonts Mapping fonts and code pages When using external font and code page resources i e when running the
82. ncluded at the end of the job Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Before document group comment A comment that is included before all document groups Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Document group comment A comment that is included before each document group Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 End document group comment A comment that is included after all document groups Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 Resource The default mode for how to handle resources Default Depends on how the driver option Disable inline resources is specified If Disable inline resources is Yes Reference mode is used and if it is No Embed mode is used See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes Map file Resou
83. not to lines and boxes It affects the line width of polygons in the output The line width is expressed as parts of an inch and the actual line width in the output depends on the output device In most cases you can keep the default line thickness factor 100 but you may have to change the value in order to tune the line width in the output For example if there are problems with the line widths in business graphics you can modify the line thickness factor to solve the problem StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings Line maximum width GOCA The maximum width of lines to generate using the Line command Lines wider than this are generated using the Area command The GOCA commands Line and Area are used to generate lines and areas in the output The Line command is device dependent but the Area command is not Pattern Set Limited GOCA If you use fill functionality with less than 20 shading you may see a dot pattern instead of a shading in the filled area To avoid this you can limit the GOCA pattern set to use only the four first patterns Job comment A comment that is included at the beginning of the job Any string is accepted The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream You can include metadata in the string see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes on page 37 End Job comment A comment that is i
84. ns and the following syntax lt Image_Filename gt lt Color Lookup Table Set ID gt Image lookup table In this example the color lookup table set with ID 10 is used to transform the logo jpg file and 12 is used to transform the photo jpg file logo jpg 10 photo jpg 12 To use color lookup tables for individual images 1 Create the image lookup table and import it to the resource set StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 52 Color management IJPDS Example 18 2 Inthe configuration file specify the name of the image lookup table with the imagetable property Using an image lookup table In this example an image lookup table named Images tb1 is used to transform images lt property name imagetable gt data tables Images tbl lt property gt Using ICC profiles for RGB to CMYK conversion Example 19 You can use ICC color profiles for conversion of raster images to CMYK color space You can apply both color lookup tables and ICC color profiles on raster images In the configuration file you can use the rendering intent methods listed below Method Description ICC name Picture The full gamut in the image is compressed or Perceptual expanded to fill the printer gamut The gray balance is preserved but colorimetric accuracy may not be preserved Most suitable for photographs and images Graphic Preserves the saturation of colors in the image at the Saturation possible exp
85. o not edit the ZSU file Editing the driver file and adding the fonts to be downloaded to the printer Example 45 To specify the font to be downloaded to the printer you must edit the Downloadable fonts section in the driver file For information on how to edit a driver file see the Device driver tools documentation Specifying a font to be downloaded in the driver file If you use the Book Antiqua Bold Italic font ANTQUABI TTF and you have the ANTQUABI ZST in the fonts directory you should add the following line in the Downloadable fonts section in the driver file Font Book Antiqua Bold Italic ReadFont antiquabi ttf Select antiquabi zst StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 106 Printing white text on black background Zebra Label Printer Printing white text on black background Avoid using colors in PageOUT when printing white text on a black background Bright and dark contrasting colors may look white and black respectively but may not give the expected result when printed out To print white text on black background 1 Create a rectangle with black fill color and black stroke color 2 Enter the desired text on the rectangle and set text color to white The text should not exceed the rectangle boundaries StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Barcodes Barcodes 107 Zebra Label Printer You configure barcodes in PageOUT Supported barcodes are listed in Table 1 on page 107
86. of cyan magenta and yellow ink or with only black ink For each pixel in the image the value of black is compared to the maximum value which is defined in the configuration file If the black value exceeds or is equal to the maximum value the amount of cyan magenta and yellow ink is reduced To replace rich black You configure the maximum value and the print values for cyan magenta and yellow using the richblack property Specify the e Cyan value to print with the c e Magenta value to print with the m e Yellow value to print with the y Maximum value with the kmax Printing with reduced amount of cyan magenta and yellow lt property name richblack gt 2 2 2 254 lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 24 Color separation 57 IJPDS In this example the following applies e pixel with input values 7 240 8 253 is printed according to the input values pixel with input values 7 240 8 254 is printed with 2 2 2 254 pixel with input values 7 240 8 255 is printed with 2 2 2 255 Printing rich black with black lt property name richblack gt 0 0 0 254 lt property gt In this example the following applies e pixel with input values 7 240 8 253 is printed according to the input values pixel with input values 7 240 8 254 is printed with black 0 0 0 254 pixel with input values 7 240 8 255 is printed with black 0 0 0 255 Replacing CMY black
