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Xerox 4450 Printer User Manual

1. gt gt PO RTRAIT virtual page origin Virtual page default size paper size a3 PORTRAIT virtual page origin Virtual page user defined size Physical page The same coordinate system is used for printing on all Xerox printers This limits the printing area in some cases and can cause you to lose data which begins near or off the edge of the physical page Edgemarking is the placement of marks along the edge of the page These marks consist of graphic elements that bleed off the paper tabs for section reference or marks that denote changes made in redline drafts To accommodate edgemarking the system page must be larger than the physical page Edgemarking capability is limited on the LPS because the system page boundaries such as the 8 6 by 14 inch maximum image size printing area correspond to the physical page on at least two edges for all paper sizes CAUTION Be careful when edgemarking Printing a solid band on the leading edge of the paper may cause fuser jams 1 6 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS N on imaged elements Imaging error messages Elements such as text and graphics may begin at the edge of the physical page on two sides and off the physical page on the top and on the left side except with 8 5 by 14 inch paper However if any part
2. Forms D escription Language FDL line tables are internal FDL data structures that provide a record in memory of the lines to be drawn on a page These tables allow the system to find the corners and edges of boxes when they are referenced later Since excessive amounts of memory would be required to store every line the FDL compiler retains only the memory of the longest lines that pass through any given coordinate in a particular direction FDL replaces dotted or broken lines with an invisible line of the same length Line table limits The FDL line tables can store 1 999 vertical and 1 999 horizontal lines in memory When you exceed either of these line table limits the following message is displayed TOO MANY HORIZONTAL OR TOO MANY VERTICAL LINES This message warns you that the new user specified line cannot be retained in the table The message is of no real consequence to you unless the new line is intended as the side of a box In that case the box is not found and your form may not compile 4 4 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING Generally the line table limits are reached because the form contains a large number of short line segments The most probable reason for this is a series of vertical lines for example tick marks or horizontal lines for example a series of long dashes With either of these conditions itis possible to reduce the number of entries in the line table a
3. Grid and origin substitutions for 8 5 by 14 inch 216 by 356 mm paper Substitution LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 18 INCH 0 66 INCH PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 57 INCH 0 58 INCH The grid and origin substitutions made when printing on 8 27 by 11 69 inch A4 paper are shown in table B 3 Table B 3 Grid and origin substitutions for 8 27 by 11 69 inch A4 paper Specification FMT1A FMT2A FMT3A FMT4A FMT5A FMT6A FMT7A FMT8A FMT9A FMT10A Substitution LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 12 5 CPI 8 3 LPI ORIGIN 0 46 1 45 CM 0 18 0 57 INCH LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 14 3 CPI 8 3 LPI ORIGIN 0 46 1 53 CM 0 18 0 60 INCH LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 12 5 CPI 11 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 46 1 45 CM 0 18 0 57 INCH LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 14 3 CPI 11 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 46 1 53 CM 0 18 0 60 INCH LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 10 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 0 56 2 16 CM 0 22 0 85 INCH PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 2 32 1 17 CM 0 91 0 46 INCH PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 12 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 2 16 1 00 CM 0 85 0 39 INCH PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 10 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 2 16 1 00 CM 0 85 0 39 INCH LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 20 CPI 10 LPI ORIGIN 0 36 2 16 CM 0 14 0 85 INCH PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 17 6 CPI 12 5 LPI ORIGIN 1 45 1 00 CM 0 57 0 39 INCH FMT11A PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 20 CPI 12 5 LPI ORIGIN 1 44 1 00 CM 0 5
4. Specifying resolution The RESOLUTION parameter is an optional part of the FORM command that allows you to specify whether the form is created at 300 or 600 spots per inch spi Syntax FORM name RESO LUTION IS value SPI Parameter options name A one to six character identifier that references the form value Specifies whether the form is created at 300 or 600 spi D efault None Example FORM BLUBO X RESOLUTION IS 300 SPI 2 4 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PAPER Identifies the paper size for which the form is designed Itis an optional command that enables you to select a paper size that is different than the sysgen defined paper size Syntax PAPER SIZE IS value Parameter options value U SLETTER 8 5 by 11 inches 216 by 279 mm A4 8 27 by 11 69 inches 210 by 297 mm U SLEGAL 8 5 by 14 inches 216 by 356 mm x unitBY y unit Specifies nonstandard sizes The x represents the virtual page width and the y represents the virtual page height Units are optional and can be expressed in INCH or INCHES CM or CENTIMETERS DOTS or XDOTS The default is INCHES The x and y values must be positive numbers and may contain two decimal places for all units except DOTS Default If a PAPER command is not present and a predefined format is not specified the sysgen defined paper size in effect at run time is used as the paper size value Example nonstandard s
5. DRAW VERTICAL LINES 24 DRAW VER LINE FROM 5 TO 61 USING HAI 32 DRAW 11 VER LINE FROM 5 TO 61 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 10 29 DRAW VER LINE FROM 10 TO 61 USI BRO HAT 38 DRAW 10 VER LINE FROM 10 TO 61 USI BRO HAI AND REPEAT EVE 10 8 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3 19 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3 XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE C 3 SAM PLE FORM CREATION D rawing boxes Use the BO X command to construct individual standalone boxes or boxes that share common sides You can also create a shaded area or construct an invisible box to place floating text Such as titles conveniently Enter the following COMM ENT and BO X command as shown in figure C 6 Figure C 6 BOX command COMMENT DRAW BOXES 2 9 2 8 5 0 S 10 INK DRAW BOX 35 WIDE BY 2 HIGH USI HAIRLINE 2 DRAW BOX 50 WIDE BY 2 HIGH USI HAI DRAW BOX 132 WIDE BY 56 HIGH USI HAI 0 BOX 132 WIDE BY 1 8 HIGH USI SHADING 1 0 DRAW 9 BOXES 132 WIDE BY 2 8 HIGH USI SOL HAI BLUE AND FILL USING INK XEROX PICTORIAL PALE BLUE AND REPEAT VER EVE 6 Placing text at a location Use the TEXT AT command to place text at an exact location Enter the COMMENT and TEXT AT command as shown in figure C 7 Figure C 7 TEXT AT command COMMENT TEXT AT COMMAND TEXT TEXT TEXT SING FONT 2 AT 2 2 5 COMP FO AT 2 11 BR
6. FO AT 2 14 DEPT FO AT 2 22 DATE FO AT 2 30 PP FO AT 2 34 PAGE FO INK BLUE AT 3 47 EARNINGS REGISTER FONT 2 AT 61 0 7860 143 1 T USING FONT 3 AT 66 5 F8662 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE SAM PLE FORM CREATION Placing text in a box The TEXT IN BO X command allows you to place text at a particular location within a box that was previously described Enter the COMMENT and TEXT IN BO X commands as shown in figure C 8 Figure C 8 COMMENT TEXT IN BOX COMMANDS TEXT USI FONT 2 IN OVERTIME TEXT USI FONT 2 IN BOX G BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U BOX U TEXT USI TEXT USI TEXT USI Using the END command ROSS ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ITS U ADJ ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS ITS FONT 2 IN G FONT 2 IN G FONT 2 IN BOX 9 0 GROSS YTD TEXT IN BOX command BOX 5 1 24 BOX 7 0 NA NET NET TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE TD CURRE BOX 8 19 E HoH oH KK KKK WoW THIS PAY BOX P E AY dHduudHdHunuddsuiHsduwHu LEFT CENTER AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM HET BOX 9 0 Hqa4ang8 88 884488 YTD YTD YTD XD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD ppp pppprppr REGULAR OU
7. If no units value is specified INCHES is the default Example GRID UNIT IS 1 INCH Considerations Inches and centimeters may have two decimal places Dots must be expressed in integers only The values value y and x must be positive numbers XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 7 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE FONT Reference The GRID command when specified in number of dots allowsa greater flexibility than more conventional methods of specifying the grid For example instead of being limited to two decimal places of accuracy when specifying inches or centimeters the grid can be specified to the dot This feature also eliminates any errors caused by rounding If the GRID command specifies explicit unit parameters and no ORIGIN is specified the form origin coincides with the virtual page origin Grid unit dimensions may be overridden by the BO X LINE LOGO and TEXT commands Multiple GRID commands may be used within a set of FDL commands A GRID command remains in effect until another is encountered For illustrations of how virtual page and form origin are determined see the Command examples appendix Syntax Parameter options Example Considerations Identifies the character sets used when creating and printing forms data and variable data FO NTS id id id3 1d32 5 id Identifier of the standard or custom font you want to use Multiple ids are separated by either a blank or a
8. Left aligned Right aligned Center aligned TEXT ALIGNED LEFT AT 5 1 TEXT ALIGNED RIGHT AT TEXT AT 5 1 FIRST FIRST N ATIO NAL TRUST 5 1 FIRST NATIONAL NATIONAL TRU ST CO CO TRUST CO FIRST FIRST FIRST NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL TRUST TRUST TRUST CO CO CO Vertical aligned3 Top aligned VERTICAL TEXT AT 5 1 VERTICAL TEXT ALIGNED FIRST NATIONAL TOP AT 5 1 FIRST TRUST CO NATIONAL TRUST CO Proportional Fixed font font FNTC ARO RTU SIS TOT N A L Bottom aligned VERTICAL TEXT ALIGNED BOTTOM AT 5 1 FIRST NATIONAL TRUST CO Tr Dco dmPz AncwnHo HAND OO 1 This command produces stacked left aligned output beginning five grid units down from the form origin and one grid unit to the right of the form origin as follows 2 To center the stacked words the default option an alignment need not be specified Horizontal printing is the default If vertical printing is desired it must be specified 3 Centering is automatic N otice how the fixed font gives a more uniform appearance G 8 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE COMMAND EXAMPLES Figure G 14 Character block orientations for portrait and landscape pages This character indicates the positioning origin of the text block If the font and page have the same orientation letters appear upright They appear sideways or upside down if orientations differ Text is al
9. TROUBLESHOOTING Avoiding boundary line density problems Section factors Terminating the shading before reaching the boundary line helps to avoid line density problems conserves space in the form file and in the form image buffer and enhances the appearance of the form Figure 4 6 Terminating shading to avoid line density problems Normal shading using the Early shading termination same coordinates and using a smaller box for sizes as the box shading You can create sections to duplicate identical information on a page However you should take into account the form image buffer limitations and potential line density problems whenever you use this feature A form that is made up of many sections often takes up more space in the form image buffer than a form created without sections This occurs because a single long line requires less buffer space than many short lines When you create a form by invoking defined sections there is a tendency to begin and end lines at section boundaries even when they are continuous through a series of sections This is a much less efficient way to create forms than by taking the long lines out of the sections and drawing them as continuous lines A less obvious inefficiency of using the form image buffer may occur when you have a line that switches from solid to dotted and vice versa The common method of creating this type of line is to draw short segments of solid and dotted lines
10. 12 A Dynamic Job Descriptor Entries see DJDEs abbreviations 4 2 to 4 3 absolute coordinate symbol 2 9 E alignment 4 15 edgemarking 1 6 2 5 editor utility 2 3 3 1 B END command 2 22 C 5 boundary line 4 13 end coordinate symbol 2 9 BOX command 2 11 to 2 12 4 9 to 4 10 END SECTION command 2 19 to 2 21 boxes using 1 1 2 15 to 2 17 4 9 to 4 12 error C 5 G 6 to G 7 checks compiling 3 4 messages imaging 1 7 C Ethernet network 3 2 capacity limits FDL D 1 channel attached 3 2 F character FDL case 2 14 basic concepts 1 1 to 1 14 cells 1 2 2 14 capacity limits FDL D 1 spacing 1 2 to 1 3 2 14 command characters per inch see cpi examples G 1 to G 10 coding techniques 4 1 to 4 4 format 2 1 Color Compatibility Release software 1 10 overview 2 1 command summary 2 2 summary 2 2 COMMENT command 2 21 C 2 syntax summary A 1 to A 2 communicating remote device 3 2 description commands 2 9 to 2 22 compilation options 3 4 to 3 6 forms creation process 2 3 compiling forms 3 1 to 3 6 PROOF 3 5 CO M PRESS utility 3 2 setup commands 2 3 to 2 8 conventions document vii statistics 4 16 converting file preprinted forms 4 1 secured 3 5 to 3 6 unit values 4 14 storage 3 5 coordinates fixed fonts 1 2 to 1 3 location 1 1 2 9 FMT1 2 7 negative 1 13 2 9 FMT6 1 13 2 7 symbols 2 9 FONT command 2 8 2 14 system 1 6 fonts cpi 1 12 character set 1 2 2 8 definition 1 2 D fixed 1 2 to 1 3 data maximu
11. Colored Paper weights and printing speed vary with each printer System page Your LPS can print on a variety of paper sizes You can manipulate the size of the image with some limitations Understanding the terms system page physical page and virtual page helps to define these limitations This refers to the maximum image area which is 8 6 by 14 00 inches Elements which do not print may originate off the leading edge of the system page Refer to the Non imaged elements subsection later in this chapter for more information 1 4 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS Physical page Virtual page This refers to the size of the paper itself You can use any page dimension as long as the paper physically fits in the feeder trays and you can preselect the following paper sizes at system generation sysgen as shown in table 1 1 Table 1 1 Physical page sizes Inches Millimeters 8 0 x 10 0 203 x 254 8 0 x 10 5 203 x 267 8 0 x 13 0 203 x 330 8 27 x 10 63 210 x 270 8 27 x 11 69 A4 210 x 297 8 27 x 13 0 210 x 330 8 46 x 10 83 215 x 275 8 46 x 12 4 215 x 315 8 46 x 14 02 215 x 356 8 5 x 10 75 216 x 273 8 5 x 11 0 USLETTER 216x279 8 5 x 13 0 216 x 330 8 5 x 14 0 USLEGAL 216 x 356 X X X 8 37 x 10 78 213 x 274 X X X Use the PAPERSIZE command in the Print Description Language PDL and the PAPER command in the Forms Description Language FDL to allow form co
12. NUMBER BOTTOM LEFT BOTTOM CENTER BOTTOM RIGHT XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE A3 A4 B4 batch processing BCD bitmap blocking block length BOF BOT bpi CCID character set cluster Glossary International paper size measuring 297 by 420 mm or 11 69 by 16 54 inches International paper size measuring 210 by 297 mm or 8 27 by 11 69 inches International paper size measuring 250 by 353 mm or 9 84 by 13 9 inches Process that allows for repetitive operations to be performed sequentially on batched data without much involvement from the computer operator Binary coded decimal Visual representation of graphic images in which a bit defines a picture element pixel and a matrix of bits defines an image For example if a bit is 1 the corresponding pixel is printed Process of combining two or more records into a single block of data which can moved operated upon stored and so on asa single unit by the computer Number of characters or bytes contained in a block of data the block is treated as a unit within the computer Block length is usually invariable within a system and may be specified in units such as records words computer words or characters Bottom of form Beginning of tape Bits per inch Character Code Identifier Code associated with the universal identifier Xerox to indicate the version of the Xerox character code standard used to
13. OU OU OU OU OU OU OU OU OU I I I I I I I I I T SAL RATE BOX The END command isthe final command Enter END and you are done Figure C 9 er END command XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUID E C 5 SAM PLE FORM CREATION Compiling the form This exercise gives you practice using most of the FDL commands discussed throughout this guide The next step is to compile the FSL which produces a sample of the form provided there are no syntax errors The summary statement also prints any errors After you have entered the END command SAVE CLEAR and END the editing session as shown in figure C 10 Figure C 10 SAVE CLEAR and END commands END SAVE 1STFRM FSL CE FDL 1STFRM TRA CE is an abbreviation for CLEAR and END Do not be surprised if you inadvertently omit a semicolon or misspell a word The system indicates where the error occurred and you can easily go back into the form and correctthe error If there are errors at the os1000 READY FOR COMMANDS message on the LPS user interface enter the following EDIT 1STFRM FSL The FSL file is displayed When you identify where the error occurred modify that record then SAVE CLEAR and END the editing session Since this FSL already exists use the abbreviated method to SAVE CLEAR and END SCE as shown in figure C 11 Figure C 11 SAVE CLEAR and END SCE comman
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15. character row Number of lines to be drawn unit Unit of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If a linear unit is specified following IN the cg parameter is assumed to be in the same units unless specified after cg If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units direction HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL 2 10 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Cs The coordinate of the start of the line measured on the x or y axis depending on the direction of the line Ce The coordinate of the end of the line measured on the x or y axis depending on the direction of the line type SOLID An unbroken straight line BROKEN The line is divided into many equal sections separated by small amounts of space DOTTED The line consists of dots of equal size and spaced equally apart thickness 0 invisible HAIRLIN E 1 2 repeat direction HORIZONTALLY or VERTICALLY Ca Absolute x or y coordinate at which to start repetitive lines in a horizontal or vertical direction Multiple Ca parameters can be specified Whether c3 is measured on the y or x axis depends on the horizontal or vertical direction of the line Ci An incremental number representing the grid units or linear units between repeated lines D efault The system defaults for direction and type of line are horizontal and solid The default option of REPEAT is used to rep
16. character occupies an area called a character cell All character cells in a fixed font are the same width Character cells in a proportional font vary in width Figure 1 2 Character spacing 1 2 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS Because the length of a line printed with a proportional font is unpredictable the system uses fixed fonts for variable data on a report to avoid overprinting of forms by variable data The system uses proportional fonts for forms data such as titles headings and so forth A business letter is an example of the use of proportional fonts for variable data Figure 1 3 shows an example of the difference in line length Figure 1 3 Character spacing line length examples Font typefaces Fonts are available in various typefaces such as OCR and Titan sizes styles such as serif and sans serif and weights such as medium and bold The Xerox LPS Standard Font Library Font User Guide lists the standard fixed and proportional fonts Font orientation In addition to typeface style and size a font can be defined by its orientation Landscape Portrait Inverse landscape Inverse portrait Font orientation is relative to the physical page Figure 1 4 Font orientation Refer to the Xerox Laser Printing Systems Standard Font Library Font User Guide for specific font information and the Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS System Administration Guide for information on u
