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Xerox 4850/4890 HighLight Color
Laser Printing System
Forms Creation Reference
Version 5.0
November 1994
720P93650
XEROX

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  • Page 1 XEROX Xerox 4850/4890 HighLight Color Laser Printing System Forms Creation Reference Version 5.0 November 1994 720P93650...
  • Page 2 Printed in the United States of America Publication number: 720P93650 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Form creation process Setup commands FORM command PAPER command LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT command GRID command FONT command ICATALOG command PALETTE command INK command INK command syntax 3-10 Substituting inks 3-11 Description commands 3-12 LINE command 3-13 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 4 Converting other unit values to dots 5-12 Rounding variable data 5-13 Suggested coding techniques 5-14 Converting preprinted forms 5-14 Designing new forms 5-14 Recommended coding sequence 5-14 Syntax ambiguities 5-16 6. Coding a complex form Getting started XERX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 5 Compiling the form Appendices A. FDL command summary B. FDL-generated messages C. System default summary D. GRID and TEXT command examples E. FDL capacity limits F. Support tools and measurements Glossary GLOSSARY-1 Index INDEX-1 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 7: Document Conventions

    Introduction This reference is intended for forms designers who have basic knowledge of the 4850 or the 4890 HighLight Color Laser Printing System (LPS). You may have received on-site training, or you may have attended a Xerox forms description language (FDL) training course.
  • Page 8 INTRODUCTION CAUTION: Cautions alert you to an action that could damage hardware or software. WARNING: Warnings alert you to conditions that may affect the safety of people. viii XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 9 The term “highlight color” refers to black plus one other color, such as red, blue or green. The 4850 and 4890 LPS also supports black-only printing and is compatible with the entire family of centralized laser printing systems.

  • Page 11: Basic Concepts

    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. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 12 (for example, medium and bold). In addition to typeface, style, and size, a font can be defined by its orientation: • Landscape font • Portrait font • Inverse landscape font • Inverse portrait font. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 13: Physical Page

    The LPS Standard Font Library Font User Guide and the 4135 and 4850 Font User Guide list the standard fixed and proportional fonts, as well as five special “core” fonts provided with the 4850 and 4890. Special fonts not included in the standard font library may be ordered from the Xerox Font Center or Rank Xerox.
  • Page 14 LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT command or by using the FMTn option of the GRID command. The upper left corner of the virtual page is called the “virtual page origin” (Figure 2-5). The virtual page origin is also used to establish a form origin. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 15 Standard computer printing formats are stored on the system. Refer to the “Predefined formats” section later in this chapter. Figure 2-6. Form origin XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 16: Box Command

    A symbol shows where the text block origin is located. This is the point used to position the text block relative to the form origin. Figure 2-7. Text block origin XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 17: X And Y Coordinates

    “A” character cell is located two lines down and one character width to the right of the form origin. At 10 cpi and 6 lpi, the “A” is 0.33 inch down from the form origin and 0.10 inch to the right. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 18: Predefined Formats

    (Refer to table 2-1.) 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.

  • Page 19: Data Types

    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 page to page. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 21 Introduction This reference is intended for forms designers who have basic knowledge of the 4850 or the 4890 HighLight Color Laser Printing System (LPS). You may have received on-site training, or you may have attended a Xerox forms description language (FDL) training course.
  • Page 22 INTRODUCTION CAUTION: Cautions alert you to an action that could damage hardware or software. WARNING: Warnings alert you to conditions that may affect the safety of people. viii XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 23: Form Printing Process

    Form printing process To print an electronic form on a Xerox laser printing system: 1. Enter the editor utility and create a file of forms description language (FDL) commands to describe the form.

  • Page 24: Compiling A Form

    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 filename given. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 25 An example of this is the CANNOT FIND THE BOX message that may occur for a TEXT IN BOX command. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 26: Compilation Options

    A list of all forms stored in the directory, a sample of each, and the source statement lists can all be obtained by operator commands. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 27 In this case, a security violation message would still appear and the compilation would abort, but a single page would be printed containing the page heading and the .FSL line, FORM TRYIT1;. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 28: Fdl Compilation Time

    SAMPLE filename.FRM Example: SAMPLE TRYIT.FRM To produce five copies of the form, enter the following: SAM[PLE] TRYIT.FRM,5 The Xerox 4850/4890 HighLight Color LPS Command Reference describes additional options for using the SAMPLE command. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 29: Forms Layout Considerations