87. of data For more information about the ASCII 85 filter see for example the PostScript Language Reference Use resolution Embed threshold e No Embed images as they are e Yes The resolution specified in the driver file is used The default resolution is 300 dpi Some images are downscaled depending on the actual image resolution and the resolution specified in the driver file To specify another value than the default resolution you must edit the driver file See the Device driver tools documentation Ifyou want to embed characters with codes below 256 you can define which characters to embed when using Unicode characters in TrueType fonts For example if you set this value to 128 all characters used with codes greater than or equal to 128 will be embedded Minimum value is 0 maximum value is 256 Viewer Page number Applied when the user opens the document The first page displayed in the viewer Viewer Page zoom Applied when the user opens the document e Default Use the display settings in Acrobat general preferences e Fit in window Adjust the page size to fit the window size e Fit width Adjust the page size to fit the window width e Fit visible Adjust the page size to fit the window width displaying all visible text and graphics but not the page margins e 25 1600 The zoom factor StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A PDF driver se
88. of the most significant to the least significant bytes in the stream for multibyte binary fields Choice name Description Big Endian Little Endian A binary binding follows in the stream body where operator identifiers attribute identifiers and attribute values are expressed in a form where the most significant byte is the first byte in the binary field from left to right and the least significant byte is last to the right A binary binding follows in the stream body where operator identifiers attribute identifiers and attribute values are expressed in a form where the least significant byte is the first byte in the binary field from left to right and the most significant byte is last to the right ErrorReport Indicates the method for how errors are reported to the user Choice name Description Error Page Errors will be reported by printing or displaying an error page No Reporting No error reporting will be performed Back Channel Errors will be reported through the back channel i e device dependent Page Back Channel and Error Errors will be reported through the back channel and by printing or displaying an error page No Warn Back Channel Only errors will be reported no warnings through the back channel i e device dependent No Warn Error Page Only errors will be reported no warnings only by printing or displaying an error page an
89. or font resources all characters from the code page specified for the font are included in the exported font resource This means if you use exported font resources when running the AFP driver in Include mode all characters from the code page specified for the font are included in the font resource Code pages By default the code page specified on the output connector is used for all fonts If no code page is specified IBM CP 500 is used Auto generated code page names A code page is normally uniquely named by resolving the StreamServe code page name For example IBM CP 500 is named 71000500 In this case the auto generated code page name can be used in all modes for code page resources Embed Include etc A code page that cannot be named uniquely by resolving the StreamServe code page name is given a sequential number for example 71000000 In this case the auto generated code page name can only be used ifthe AFP driver runs in Embed mode for code page resources StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts and code pages 27 AFP Specified code page names You can use the AFP driver setting Default Code page to explicitly name the default code page The name you enter in this field overrides the auto generated code page name The code page name must begin with T1 and be less than 9 characters long You can also use the file afp2wfnt map to name the default code page as well as any other code pages used i
90. other modes Vector Generates vector based overlays Raster Generates raster based overlays Location Overlay The overlay resource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include and Export mode and overrides Location Resource Formdef The mode used to handle formdef resources Overrides the default resource mode Default Use the default resource mode See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes Default Formdef The name of the generated formdef For example FM2UP Location Formdef The formdef resource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include or Export mode and overrides Location Resource SSI headers Enables disables generation of SSI headers SSI headers can be used in OS 390 environments The SSI headers contain AFP transparent information that the Print Server can use for tailoring the printing process Key SSI n The key of SSI header number n Any string can be used This is the key that the Print Server uses to identify a specific SSI header Value SSI n The value of SSI header number n Any string can be used StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring the AFP driver AFP Settings System text code page The EBCDIC code page to use for NOP comments and TLE information For example IBM CP 2
91. ove driver options Auto generated font names By default the AFP driver creates sequential names for fonts in the same job The first font found in a job is named prefix000000 where prefix is cz for outline fonts and co for raster fonts the next is named prefix000001 and so on This method can only be used ifthe AFP driver runs in Embed mode for font resources Specified font names Ifthe AFP driver runs in Include Reference or Export mode for font resources the font names must not change between jobs This means auto generated font names cannot be used You must therefore manually map the fonts to unique names You can use any name for a font as long as it has the right prefix cz for outline fonts and c for raster fonts and is less than 9 characters long including the prefix See Mapping fonts and code pages on page 27 for more information on how to name fonts Generating font resources To generate font resources Embed and Export mode you must use the driver setting Technology Font to specify which technology to use to generate font resources Font technologies Outline Embeds Adobe Type 1 fonts in AFP outline font resources CID Outline Embeds Adobe CID fonts in AFP outline font resources Raster Generates AFP raster font resources The font resolution is determined by the Resolution driver setting If you specify 240 dpi fixed raster metrics is used If you specify a higher resolution relative raster me