17. comma FONTS UN106A UN 104C UN 114A Fonts must be selected using the FONT command before text can be specified FONT can be used only once When specifying multiple fonts make sure that you enter the correct font in the font list When an invalid font is encountered compilation is suspended and an FRM file is not produced There are three possible cases for a font not found error The font does not exist on the system disk and the message USER SPECIFIED FONT NAME IS MISSING iS generated No FRM file is created e There is no such font index For example the FONTS command contains two font ID s and the user specifies TEXT USI FON 3 This generates an INVALID FONT INDEX message and an FRM file is created with the text printed using FONT 1 e No font index is specified in the TEXT command For example TEXT AT 11 text messace Will print with the last used font If this is the first time the text has been used FDL will defaultto FONT 1 The number of fonts that can be specified depends on their size the number of fonts used in the variable data and the size of font memory in your system However the maximum number of fonts and logos allowed per form by the forms compiler is 32 2 8 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Description commands Description commands specify the location size and characteristics of the following form elements lines bo
18. higher operating system software releases When an FSL is compiled and the name of the source input file differs from the name in the FORM command an FSL is created using the name from the FORM command This newly created FSL contains only those commands necessary for that form However if the input file has the same name as the one in the FORM command the original FSL file is not affected If there are multiple forms in the input source and the source input file name is used for any of the forms other than the first an error occurs during compilation Therefore if you wish to use the source input file name as one of the form names you must use it as the first form to be compiled Typically forms contained in a multiple file FSL do not have the same name as the source input file An example of this is DC20 FSL XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3 3 COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS Using the compilation options If an FSL with multiple forms has one form name which has the same name as another FSL this second FSL will be overwritten when the first is compiled For example assume that file A FSL contains forms X Y and Z When itis compiled files X FRM Y FRM and Z FRM are produced as are files X FSL Y FSL and Z FSL If there already is a file name X FSL on the system it is overwritten by X FSL from the A FSL file Summary sheet If the compilation is successful a summary sheet of statist
19. input to the printer as data using the LPS keyboard and display or a host computer terminal To define a form FDL uses lines logos images signatures shading and different font styles and sizes to make full use of laser printing system features and capabilities Advantages of FDL e Lines can be drawn at specified intervals without being redefined each time You state the origin and the dimensions of a box to have it drawn at any specified location on the page Anentire section of a form once defined can be repeated anywhere on the same form n defining a location on a page you are not restricted to lines and character positions You can specify coordinates in inches centimeters or dots with a resolution of 1 300 inch in either direction Note An xdot is a 1 600 inch unit of measure that is provided with version 3 software A form specifying xdots may be created edited and compiled on any V3 based LPS However results are unpredictable if you attempt to print a 600 spots per inch spi form on a 300 spi LPS Once you create a form it can be stored on the system and printed as many times and as often as you need e You can use three types of lines solid broken and dotted in four thicknesses invisible 0 hairline medium 1 or bold 2 You can also mix fonts and arrange text in many Ways Certain basic concepts are required to understand the forms creation process on laser printing systems These inc
20. is specified in any TEXT command the system uses FONT 1 as the default The origin of a single line of text is the upper left corner of the first character cell when the line appears upright to the viewer The origin of multiple lines of text is the upper edge of the topmost character cell and leftmost edge of the leftmost character cell when viewed in an upright position Text buffer capacity limits vary depending on the application The buffer is 968 bytes in size However 968 bytes of text cannot be included in a line of text There are a number of factors involved e Approximately 30 bytes are consumed for the processing of the command Approximately 12 bytes are used for each individual text string that is specified in a command e One byte is consumed for each byte of the text string Therefore it takes fewer bytes to process 1234567890 than to process 12 3456 678 90 in a TEXT command Text originally entered at a 9700 8700 keyboard may contain number signs The number sign acted as a toggle to enable the user to alternate between lower and uppercase characters Previously this was the only way to specify a change from uppercase to lowercase and vice versa The following is an example of the lowercase in a text string Entering RAETAIL D ASTRIBUTION produces Retail Distribution Although the current keyboards provide lowercase capability itis important to note that a form previously created on a 970
21. location of a form element on a page is specified in terms of its horizontal and vertical displacement from the form origin The units of measurement used to define this displacement can be any of the following Linear units inches or centimeters Dots 300 per inch e Xdots 600 per inch e cpiand lpi characters per inch horizontally and lines per inch vertically The y coordinate describes the vertical position on a grid The x coordinate describes the horizontal position When both coordinates are given together the y coordinate is always specified first If you draw a horizontal and a vertical line through the form origin to create x and y coordinates you would express the location of the form origin as y 0 x 0 If you draw more lines to mark horizontal and vertical measurements away from the form origin so that the lines were one unit of measurement apart you create a grid like the one shown in figure 1 11 You can then position form elements lines boxes and so on by specifying a grid location Figure 1 11 Form grid Form origin y 0 x 0 Character cell origin at y 2 x 1 EY CI 1 12 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS Example You placed the letter A at location 2 1 If you are measuring grid units in inches the origin of the A character cell is located two inches down and one inch to the right of the form origin If you are measur
22. messages generated when the system calculates that too much text has been specified for placement in a box are an approximation Use the TEXT SPACED AT command to force exact text placement Avoid placing too many small characters in one area of the page Avoid overlapping characters to achieve bolding or other effects Use the correct font whenever possible Avoid too many font switches on the same text line This creates overhead in the printing process Use a COMMENT command Use coordinates based at 0 0 when defining a section Then place the section at the locations you want If the source filename FSL and the form name the name that follows the FORM keyword do not agree an FSL file is created that has the same name as the form name Therefore when you copy X FSL to Y FSL and compile Y FSL without changing the form name in Y FSL the original X FSL is deleted and a new X FSL is created from the Y FSL source Furthermore the form file FRM that is created is X FRM and not Y FRM If you wish to create a distinct source using another FSL as a base you need to change the form name to the same name as the source name or to some other name that does not already exist Two files with the same name and type cannot reside on the system Image complexity factors Line tables Form design is limited by physical restrictions on the amount of image data characters and lines that can be printed on a scan line and on a page
23. no origin or grid Grid Unit size set by FM T1 Virtual page origin Form origin defaults to FM T1 Virtual page centered on paper LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZEIS 3 INCH 3 INCH GRID UNIT IS 1 CM In this example explicit grid unit dimensions are set by the GRID command and no ORIGIN parameter or predefined format is specified This causes the form origin to coincide with the virtual page origin G 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE COMMAND EXAMPLES Figure G 4 Form results with grid specified but no origin or format Grid unit size 1 cm square Virtual page origin and form origin Virtual page centered on paper Example 5 LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZEIS 3 INCH 3 INCH GRID UNIT IS FM T3 In this example FM T3 provides both the grid unit dimensions and the form origin Figure G 5 Form results with grid and page size specified Grid unit size set by FM T3 Virtual page origin Form origin set by FM T3 Virtual page centered on paper Example 6 LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZEIS 3 INCH 3 INCH GRID UNIT IS FM T1 ORIGIN IS 1 INCH 1 INCH In this example the location of the virtual page origin is determined by the PAGE SIZE command The form origin is offset from the virtual page origin by one inch vertically and one inch horizontally XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE G 3 COMMAND EXAMPLES LINE examples Figure G 6 Form resu
24. of a printed element begins off the system page no part of the element images e Ifa line of variable data begins off the system page no part of the line prints faruled line begins off the system page no part of the ruled line prints A ruled line near the edge of the system page must hold a position of at least one half the line thickness inside the system page to print For example a bold line is eight dots thick and therefore it must hold a position of atleast four dots inside the system page leading edge One common cause of print elements accidentally beginning off the system page is the improper use of the OUTPUT SHIFT command This command shifts the entire page contents relative to the boundaries of the system page When you enter a negative shift value as is often the case for the back side of duplex pages and that value exceeds the left margin no text element prints When using a negative value for the SHIFT command be sure that it is less than the value of the left margin Registration shift and skew If any part of a print line originates off the system page the following message displays OS6905 DATA ORIGIN OFF PAGE CHECK OUTPUT This message line appears only once during a printjob It indicates that a print line origin problem exists within the form description or that an excessive SHIFT value has been specified The registration of a printed image can appear shifted or skewed on a page if
25. only when itis needed to resolve to a dot address and therefore might involve more than one line at a time For example the line drawn at 43 is assigned to scan line 1433 using the following formula 43 300 9 12900 9 1433 3333 or 1433 The equivalent line positioning for the variable data is computed with the following method 43 300 9 43 33 1419 This yields an error that increases as calculation proceeds down the page Furthermore in the example form if we had drawn lines with a REPEAT EVERY 3 LINES command the uneven dot value 33 333333 dots per line would not have been rounded off because rounding would not have been performed until it was time to resolve the specification to a dot address The dot address for three lines is an even 100 dots So the lines for the form would be drawn at exactly 100 dots and the variable data on the other hand would be using a 99 dot spacing Avoiding imperfect alignment The best way to ensure that a form and variable data share the same coordinate system is to define both in terms of an integral number of dots Itis also important to know when rounding will affect the alignment of the variable data and the form In the example the only way to make the form match the lines of data is to set the line spacing for both at 33 dots If variable data does not line up properly with a form and it appears that both are using the same line spacing find out what the dot valu
26. per inch dpi or spots per inch spi The greater the number of dots the higher the resolution and the clearer the image The terms dots spots and pixels are synonymous To adjust font or image size according to given proportions 1 In numeric sequence usually in ascending order 2 A file structure in which records are written one after another and cannot be randomly accessed Multiple copies of the same report Printing on one side of the page Spots per inch See resolution A picture element imaged by the printer Synonymous with dot and pixel Detailed instructions in a program step written according to specific rules called syntax User defined name in the JSL that specifies a certain type of paper for printing a job Collection of stocks to be used on a print job See also stock Connected sequence of alphanumeric characters treated as one unit of data by a program XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLO SSARY 7 GLOSSARY syntax system page tape density TOF two up UCSB UCS variable data virtual page vpos wildcard XDDI xdot xerographic mode XNS XPAF XPF Rules governing the structure of expressions in a programming language Maximum area in which text and graphics can be imaged ona printing system Expression of the format of a magnetic tape measured in number of bytes that can be stored per inch of tape Top of form Printing two logical p
27. solid text with minimum spacing especially if a form is portrait Large amounts of text in an orientation different from the defined form orientation for example portrait text in a landscape form Alarge number of lines drawn on the short axis of the paper that is vertical lines on a landscape form U sing boxes You can draw boxes with a single BOX command or construct them with commands on a line by line basis A line density problem can occur if a single BOX command is used to specify a box that is adjoined to another box by a single side When two BOX commands are issued in this manner one line of a box is superimposed over another along the adjoined side Since two lines are drawn between the same pair of coordinates a line density problem may occur W hen to use the BO X command To avoid this situation use the BO X command only for the following conditions when designing a form e The box is fully isolated from any other lines The line type of a box is different from any other lines that share its boundaries for example a SOLID 2 box sharing a small portion of a SOLID 1 edge as shown in figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 SOLID 2 box sharing part of a SOLID 1 box edge XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 4 9 TROUBLESHOOTING Text in boxes Locating the closest box When text is entered for placement within a box the system attempts to determine whether the given text exceeds the large
28. specified in the SPACED parameter of Dots the TEXT command No units specified in the LOGO command Grid unit XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE B 3 C Sample form creation This appendix reviews the commands discussed earlier in this guide and illustrates a sample form along with the entire Forms Source Library FSL that created it Practice entering the Forms D escription Language FDL commands that instruct the LPS to produce a sample form accurately Refer to the command definitions discussed earlier in this guide as needed Enter the commands as shown in the sample FSL to produce the form You must be familiar with the LPS Editor utility or the editor at your host The sample form that you create is shown in figure C 1 in reduced size your form will be actual size Figure C 1 Earnings register XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE C 1 SAM PLE FORM CREATION W riting the setup commands Recall that the setup commands precede the form description commands for lines boxes and text In general the setup commands specify the parameters which describe the form Invoke the Editor utility and enter the commands shown in figure C 2 Figure C 2 Setup commands FORM 1STFRM GRID FMT1 FONTS UN114A UN106A UN104C Using the COMMENT command Notice that the PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE command and the PAPER command are omitted These commands are optional and wh
29. that differs from the one specified in the FSL Therefore when TRYIT FSL is compiled for example the form that is created is not automatically named TRYIT FRM The newly created FRM file is given a different name and it is this renamed form that is eventually deleted Due to this safeguard if a file named TRYIT FRM already exists on the system disk that form still exists after the new FRM file is compiled and deleted Secured files f you attempt to overwrite a secured file while compiling a form a security violation message displays and the compilation process is aborted e f you attempt to overwrite a secured file having the same name on both the task invocation line and in the FSL a security violation message is displayed and the form is aborted For example TRYIT1 FSL is a secured file You enter FDLTRYIT1 TRAY The FSL contains FORM TRYIT1 GRID IS 1 INCH END END In this case a security violation message displays and compilation aborts XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3 5 COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS Example 1 Example 2 Printing a compiled form Ifthe form names on the invocation line and in the FSL are different the compilation is aborted and a single sheet is printed The sheet contains the heading for the page and the portion of the FSL that was processed before the security violation was detected For example TRYIT1 FSL is a secured file You enter
30. the output type format font selection accounting options Phase encoded Actual page size your printer uses to print a form Width of a fixed pitch font expressed in characters per horizontal inch Acronym for picture element Smallest addressable point of a bitmapped screen that can be independently assigned color and intensity In Xerox laser printing systems a unit of measurement equal to 0 0139 inch Points are always used to express type size and leading There are 12 points to a pica and about 72 points to an inch Orientation in which text and images are positioned parallel to the short edge of the paper GLO SSARY 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY ppm Print Description Language print file PSC query record report resolution scale sequential set simplex printing spi spot statement stock stockset string Pages per minute See PDL Portion of the system disk memory up to 4 MB reserved for temporary storage of formatted pages for printing Pages are retained until they are delivered to the output tray Printer Subsystem Controller Request for data or other information entered by an operator while the system is processing A line of data as defined in the RECORD command A single output data set delimited by an RSTACK command or as a file In setting a separation boundary reports are subsets of a job Number of dots