    (for example, a series of long dashes). With either of these conditions, it is possible to reduce the number of entries in the line table as the form is being constructed. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 30 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 5-2 shows lines entered in unintended locations. Figure 5-2. Lines entered in unintended locations XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 31: Scan Line Density

    Each 32 dots (or fraction thereof) of a line drawn on the long axis of the paper is one dispatchable item. • Each line drawn on the short axis of the paper is one dispatchable item. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 32: Superimposition

    6-point font, 150 characters for a 5-point font, and 120 characters for a 4-point font. Superimposition Since lines superimposed over each other count as double the dispatchable items of a single line, they detract from the system capabilities. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 33: Page Generation Errors

    • A large number of lines drawn on the short axis of the paper; that is, vertical lines on a landscape form • Large amounts of shading. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 34: Summary

    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 illustrated in Figure 5-4). XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 35: Text In Boxes

    The upper left corner of this box becomes the relative origin for subsequent text placement. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 36 The result of this equation is rounded up and displayed in the error message. Thus, what the error message actually signifies is that the largest font could be accommodated within the box if no leading were involved. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 37 The statements below provide an example of how this technique is used: represents a blank line. TEXT SPACED AT 4 DOTS IN BOX 10, 10 ‘TEXT LINE 1' ‘TEXT LINE 2' XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 38: Default Color

    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. 5-10 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 39: Sections

    (Refer to the “Scan line density” section in this chapter.) 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. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE 5-11...

  • Page 40: Rounding Measurements

    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. 5-12 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 41: Rounding Variable Data

    It is most likely that the difficulty is a variation in defining the coordinate system resulting from rounding, and is not a software problem. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE 5-13...

  • Page 42: Suggested Coding Techniques

    Use a method of sequencing commands similar to the following order: • Horizontal and vertical lines • Boxes (if needed) • Text • Logo placement • Shading. 5-14 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 43 Two files with the same name and type cannot reside on the system. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE 5-15...

  • Page 44: Syntax Ambiguities

    TEXT 10 CEN IN BOX..; The keyword CEN is interpreted as CENTIMETERS, which is valid in this position. The keyword CENTER is also valid in this position but must be spelled out in full. 5-16 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 45: Coding A Complex Form

    Refer to command definitions discussed earlier in this guide as needed. You must be familiar with the 4850 or 4890 LPS Editor utility or the editor at your host. The sample form that you will create is shown in figure 6-1. The illustration of the sample form is reduced in size;...
  • Page 46 FORM 1STFRM; GRID FMT1; FONTS UN114A,UN106A,UN104C; COMMENT *** DRAW HORIZONTAL LINES ***; Drawing lines LINE commands are used to construct horizontal and vertical lines which, in turn, are used to construct boxes. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 47 AT 8 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3; AT 19 DRAW 18 VER LINE FROM 8 TO 9 USI HAI AND REPEAT VER EVE 3; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 48 When you compile the form, enter the SUBSTITUTE INK CURRENT command, to automatically print your form in the ink that is loaded, no matter which ink is specified in the form. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 49 The TEXT IN BOX command allows you to place text at a particular location within a box that was previously described. Enter the COMMENT and TEXT IN BOX command as shown in figure 6-8. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 50 BOX 'UNITS-UNITS YTD' 'CURRENT AMT.' 'YTD AMOUNT' TEXT USI FONT 2 IN BOX 8,19 'EMP.##'; TEXT USING FONT 2 IN LEFT CENTER BOX 9,0 'SAL/RATE'; TEXT USING FONT 2 IN BOX 9,0 'GROSS YTD'; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 51 BOX 'UNITS-UNITS YTD' 'CURRENT AMT.' 'YTD AMOUNT' TEXT USI FONT 2 IN BOX 8,19 'EMP.##'; TEXT USING FONT 2 IN LEFT CENTER BOX 9,0 'SAL/RATE'; TEXT USING FONT 2 IN BOX 9,0 'GROSS YTD'; END; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 52: Compiling The Form

    Figure 6-11. Abbreviated method to SAVE, CLEAR and END (SCE) FDL 1STFRM,TRA When the form compiles error-free, your form prints successfully. Figure 6-12 illustrates the complete FSL and the form it produces. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 53 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 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 55: Fdl Command Summary