92. p of ink per dot The black color is derived from the definition of the color separation plate and the printhead characteristics are derived from the printhead definition lt Color separation plate definition gt lt property name plate id 0 gt black lt property gt lt Printhead definition gt lt property name printheads gt lt property name printhead id 5 gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 61 62 Printheads and RIPs IJPDS lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name Jetcount type int gt 2688 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt lt RIP group definition gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 5 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt Using RIPs with stitched printheads If you print with stitched printheads you must assign a printhead definition for each single printhead You can use the same definition for all printheads You assign the comma separated printhead definition IDs to the RIP with the printheads property for example lt property name printheads gt 0 1 2 3 lt property gt For information on how to configure printhead definitions
93. pgrade an AFP StreamServe 3 x driver 1 Open lt strs project _path gt Init Devices1 txt and add the following line AFP2 AFP2 AFP2 opt txt afp2 drs FILE AFP 2 Copy lt strs path gt Init AFP2 opt txt t0 lt strs project path gt Init Copy lt strs path gt Drivers afp2 drs to lt strs project path gt Drivers 4 Copy lt strs path gt Drivers afp2wfnt map to lt strs project path gt Drivers 5 Configure the AFP driver to match the old options StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A HTML The HTML driver is used when generating HTML output Runtime Job begin settings Home URL Specify a home URL for example http www streamserve com This link will be available in the banner section Search URL Specify a search URL for example http www google com This link will be available in the banner section Create banner Select to create a page banner section In this section it will be possible to navigate through the generated HTML files by selecting Next and Previous Create index Select to create an index This index will be available in the banner section Create continuos Yes Create one html file for all pages No Create one html file per page Page title Page title Page description Sets the abstract that a client sees in the query results For example if you enter Available colors in this field the corresponding meta tag in the HTML outpu
94. pping entries 1 Open the driver file or font substitution table 2 Add the font mapping entries For example mapfont Times New Roman bold underline Arial bold Adding TTF font entries to PCL driver files Example 49 Drivers User Guide Rev A This section applies to PCL drivers except for the PCL 5 old version and PCL convert drivers Escape sequences The PCL printer uses escape sequences to select fonts Before you create font entries you must use the printer menu to print a list of all installed PCL fonts This list includes the escape sequences for the fonts The escape sequence for a proportional font can include the following lt esc gt slpv0s0b16602T If you want to add the font as a readfont you must replace lt esc gt with lt 1B gt and divide the sequence into one SelectPrefix and one Select Prefix section SelectPrefix lt 1B gt slp SelectPostfix v0s0b16602T Readfont entry for the TTF font Century Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf SelectPrefix lt 1B gt slp SelectPostfix v0s0b16602T Codepage Ansi Example 50 Adding font entries to driver files 119 Specifying fonts The escape sequence for a monospaced font can include the following lt esc gt s0p16 67h15v0s0b3T Ifyou want to add the font as a width table font you must replace lt esc gt with lt 1B gt and specify the size and CPI for each font size entry Size NN SelectPrefix lt 1B gt s0p10h10v0s0b3T CPI NN Width table fon
95. r of page identification parameters that can be used by the Print Server The following parameters are added as a NOP comment below each Begin Page node in the AFP data stream file e SIDE Front F or back B DOCNR The document number e pocpc The page number in a document e DOCSH The sheet number in a document This is only specified if a sheet layout resource is used e JOBPG The page number in a job e JOBSH The sheet number in a job This is only specified if a sheet layout resource is used StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Optimizing performance 39 AFP Optimizing performance Page size The number of bytes on each logical page affect performance The page size is mainly determined by page density and complexity for example image scaling and resolution Page density The page density affects performance more than the number of bytes on the page Reduce the page density as much as possible Resolution If possible make sure the resolution of the input data is the same as the printer resolution Scaling If possible make sure that images do not need to be scaled by the printer control Fonts Reduce the number of fonts used in a job Switching between different fonts can affect printing speed Use fonts that are stored in the printer if possible Redundancy Avoid defining fonts text orientation and positioning unless it is required Avoid unnecessary blank c
96. r reads the AFP data stream file 5 When the Print Server finds a reference in the AFP data stream file it retrieves the corresponding resource from the resources storage Note The names of the resources in the resources storage must correspond to the resource names generated by the StreamServer Merge mode The Merge mode merges images and overlays as bitmaps directly on a page definition This mode can be used for unique images overlays that are not shared by several page definitions AFP data stream file StreamServer Print Server pes The following steps describe a simple scenario 1 The StreamServer finds a resource on a page in the original document 2 The StreamServer generates a bitmap and merges the bitmap on the corresponding page definition in the AFP data stream file StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 24 Modes for managing AFP resources AFP 3 The StreamServer continues to generate and merge bitmaps for all resources it finds 4 The Print Server reads the AFP data stream file 5 When the Print Server finds a bitmap it uses this bitmap in the output Export mode The Export mode can be used to generate AFP resource files The generated files can be uploaded to the resources storage used by the Print Server and later be used with the Reference mode The resource files can also be modified and later be used with the Include mode StreamServer 4 w StreamServer Resources Th