31. 0 8700 using toggles will compile successfully on a 4050 4450 4650 or 4090 LPS Text in forms may be left aligned right aligned or centered Refer to the Command examples appendix for command syntax and illustrations for aligned text 2 14 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Other character block orientations are shown in the Command examples appendix TEXT IN BOX Allows you to place text within a box Syntax direction TEXT SPACED d units PER LIN EALIGN ED alignment USING FONTn IN position BO Xy unitx unit text text IN NEXT direction BO X text text Parameter options direction HORIZONTAL VERTICAL d Amount of vertical space occupied by a line of text All specifications except Ipi are actual line height measurements An Ipi value specifies line height in terms of lines per inch The number must be positive and may have two decimal places for all units except DOTS The default unitis DOTS units Units of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM DOTS XDOTS points PTS or lines per inch LPI If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units alignment LEFT RIGHT CENTER TOP BOTTOM Index number of the font to be used If omitted the system uses the last font index specified in a TEXT command If the font was omitted in all previous TEXT commands the system uses the first font sp
32. 090 4450 4650 LPS O perator Guide Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS O perator Instructor Training Flipcharts Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS O perator Instructor Training Guide Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS O perator Quick Reference Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Print Description Language PDL Quick Ref Card Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Print Description Language PDL Reference Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Product Reference Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS System Administration Guide Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS System Administration Q uick Reference Card Xerox Standard Font Library Font User Guide Xerox Tape Formats M anual Helpful Facts About Paper Xerox Dynamic Document Interface Command Summary Xerox Dynamic Document Interface O perator Guide Number 720P94030 720P22320 720P22340 720P22330 720P94020 720P93100 720P92990 720P93980 720P94000 720P22080 720P22070 720P93050 720P93090 720P94090 720P94060 720P94010 720P93090 600P86174 600P86175 610P50497 720P13680 720P13670 viii XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE 1 Basic concepts The laser printing system LPS provides the capability to create electronic forms tailored to meet your individual requirements You create electronic forms using the Forms Description Language FDL This simple to learn easy to use language enables you to design and alter forms in minutes FDL defined forms are
33. 11 x 8 5 in 18 66 L0112B FMT2 66 150 8 1 15 9 11x8 5in 18 50 L0212A FMT3 88 132 10 7 13 6 7 11x8 5in 14 66 L0312A FMT4 88 150 10 7 15 7 11 x 8 5 in 14 50 L0412A FMT5 49 100 6 10 12 11x8 5in 17 50 L0512A FMT6 80 100 8 1 13 6 9 8 5 x1lin 57 58 P0612A FMT7 60 90 6 12 12 8 5 x 11 in 50 50 PO7TYA FMT8 60 75 6 10 12 8 5 x 11 in 50 50 P0812A FMT9 80 200 10 0 20 0 7 11 x 8 5 in 25 25 L0912A FMT10 132 132 12 5 17 6 6 8 5 x1lin 22 51 P1012A FMT11 132 150 12 5 20 6 8 5 x1lin 22 50 P1112A FMT12 66 172 8 1 13 6 9 14 x 8 5 in 18 66 L0112B FMT13 104 100 8 1 13 6 9 8 5 x 14 in 57 58 P0612A A4 formats FMT1A 66 132 8 3 12 5 9 297 x 210 mm 18 57 R112BL FMT2A 66 150 8 3 14 3 9 297 x 210 mm 18 60 R212BL FMT3A 88 132 111 12 5 7 297 x 210 mm 18 57 R312BL FMT4A 88 150 11 1 14 3 7 297 x 210 mm 18 60 R412BL FMT5A 48 100 6 10 12 297 x 210 mm 22 85 R512BL FMT6A 80 100 8 1 13 6 9 210 x 297 mm 91 46 R612BL FMT7A 60 90 6 12 12 210 x 297 mm 85 39 R7TIBP FMT8A 60 75 6 10 12 210 x 297 mm 85 39 R812BP FMT9A 80 200 10 0 20 0 7 297 x 210 mm 14 85 R912BL FMT10A 132 132 12 5 17 6 6 210 x 297 mm 57 39 RA12BP FMT11A 132 150 12 5 20 0 6 210 x 297 mm 57 39 RB12BP 1 Point size is approximate 2 First dimension given is the horizontal dimension Therefore 11 by 8 5 inches is landscape orientation while 8 5 by 11 inches is portrait orientation For A4 paper 297 by 210 mm is landsc
34. 600 spi A vertical line is a single dispatchable item A horizontal line is treated as a series of 32 dots in length joined end to end For 300 spi this means that a form using an 8 point or smaller font on a landscape page may have up to 318 characters plus a two item overhead for a total of 320 dispatchable items on a scan line For example when using a 6 point font itis possible to have 132 characters a line across the page under the text and up to 90 vertical lines without exceeding the line density limitations If a form requires a 9 point or larger font the number of characters that may be imaged on a landscape page is reduced to 160 because the characters are generally more than 32 dots wide While the dispatchable item count remains 320 per line fonts 9 points and larger use two dispatchable items per character Since a character in a large font constitutes two dispatchable items only half as many characters in a large font may be imaged on a scan line as is possible with a smaller font Portrait pages Restrictions for a portrait page are significantly different from those for a landscape page because the system always images in the landscape direction Therefore if a page is formatted in portrait orientation the hardware must reorganize the data into landscape prior to imaging XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 7 TROUBLESHOOTING Superimposed lines On a 300 spi portrait page a 12 point
35. 7 0 39 INCH B 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE SYSTEM DEFAULT SUMMARY Substitutions made for all paper sizes are shown in table B 4 Table B 4 Grid and origin substitutions for all paper sizes Specification Substitution FORM id FORM id GRID FMTI FORM id PORTRAIT FORM id PORTRAIT GRID FMT6 Page orientation not specified Landscape PAPER SIZE not specified Sysgen specified paper size is assumed PAPER SIZE not specified Virtual page size is set to sysgen specified paper size Explicit GRID UNIT measurement is specified Form origin is set to virtual page origin and ORIGIN is not specified GRID format id is specified and ORIGIN is not Form origin is set to specified format id BEGIN specified values No GRID UNIT or format id is specified and Grid unit dimensions are set by FMT1 ORIGIN is specified landscape or FMT6 portrait No GRID command is specified Grid unit dimensions and form origin are set by FMT1 landscape or FMT6 portrait No unit specified in the ORIGIN parameter of Inches the GRID command or the PAGE SIZE parameter of the LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT command No line direction Horizontal and repeat vertically No line box thickness SOLID 1 No direction for box repeat Repeat box horizontally No text direction Horizontal text No box text alignment Aligned centered in the box No font index specified in the TEXT command Current font in use Unit not
36. 8 96 104 112 120 Unless a form is described with a coordinate system of only dots or an integral number of dots the REPEAT parameter cannot be used to draw boxes that must be referenced by their coordinates 4 14 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING Rounding variable data Alignment problems U nder certain circumstances a form and variable data do not align properly even though it appears that both use the same line spacing This may be the result of the effects of rounding on the line spacing As an example construct a form with a grid unit of 13 6 cpi and 9 Ipi Horizontal lines are specified at 0 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 and 67 The data is printed with an override line spacing of 9 The natural assumption is that the form and the variable data line up However when the variable data is merged with the form it tends to drift up the page The reason for this is rounding Specifying 9 lines per inch for the variable data means that the LPS is requested to place data at approximately 33 333333 dots The system rounds this number down to 33 dots per line Meanwhile in FDL rounding does not take place until itis time to resolve specifications for the form to a dot address Note that variable data has a line spacing value that is computed as dots per line and rounding is done on that value In FDL the rounding takes place
37. CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000460 TEXT USING FONT 2 IN BOX 8 19 EMP 000470 TEXT USING FONT 2 IN LEFT CENTER BOX 9 0 SAL RATE 000480 TEXT USING FONT 2 IN BOX 9 0 GROSS YTD 000490 END 000500 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE C 7 Item Text Space allocation Sections Lines Fonts and logos FDL capacity limits The available memory space imposes the following maximums for use as shown in table D 1 Table D 1 Capacity limits Maximum Buffer capacity 512 bytes Lines per TEXT statement TEXT AT command TEXT IN BOX command where n bytes S D efinitions Invocations Horizontal Vertical 84 64 16 bytes S1 S2 Sn 18 bytes S1 S2 Sn 1st box 6 bytes S1 S2 Sn second and all succeeding boxes is fixed overhead is number of characters 2 in a text string rounded to a multiple of two 8 per form No limit 2000 2000 This number may vary depending on memory capacity and use however you cannot exceed 84 fonts and logos XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE Standard print formats Predefined print formats that provide commonly used impact printer conversion formats for use with specific page sizes and orientations are provided on the O perating System Software O SS Table E 1 Standard LPS print formats FormatID fines columns P CP Sze orientations values yx font ID FMT1 66 132 8 1 13 6 9
38. EATION GUIDE 2 1 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Command summary Command types and commands FO RM RESO LU TIO N PAPER LANDSCAPE PO RTRAIT GRID FONT The five types of commands and the associated FDL commands are described in table 2 1 Table 2 1 FDL command summary Command function Identifies the name of a form in the forms library and the resolution at which the form should be compiled for printing Identifies the paper size for which the form is designed Specifies the page orientation and virtual page size Specifies the grid units used in describing the form and the origin of the form relative to the virtual page origin In most cases a standard format specification can be entered which provides standard character and line spacing page orientation and form origin Specifies which fonts to use when creating a form LINE BOX TEXT AT TEXT IN BOX LOGO GRAPHIC SECTION END SECTION DO SECTION COMMENT END Specifies the length position direction and thickness hairline 0 1 or 2 of lines Specifies the location of the upper left corner and the dimensions of square or rectangular boxes All boxes in FDL are fixed size Backgrounds for text must use the BO X command Specifies the positioning of text written matter such as form titles headings and labels in specific locations Specifies the positioning of text in a box Specifies the positioning of logos and signatures Spec
39. FDL for vertical errors for example too many lines in the box is a rough approximation of the actual size of text and the computation may in fact be larger than the font for which an error message was displayed This is because the FDL calculation does not take into account the leading used within the font or provided by line spacing specifications The following formula is used by the error handling routine to compute text size when the box is too small in a vertical direction S z 72 300 D N S target point size 72 number of points in an inch 300 number of dots in an inch D distance between top and bottom of the box in dots N number of lines that are involved 4 10 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING Figure 4 5 Measurements used in computing vertical box TEXT IN LINE 1 D TEXT IN LINE 2 TEXT IN LINE 3 The result of this equation is rounded up and displayed in the error message Thus what the error message actually signifies is the largest font that could be accommodated within the box if no leading were involved Correcting text in box errors If an error is detected you have the following choices Make the box larger Reduce the number of lines Usea smaller font e ftext fits visually use a TEXT AT command rather than a TEXT IN BOX command Centering text in boxes FDL uses line spacing as the vertical unit of size in centering text within a box In a sma
40. FDLTRYIT TRAY The FSL contains FORM TRYITI GRID IS 1 INCH END END In this case a security violation message still displays and the compilation aborts but a single page is printed containing the page heading and the FSL line FORM TRYIT1 FDLTRYIT TRAY This command compiles the FSL named TRYIT provided it does not contain errors generates the source statement prints a copy of the statement and the form and delivers both to the SAM PLE tray If you do not include the word TRAY in your command the printout is delivered to the currently active bin If you wantto compile the form but you do not want a printout of the form just yet enter the following FDLTRYITNOPRINT The FSL compiles but the form and the source statement do not print Once a form has been compiled the object code is stored on the system as an FRM file To print copies of the form enter the SAM PLE command at the LPS keyboard The format of the SAM PLE command is SAMPLE filename FRM For example to produce five copies of the form enter the following SAM PLETRYIT FRM 5 When an FRM is compiled using FDL software version 2 or later the paper size is defined by the PAPER SIZE IS XX BY YY statement in the FSL If the paper size is not defined the paper size defaults to the sysgened paper size FRMs compiled prior to version 2 before the paper size statement of FDL was implemented use the sysgened paper size If there are g
41. I HAI 000170 AT 5 0 DRAW BOX 132 WIDE BY 56 HIGH USI HAI 000180 AT 5 1 0 BOX 132 WIDE BY 1 8 HIGH USI SHADING 000190 AT 10 1 0 DRAW 9 BOXES 132 WIDE BY 2 8 HIGH USI SOL HAI 000200 NK BLUE AND FILL USING INK XEROX PICTORIAL PALE BLUE 000210 AND REPEAT VER EVE 6 000220 COMMENT TEXT AT COMMAND 000230 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 2 5 COMP 000240 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 11 BR 000250 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 14 DEPT 000260 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 22 DATE 000270 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 30 PP 000280 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 2 34 PAGE 000290 TEXT USING FONT 1 INK BLUE AT 3 47 EARNINGS REGISTER 000300 TEXT USING FONT 2 AT 61 0 7860 143 1 000310 VER TEXT USING FONT 3 AT 66 5 F8662 000320 COMMENT TEXT IN BOX COMMANDS 000330 TEXT USI FONT 2 IN BOX 5 1 24 THIS PAY BOX REGULAR BOX OVERTIME 000340 TEXT USI FONT 2 IN BOX 7 0 NAME 000350 BOX GROSS ADJ NET NET PAY 000360 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000370 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000380 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000390 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000400 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000410 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000420 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000430 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000440 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD CURRENT AMT YTD AMOUNT 000450 BOX UNITS UNITS YTD
42. IN values of the predefined format are used to place the form origin unless overridden by an ORIGIN parameter value If a predefined format is not specified value is used to indicate the number of inches INCH or IN CH ES centimeters CM or CENTIM ETERS dots DOTS or XDOTS or characters per inch or lines per inch CPI or LPI that specify the size of a grid unit Size in inches or centimeters represents the length of one side of a square grid unit If the value is omitted when DOTS are specified 1 is assumed If only one DOTS parameter is specified the grid unitis the same number of dots in both the horizontal and vertical dimensions Specifies the offset value used to offset downward from the top of the virtual page If y is not specified the top edge of the form is located at the top edge of the virtual page unit Specifies the measurement in INCH or IN CHES CM or CENTIMETERS DOTS or XDOTS that the form origin is offset downward from the top of the virtual page If inches centimeters or dots are not specified in this parameter inches are assumed Specifies the offset value used to offset the form to the right of the left edge of the virtual page The coordinate x 0 represents the left edge of the virtual page If x is not specified the left edge of the form is located at the left edge of the virtual page Default If no grid units or predefined format is specified FMT1 landscape or FMT6 portrait values are used
43. O 1500DOTS 4 16 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE A FDL command syntax summary This appendix contains an alphabetized summary of the Forms Description Language FDL commands syntax described in this guide The conventions and definitions used to describe the commands are shown in table A 1 Table A 1 FDL command syntax conventions UPPERCASE BOLD BLUE Required words keywords in the command syntax appear in uppercase bold blue Ellipses indicate that you can repeat a parameter option or list a series of parameter options Lowercase black italics W ord character or phrase variable information in lowercase black italic to be replaced by a value UPPERCASE BLUE ITALIC Optional required words keywords in the command syntax appear in uppercase blue italic The carat character represents a required space Keywords may be abbreviated to the first three characters except for FM Tn Refer to the Syntax ambiguities section in the Troubleshooting chapter XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE A 1 FDL COMMAND SYNTAX SUMMARY Command BOX COMMENT END FONT FORM RESO LUTION GRAPHIC GRID LAN D SCAPE PORTRAIT LINE LOGO PAPER SECTION TEXT AT TEXT IN BOX Table A 2 FDL command syntax Syntax AT y unitx unitDRAW n BO XESIN unitp unitW ID E BY q unitH IGH USING type thickness SHADING density AND REPEAT direction AT ca u
44. O 33 USING SOLID 1 AND REPEAT VERTICALLY AT 11 17 20 23 26 29 HORIZONTAL TEXT USING FONT 1 AT 2 4 PHONE MESSAGES HORIZONTAL TEXT USING FONT AT 4 4 CALLER l HORIZONTAL TEXT USING FONT 1 AT 8 4 TIME 1 HORIZONTAL TEXT USING FONT END SECTION COMMENT PRINT MESSAGE PAD SECTION 4 TIMES DO SECTION PHONE AT 0 0 DO SECTION PHONE AT 30 0 DO SECTION PHONE AT 0 37 DO SECTION PHONE AT 30 37 END AT 12 4 MESSAGE BEGIN SECTION PHONE BEGIN SECTION Keywords PHONE Name of the section Rules for naming sections are identical to those for naming forms one to six alphanumeric characters END SECTION Finishing command Notice that the END SECTION command does not use the section name Including a Section name results in an error 2 20 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DO SECTION PHONE AT 0 0 DO SECTION PHONE AT 30 37 DO SECTION Keywords PHONE Section name The section must previously have been defined by the BEGIN SECTION and END SECTION commands AT 0 0 AT 30 37 Coordinates of the origin of the section in relation to the origin of the form COMMENT It is often helpful to use comments to include in the source statements a description of certain FDL commands and their functions These comments are useful when debugging your program and can act as reminders if you or someone else modifies the FSL later When you use com
45. This is an inefficient use of the form image buffer even if a SOLID 0 line is drawn first A SOLID 0 line is useful in saving space in the line tables but cannot help save buffer space To save form image buffer space efficiently draw a continuous dotted line and overlay a series of short solid line segments This technique makes best use of the form image buffer space but does not reduce the load on the imaging section of the system Refer to the Scan line density section in this chapter for more information In a form where there is a problem with exceeding both form image buffer and line density restrictions you may have to use logos or a specialty form font XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 13 TROUBLESHOOTING Rounding measurement factors Laser printing systems use only dot units when actually compiling forms Therefore as long as all positioning commands within FDL are defined in terms of dots or an integral number of dots there are no rounding problems Converting other unit values to dots You can define positions in decimal value inches in centimeters in lines per inch and in characters per inch The LPS converts all of these commands to dots while the form is being compiled Many of the possible defined values lines per inch centimeters and so forth cannot be reduced to an integral number of dots For example if a coordinate system uses 13 6 characters per inch cpi that n
46. XEROX Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 Laser Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide April 1995 720P93990 Xerox Corporation 701 S Aviation Boulevard El Segundo CA 90245 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 by Xerox Corporation All rights reserved Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted including without limitation material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as icons screen displays looks etc Printed in the United States of America Publication number 720P93990 Xerox and all Xerox products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of Xerox Corporation Products and trademarks of other companies are also acknowledged Changes are periodically made to this document Changes technical inaccuracies and typographic errors will be corrected in subsequent editions This document was created on the Xerox 6085 Professional Computer System using GlobalView software The typeface is O ptima Table of contents Introduction vii Document conventions vii Related publications viii 1 Basic concepts 1 1 Page orientation 1 2 Fonts 1 2 Font memory 1 4 Paper 1 4 Image size considerations 1 4 System page 1 4 Physical page 1 5 Virtual page 1 5 Edgemarking 1 6 Non ima
47. able 4 1 Define the x and y coordinates Code the form XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 1 TROUBLESHOOTING Recommended coding sequence Table 4 1 Layout sheet forms and paper sizes Layout sheet forms Paper size FLSF1 through 8 5 x 11 inch FLSF11 216 x 279 mm FLSF1A and FLSF11A FLSF12 and 8 5 x 14 inch FLSF13 216 x 356 mm Syntax ambiguities The FDL compiler imposes a number of constraints on the sequence in which commands are coded The form name must come first Only one form orientation is permitted and fonts and boxes must be implicitly or explicitly defined before they are referenced by TEXT commands After that point the sequence is not significant to the compiler However it is worthwhile to develop a sequence while debugging or making changes to a form Use a method of sequencing commands similar to the following Horizontal and vertical lines Boxes if needed Text Logo placement Shading Because FDL keywords can be abbreviated to the first three characters and because certain two character keywords can be interpreted in more than one way the following known ambiguities exist IN preposition is interpreted as IN inch For example TEXT 1 IN BOX Also TEXT SPACED 1 IN BOX The keyword IN is interpreted as IN CH while the required keyword IN preposition is detected as missing and an error message results The solution to this s
48. ages on one side of a physical page Universal Character Set Buffer Universal Character Set Changeable information which is merged with a standard document to create specialized or personalized versions of that document Variable data is not a part of a form design but varies from page to page Page area selected by a forms designer for printing Vertical positioning Character usually an asterisk which can be inserted into a command string to indicate that it may represent one or more characters in that position Xerox Dynamic Document Interface Unit of measurement representing a fraction of aninch May also be referred to as a picture element pixel or spot for example 1 600 spots per inch spi Either of two possible printer configurations 1 Black mode which allows printing with black dry ink only 2 Highlight mode which enables both highlight color and black printing Xerox Network Systems Xerox Printer Access Facility GLO SSARY 8 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE Index Symbols density print 1 9 FSL data transfer 3 1 to 3 2 description commands FDL 2 9 to 2 22 designing forms 4 1 to 4 2 C 1 to C 6 Numerals device communicating 3 2 300 spi 1 1 2 4 4 7 dispatchable items 4 6 to 4 8 600 spi 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 7 displacement values 1 10 4850 color DJDEs restricting 1 9 forms 3 3 to 3 4 DO SECTION command 2 19 to 2 21 logos 3 3 to 3 4 documentation viii dots 1
49. andling To ensure that your form files compile as quickly as possible remove any unnecessary font files and use the COMPRESS utility to reorganize your files on the disk This will shorten the font lookup time and use the disk space efficiently Invoking the forms compiler To invoke the forms compiler enter the following command at the LPS keyboard The entire command must fit on one line FDL filename NOPRINT TRAY DEBUG XPAN NOSOURCE PROOF SIMPLEX RES spi Parameter options The FDL compilation command includes any combination of the following options filename Specifies the name of the FSL to be compiled The file extension FSL may be included No other extension is allowed The file name cannot be a keyword option such as TRAY DEBUG XPAN and so on These are reserved names that could cause problems when you use a task outside of the forms compiler NOPRINT Specifies that the FSL source statements listing form summary and sample form will not be printed However if an error occurs during form processing the listing and the summary are printed 3 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS Compiling 600 spi forms Compiling 4850 color forms and logos TRAY Specifies that the sample form source statement and summary sheet will go to the sample tray instead of the currently active output stacker DEBUG Specifies that no attempt to print the sample form wil
50. ape and 210 by 297 mm is portrait orientation XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE E 1 Forms design ruler F Support tools and measurements There are two separate functions of form creation forms design and forms description Any form can be converted to an electronic form stored on the system by describing it in Forms Description Language FD L Forms design involves laying out and measuring a form and is only a peripheral concern of this guide A forms design ruler is provided for the forms designer Scale 1 10 inch Scale 2 6 inch Scale 3 8 inch Scale 4 12 inch Scale 5 13 6 inch Scale 6 8 1 inch Scale 7 10 7 inch Scale 8 15 inch The forms design ruler is used for the following Measuring character and line spacings Converting forms from one type of paper to another The ruler has eight scales four on the front and four on the back as shown in table F 1 Table F 1 Standard formats and spacings Formats spacing Standard computer output character spacing can also be used for measuring inches graduated in tenths Standard computer output line spacing 6 Ipi Standard computer output line spacing 8 Ipi Can be used for 12 cpi or 12 Ipi Formats spacing Default character spacing on Xerox laser printing systems Default line spacing on Xerox laser printing systems 66 lines per landscape page Line spacing on Xerox laser printing systems 88 lines p
51. at desired locations Syntax BEGIN SECTION id or DO SECTION id ATy unitx unit END SECTION Parameter options id An identifier one to six characters that is invoked when a section is to be defined Coordinate of the origin on the y axis of the section in relation to the origin of the form unit Unit of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 19 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Coordinate of the origin on the x axis of the section in relation to the origin of the form Default None Considerations SECTION can also be used to define an entire form as a section Within the section any other command statement or specification may be used except another SECTION command DO SECTION command FORM command or END command More than one section may be defined and invoked but each section must be terminated with the END SECTION command before another section can be defined To invoke a section that has been defined invoke the section with the DO SECTION command A section must be defined before it can be invoked Example Figure 2 7 illustrates how the SECTION commands are invoked Figure 2 7 Specifying a section FORM SEC 4 PORTRAIT GRID FMT8 FONT UN207B COMMENT CREATE PHONE MESSAGE PAD SECTION BEGIN SECTION PHONE AT 7 DRAW 7 HORIZONTAL LINES FROM 4 T
52. ayout sheet forms 4 2 LINE command 2 10 to 2 11 line density 4 6 to 4 9 drawing C 3 examples G 4 to G 6 superimposed 4 8 tables 4 4 to 4 6 types 1 1 linear units 1 12 lines per inch see Ipi LOGO command 2 17 to 2 18 logos 3 3 to 3 4 lowercase toggle 2 14 lpi 1 12 LPS Editor 3 1 M maximum image area 1 4 magnetic tape 3 1 measurement factors rounding 4 14 to 4 15 scales F 1 unit 1 13 memory font 1 4 N naming form 2 4 negative coordinates 1 13 non imaged elements 1 7 0 O perating System Software see O SS orientation see font landscape page portrait origin coordinate symbol 2 9 OSS 1 9 1 13 output performance 1 9 to 1 10 OUTPUT SHIFT command 1 7 P page generation errors 4 8 orientation 1 2 physical 1 5 1 13 setup errors 4 8 to 4 9 system 1 4 1 7 virtual 1 5 to 1 6 1 13 2 6 see also landscape portrait Page Description Language see PDL paper selecting 2 5 sizes 1 4 4 2 types 1 4 PAPER command 1 5 2 5 to 2 6 PAPERSIZE command 1 5 PDL 1 5 physical page 1 5 portrait definition 1 2 to 1 3 IN D EX 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE INDEX density 4 7 to 4 8 FMT1 2 7 font text block origin 1 11 image registration 1 7 to 1 9 shading factors 4 12 see also page PORTRAIT command 2 6 PostScript 1 9 predefined formats 1 13 2 6 to 2 7 print density 1 9 printing forms 3 1 to 3 6 procedures form
53. code Interpress strings Set of all characters defined in a font including alphabet numeric and special characters such as symbols Group of related feeder trays usually containing the same size and type of paper stock Each cluster has a name consisting of one to six alphanumeric characters XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLO SSARY 1 GLOSSARY CME compiler Copy Modification Entry copy sensitive cpi default DJDE dot dpi dry ink duplex Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry edgemarking embedded blanks ENET EOT Ethernet Entry modifying the output printing characteristics of a report on a copy to copy basis Software that translates instructions written in high level language into machine language for execution by a system See CME Job in which multiple copies of a report contain different data such as paychecks and banking statements Characters per inch Value assigned to a field by the system if no input is received from the operator You can change the default value of a field Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry Command within an input data Stream used to modify the printing environment dynamically Picture element pixel imaged by a printer The number of dots imaged per inch measures printer resolution for example 300 dots per mich dpi See also spot Dots per inch Indicates the number of dots per inch displayed on a terminal screen or printed to fo
54. converting preprinted 4 1 designing 4 1 printing 3 1 offline transferring data 3 1 proportional fonts 1 2 to 1 3 publications related viii R Raster Image Processor see RIP registration image 1 7 to 1 9 remote devices 3 2 resolution specifying 2 4 RIP 2 19 rounding measurement factors 4 14 variable data 4 15 S SAM PLE command 3 6 scaling grid unit 4 16 scanning line density 4 6 to 4 8 SECTION command 2 19 to 2 21 section factors 4 13 setup commands FDL 2 3 to 2 8 C 2 shading 2 11 4 12 to 4 13 shift image 1 7 to 1 9 skew image 1 7 to 1 9 spi 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 7 spots per inch see spi standard formats 1 13 2 7 E 1 standard print formats see standard formats start coordinate symbol 2 9 superimposed lines 4 8 summary sheet 4 16 syntax ambiguities 4 2 to 4 3 summary A 1 to A 2 System defaults B 1 to B 3 page 1 4 1 7 T text boxes 2 15 to 2 17 4 10 to 4 12 C 5 buffer 2 14 placing C 4 text block origin 1 11 TEXT command definition 2 13 AT 2 13 to 2 14 G 8 to G 9 IN BOX 2 15 to 2 17 G 10 troubleshooting 4 1 to 4 16 U UNIT value 1 13 uppercase toggle 2 14 U SLEGAL 2 5 USLETTER 2 5 V variable data non imaged 1 7 rounding 4 15 vector graphics 2 19 virtual page definition 1 5 to 1 6 origin 1 6 1 13 2 7 size 1 13 2 6 X X coordinate 1 12 to 1 13 2 9 XDDI software 1 10 xdots grids 1 12 size 1 1 Y y coordinate 1 12 to 1 13 2 9
55. developed by Xerox Interpress documents can be printed on any sufficiently powerful printer equipped with Interpress print software Job Control Block Job Control Language Job Descriptor Entry Collection of job descriptions Job Description Library Collection of compiled job descriptions See also JSL Job Identifier Synonymous with a START command a job is a group of print data sets called reports A job may contain one or multiple reports Program called into storage to prepare each job or job step to be run See JDE See JDL Collective functions of job scheduling and command processing See JSL Job Source Library Collection of uncompiled job descriptions See also JDE and JDL Required part of a command Reference to a file saved on tape or disk a record indicating the file name or date created or other control information Orientation in which text and images are positioned parallel to the long edge of the paper Paper size measuring 8 5 by 14 inches or 216 by 356 mm Paper size measuring 8 5 by 11 inches or 216 by 279 mm GLO SSARY 4 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY line feed literal logical page Ipi LPS mask metacode monochrome nesting object file octal offset operand operating system Control character that unless set to be interpreted as a line end causes the printing system to begin printing in the current character pos
56. ds FDL 1STFRM TRA When the form compiles error free your form prints successfully Figure C 12 illustrates the complete FSL C 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE SAM PLE FORM CREATION FDL VERSION B03 DISK ID ora none 0 IO FE 2o iw OHH 4 WD LS 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Figure C 12 Source statement 1STFRM FSL 13 13 30 APR XX PAGE 1 ARIEL VX 7 R9 7 REL 5 XX XX XX FORM 1STFRM 000010 GRID FMT1 000020 FONTS UN114A UN106A UN104C COMMENT DRAW HOR LINES 000030 AT 7 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 132 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 000040 AT 8 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 24 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 000050 AT 9 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 24 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 000060 COMMENT DRAW VERTICAL LINES 000080 AT 24 DRAW VER LINE FROM 5 TO 61 USING HAI 000090 AT 32 DRAW 11 VER LINE FROM 5 TO 61 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 10 000100 AT 29 DRAW VER LINE FROM 10 TO 61 USING BRO HAI 000110 AT 38 DRAW 10 VER LINE FROM 10 TO 61 USI BRO HAI AND REPEAT EVE 10 000120 AT 8 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3 000130 AT 19 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3 000140 COMMENT DRAW BOXES 000150 AT 2 2 DRAW BOX 35 WIDE BY 2 HIGH USI HAIRLINE 000160 AT 2 82 DRAW BOX 50 WIDE BY 2 HIGH US
57. e is It is most likely in such cases that the difficulty is a variation in defining the coordinate system resulting from rounding and is not a software problem XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 15 TROUBLESHOOTING FD L statistics If a form is compiled successfully the following FDL statistics are displayed on the summary sheet Size of the source output file FSL Size of the printable form file FRM Size of the form image buffer Amount of font memory used by the form e e Grid unit scaling Table 4 3 shows grid unit scaling specifications when the grid parameters are omitted or specified Table 4 3 Grid unit scaling specifications Grid unit specification System response O mitted default scaling W hen the system receives the FO RM id command it sets grid scaling to that of FMT1 if it subsequently receives the PORTRAIT command it sets the scale to that of FMT6 Specified in GRID command Replaces default scaling Specified in BO X or LINE Replaces GRID command scaling for that command only command IN unit becomes the default scaling Specified for a parameter O verrides any scaling specified via GRID BOX or LINE commands for the parameter only Examples GRID 1 INCH AT 2 CM LINE FROM 3 TO 1500 DOTS COMMENT EQUIVALENT TO AT 2 CM LINE FROM 3 INCHES TO 1500 DOTS AT 2 LINE IN CM FROM 3 INCHES TO 1500 DOTS COMMENT EQUIVALENT TO AT 2 CM LINE FROM 3 INCHES T
58. e to the virtual page origin The format of the specification is the same as for vpos 2 18 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE n d Specifies the reference scale factor Each parameter n and d must be an integer in the range of 1 to 8 to allow a reference scale factor in the range of 1 8 to 8 The reference scale factor is multiplied by that specified at the time the graphic was digitized and the product is rounded to the nearest integer in the range of 1 to 8 That integer becomes the effective scale factor with which the graphic is imaged Default If no unit is specified grid unit dimensions are used as the default Example GRAPHIC AFJ AT 10 12 Sample FSL A GRAPHIC command is illustrated in figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 Placing a graphic AT 31 6 31 6 DRAW BOX 46 8 WIDE BY 21 8 HIGH USING SOLID 2 AT 31 9 31 9 DRAW BOX 46 2 WIDE BY 21 2 HIGH USING SOLID 2 AT 32 2 32 2 DRAW BOX 45 6 WIDE BY 20 6 HIGH USING SOLID 2 GRAPHIC UNICRN AT 31 5 42 TEXT USING FONT 1 AT 83 5 2 5 FORM SM105 Considerations Up to 16 images per page are permitted The Raster Image Processor RIP Interpress and graphics capability G VG 2 enable the printing of more than 16 images per page as well as vector graphics SECTION When a form consists of several identical sections you can save time by defining only one section and treating it as a module that is having it repeated
59. eat a horizontal line vertically and a vertical line horizontally to produce parallel lines The default number of lines to be drawn is 1 Example AT 3 DRAW LINE FROM 4 TO 10 Reference Refer to the Command examples appendix for examples and illustrations about drawing lines BOX Describes the size and shape of a square or rectangular box The BO X command is similar to the LIN E command Like lines boxes may be repeated either at fixed intervals or at specified locations The origin of a box is its upper left corner at the midpoint of the outline thickness The BO X command provides an option that allows you to draw the outline of a box frame and to fill in a box with shading Syntax ATyunitxunitDRAW n BO XESIN unitp unitWIDEBY q unitH IGH USING type thickness SHADING density AND REPEAT direction AT ca unitca unit EVERY c unit Parameter options Coordinate on the y axis of the upper left corner of the box Coordinate on the x axis of the upper left corner of the box XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 11 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Default Considerations Example Reference unit Unit of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units n Number of boxes to be drawn the default is 1 p Width of the box q Height of the box type Line style making up the border of the box SOLID A
60. ecified in the FONT command position TOP LEFT or LEFT TOP TOP CENTER or CENTER TOP TOP RIGHT or RIGHT TOP LEFT CENTER or CENTER LEFT CENTER CENTER or CENTER RIGHT CENTER or CENTER RIGHT BOTTOM LEFT or LEFT BOTTOM BOTTOM CENTER or CENTER BOTTOM BOTTOM RIGHT or RIGHT BOTTOM Coordinate on the y axis where the box origin is to be located Coordinate on the x axis where the box origin is to be located XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 15 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Default Considerations Reference Adjacent boxes text Text characters that are printed at the specified location Multiple text strings can be specified by enclosing each text string in single quotation marks Separate each text string with one or more spaces A string is a series of characters Each string is printed as one physical line of text Text strings enclosed by single quotes for example abcde can be broken and continued onto the next input record the FDL compiler skips all embedded spaces until it finds the first character of the next record If direction and alignment are not specified the defaults are HORIZONTAL and CENTER The default for units is DOTS A box with matching coordinate values must be defined before the TEXT IN BOX command can reference it Thus the statement allows nine options for the position in a box where the text is to be placed Refer to the position parameters and to the Command exam