97. rce The path to the map file for overlays and images For example data tables mapfile txt This file is optional and the settings in the file override any other settings specified for overlay and image resources See Mapping images and overlays on page 33 for more information StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 13 14 AFP Configuring the AFP driver Settings Location Resource The default resource directory used by the StreamServer This directory is used in Include and Export mode Font The mode used to handle font resources Overrides the default resource mode Default Use the default resource mode See Modes for managing AFP resources on page 22 for more information about the other modes Default Font If there is a default font in the job this setting can be used to specify a font name AFP character set name e g cz123 or AFP coded font ID e g xomax12A for the default font Normally you use the file afp2wfnt map to specify which names to use for the fonts See Mapping fonts and code pages on page 27 You can also use this field to enter the FGID Font Global Identifier that applies to all generated fonts Technology Font Technology used for generating font resources Applicable to modes Embed and Export and ignored for all other modes See Generating font resources on page 25 Content Font Location Font N A The font r
98. re available e None All colors are mapped to black and white e Yes All colors are mapped to a limited set of colors e Extended All colors are mapped to the RGB 0 255 color model e Grayscale All colors are mapped to 256 shades of gray StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Mapping Images and overlays 33 AFP GOCA settings The AFP driver setting GOCA applies to vector graphics in the overlay and also to vector graphics drawn directly in the PageOUT tool Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer The following options apply e None GOCA is not used to generate vector graphics Only vertical and horizontal lines are presented in the output e Yes Algorithms with simple GOCA objects are used to generate vector graphics Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners Extended The extended GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics without GOCA fillets Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners e Full The full GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics with GOCA fillets Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners e Raster All All vector graphic objects on pages or overlays are rasterized Enables printing of free lines polygons ovals and round corners as raster images e Raster Patterns All vector graphic objects with patterns are rasterized GOCA supports only a limited
99. rintheads gt 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 21 Color separation 55 IJPDS To print in color 1 Configure four plates one for each color and give each plate a unique ID with the plate property 2 Configure a RIP group and the RIPs and their properties with the ripgroup property 3 Assign plates using the plate property for each RIP in the RIP group Color separation for color printing In this example four RIPs are used The RIP with ID o prints cyan 1 prints magenta 2 prints black and 3 prints yellow lt Color separation plate description gt lt property name plate id 0 gt cyan lt property gt lt property name plate id 1 gt magenta lt property gt lt property name plate id 2 gt black lt property gt lt property name plate id 3 gt yellow lt property gt lt RIP group definition gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt property name rip id 0 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name rip id 1 gt lt property name plate type int gt 1 lt property gt P lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type in
100. rrrressvesssssee esset S REE ELLEN SEEREN EN ske sene 31 Generating overlay resources isssisiseenesasecernarenaansasarinienmnaniaada 32 Mapping images and overlays ienes 33 Form definition S 5354 vaddvenseuscnobedsersanncneantaaaaehndentasndteduet e ia final Ee sata diana 36 Variables and metadata atesansisttria graca nisi eraaat dndi dani casi o ni bia pata ias 37 aos identification parameters included in the generated AFP data ea US 3 che E E fansece cen 2hies URSS NE GRC ERRADA O PN ENA PRE ER SE RR MOR EP a turaad Optimizing performance nn ec ceeeenaeeneeennanaa 39 Upgrading an AFP StreamServe 3 x driver asas 40 o SRP Ra tai Nr GEP CS cm ne SS nome NERE ROR SAS amen manne 41 IPDS eer Rc a ec SE o PRP oe RGE ERGUER ASP E SECRRRO SNI ER eee RR SERES 45 Configuring the IJPDS river sseececeseseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeenseseeeeeeeeeeeees 47 Preparing the configuration file 2 cccceeeedeeseeseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeeeteesnes 47 Resolution 2245 5255 B EDEL st aniei asuste E raion di caia duo Rara add dada 49 Color management sasaiaesianaeerseciinaiiiripanraiva ir denied nd rense 50 Using color lookup tables 26 saseccetepesco ssdatnnteeadscassuaecea tatigeiobidtnnieapeeasueentents 50 Using specific color lookup tables for individual images 2 51 Using ICC profiles for RGB to CMYK conversion 52 Color separation sssiasssiasosion
101. s in this document are the property of StreamServe Inc or other third parties You are not permitted to use the marks without the prior written consent of StreamServe Inc or the third party that owns the marks Use of the StreamServe product with third party products not mentioned in this document is entirely at your own risk also as regards the StreamServe products StreamServe Web Site http www streamserve com Contents TA q cca es cna RSS E CR CRE DR AR ERR E SER CRS DADE ES DEE E ACER ap ese E 7 Configuring the AFP driver cccscseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneeseeeeeeeeseeneeeeeeeenense 9 Job Begin AFP driver settings saucer ean cugeccrdtevare ete chee edhe eee 10 Document Begin AFP driver settings a 18 Page Begin AFP driver settings cccceseeeesecccneeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeenensees 19 Configuration file AFP driver settings 20 Modes for managing AFP resources scceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeennenees 22 Fonts and code Pages sis enicaiairesasiinieiesas posisaranada dona don sii caspa indianu corraini 25 Generating font resources issse si cersriiaaassaniacenias iria scenanadanienast ada 25 Code PAG Se sara ssa Sin nado ait SU Dr SG a a ad ad Naa 26 Generating code page resources ii erercaeeererearaereana 27 Mapping fonts and code pages e EEN 27 Images and overlays ED ED Ea eee 31 Generating image resources M ssssss
102. s sanita 128 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A AFP The AFP driver is used to send output to an AFP printing environment The AFP driver creates an AFP data stream file for each job produced by the StreamServer Resource group Font Code page Image Overlay Formdef Document Page group Page Page Page group Page Page Figure 1 AFP data stream file structure simplified AFP resources Fonts code pages overlays images and form definitions can be represented in different ways in an AFP data stream file e Wrapped into a resource group A resource group is similar to a zip file containing uniquely named resources The resources are either generated by the StreamServer or retrieved from an external storage and then wrapped into the resource group sa reference in a page definition The page definitions in the AFP data stream file Page below Page group in Figure 1 include references to resources When the Print Server reads the AFP data stream file and finds a reference it searches for the resource in the resource group If the Print Server finds the resource in the resource group it uses that resource Ifthe resource is not included in the resource group the Print Server searches for the resource in the local resource storage If the Print Server finds the resource in the local storage it uses that resource If the Print Server cannot f
103. scocnsciscocaconiteaapecicocencaseccasoreiisa cair ini da finda neaei anede 54 Configuring the color a RIP should print erect eeeeetneeeeeeeeeeeeee 54 Printing color registration mark eee 56 Replacing rich black Es ri einean eearri ene Simian cee 56 Replacing OMY DIAC Kio Ee a ae n AA E ae AEA A ang aceteuaemcatee 57 Configuring the total ink amount eee eeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 58 aaea are EE E A sp der nda dera fas ii eng DP Ea ncia A tada do 59 Printheads and RIPS css aeinsaesaeaarirssiaaanieriva aas ansie EU ED idas da ia 60 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Configuring Printheads aaa gamasssashasciafands viedeh seathdassavant chon dhvdeah Mack nee 60 Using a RIP with single printhead ss eeecceen eee reeeeseeseeeeeeneeees 61 Using RIPs with stitched printheads a 62 Using stitched FIPS vet sic a ns ct need shales ie Sanne ES Doro BAL hte Md tet a villares 63 Printing t e marks anae EEN ER dated ig otto once TER S ESTE cue aan tne 64 Generating a RIP setup file conten ssa oia ses aii Len tenda do Da dees 65 Duplex and Mupp printing aa aa ra re aaa aaea aea aana ame aaa eanan aaa aaaea aeaa ana 66 Converting overlays to fixed files 0 0 ececeseseeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeenees 68 Compressing bitmap sa Eee EDER ere NREN DE en SERENE 69 Allocating resource memory M G ss 70 Splitting
104. see Configuring printheads on page 60 For general information on how to configure RIPs see Using a RIP with single printhead on page 61 Example 350 A RIP controlling stitched printheads with identical characteristics In this example the RIP prints with two printheads The printheads have the same characteristics i e they both print with 256 jets and 1 drop of ink per dot lt Printhead definition gt lt property name printheads gt lt property name printhead id 0 gt lt property name xposition type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name jetcount type int gt 256 lt property gt lt property name dropcount type int gt 1 lt property gt lt property gt lt RIP group definition gt lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 31 Printheads and RIPs 63 IJPDS lt property name rip id 2 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt A RIP controlling stitched printheads with different characteristics In this example the RIP prints with two printheads Both printheads print 1 drop of ink per dot The printhead with ID o prints with 256 jets and the printhead with ID 1 prints with 1024 jets lt Printhead definition gt lt property name print
105. t lt property gt lt property gt To configure n up printing You configure the sheet layout partition number using the part ition property Example 36 RIP settings for n up printing In this example the RIP prints the part of the sheet front side that is defined as partition 1 in the sheet layout configuration lt property name ripgroup id 0 gt lt property name type gt frontpage lt property gt lt Sheet partition number used to map sheet partition to RIP gt lt property name partition gt 1 lt property gt lt property name rip id 0 gt lt property name plate type int gt 0 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 68 Converting overlays to fixed files IJPDS Converting overlays to fixed files Example 37 Example 38 Each time an LXF or TIFF overlay is used it is converted to a fixed file and included in the data stream To improve job performance you can specify that overlays should be converted and included in the job file and referenced in the data stream If not enough memory is allocated in the printer for fixed files the overlays are converted each time they are used To convert overlays to fixed files You convert the overlays to fixed files using the overlays2fixedfiles property Conversion of overlays to fixed files In this case the overlays are inclu
106. t gt 2 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property name rip id 3 gt lt property name plate type int gt 3 lt property gt lt property name printheads gt 0 0 lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 56 Color separation IJPDS Printing color registration mark Example 22 You can print color registration marks for fine tuning the color separation The registration mark is 8 0 by 8 0 millimeters and id printed in a position relative the cursor starting position the upper left corner of the IJPDS document To print color registration marks You configure where to print a registration mark using the registrationmark property Specify the horizontal position of the mark center with the x property and the vertical position with the y property Color registration mark settings In this example the center of the mark is printed 10 0 millimeters in the horizontal direction and 14 0 millimeters in the vertical direction relative the cursor starting position lt property name registrationmark gt lt property name x gt 10 0 mm lt property gt lt property name y gt 14 0 mm lt property gt lt property gt Replacing rich black Example 23 Rich black is a mixture of cyan magenta yellow and black If rich black is used in an image you can print the image with a reduced amount
107. t according to the values selected for the Allow print Allow modify and Allow copy options below Owner password Applicable only if encryption is used A password a user must enter to open decrypt and display the document on screen Enables full access to the document Allow print Applicable only if encryption is used No Do not allow printing of the document e Yes Allow printing of the document Allow modify Applicable only if encryption is used No Do not allow modification of the document Yes Allow modification of the document StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 85 86 PDF driver settings PDF Setting Allow copy Description Applicable only if encryption is used e No Do not allow copying of text and graphics from the document e Yes Allow copying of text and graphics from the document Use filter ASCII 85 e Yes Encode data as 7 bit ASCII text e No Do not encode data as 7 bit ASCII text The ASCII 85 filter encodes binary data as 7 bit ASCII text consisting only of printable characters This enables data to be sent through various communication channels without undesired changes for example older mail systems that cannot handle 8 bit data streams When this filter is used the overall PDF file size becomes approximately 20 larger Encrypted PDF files are always binary so the filter is not useful for this kind