61. eed once pages start printing The processing that occurs prior to the actual printing of the pages depends greatly on the complexity of the job Interpress masters sent to the LPS must be processed by the Interpress decomposer function of the O perating System Software O SS The time required to print an Interpress job depends on the complexity of the image from page to page PostScript masters sent to the LPS must first be converted to IMG files in the front end processor The time required to print a PostScript job depends on the complexity of the image from page to page The use of DJDEs adds processing time and slows the output To maximize performance restrict the use of DJDEs to the following commands GRAPHIC FORMAT MODIFY and FORM XEROX 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 1 9 BASIC CONCEPTS Form origin Print density Highlight color Full throughput estimates are based on pages with an average print density of approximately seven percent of the page Pages which are very dense require more time to image and to print The LPS running V3 8 Color Compatibility Release or XDDI software is compatible with the 4850 4890 printer running V3 7 V4 0 or V5 0 highlight color software Highlight color applications can be printed when using V3 8 or XDDI software on the LPS Highlight color datastreams are fully supported and translate to black and shades of gray Color text printed over a solid black bac
62. en omitted the system uses the default values Comments enable you to include messages or reminders in your source statement that help you organize your FDL commands logically These comments are not printed on the form but can be useful if you or someone else modifies the form later If the semicolon is omitted the forms compiler cannot determine where the comment ends and may treat commands as comments Enter the COMMENT shown in figure C 3 The comment indicates that horizontal lines are coded next Figure C 3 COMMENT command COMMENT DRAW HORIZONTAL LINES C 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE SAM PLE FORM CREATION D rawing lines LIN E commands are used to construct horizontal and vertical lines which in turn are used to construct boxes Drawing horizontal lines Enter the horizontal line commands shown in figure C 4 You have the option of abbreviating the commands to the first three characters Figure C 4 HORIZONTAL LINE command COMMENT DRAW HORIZONTAL LINES AT 7 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 132 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 AT 8 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 24 USI HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 AT 9 DRAW 18 LINES FROM 0 TO 24 USING HAI AND REPEAT EVE 3 D rawing vertical lines Insert another CO M MENT to indicate that vertical lines are to be coded next then enter the vertical line commands shown in figure C 5 Figure C 5 VERTICAL LINE command COMMENT
63. er landscape page Can be used for 15 cpi or 15 Ipi The scales can be used for either character spacing or line spacing For example scale 1 can be used for either 10 characters per inch cpi or 10 lines per inch lpi XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE F 1 SUPPORT TOOLS AND MEASUREMENTS Side 1 Side 2 Default spacing Reference Side 1 of the ruler is typically used for measuring impact printed computer output reports in which the spacing is 10 cpi scale 1 and either 6 Ipi scale 2 or 8 Ipi scale 3 Side 2 should be used for measuring laser printing systems output The default spacings on the system are 13 6 cpi scale 5 and 8 1 Ipi scale 6 they were chosen for optimal readability for the standard computer format of 132 columns by 66 lines Refer to the Standard print formats appendix for a complete list of standard formats and spacings F 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE GRID examples G Command examples The examples presented in this appendix illustrate the functions of the FDL commands Use these examples together with the command information in the Forms Description Language chapter Reference Example 1 Example 2 The following examples illustrate how virtual page and form origins are determined Refer to the Grids section in the Basic concepts chapter and the GRID section in the Forms Descript
64. ference Refer to the FDL command syntax summary appendix for a summary of all FDL commands and their syntax The conventions used to present command syntax are listed in the Introduction and in the FDL command syntax summary appendix FDL command overview FDL is a set of keyword commands that you use to generate an electronic form You first create a source file of FDL commands that describes the characteristics of your form You then compile the file and store it as an electronic form file on the LPS The form can contain a variety of fonts logos and graphics and it can be merged with variable data during printing You can select any stored form for printing Command format The following is true for each FDL command Commands consist of a command identifier and various parameters and keywords associated with the function Spaces and or commas separate keywords and parameters Commands are terminated by a semicolon Command information is placed within the first 72 columns of each record Multiple commands may appear in one record if separated by a semicolon Commands can be continued on multiple lines before ending with a semicolon with the exception of the LINE and BOX commands For both of these commands the following string must reside on one line AT IN unit Lines containing all blanks are ignored and may be used for separation XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CR
65. font drops the dispatchable item count below the 320 character level A form with a 12 point font cannot have more than 160 characters on a scan line When using an 8 point 300 spi font on a portrait page the maximum dispatchable item count is approximately 200 per scan line This limit falls off to 170 characters for a 6 point font 150 characters for a 5 point font and 120 characters for a 4 point font If printing at 600 spi the same size character or length line has twice as many dots Page generation errors Since lines superimposed over each other count as double the dispatchable items of a single line they detract from the system capabilities If printing at 600 spi you see the following message EXCEEDED LINE DENSITY Local density and page setup errors Generally a form is imaged along with variable data It is possible to create a form that prints correctly when sampled but cannot successfully be overlaid on certain variable data pages The LPS may not have enough time to merge a complex form with a large amount of variable data within the limits of the throughput environment In this case either reduce the amount of variable data or simplify the form Review the broken page to determine the approximate location of the failure and try to reduce the number of characters and lines in that area Most imaging problems are local density of information problems rather than page wide problems One problem tha
66. g statements TEXT IN BOX 2 1 A TEXT IN BOX 2 1 A IN NEXT BOX B BOX B or IN NEXT BOX C or BOX C IN NEXT VERTICAL BOX D VERTICAL BOX D The results of either statement are shown in figure 2 4 Figure 2 4 Placing text in adjacent boxes LOGO Use this command to place LGO files A complex figure called a logo up to two square inches in size can be digitized to order by the Xerox Font Center or Rank Xerox This logo is a special font of one or more characters which carries with itthe relative position of the characters that make up the logo Thus while a logo may be made up of many characters itis positioned as a single unit For additional flexibility a signature may be digitized and stored on the system as a logo Syntax LOGO idATyunitx unit Parameter options id The logo identifier one to six characters Coordinate on the y axis where the logo origin is to be located unit Unit of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units Coordinate on the x axis where the logo origin is to be located Example LOGO EAGLE AT 10 12 Logo origin gt L XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 17 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE GRAPHIC Considerations Sample FSL LOGO Keyword LOGO EAGLE The name of the logo a one to six character alphanumeric label is given to the logo when
67. ged elements 1 7 Imaging error messages 1 7 Registration shift and skew 1 7 Output performance considerations 1 9 Form origin 1 10 Positioning form elements 1 11 Grids 1 12 x and y coordinates 1 12 Predefined formats 1 13 Data types 1 14 2 Forms Description Language 2 1 FDL command overview 2 1 Command format 2 1 Command summary 2 2 Form creation process 2 3 Setup commands 2 3 FORM RESO LUTION 2 4 PAPER 2 5 LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT 2 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS GRID 2 7 FONT 2 8 Description commands 2 9 LINE 2 10 BO X 2 11 TEXT 2 13 LOGO 2 17 GRAPHIC 2 18 SECTION 2 19 COMMENT 2 21 END 2 22 3 Compiling and printing forms 3 1 Form printing process 3 1 FSL data transfer 3 1 Compiling a form 3 2 Using the compilation options 3 4 Printing a compiled form 3 6 4 Troubleshooting 4 1 Suggested coding techniques 4 1 Converting preprinted forms 4 1 Designing new forms 4 1 Recommended coding sequence 4 2 Syntax ambiguities 4 2 Hints and tips 4 3 Image complexity factors 4 4 Line tables 4 4 Scan line density 4 6 Superimposed lines 4 8 Page generation errors 4 8 Local density and page setup errors 4 8 Using boxes 4 9 Text in boxes 4 10 Locating the closest box 4 10 Shading factors 4 12 Section factors 4 13 Rounding measurement factors 4 14 Con
68. ics is printed with the following Size of the source output file e Size of the printable form file Size of the form image buffer Total amount of font memory used The summary sheet is printed duplex by default If you want it printed simplex include the SIM PLEX option in the task invocation line as follows FDLTRYIT SIMPLEX Multiple FSLs contained in one file are paginated so that each new FSL starts on the front side of a new page Error checks If the compilation fails a list of error messages is printed If a command extends over several lines an error message may not appear on the next consecutive line following the error This may result in two consecutive error messages at the end of a command An example of this is the CANNOT FIND THE BOX message that may occur for a TEXT IN BOX command As the FSL file is processed it is automatically checked for the following errors Unknown illegal or missing commands keywords or parameters e Requests for items to be placed or drawn outside of box or page boundaries Invalid font or logo requests e Illegal grid units or syntax Errors are flagged in the source statement with messages specifying the type of error Refer to the Xerox LPS M essage Guide for a description of error messages that may appear while forms are being compiled After communicating the FSL to the LPS disk you compile debug and modify if necessary the FSL using the followi
69. ifies a graphic image to be merged with the form and its placement and relative scale Defines a portion of a form as a relocatable section Terminates a section Invokes and places a previously defined section of a form Inserts comments Terminates a form description 2 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Form creation process The following three basic steps are required to produce an electronic form 1 Initiate an editing session 2 Enterthe FDL commands 3 Compile and printthe form Initiating an editing session Use the editor utility to create and modify your Forms Source Library FSL source files If you use your host editor utility follow the instructions provided in your host documentation References If you use the LPS editor refer to your Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Command Reference for more information on editor commands Refer to the FDL command syntax summary appendix for an alphabetical list of each command and syntax All of the FDL commands are described in detail later in this chapter and are presented in the following order Command Syntax Parameter options D efault Considerations Example e e e e ee Compiling and printing forms After you have entered all the FDL commands needed to describe your form exit the editing session and invoke the forms compiler Refer to the Compiling and printing forms chapter for info
70. igned horizontally or vertically relative to page orientation not relative to the font Portrait and inverse portrait fonts may be used with landscape page orientation for example to insert labels or captions Likewise landscape and inverse landscape fonts may be used with portrait page orientation Portrait landscape inverse portrait and inverse landscape fonts are listed in the Xerox Laser Printing Systems Standard Font Library Font User Guide XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE G 9 COMMAND EXAMPLES TEXT IN BO X examples The following examples give the command syntax and demonstrate the nine positions in a box where text can be placed Figure G 15 Text positions Top positions TEXT ALIGN ED CENTER TEXT ALIGNED LEFT FONT FONT 2 IN TOP CENTER 1 IN TOP LEFT BOX 10 20 BOX 10 10 PART PART NUMBER NUMBER TOP LEFT TOP CENTER Center positions TEXT ALIGNED LEFT FONT TEXT FONT 1 IN CENTER 3 IN LEFT CENTER BOX CENTER BO X 12 5 PART 35 5 PART NUMBER NUMBER LEFT CENTER CENTER CENTER TEXT ALIGNED RIGHT FONT 3 IN TOP RIGHT BOX 5 5 PART NUMBER TOP RIGHT TEXT ALIGNED RIGHT FONT 1 IN RIGHT CENTER BOX 32 3 PART NUMBER RIGHT CENTER Bottom positions TEXT ALIGNED CENTER TEXT ALIGNED LEFT FONT FONT 3 IN BOTTOM 1 IN BOTTOM LEFT BOX CENTER BOX 40 10 PART 20 10 PART NUMBER NUMBER TEXT ALIGNED RIGHT FONT 1 IN BOTTOM RIGHT BOX 10 40 PART
71. ined with characters and printed as a composite Complete set of characters of a particular font family having the same point size weight stress and orientation See FIS 1 Compiled FSL file 2 Specific arrangement of lines text and graphics stored in an electronic version Forms can be printed without variable data or merged with variable data during the printing process See also FDL and FSL See FCB See FDL See FSL Forms Source Library Uncompiled collection of user created files containing FDL commands See also FDL and form Numbering system with a base of 16 The numbers 10 through 15 are represented by A through F Printing with black plus another color A range of colors tints and shades is printed by varying the percentage of black dots colored dots and the white space between the dots Host Interface Processor Area on a physical page that may contain text or graphics XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLO SSARY 3 GLOSSARY initialize Interpress JCB JCL JDE JDL JID job job control Job Descriptor Entry Job Descriptor Library job management Job Source Library JSL keyword label landscape legal size letter size 1 To prepare a blank diskette so it can accept data This is usually accomplished when a program is booted 2 To set all information in a computer system to its starting values Industry standard page description language
72. ing the grid in cpi and Ipi units the origin of the A character cell is located two lines down and one character width to the right of the form origin At 10 cpi and 6 Ipi the A is 33 inches down from the form origin and 10 inches to the right Negative coordinates N egative x and y values also may be used to place form elements above and or to the left of the form origin as long as the values are within system page boundaries UNIT value The unit value of the GRID command specifies the unit of measurement that the FDL commands use to position form elements on the page Optionally you can select a predefined format that automatically provides grid unit values Individual FDL commands may override GRID unit values Predefined formats A set of predefined print description entries or formats having standard format specifications is provided on the O perating System Software O SS tapes You may use the standard formats or define your own to suit your specific needs Reference Refer to the Standard print formats appendix for a list of the standard LPS print formats These standard formats provide commonly used impact printer conversion formats for use with specific page sizes and orientations Use the Xerox design ruler to assist you in measuring character and line spacing The ruler has eight scales that conform to the standard format grid Reference Refer to the Support tools and measurements appendix for more info
73. ion Language chapter for more information LAN DSCAPE GRID UNIT IS FMT3 In this example page size is not specified and the virtual page defaults to paper size FMT3 in the GRID command provides the grid size and form origin which is offset from the virtual page origin Figure G 1 Form results with grid specified but no page size or origin Virtual page origin Form origin set by FMT3 HH Grid unit H dimensions HH set by FMT3 Virtual page HH defaults to paper size HH HH HH LAN DSCAPE GRID U NITS IS FMT1 ORIGIN IS 1 INCH 1 INCH In this example the ORIGIN parameter in the GRID command specifies a form origin that is offset from the virtual page origin by one inch vertically and one inch horizontally Grid unit dimensions are set by FMT1 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE G 1 COMMAND EXAMPLES Example 3 Example 4 Figure G 2 Form results with origin offset one inch from virtual page origin Virtual page origin Form origin offset from virtual page origin by grid origin dimensions set by FMT3 Virtual page defaults to paper size LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZEIS 3 INCH 3 INCH In this example the landscape oriented virtual page is centered on the paper in accordance with the parameters in the LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZE command Grid size and form origin default to FMT1 Figure G 3 Form results with page size specified but
74. is centered relative to the paper The virtual page origin is at the upper left corner of the centered virtual page If no PAGE SIZE parameter is specified the virtual page size defaults to the paper size specified in the PAPER command otherwise it defaults to the sysgen defined paper size Only one LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT command is allowed in a form description If specified the command must precede the GRID BOX LINE LOGO and TEXT commands described later in this chapter Page width and height values must be positive numbers and may contain two decimal places for all units except DOTS 2 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE GRID Specifies how far apart to space the horizontal and vertical grid lines This command also specifies the location of the form origin with respect to the virtual page origin All FDL commands create and place form elements lines boxes and so on relative to the form origin Syntax GRID UNIT IS format id ORIGIN y unitx unit or GRID UNIT ISvalue ORIGIN y unitx unit Parameter options format id Name of a predefined format The format may be one of the standard formats listed in the Standard print formats appendix or a user defined format When a format is specified it automatically provides page orientation form origin and grid unit dimensions All predefined formats specify the grid units in lines and characters per inch The BEG
75. it is digitized by the Xerox Font Center or Rank Xerox AT 10 12 The keyword AT and the coordinates y x indicating where the logo is to be placed Be sure that font memory capacity is not exceeded Logos larger than two square inches may be used if they are the result of using smaller components of the logo to gain the desired effect The LOGO command is typically inserted near the end of the FSL as illustrated in figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 Placing a logo HORIZONTAL TEXT USING FONT 2 IN CENTER CENTER BOX 6 1 DATE COMMENT PLACE LOGO LOGO EAGLE AT 1 26 END Syntax Parameter options You can use the GRAPHIC command to place your images at any location on the page A form may consist solely of graphics images Each graphic to be associated with a form must be specified in the FSL file GRAPHIC name AT vposunithposunit SCALEIS n d name Name of a graphic IMG file found on the system disk vpos Specifies the vertical position of the top edge of the graphic relative to the virtual page origin This parameter is a decimal number with up to two decimal places except for DOTS which must be an integer If no unitis specified grid unit dimensions are used as the default unit Unit of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If units are not specified grid unit dimensions are used hpos Specifies the horizontal position of the left edge of the graphic relativ
76. italics indicate optional parameter keywords characters or values Lowercase black italics indicate variable parameter options word character phrase or value Ellipses indicate that you can repeat a parameter option or list a series of parameter options Angle brackets indicate keys on the system controller keyboard The carat character represents a required space Terminal or monospace fonts are used to represent LPS screen responses U ppercase letters indicate command names and parameter keywords Cautions appear immediately before any action or omission that may result in damage to your equipment software or data Warnings are associated with the safety of people XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE vii INTRODUCTION Related publications You can find additional information related to the 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS in the following publications Publication Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS M aster Index Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Bypass Transport Instructions V3 5 3 8 Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Bypass Transport O perator Training Guide Flipcharts Supplement Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Bypass Transport O perator Training Guide Supplement Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Command Reference Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Forms Creation Quick Reference Card Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Installation Planning Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Message Guide Xerox 4050 4
77. ition of the next line Alphanumeric character beginning with a letter including an asterisk period colon or slash and not enclosed in single quotes In Xerox printing systems a logical page is a formatted page that is smaller than the physical page A logical page is defined by an origin thus allowing more than one logical page to be placed on a physical page Lines per inch Laser printing system Selection of bits from a storage unit by use of an instruction that eliminates the other bits in the unit In accessing files a file name mask is used to reference one or more files with similar file id identifier syntax In Interpress a mask serves as a template indicating the shape and position of an objectona page Method of controlling the image generator The character dispatcher uses these codes to generate scan line information This information is sent in the form of character specifications to the image generator which uses it to compose the bit stream that modulates the laser Also called native mode Printing in one color only Subroutine or set of data such as a comment contained sequentially within another set of data Source file converted into machine language binary code System of representing numbers based on 8 To place printed output sets in slightly different positions from each other in an output bin for easy separation of collated sets That which is acted upon for example data in an opera
78. ituation is to write the following TEXT 1 IN IN BOX OF TEXT 1 INCH IN BOX OF TEXT 1 DOTS IN BOX FMTn cannot be abbreviated 4 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING DOT TED is interpreted as DOT S For example AT 18 DRAW 5 HORIZONTAL LINES FROM 27 5 TO 37 5 DOT The keyword DOT is interpreted as DOTS which is valid in this position The keyword DOTTED is also valid in this position but must be spelled out in full e CEN TER is interpreted as CEN TIM ETERS For example TEXT 10 CEN IN BOX The keyword CEN is interpreted as CENTIM ETERS which is valid in this position The keyword CEN TER is also valid in this position but must be spelled out in full Hints and tips You can avoid coding problems by using the coding technique suggestions hints and tips shown in table 4 2 Table 4 2 Hints and tips Keywords Hints and tips Form id Develop a logical systematic approach to naming conventions GRID command Coding lines Coding boxes U se of shading Take care notto choose a previously used form id Choose a format that is compatible with the data Usea COMMENT command Code all horizontal lines then all vertical lines Precede each set with a comment statement Code longer lines first Then follow with the shorter segments that may overlay the basic long lines Code lighter lines first Then code shorter segments
79. izes PAPER SIZE IS 16 54 IN CH ES BY 11 69 INCHES Example standard sizes PAPER SIZE IS USLETTER Considerations U SLETTER and U SLEGAL cannot be abbreviated You can specify paper size in a Job Source Library JSL When the JSL specifies PAPERSIZE using the keyword method for example U SLETTER A4 or USLEGAL the FSL must also use the same method If the JSL specifies PAPERSIZE 8 5 by 14 and your FSL specifies PAPER SIZE IS USLEGAL one of the following error messages is displayed OS6670 Form paper size too small Form will not be printed OS6680 Form paper size too large Form will not be printed These errors appear only when you print the form The messages do not appear when you compile the form without printing it Reference The PDL PAPERSIZE command is explained in more detail in your Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Print Description Language PDL Reference Due to edgemarking considerations the form created by specifying a paper size of USLEGAL is different from one specifying 8 5 by 14 inches XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 5 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT The forms compiler is capable of compiling a number of paper sizes Although a form file may be compiled without an error it may not be printable on a particular system if the paper size exceeds the maximum feeder capacity of that system Examples of these are A3 B4 and 11 by 17 inch paper sizes If you attempt to
80. kground or vice versa disappear when printed on the LPS There is no error message when this occurs Light tints with isolated single pixels may not print on the LPS All forms data described by FDL commands is positioned relative to a point called the form origin as shown in figure 1 9 This point offsets from the virtual page corner by horizontal and vertical displacement values which you specify using the GRID command If none are specified standard default values are used to establish the form origin If variable data is merged with the form set the form origin to coincide with the beginning position of the variable data so that the form and variable data coordinate accurately Standard computer printing formats are stored on the system Refer to the Predefined formats section later in this chapter Figure 1 9 Form origin Form origin offset from virtual page origin Virtual page origin Virtual page default size paper size Form origin offset from virtual page origin Virtual page origin gt y Virtual page user defined size Physical page 1 10 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS Positioning form elements The following elements may be placed on a form with FDL commands Lines Boxes Fixed text Logos and signatures Images Sections Al
81. l be made This ensures that the source statement and summary sheet are printed even if the sample form cannot be printed XPAN Specifies printing of the source statement of section expansions NOSOURCE Specifies that disk source file creation will be suppressed when compiling from magnetic tape or disk when the form name is the same as the file name given PROOF Specifies that the FSL will be compiled and the source statement and or summary sheet will be printed No FRM file is generated SIM PLEX Specifies that the source statement or summary sheet generated with each compile is printed in simplex rather than duplex RES spi Specifies a 300 or 600 spots per inch spi resolution If the source file contains multiple form descriptions the system does not start printing until all forms have been compiled A 600 spots per inch spi form can be compiled only on a 4650 Itis important however that all 600 spi system fonts logos and image files are loaded on that system prior to compilation V3 5 operating system software does not support any color references Color forms created on a 4850 LPS using the IRESULT ICATALOG and PALETTE commands are accepted and can be printed successfully on the 4050 4090 or 4650 LPS however problems occur when calling out color format LGO s and IMGs A form or logo that was created and compiled on a 4850 can be printed in monochrome black only on a 4050 4090 or 4650 LPS using V3 8 or
82. l of these elements are located in relation to the form origin at the upper left corner of the form Each form element has an origin a point used to position it relative to the form origin as shown in table 1 2 e o o o o o Table 1 2 Form elements and corresponding origins Form element Element origin Vertical ruled line Top of the line at the midpoint of the line thickness Horizontal ruled Left end of the line at the midpoint of the line thickness line Box outlined U pper left corner of the box at the midpoint of the outline thickness Box shaded U pper left corner of the box Fixed text single U pper left corner of the first character cell line when the line appears upright to the viewer Fixed text multiple U pper edge of the topmost character cell and the leftmost lines edge of the leftmost character cell when viewed in an upright position illustrated in figure 1 10 Graphics U pper left corner of the image Logos and U pper left corner of the first or only character cell with a few signatures exceptions Sections of a form Upper left corner of the section Figure 1 10 shows two text blocks one using a portrait font and one using a landscape font The text block origin is used to position the text block relative to the form origin Figure 1 10 Text block origin Origin XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 1 11 BASIC CONCEPTS Grids x and y coordinates The
83. le of five line segments of five units each might have consisted of alternating solid and dotted lines In that case the following is the most reasonable method of specifying the total line AT 0 LINEO TO 25 USING SOLID 0 AT O LINE 0 TO 5 USING SOLID 2 AND AT 10 20 AT O LINE 5 TO 10 USING DOTTED 1 AND AT 15 Figure 4 3 shows the resulting line Figure 4 3 Line made up of different types of lines Line density errors Scan line density depends on printer and imaging speed Therefore it can vary with each product and even with different configurations of the same product The basic limitation is linked to dispatchable items which become visible in character count and number of lines Both characters and lines contribute to the dispatchable item count When one dispatchable item is superimposed over another dispatchable item the result is considered to be two dispatchable items by the system When too many dispatchable items are present on a scan line on the long axis of the paper the LPS operating system displays the following line density error message 0S6950 LINE DENSITY EXCEEDED 4 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING The hardware limitation of 320 dispatchable items per 300 spi scan line 640 for 600 spi includes the required overhead of two dispatchable items For example a dispatchable item could bea maximum of 32 dots wide for 300 spi 64 dots for 600 spi and thereby
84. le would be 0 to 10 10 to 20 and 20 to 25 Figure 4 1 shows examples of extraneous drawn lines Figure 4 1 Example of extraneous drawn lines It is also possible to have the line table show more than one line passing in the same direction through a given coordinate For example draw three lines each of which is five units in length 0 to 5 10 to 15 and 20 to 25 Then draw two lines each of which is nine units in length 3 to 12 and 13 to 22 The result is a single visual line for which FDL has three entries in the line table 0 to 12 10 to 22 and 20 to 25 Figure 4 2 shows lines entered in unintended locations XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 5 TROUBLESHOOTING Suggested techniques for entering lines Scan line density Figure 4 2 Lines entered in unintended locations These two examples of lines entered in the line table result in lines that are visually contiguous but are not logically contiguous As indicated in the following sections that describe problems with boxes such conditions can result in a situation where FDL cannot find a box or creates a box that has one or both of its dimensions equal to zero To enter lines draw the longest possible logical line first then draw any shorter elements If the logical line consists of different types of lines for example solid and dotted draw a SOLID 0 line first extending over the full range of the logical line For example the above examp
85. ll box text that may not appear to be properly centered may actually be centered accurately if line spacing is considered FDL cannot evaluate the aesthetics of the final printed product Therefore it is up to you to create an appropriate appearance for centered text Specifying line spacing within boxes M ost often itis easiest to allow FDL to position text within boxes In cases where the result is not satisfactory you can do the following e Specify an overriding line spacing value Exercise more control over text placement and assure satisfying aesthetic requirements with the SPACED AT option possibly used with blank lines or the TEXT AT command that is specifically positioning text e f overriding the line spacing does not achieve a satisfactory appearance in a form specify a line spacing that is smaller than the natural spacing of the font A line spacing smaller than the height of the characters can be used with blank lines XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4 11 TROUBLESHOOTING Shading factors Example Text might be spaced at four dots while the line spacing is really 59 dots It seems paradoxical to designate that text be spaced at four dots and create a form that actually has 59 dots of spacing However you can do this by using blank lines A small line spacing along with blank lines allows you to get positioning control and forces visual centering of text within a box The followi
86. lts when designing preprinted forms allow approximately 1 inches or 2 0 mm of space on all sides of any boxes or above and below any lines onto which variable data is to be printed as shown in figure 1 8 1 8 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE BASIC CONCEPTS Figure 1 8 Maintaining margins in preprinted boxes to allow for registration and skew variations Preprinted lines Preprinted form data PATIENT NAME Variable data Maintain at least 1 or 2 mm on all sides around variable data Note Figure 1 8 is enlarged for the purpose of illustration and is not to scale Output performance considerations Interpress PostScript Dynamic Job Descriptor Entries DJD E The LPS has a rated speed of up to 50 4050 4450 and 4650 or up to 92 4090 impressions per minute an impression refers to one printed side of a sheet of paper The actual output performance you experience depends greatly on the processing features invoked in the job and the print density of each page Actual output also varies according to the configuration of the LPS such as the type of connection offline online remote communication and front end processor This section provides information on expected output performance when printing various types of jobs applications and hardware configurations For more detailed information consult your service representative Note The term throughput refers to the print sp
87. lts with grid origin and page size specified Grid unit size set by FMT1 Virtual page origin Form origin offset from virtual page origin by grid origin Virtual page centered on paper Example 1 AT 3 DRAW LINE FROM 4 TO 10 AT 3 Keyword AT and the location down the page at which the line will be placed DRAW Keyword DRAW LINE Keyword LINE or LINES When the number of lines is omitted one solid line atthe default is assumed FROM 4 TO 10 Keyword FROM and the coordinates indicating the beginning and end of the lines This command specifies the drawing of a horizontal line three grid units down from the form origin starting four grid units to the right of the form origin and ending 10 grid units to the right of the form origin Figure G 7 Drawing a horizontal line rows and columns G 4 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE COMMAND EXAMPLES Example 2 AT 3 5 DRAW LINEIN INCHES FROM 4TO 10 This command specifies the drawing of a horizontal line 3 5 inches down from the form origin beginning four inches to the right of the form origin and ending 10 inches to the right of the form origin Figure G 8 Drawing a horizontal line inches Example 3 AT 2 DRAW 5 VERTICAL LINES FROM 5 TO 10 AND REPEAT EVERY 2 This command specifies the drawing of five vertical lines The first line begins two horizontal grid units to the right of the form origin and five grid unit
88. lude the size shape and location of the overall image on the page of a document the orientation of the text or graphics on the page the size and style of the characters to be used and the type of data to be entered This chapter discusses fonts and font memory registration and skew and output information for the jobs you create on your LPS XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 1 1 BASIC CONCEPTS Page orientation Fonts There are two types of page or text orientation Portrait Landscape In portrait orientation the vertical side of the page is longer than the horizontal side In landscape orientation the horizontal side of the page is longer than the vertical side Portrait and landscape orientations are illustrated in figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 Page orientation LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT Landscape is the usual orientation for computer reports Portrait is the usual orientation for letters manuals and other text printing On a laser printing system you can change page orientation from page to page without interrupting the printing operation This capability coupled with variable character size permits maximum flexibility for the effective presentation of information Fixed and proportional fonts A font is a character set which has a unique type style type size and orientation Both fixed and proportionally spaced fonts are available for use on the 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Each font
89. m 2 8 transfer FSL 3 1 to 3 2 memory 1 4 types 1 14 orientation 1 3 defaults system B 1 to B 3 proportional 1 2 to 1 3 XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE INDEX 1 INDEX typefaces 1 3 FORM command definition 2 4 RESOLUTION parameter 2 4 form image buffer 4 12 to 4 13 forms compiler 2 6 2 8 3 2 to 3 5 compiling 3 1 to 3 6 C 6 to C 7 creating 2 3 C 1 to C 7 design ruler 1 13 F 1 elements 1 11 to 1 13 2 7 naming 2 4 new designing 4 1 to 4 2 origin 1 10 to 1 13 2 7 printing 3 1 to 3 6 formats standard 1 13 E 1 Forms Description Language see FDL Forms Source Library see FSL FSL compiling 3 3 to 3 5 data transfer offline 3 1 online 3 2 modifying 2 3 fuser jams 1 6 G GRAPHIC command 2 18 to 2 19 graphics capability see GVG2 GRID command 1 5 1 10 2 6 to 2 7 G 1 to G 4 grid unit scaling 4 16 grids 1 12 to 1 13 GVG2 2 19 H hardware limitations 4 7 highlight color 1 10 host computer 3 2 hostcopy utility 3 2 l image complexity factors 4 4 to 4 9 error messages 1 7 hardware limitation 4 7 non printing 1 7 registration 1 7 to 1 9 size 1 4 to 1 7 incremental coordinate symbol 2 9 Interpress 1 9 2 19 J Job Source Library see JSL JSL 2 5 L landscape definition 1 2 density 4 7 FMT6 1 13 2 7 font text block origin 1 11 image registration 1 7 to 1 9 shading factors 4 12 see also page LANDSCAPE command 1 5 to 1 6 2 6 l
90. ments they appear on the source statement only They are not printed on your form and do not affect the execution of your program Syntax COMMENT text Parameter options text Text to be treated as a comment Default None Example This sample illustrates a CO MM ENT that identifies the procedure that is to follow it COMMENT PLACE SECTIONS DO SECTION RSPNSE AT 0 0 DO SECTION RSPNSE AT 7 0 DO SECTION RSPNSE AT 14 0 Comment nesting begins a comment and ends a comment THISIS THE START OF A NESTED COMMENT WHEN TWO ENDING COMBINATIONS ARE FOUND THE COMMENT IS TERMINATED A syntax error results if does not begin a comment and does not end a comment Each comment beginning and ending should be followed by atleast one space character Considerations A semicolon must be inserted at the end of the comment text otherwise all of the following FDL commands are considered part of the comment text and are not executed The FDL compiler ignores all comments up to the first encountered semicolon Asterisks or line spacing cause the COMM ENT to stand out from the text XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 21 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE END Syntax Parameters Default Example Use the END command to terminate the description of a form END None None An FSL file can contain more than one file Therefore if additional FSL files follow an END command