108. t entries for the TTF font Courier Font Courier WidthTable 8 Size 10 SelectPrefix lt 1B gt s0p12h12v0s0b3T CPI 12 Size 12 SelectPrefix lt 1B gt s0p10h10v0s0b3T CPI 10 To add font entries 1 Create the font entries using the Windows Driver Tool 2 Open the dummy drs file and copy the font entries 3 Paste the entries to the driver file or to the font substitution table For example Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf SelectPrefix Arial Codepage Ansi 4 Replace the select Prefix entries with the modified escape sequences For example Font Arial ReadFont arial ttf SelectPrefix lt 1B gt slp SelectPostfix v0s0b16602T Codepage Ansi To add font mapping entries 1 Open the driver file or font substitution table 2 Add the font mapping entries For example mapfont Times New Roman bold underline Arial bold Adding Type 1 font entries to driver files You can add Type 1 font entries to the following drivers PDF not PDF PCL convert Postscript You cannot use the Windows Driver Tool to create Type 1 font entries This means you must add the entries manually to the driver file or to the font substitution table Use the following syntax Font STRS font name ReadFont fontfile pfb SelectPrefix Typeface name Drivers User Guide Rev A 120 Adding font entries to driver files Specifying fonts Example 51 Where sTRS font name is the font name in the exported dux fontfile is
109. t property name luty gt data tables Curvel Lev7 y lut lt property gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Example 16 Color management 51 IJPDS lt property name lutk gt data tables Curvel Lev 7 k lut lt property gt lt property gt lt property gt To configure the color lookup table sets for images vector graphics and text You configure the color lookup table set to use for e Images with the imagelut property e Vector graphics with the vector 1ut property e Text with the textiut property Settings for color lookup table sets for images vector graphics and text In this example the tables in the table set with ID 6 are used for printing images The tables in the table set with ID 7 and 8 are used for printing vector graphics and text lt property name imagelut gt 6 lt property gt lt property name vectorlut gt 7 lt property gt lt property name textlut gt 8 lt property gt Using specific color lookup tables for individual images Example 17 To print individual images in a different color tone you must use an image lookup table In this table you specify the names of the image files and the IDs of the color lookup table sets to use All other images are printed with the color lookup table set specified with the imagelut property see To configure the color lookup table sets for images vector graphics and text on page 51 The image lookup table must have two tab separated colum
110. t will look like this lt meta name description content Available colors gt Page keywords Keywords a client can search for in a query You can separate keywords with commas For example if you enter Red Blue Green in this field the corresponding meta tag in the HTML output will look like this lt meta name keywords content Red Blue Green gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 41 42 HTML Runtime Job begin settings Banner height Applicable only if CreateBanner is set to Yes The default BannerHeight is 30 px With this setting the output page will start with the banner at the top and a line 30px below the top The rest of the output will be positioned below the line Ifyou increase decrease BannerHeigh by for example 5 the line and the rest of the document will be moved downwards upwards 5px the banner section will not be moved Scaling factor Scale the output A scale factor of 1 represents 100 of the original size of the included objects images text graphics etc Image output folder By default all images are exported from the resource set to data images In the HTML output the source reference will point to this directory for example lt img src data images star jpg gt You can use ImageOutputFolder to specify an alternate image directory You can specify an absolute path or a path relative to the export direc
111. tPrefix A SelectPostfix 36 Size 15 SelectPrefix A SelectPostfix 45 Where e the widthTable number must correspond to the width table of the selected Zebra font as specified in the section Mapped fonts definition in the driver file See Valid width table numbers for Zebra fonts on page 103 for valid width table numbers StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Fonts 103 Zebra Label Printer e the size 10 12 and 15 in this example is the size of the font used in PageOUT specified in points e the string in double quotes after select Prefix A in this example is the Zebra font e the string in double quotes after Select Post fix 25 35 and 45 in this example is the Zebra font size height specified in dots Valid width table numbers for Zebra fonts T Q0 7M DAD PP o oN Dn HW KR BR WwW WN Downloading TrueType and Unicode fonts to the Zebra printer To ensure that the printed output looks exactly as defined in PageOUT and overlays you can download TrueType fonts directly to the printer memory If you use international character sets you must download the Unicode fonts to the printer The downloaded fonts are only available during the StreamServe Job and are deleted from the printer memory when the Job is finished To download fonts to the Zebra printer you must do the following Download and install the Zebra Tools Utility Download the Zebra Tools Utility ZTools from http Awww zebra com SD
112. ters y Vertical position of the registration mark center relative to the cursor starting position in millimeters cuemark Cue mark representing the start of a IJPDS document x Horizontal position of the cue mark upper left corner relative to the cursor starting position in millimeters y Vertical position of the cue mark upper left corner relative to the cursor starting position in millimeters w Cue mark width in millimeters h Cue mark height in millimeters Overlays overlays2fixedfiles yes Convert LXF overlays into fixed files and include them in the job file no Convert and include LXF overlays each time they are used Bitmap compression compression yes Compress bitmaps and font characters using VRLE32 compression no Compression is not used StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 73 74 IJPDS driver quick reference IJPDS RIP setup file generateijq yes Generate a RIP setup file ijq for the Kodak proofer no No RIP setup file is generated Memory allocation resourcememory Available memory in bytes for resources fixedfilememory Available memory in bytes for fixed files Job split filesplitthreshold The size in bytes at which large jobs are split into multiple output files Printhead de