91. might be a full character less than point size 8 or 9 a fraction of a character greater than point size 8 or 9 ora line segment that is equal to or smaller than 32 dots in the scan direction Determining line density limitations The following is a guide for determining 300 spi line density limitations If printing at 600 spi the same size character or same length line has twice as many dots as follows Every 32 dots or fraction thereof of a line drawn on the long axis of the paper are one dispatchable item Each line drawn on the short axis of the paper is one dispatchable item e Each active character is at least one dispatchable item An active character includes all the space from the top of the character cell to the bottom of the character cell even if there is only white space present on a given scan line If the dimension along the scan line is greater than 32 dots the character consists of some multiple dispatchable items It is not possible to construct a form with two adjacent lines if both use the full count of 318 dispatchable items 320 minus the two required for overhead resulting from text and lines The imaging system requires a rest period of about four scan lines before it can image the second fully loaded line Landscape pages Line density restrictions differ as a function of the mode landscape or portrait of the form An 8 point or smaller landscape font is smaller than 32 dots for 300 spi and 64 for
92. mpilation and job printing on a size of paper other than the paper size you select at sysgen This allows you to specify nonstandard paper size for specific jobs Refer to the Forms D escription Language chapter and the Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Print Description Language PDL Reference for more information about commands The virtual page refers to the dimensions of the page as specified in the software The dimensions of the virtual page may be less than or equal to the dimensions of the physical page size but notlarger The printer truncates larger values If you explicitly define virtual page size using the LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT command PAGE SIZE parameter the defined area is centered relative to the physical page dimensions You can specify an orientation for the virtual page either with the LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT command or by using the FM Tn option of the GRID command If an orientation is not specified the virtual page is assigned a landscape orientation by default XEROX 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 1 5 BASIC CONCEPTS Edgemarking The upper left corner of the virtual page is called the virtual page origin as shown in figure 1 5 The virtual page origin is also used to establish a form origin Figure 1 5 Virtual page origin LANDSCAPE virtual page origin Virtual page default size paper size LANDSCAPE virtual page origin Virtual page user defined size Physical page
93. n unbroken straight line BROKEN The line is divided into many equal sections separated by small amounts of space DOTTED The line consists of dots of equal size and spaced equally apart thickness Thickness of the border of the box 0 invisible HAIRLIN E 1 2 density Relative intensity of the shading LIGHT MEDIUM HEAVY direction HORIZONTALLY VERTICALLY Ca Absolute x or y coordinate at which to start repetitive lines Multiple c4 parameters can be specified Ci An incremental number representing the grid units or linear units between repeated lines The default for LIN ES is SOLID 1 the default for REPEAT is HORIZONTALLY Specifying a line thickness of 0 is useful for positioning text in an invisible box When using this technique however remember that 0 lines although they are not printed appear as lines internally A single BO X command can specify either an outlined box or a shaded box but not both that combination requires a second BO X command AT 4 6 BOX 14 WIDE BY 4 HIGH Refer to the Command examples appendix for examples and illustrations about drawing boxes 2 12 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE TEXT Two methods are available for specifying the text that is to be placed on forms The TEXT AT command places the text at a specified location anywhere on the form the TEXT IN BOX command places text inside a bo
94. ng options 3 4 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS File storage A large number of forms may be stored in the forms source directory uncompiled and form directory compiled on the system disks Two files with the same name cannot be stored in the same directory The number of forms that can be stored depends on the amount of data required to describe each form and the total amount of disk space allocated to the libraries The forms are filed in the system under their identifying names The information stored in the file includes the identifier the encoded form and the list of specified fonts and logos The original source statements that created the forms description are stored separately under the same identifier A list of all of the forms stored in the directory a sample of each and the source statement lists can all be obtained using operator commands PROOF The forms compiler makes it possible to compile a form and delete the FRM file after it has been printed If you use this option less disk space is consumed by resident form files The PROOF option has the following format FDLfilename PROOF If the form is compiled without errors the FRM file and the source statement and or summary sheet is printed Since the PROOF option deletes it there is no form file on the disk When you use the PROOF option the form file that is created is given a pseudonym
95. ng statements provide an example of how this technique is used j represents a blank line TEXT SPACED AT 4 DOTS IN BOX 10 10 D D D TEXT LINE 1 D Dj D TEXT LIN E 2 D Dj Dj As many blank lines may be used before between and after lines of text as are needed to obtain the desired visual effect Landscape shading Portrait shading You may sometimes want to use shading in a form but it requires using a large amount of the form image buffer Also the space used increases if portrait rather than landscape shading is used The basic element used in shading is a 32 by 32 dot character for dots This character can be repeated in a landscape direction up to 32 times for dots This means that in a landscape direction the system can shade any area from 0 1 to 3 4 inches wide with no difference in the space used by the shading This facility is not available when shading is done in a portrait direction Portrait shading is performed on a character by character basis To reduce shading and improve the visual effect of the form end shading before the boundary line Separate the shading from the surrounding lines by 0 1 to 0 2 line or character units This makes the shading 0 2 to 0 4 units smaller than the surrounding box and is centered in that box Units referred to are Ipi and cpi units This sets shading back from the borders by 3 to 5 dots 4 12 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE
96. nitca unit EVERY c unit COMMENTEtext END FONTSid FO RM name FORM name RESO LUTION IS value SPI GRAPHIC name AT vposunithposunit SCALEIS n d GRID UNIT ISformat id O RIGIN y unitx unit orientation PAGESIZEISn WIDEBY mHIGH AT co unit DRAW n direction LIN ESIN unitFRO M csunit TO ceunitU SING typethickness AN D REPEAT repeat direction AT ca unit EVERY c unit LOGO id ATyunitxunit PAPER SIZEIS value BEGIN SECTIO N id or DO SECTION id ATyunitxunit or END SECTION id direction TEXT SPACED d units PER LIN EALIG N ED alignment USING FONTnATy unitx unit text text direction TEXT SPACED d units PER LINEALIGNED alignment USING FONTn IN position BO X y unit x unit text text IN NEXT direction BOX text text Reference Refer to the Forms Description Language chapter for a detailed explanation of each command syntax Compiling commands syntax To invoke the forms compiler enter the following command at the LPS keyboard The entire command must fit on one line FDL filename NOPRINT TRAY DEBUG XPAN NOSOURCE PROOF SIMPLEX RES value To print a stored form enter the following SAMPLE filename FRM Reference Refer to the Compiling and printing forms chapter for more information on compiling commands A 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE B System default summary This appendix lists the default parameters that the sy
97. ples appendix for illustrations regarding text positioning Figure 2 2 Text positioning ne Pe 1 Dock dx dn 4 5 6 7 8 9 ipic ees 1 Note that except for CENTER two keywords are required If a location is not specified the default is to place text in the center ofthe box If the selected font causes the text to overflow the box or overflow the page the system prints the form as specified and generates a message indicating the maximum size font in points that will fit in the allotted space The BO X position is specified by the coordinates of the upper left corner of the box in which the text string is to be placed If text is to be placed in an adjacent box either vertically or horizontally adjacent this can be specified by an IN NEXT BOX parameter in the following format IN NEXTHORIZONTAL BO X text text Adjacent boxes must have a common side The keywords IN NEXT HORIZONTAL BO X specify the next horizontal box to the right of the current box The keywords IN NEXT VERTICAL BO X specify the box beneath the current box These adjacent boxes are shown in figure 2 3 The defaultis HORIZONTAL Figure 2 3 Adjacent boxes 2 16 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Assuming that the upper left corner of the first box above is located two grid units down from the form origin and one grid unit to the right of the form origin you would use the followin
98. print a form with an incompatible paper size the following message is displayed on the system controller Paper size in cluster AUTO is too small When coding FSL applications the PAPER command must precede the LAN D SCAPE PO RTRAIT statement If a predefined format is specified in the GRID command paper size is determined automatically and the PAPER command is unnecessary The PAPER command is required however any time the paper size is different from the sysgen default Note The correct size paper must be loaded in the feeder A paper size mismatch at run time causes an error message to be displayed The form does not print and the job may be aborted Syntax Parameter options D efault Example Considerations Specifies the origin of the form and the virtual page size orientation PAGESIZEISn WIDEBY mHIGH orientation LANDSCAPE The form is oriented horizontally like most paintings or photographs of landscape scenes PORTRAIT The form is oriented vertically like most portraits of people n Specifies the virtual page width in DOTS XDOTS IN CHES IN or centimeters CM m Specifies the virtual page height in DOTS XDOTS INCHES IN or centimeters CM LANDSCAPE is the default orientation and the default units is INCHES PORTRAIT When coding FSL applications the PAPER command must precede the LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT command If a PAGE SIZE parameter is specified a virtual page of that size
99. raphics in the form FDL does not guarantee that the image fits on the page If necessary the following message appears OS6191 GRAPHIC xxxxxx OFF PAGE AND WILL NOT BE PRINTED 3 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE Troubleshooting Physical printer constraints and forms compiler methods are factors that can affect form design This chapter provides coding technique suggestions and hints and tips to help you avoid coding problems This chapter also covers factors that may impact the following e e e e e Suggested coding techniques Image complexity Boxes Shading Sections Rounding measurements Converting preprinted forms Follow these steps to convert preprinted forms 1 D esigning new forms Print data using an appropriate format on the laser printing System Draw horizontal and vertical lines on the system output Use the forms design ruler to measure line and character spacings Refer to the Support tools and measurements appendix Code the form Follow these steps to design new forms l 2 Determine the appropriate format Use the forms design ruler to measure line and character spacings Refer to the Support tools and measurements appendix Draw horizontal and vertical lines on a layout sheet Use standard layout sheet forms FLSF1 through FLSF11 that are provided in the FDL software Layout sheet forms and corresponding paper sizes are shown in t
100. rdinate is measured to the left of the form origin For example a vertical line starting at x 1 would appear to the left of the form grid as shown in figure 2 1 When you use negative numbers be sure to stay within the boundaries of the system page XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 9 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Figure 2 1 Use of a negative coordinate Form origin LINE Specifies that one or more lines are to be drawn in the same direction A LINE command defines the following e Point at which the line begins Direction of the line Length of the line e Type of line Thickness of the line Number of times the same line is to be drawn either from different origins or at specified intervals from the initial origin Syntax AT co unitDRAW n direction LIN ESIN unitFROM csunit TO ceunitU SING typethickness AN D REPEAT repeat direction AT ca unitca unit EVERY c unit Parameter options Co The number representing the displacement from the form origin of the first or only point of origin expressed in grid units or linear units The remainder of the line command specifies the length and characteristics of a line to be drawn at this location If a horizontal line isto be drawn the cg displacement is measured on the y axis If a vertical line isto be drawn the Co displacement is measured on the x axis For example if Co is 6 a horizontal line is drawn under the sixth
101. rm a character or graphic Minute particles of resin and carbon black that can accept an electrical charge and create images Resin and carbon black or color pigment toner are combined with developer to form the dry ink 1 Ability of a data communications system to send and receive information simultaneously 2 In printing duplex means printing on both sides of the paper See DJDE Use of graphic objects usually lines or boxes that bleed off the edge of the physical page See also physical page Blank spaces within a command line Ethernet network End of tape Xerox local area network LAN that allows transmission of data by cable from one device to another GLO SSARY 2 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY FCB FCP FCU FDL FDR FIS floating accent font Font Interchange Standard form Forms Control Buffer Forms Description Language Forms Source Library FSL hexadecimal highlight color HIP image area Forms Control Buffer Controls the vertical format of printed output File Control Parameter File Conversion Utility Forms Description language LPS resident source language used to design electronic forms See also FSL and form File directory Font Interchange Standard Defines the digital representation of fonts and character metrics for the generation of an entire series of Interpress fonts Nonspacing accent characters that can be comb
102. rmation on how to compile and print your form Setup commands Before entering commands to describe a form enter the setup commands in the following order FORM PAPER LAN DSCAPE PO RTRAIT GRID FONT The FORM setup command is always required If the other setup commands are not defined the defaults are used The FONT command is required if text is to be included on the form Note The commands IRESULT ICATALO G PALETTE and INK are not included in this section as they are meaningless on a black and white system However XDDI will accept FSLs that are written on a color printer XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 2 3 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE FO RM RESO LUTION Defines the name and resolution of the form Naming the form Defines the name of the form Once the form is compiled and stored on the system disk this is the name used by the LPS software to reference the form Syntax FORM name Parameter options name A one to six character identifier that references the form Default None A form name is mandatory Example FORM BLUBOX Considerations The FORM command must be the first command in the form definition and must be completely contained in the first record of the form definition Reserved words such as FORM GRID FONT TEXT BOX LOGO and so on cannot be used for the name However reserved words can be modified and used for example FORM1 FORM2 and so on
103. rmation on the forms design ruler FMT1 landscape or FM T6 portrait is used by FDL to provide default values for page orientation form origin and grid unit dimensions provided there are no explicit overriding parameters Unless overridden by an explicit orientation PAGE SIZE parameter the virtual page size in a predefined format is always the sysgen specified paper size The virtual page origin is located at the upper left corner of the physical page XEROX 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 1 13 BASIC CONCEPTS D ata types Data type Two types of data are used in creating and printing LPS forms as shown in table 1 3 Table 1 3 D ata types Description Generally refers to computer produced information that the LPS merges with a form Typically this data varies from page to page Refers to information that is used to print the form such as lines between columns and rows boxes and shading Forms data also refers to information that is part of the form such as titles headings captions logos and signatures Forms data typically does not vary from page to page 1 14 XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE 2 Forms Description Language This chapter describes the function and use of each Forms Description Language FDL command in generating a form electronically The FDL commands discussed throughout this guide apply to all version 3 laser printing systems Re
104. s down from the form origin and ends ten grid units down from the form origin This line is repeated every two horizontal grid unit intervals Figure G 9 D rawing parallel vertical lines XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE G 5 COMMAND EXAMPLES BO X examples Example 4 AT 4 DRAW 5 LINES FROM 2 TO 4 AND REPEAT HORIZONTALLY EVERY 4 This command specifies five short lines to be drawn each two grid units long with each starting point spaced four grid units apart and separated two grid units from the end of the preceding line Figure G 10 Drawing repeated horizontal lines Example 1 AT 4 6 BOX 14 WIDE BY 4 HIGH This command specifies a box 14 grid units wide and four grid units high with the upper left corner four grid units down from the form origin and six grid units to the right of the form origin Figure G 11 Drawing a box G 6 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE COMMAND EXAMPLES Example 2 AT 5 0 DRAW 4 BOXES IN INCHES 5 WIDE BY 5 HIGH USING SHADING AND REPEAT VERTICALLY EVERY 2 This command specifies four 5 inch wide 5 inch high bars placed with the top edges at 5 inches 2 5 inches 4 5 inches and 6 5 inches Figure G 12 Drawing boxes XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE G 7 COMMAND EXAMPLES TEXT AT examples Figure G 13 gives the command syntax for and demonstrates aligned text Figure G 13 Aligned text
105. s the form is being constructed Importance of orderly construction One consideration in determining the orderliness of form construction is that the algorithm used in loading the line table is designed to check only the following two criteria before entering a new line in the line table sthe new line contained within the boundaries of an existing line Is the new line an extension of one of the existing lines If the new line is contained within the boundaries of an existing line no change is made to the line table entries If the new line is an extension of one of the existing lines the boundaries of the first and only the first existing line are extended to include the new line If neither of the criteria is met a new entry is made in the line table Examples The procedure of line extension results in an irregularity if lines are not specified in an orderly manner For example draw five line segments that are each five units in length If the lines are drawn in an unreasonable or irregular manner as shown below the result is more entries in the line table than are necessary Drawing line segments in the order 0 to 5 10 to 15 20 to 25 5 to 10 and 15 to 20 creates a single visual line that FDL considers to be three lines This is because the criterion of the line table allows the extension of only the first line segment with common coordinates to the new line In this case the three line entries in the line tab
106. sed by single quotes such as abcde can be broken and continued onto the next input record the FDL compiler skips all embedded spaces until it finds the first character of the next record XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2 13 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Default Considerations Text line origins U sing toggles Examples of aligned text Reference If direction and alignment are not specified the defaults are HORIZONTAL and CENTER FDL gives you control over vertical line spacings and horizontal character placement The SPACED parameter in the TEXT command is used to control the amount of vertical space between two lines oftext Character spacing cannot be overridden However each proportionally spaced font contains six space characters of various widths to facilitate adjusting the line length for text applications At least one font must be specified before any text can be specified The FONT command is used and only one such command can be given for any one form After the fonts are specified they are referenced in the form description by an index number beginning with 1 for the first font specified 2 for the second and so forth The number of fonts that may be specified depends on their size the number of fonts used in the variable data and the size of font memory Once a font number is specified in a TEXT command it remains in effect until a new font index is specified If no font number
107. sing Font Editor keyword commands to create source font files from existing licensed and nonlicensed font files XERO X 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 1 3 BASIC CONCEPTS Font memory Paper Increasing font memory improves processing time for applications that require large fonts or a large number of different fonts on a single page In the pass through mode the LPS prints up to 128 fonts on a single page In normal mode the amount of fonts per page that the LPS prints depends on the font definitions for the emulated line printer When processing the page data the controller stores font information in a special memory cache called font memory The amount of memory required to store font data depends on the size of the fonts and the number of different fonts on a single page If your applications call for either large fonts or a variety of fonts on a single page the increased font memory option can greatly improve the processing time required to print these documents Custom fonts logos and signature font data also consume font memory during processing Paper sizes Paper types Image size considerations Laser printing systems print on the following paper sizes 8 5 by 11 inch 216 by 279 mm A4 8 27 by 11 69 inch 210 by 297 mm 8 5 by 14 inch 216 by 356 mm e A large variety of paper types can also be used on the LPS Label stock Transparencies Predrilled Perforated
108. st font size that can fit within the boundaries of the box If FDL computations indicate that the entered text may not fit within the box the following error message is displayed TEXT WILL NOT FIT IN THE BOX The system checks the horizontal and vertical directions of the box If an error is detected in one or both directions an attempt is made to indicate an approximate value for the largest font Example Horizontal errors Vertical errors When you specify text to be placed in a box the system locates the closest box within a ten dot square of the specified point If text is to be placed in a box located two grid units by two grid units from the origin of the form the system selects the box closest to this point and within ten dots square The upper left corner of this box becomes the relative origin for subsequent text placement e If textis to be placed in the next box horizontally FDL begins searching at the upper right corner of the box in which previous text was placed e If textis to be placed in the next box vertically the search begins at the lower left corner Error calculations The calculations made for horizontal errors for example too many characters in a line are usually accurate FDL uses the following formula for reporting horizontal errors P B T target point size original font point size width of the box in dots width of the text in dots uuuu The calculation made by
109. stem automatically substitutes when specifications are omitted in FDL commands Grid unit dimensions are rounded to the nearest tenth The grid and origin substitutions made when printing on 8 5 by 11 inch 216 by 279 mm paper are shown in table B 1 Table B 1 Grid and origin substitutions for 8 5 by 11 inch 216 by 279 mm paper Specification Substitution FMT1 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 18 INCH 0 66 INCH FMT2 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 15 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 18 INCH 0 50 INCH FMT3 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 10 7 LPI ORIGIN 0 14 INCH 0 66 INCH FMT4 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 15 CPI 10 7 LPI ORIGIN 0 14 INCH 0 50 INCH FMT5 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 10 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 0 17 INCH 0 50 INCH FMT6 PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 13 6 CPI 8 1 LPI ORIGIN 0 57 INCH 0 58 INCH FMT7 PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 12 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 0 50 INCH 0 50 INCH FMT8 PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 10 CPI 6 LPI ORIGIN 0 50 INCH 0 50 INCH FMT9 LANDSCAPE GRID UNIT IS 20 CPI 10 LPI ORIGIN 0 25 INCH 0 25 INCH FMT10 PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 17 6 CPI 12 5 LPI ORIGIN 0 22 INCH 0 51 INCH FMT11 PORTRAIT GRID UNIT IS 20 CPI 12 5 LPI ORIGIN 0 57 INCH 0 39 INCH XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE B 1 SYSTEM DEFAULT SUMMARY The grid and origin substitutions made when printing on 8 5 by 14 inch 216 by 356 mm paper are shown in table B 2 Table B 2 Specification FMT12 FMT13
110. t may occur while a page is being imaged is a page setup error displaying the following message 089300 PAGE SET UP ERROR This message means that there was not enough time to image a page This may be caused by an excessively large amount of data and forms to be imaged disk errors image generation problems or a problem known as local density Even a form designed to avoid exceeding line density limitations may cause page setup errors because of local density However such problems are rarely encountered in readable forms To have a problem area of local density a form would have to have long lines of very closely spaced small text A local density problem occurs when the imaging hardware accepts and dispatches characters at two different rates If a form structure imposes a dispatching load that is too heavy the hardware may run out of input before the data processing is finished 4 8 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RMS CREATION GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING Considerations If a form you described causes page setup errors examine the form and variable data to see if there are many lines or a large amount of text in a small area If there are you can reduce the density of this area by spreading out the material or by deleting parts of the form To determine possible causes of page setup errors due to local density look for the following items Large amounts of closely spaced text in a small font that is long lines of
111. that are heavier in density e Code a SOLID 0 line first whenever you have a set of colinear segments whether they are touching or not Uselines rather than characters of the form element font whenever possible e Avoid overlapping superimposing lines e Avoid using too many dotted or broken lines because they create too much overhead in the printing process Avoid drawing unneeded lines across the longest side of the physical page UseaCOMMENT command Use aBOX command only when the lines generated by that command are not duplicated by another command Do notuse a REPEAT command when drawing lines that create boxes if you need to find the coordinates of those boxes later Use boxes rather than characters of the form element font whenever possible Avoid overlapping superimposing boxes UseaCOMMENT command e Avoid overlapping the boundary line of a box with shading Set shading back from borders by three to five dots or about 0 1 units for most coordinates This conserves memory and results in a cleaner appearance e Try to avoid shading on portrait forms XEROX 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Keywords Coding text Coding sections Source copy Table 4 2 Hints and tips continued Hints and tips Use a COMMENT command Remember that different fonts of a given point size are not necessarily the same physical size Be aware that vertical error
112. the end of all FSLs to be processed is indicated by two consecutive EN D commands The command syntax is END END 2 22 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3 Compiling and printing forms Once the Form Source Library FSL file has been created the file can be stored on the laser printing system LPS system disk The next step is to compile the file and print a copy of the form Form printing process Follow these steps to print an electronic form on a Xerox laser printing system l Enter the editor utility and create a file of FDL commands to describe the form This file is called a Forms Source Library FSL file Refer to the Forms D escription Language chapter for more information The FSL file contains FDL commands such as coordinates for placing lines boxes text and so forth You can create the FSL file directly at the LPS keyboard and display at a host computer input device or through remote communications 2 Savethe FSL file to the LPS system disk 3 Compile the FSL to create a printable electronic form file FRM 4 Debug modify and recompile the file if necessary 5 Printthe form FSL data transfer Once you have created the FSL file you can send it to the system disk either offline or online Offline In the offline mode FSL files can be transmitted to the system disk from magnetic tape or by using the LPS Editor Using magnetic tape 1 Create
113. the sheet of paper is misaligned as it enters the printer Because of the design of the LPS feeder the image registration on each page can vary slightly both horizontally and vertically by up to 05 inches 1 0 mm The image can also slant or skew slightly by up to 05 inches 1 0 mm in opposite directions for a maximum skew of 0 1 inches 2 0 mm Note that the following figures are the same specifications which have been rotated to show portrait and landscape orientations The shift and skew variances described here are within allowable specifications However as this can affect the registration of variable data in preprinted forms and the placement of images close to the edge of the page itis important to make allowances for this condition XEROX 4050 5090 4450 4650 LPS FO RM S CREATION GUIDE 1 7 BASIC CONCEPTS Figure 1 6 Landscape orientation shift and skew 11 x 8 5 inches Lead edge Registration variance 05 1 0 mm Skew 05 1 0 mm a 7 3 Direction of paper feed c cc Skew Registration 05 1 0 mm variance 05 1 0 mm Trail edge Figure 1 7 Portrait orientation shift and skew 8 5 x 11 inches Direction of paper feed Inboardside lt _ Skew 05 1 0 mm Registration gt variance 05 1 0 mm Registration variance 05 1 0 mm Skew 005 ll0mm gt lt O utboardside For best resu
114. the source file at the host computer and store itona magnetic tape 2 Mount the tape on the LPS tape drive and copy the files electronically to the system disk Using the LPS Editor The source code can also be entered directly to the LPS at the system user interface and transmitted electronically to the system disk XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3 1 COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS Remote communications Compiling a form Online If your LPS is channel attached to a host computer enter the source code at the host terminal through the host editor facility The file must be preceded by the necessary control record identifiers Refer to your host reference documentation for details The LPS HOSTCOPY utility enables you to download files from the host and store them on the LPS system disk The LPS can also receive forms data from a remote device on the Ethernet network Once the file has been created the next step is to enter the command that compiles the FSL to an FRM Multiple FSLs contained in one file are paginated so that each new FSL starts on the front side of a new page FDL compilation time The time it takes to compile a form file depends on the position of the font file in its directory and the size and number of disks on the system If your LPS has a large number of font files located on several disks you may notice an increase in compilation time for forms that perform text h
115. tion or process Software that controls the low level tasks in a computer system such as input or output and memory management The operating system is always running when the computer is active XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLO SSARY 5 GLOSSARY orientation origin overprint ratio packet page end palette parameter parse PCC PDE PDL PE physical page pitch pixel point portrait In reference to image area describes whether the printed lines are parallel to the long edge of the paper landscape or the short edge of the paper portrait In reference to image area the upper left corner of a sheet Maximum number of variable data and form characters that can be intersected by a single scan line A group of DJDE records terminated by an END command Command character form feed to terminate the current page Predefined set of colors or inks Different versions are provided with the printer and with host or PC based application software Part of a command other than the keyword See keyword To read or interpret a command to build up a parameter list from information within a command Printer Carriage Control Page Description Entry Print Description Language Language used to describe printing jobs to a laser printing system PDL describes the input type format characteristics performs the processing functions logical processing and describes
116. umber may be translated to approximately 22 058823 dots per character unit The compiler rounds the converted number to the nearest whole dot before starting to compile the form Example The following example illustrates the problems encountered using the 13 6 cpi coordinate system AT 4 DRAW 1HOR LINE FROM 1 TO 132 USING SOLID 1 AT 5 DRAW 1 HOR LINE FROM 1 TO 132 USING SOLID HAIRLIN E AT 8 DRAW 15 VER LINES FROM 4 TO 5 USING HAIRLIN E AND REPEAT HOR EVERY 8 In theory this form description technique creates 14 boxes that can be found simply by addressing the appropriate coordinates In fact the coordinates of the boxes are not exactly those expected The boxes can be found by using the IN NEXT BOX parameter of the TEXT IN BO X command The IN NEXT BO X parameter works properly because it specifies the next adjacent box but does not specify the coordinates of that box The problem in addressing coordinates is that the FDL statement requires vertical lines every 176 47058 dots which is rounded down by the system to 176 00000 dots This difference makes it impossible for the LPS to find box 14 at the coordinates 4 112 There are two ways to draw the form to overcome this problem O ne way isto draw 13 lines with the REPEAT parameter and then specify lines at 112 and 120 Another way is to change the final statement in the following manner AT 8 DRAW VER LINE FROM 4 TO 5 USING HAIRLIN E AND AT 16 24 32 42 48 56 72 80 8
117. verting other unit values to dots 4 14 Rounding variable data 4 15 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS FDL statistics 4 16 Grid unit scaling 4 16 Appendices A FDL command syntax summary A 1 B System default summary B 1 C Sample form creation C 1 D FDL capacity limits D 1 E Standard print formats E 1 F Support tools and measurements F 1 G Command examples G 1 Glossary GLO SSARY 1 Index INDEX 1 XERO X 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE Document conventions Introduction The Xerox 4050 4090 4450 4650 LPS Forms Creation Guide describes the use of Forms Description Language FDL commands you use to create forms for merging with variable data to print on a laser printing system LPS Descriptions include the following FDL commands necessary to create any desired form with the correct page orientation fonts line widths and positioning of captions and logos e Fundamental printing terms techniques and troubleshooting e Support tools used to simplify the creation of forms Command and default summaries examples limitations and capacities UPPERCASE BOLD BLUE UPPERCASE BLUE ITALICS Lowercase black italics lt gt TERMINAL FONT U PPERCASE CAUTION WARNING This guide uses the following conventions U ppercase bold blue text indicates required characters or command keywords U ppercase blue
118. x TEXT AT Allows you to print text in specific locations Syntax direction TEXT SPACED d units PER LIN EALIGN ED alignment USING FONTnATyunitsxunits text text Parameter options direction HORIZONTAL VERTICAL d Amount of vertical space occupied by a line of text All specifications except Ipi are actual line height measurements An Ipi value specifies line height in terms of lines per inch The number must be positive and may have two decimal places for all units except DOTS The default unitis DOTS units Units of linear measurement expressed as inches IN centimeters CM DOTS XDOTS POINTS PTS or lines per inch LPI If units are not specified the measurement is in grid units alignment LEFT RIGHT CENTER TOP BOTTOM Index number of the font to be used If omitted the system uses the last font index specified in a TEXT command If the font was omitted in all previous TEXT commands the system uses the first font specified in the FONT command Coordinate on the y axis where the text origin is to be located Coordinate on the x axis where the text origin is to be located text Text characters that are printed at the specified location Multiple text strings can be specified by enclosing each text string in single quotation marks Separate each text string with one or more spaces A string is a series of characters Each string is printed as one physical line of text Text strings enclo
119. xes logos graphics form sections and text The following commands are used for entering descriptive form data LINE BOX TEXT AT TEXT IN BOX LOGO GRAPHIC You can enter these commands in any sequence For a discussion of the problems you may encounter when entering these commands refer to the Troubleshooting chapter e e o o o o Location coordinates Specify the locations in terms of the y and x axis coordinates measured from the form origin specified in the GRID command The form origin is generally set to coincide with the variable data origin and the grid units correspond to the character and line spacing of the variable data The form origin coordinates are specified as y 0 x 0 You can specify both x and y coordinates or just one coordinate along the y or x axis If only one coordinate is given the axis is implied in the command Symbols for coordinates The following five symbols are used in the description commands to symbolize different coordinates Co Origin coordinate c Start coordinate Cg End coordinate cg Absolute coordinate ci Incremental coordinate The coordinate parameter may be followed by the unit of measurement inches IN centimeters CM or DOTS If units of measurement are not given in the command the coordinates are in grid units Negative coordinates N egative coordinates may also be used A negative y coordinate is measured upward from the form origin A negative x coo

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