113. the Type 1 font file and Typeface name is the typeface name specified in the pfm font file Minion Condensed Type 1 font entry Font Minion Condensed ReadFont moc pfb SelectPrefix Minion Condensed To add font entries 1 Open the driver file or font substitution table 2 Add the font entries To add font mapping entries 1 Open the driver file or font substitution table 2 Add the font mapping entries For example mapfont Times New Roman bold underline Arial bold Adding character encodings to Type1 font entries Example 52 Drivers User Guide Rev A The default character encoding for the fonts in the PDF driver is Windows code page 1252 and the default character encoding for the fonts in the Postscript driver is the default character set specified for the font To use other encodings outside the default character encoding for a font you must add the new encoding to the font entry in the driver file Character encodings are defined in separate encoding files enc Adding an encoding file to a device driver To make an encoding file available to the StreamServer you must add the encoding file to the custom device driver See Adding device driver files in the Device driver tools documentation for more information When you export and deploy the Project the encoding file is added to the drivers directory Adding an encoding to a font entry You must update the readfont entry either in the driver file or
114. tory In the HTML output the source reference will point to this directory for example lt img src C images star jpg gt Enable PNG The HTML output may contain spc GIF and PNG images Any other format will be converted to JPG With EnablePng you specify how to handle PNG images YES The PNG image will be handled as it is NO The PNG image will be converted to JPG StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A HTML Runtime Job begin settings Copy linked images The PageOUT configuration may include linked images that are not included in any resource set For example if you create an Ixf overlay using a standalone Overlay Editor and link images to the overlay these linked images will not be added to any resource set With CopyLinkedImages you specify how to handle the linked images YES The image will be copied from the source directory to either data images or the target directory specified by ImageOutputFolder In the HTML output the source reference will point to this directory for example lt img src data images star jpg gt NO In the HTML output the source reference will point to the source directory for example lt img src C images star jpg gt StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 43 44 HTML StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 45 IJPDS The StreamServe IJPDS dri
115. treamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 128 RFID settings RFID RFID settings The following settings are available for the drivers supporting RFID You configure the settings in the Platform configuration Note The settings are not applicable for Printronix RFID settings RFID antenna offset The distance the label is moved to align the inlay over the coupler the printer antenna before programming the chip Depending on the printer model specify antenna offset in dots or millimeters RFID number of retries in dots Can be set to 0 10 Intermec printers If set to 1 or greater and a read or write command fails the printer tries to read or write the next label If this also fails the procedure is repeated until a successful read or write command is committed or the specified number of retries is reached The string VOID or any other selected string is printed on all rejected labels Zebra printers The number of read or write retries before a transponder is declared defective When the specified number of retries is reached the string VOID is printed on the label and the transponder is ejected Print mode MM Only applicable for Zebra RFID Activates the RFID functionality in the printer StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A
116. trics is used Relative Raster Generates AFP raster font resources using relative raster metrics StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 26 Fonts and code pages AFP Font technologies Fixed Raster Generates AFP raster font resources using fixed raster metrics The font resolution is determined by the Resolution driver setting OpenType Embeds OpenType and TrueType fonts as data resources rather than traditional AFP font resources This new technology is not supported by most printers TT Outline Embeds TrueType fonts in AFP outline font resources Used only for OCE printers that do not support Type 1 fonts Fixed raster metrics compensation If a fixed raster metrics technology is used to generate font resources the width of the printed characters can be affected when for example printing long right aligned texts or when the character format changes e g from normal to bold The driver compensates for this effect if the fonts are mapped to ReadFonts in the file afp2wfnt map If the fonts are mapped to Width Table fonts no compensation is made See Mapping fonts and code pages on page 27 for more information about afp2wfnt map Characters included in a font resource When running the AFP driver in Embed mode for font resources only the characters that are used are included in the font resource wrapped into the resource group When running the AFP driver in Export mode f
117. ts again TTF soft font files You can download TTF fonts as soft fonts to the printer Please contact your StreamServe supplier for information on how to acquire soft fonts The soft fonts must have a format supported by the printer and include the same character set as specified for the output For example if you use Russian version TrueType fonts in the Project the corresponding soft fonts must include the Russian version Type 1 soft font files You can download Type 1 fonts as soft fonts to the printer To create a Type 1 soft font file you must convert the binary p b font file to an ASCII p a font file Then you add the following section at the beginning of the pfa file load the font in VM serverdict begin 0 exitserver How to convert pfb files to pfa files is not described in this document To download soft fonts 1 In Design Center activate the generic Platform layer and double click the output connector that delivers the output to the PCL printer The Output Connector Settings dialog opens Click the General icon and select Enable download In Download File specify the soft font file to download Embedding fonts and downloading soft fonts 123 Specifying fonts 4 Export the Project start the StreamServer and send output to the PCL printer The soft font is downloaded to the PCL printer When you have downloaded the soft fonts you must use the printer menu to print a list of all installed
118. ttings PDF Setting Viewer Page layout Description Applied when the user scrolls the document e Default Use the display settings in Acrobat general preferences Single page Display just one page at the time e Continuous Display pages continuously e Continuous Facing Display even and odd pages facing each other and continuously Viewer Full screen Viewer Hide toolbar Applied when the user opens the document e No Do not open the document in full screen view e Yes Open the document in full screen view Applied when the user opens the document e No Do not hide the toolbar e Yes Hide the toolbar Viewer Hide menu bar Viewer Hide window Ul Applied when the user opens the document e No Do not hide the menu e Yes Hide the menu bar Applied when the user opens the document e No Do not hide the window controls e Yes Hide the window controls for example bookmarks and thumbnails Viewer Fit window Applied when the user opens the document e No Do not resize the viewer to fit the page e Yes Resize the viewer to fit the page Viewer Center window Applied when the user opens the document Select Yes to display the window centered on screen Viewer Display document title Applied when the user opens the document No Do not display the document title in the title bar e Yes Display the document title in t
119. uence that binds a collection of fixed documents which in turn bind a collection of fixed pages For more information about the XPS driver see the XPS website on www microsoft com Copyright For use of the StreamServer XPS driver the following copyrights apply Copyright 1990 2005 Info ZIP All rights reserved Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose including commercial applications and to alter it and redistribute it freely subject to the following restrictions Redistributions in binary form compiled executables must reproduce the above copyright notice definition disclaimer and this list of conditions in documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 96 XPS StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A Zebra Label Printer The Zebra Label Printer driver automatically generates ZPLII Zebra Programming Language II code ZPLII is a high level label definition and printer control language It contains instructions for printer configuration label text bar codes lines and bitmap graphics For information and details about ZPLII see the ZPLI Programming Guide Zebra Part Number 46496L published by Zebra Technologies Corporation This document is available at http www zebra com SS manuals htm Required knowledge This manual is intended for users who are familiar with StreamServe and ZPLII Strea
120. ument related NOP comments and TLE indexes See Document Begin AFP driver settings on page 18 Job Begin driver settings In the Runtime connector configuration at Job Begin you configure all other AFP driver settings See Job Begin AFP driver settings on page 10 Configuration file driver settings In the driver configuration file you can configure user defined halftone matrix and halftone transfer curve This is only recommended for experts in this area See Configuration file AFP driver settings on page 20 StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 9 10 Configuring the AFP driver AFP Job Begin AFP driver settings Settings Resolution The resolution dpi ofimages overlays and fixed raster fonts in the AFP data stream output This is ignored for resources using Reference mode Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer Color The color range to use for text graphics and images in the AFP data stream output Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer None All colors are mapped to black and white Yes Text and graphics colors are mapped to a limited set of colors Images are mapped to black and white Extended All colors are mapped to the RGB 0 255 color model See also Technology Image for information about image colors Grayscale All colors are mapped to 256 shades of gray Standard Limited for PTOCA All colors us
121. ver generates a data stream in IJPDS format Ink Jet Printer Data Stream The data stream is used in a Kodak Versamark IJPDS printing environment Prerequisites To configure the IJPDS driver you must have detailed knowledge in The IJPDS printing environment and the hardware configuration e Color management References For information about the Kodak Versamark IJPDS printings system see Kodak Versamark IJPDS documentation Known limitations The following known limitations apply to the IJPDS driver e Only LXF and TIFF overlays are supported e Trapping is not supported e Knockout is not supported e Converting images to fonts is not supported Supported data stations Kodak Versamark data stations CD100 CD120 and CD130 are supported The supported IJPDS job file records are listed in the table below Record Data station version BOX Fill a Rectangular Area All versions CBM Compressed Bitmap All versions CCD Compressed Character Definition Version 1 16 and later CDM Character Definition with Metrics Version 1 13 and later EFF End Fixed Files All versions EOJ End of Job All versions FAR Font Assignment Record All versions GFF Go to Fixed File All versions IBM Image Bitmap All versions StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 46 IJPDS Record Data station version JC2 Job Control Record 2 All versions LF
122. x can be up to eight characters long This means that if the original image overlay contains more than six characters the name will be truncated For example an image called logoswe in PageOUT will generate the image resource name S1LOGOSW Auto generated resource names are normally used when running the AFP driver in Embed and Merge mode for image and overlay resources Specified image and overlay names When using external image and overlay resources Include and Reference mode you must make sure the resource names in the AFP data stream file are the same as the names of the corresponding external resources This means you can only use auto generated resource names if you first export the resources and then use the exported resources as external resources If you use other resources e g 3rd party generated image and overlay resources as external resources you must map the original images and overlays used in PageOUT to the corresponding external resources See Mapping images and overlays on page 33 for more information on how to name images and overlays Generating image resources When generating image resources Embed Export and Merge mode you must specify the resolution and color range for the image resources You can also specify different modes for generating color images StreamServe Persuasion SP4 Drivers User Guide Rev A 31 32 Images and overlays AFP Resolution The AFP driver setting Resolution spec

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