    Optional. If omitted, system substitutes its default. Required choice of one of the parameters the braces enclose. unit DOTS, IN, INCH, INCHES, CM, or CENTIMETERS. If omitted, defaults to grid size. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 56 [IN unit] p [unit] [WIDE] [BY] q [unit] [HIGH] [USING] COMMENT COMMENT text; END; FONT FONT[S] id[,..id]; FORM FORM id; GRAPHIC name AT vpos [unit] ,hpos [unit] [SCALE [IS] n[/d]] [[USING] INK GRAPHIC inkref [inkref ] [,...]]; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 57 FDL COMMAND SUMMARY Table A-2. FDL command syntax (continued) Command Syntax GRID ICATALOG ICATALOG [IS] inkcatalogname; IRESULT XEROX 4850/48909 HIGHLIGHT COLOR FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 58 FDL COMMAND SUMMARY Table A-2. FDL command syntax (continued) Command Syntax LANDSCAPE/ PORTRAIT LINE XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 59 Syntax LOGO LOGO id AT y [unit] x [unit] [[USING] INK inkref [inkref ][,...]]; PALETTE PALETTE [IS] ’palettename’; PAPER [BEGIN] SECTION id; SECTION END SECTION; DO SECTION id AT y [unit] x [unit]; XEROX 4850/48909 HIGHLIGHT COLOR FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 60 FDL COMMAND SUMMARY Table A-2. FDL command syntax (continued) Command Syntax TEXT AT XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 61 CENTER CENTER RIGHT RIGHT BOX y [unit] x [unit] ‘text’ [‘text’] . . . CENTER CENTER BOTTOM BOTTOM HORIZONTAL [[ IN] [NEXT] BOX ‘text’ [‘text’] . . .]; VERTICAL FDL compiler command [filename][,NOPRINT][,TRAY][,DEBUG][,XPAN][,NOSOURCE][,PROOF][,SIMPLEX] XEROX 4850/48909 HIGHLIGHT COLOR FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 63: Fdl-Generated Messages

    Compiler will abort. 1. Check for correct file name. 2. Create FSL file on disk if necessary. 3. Retry FDL task. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 64 Forms compiler will abort. 1. Retry entry. Message should not reappear if failure was intermittent memory error. 2. If problem persists, call your system support representative. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 65: System Default Summary

    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; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE...
  • Page 66 FMT10A PORTRAIT; GRID UNIT IS 17.6 CPI, 12.5 LPI, ORIGIN 1.45, 100 CM (0.57, 0.39 INCH) FMT11A PORTRAIT; GRID UNIT IS 20 CPI, 12.5 LPI, ORIGIN 1.44, 100 CM (0.57, 0.39 INCH) XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 67 Aligned centered in the box No font index specified in TEXT command Current font in use Unit not specified in SPACED parameter of the Dots TEXT command No units specified in LOGO command Grid unit XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 69: Grid And Text Command Examples

    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 TO 1500DOTS; XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 70 In example 2, 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. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 71 In example 4, 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 virtual page origin. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 72 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. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 73 Figures D-7 and D-8 illustrate the character block orientations for portrait and landscape pages. Portrait, landscape, inverse portrait, and inverse landscape fonts are listed in the Xerox Laser Printing Systems Standard Font Library Font User Guide and the Xerox 4850/4890 Highlight Color and 4135 LPS Font User Guide.
  • Page 74 GRID AND TEXT COMMAND EXAMPLES Figure D-8. Character block orientations for a landscape page Denotes the positioning origin of the text block. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 75: Fdl Capacity Limits

    8 per form Invocations: No limit Lines Horizontal: 2000 Vertical: 2000 Fonts and logos This number may vary, depending on memory capacity and use; however, 84 fonts and logos cannot be exceeded. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 77: Support Tools And Measurements

    (cpi) or 10 lines per inch (lpi). 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 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE...
  • Page 78 (scale 6); they were chosen for optimal readability for the standard computer format of 132 columns by 66 lines. (Refer to table 2-1 for a complete list of standard formats and spacing.) XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 79: Glossary

    128 possible characters. It is a common standard for information interchange among data processing systems, data communication systems, and associated equipment. International paper size measuring 250 mm by 353 mm or 9.84 by 13.9 inches. XEROX 48 50/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-1...
  • Page 80 Bottom of form. boot To load the initial instructions of a program into memory. These instructions direct the loading of the operating system and application software. Beginning of tape. GLOSSARY-2 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 81 CCID Character code identifier. Code associated with the universal identifier “Xerox” to indicate the version of the Xerox character code standard used to code Interpress strings. Customer Changeable Unit. The color housing that fits inside the printer.
  • Page 82 Software that translates instructions written in high-level language into machine language for execution by a system. composite character Character that has multiple bitmap references combined into one and stored on disk in font memory. GLOSSARY-4 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 83 The tone (defined in the ink catalog file and reproduced for your reference on the printed samples of 4890 HighLight Color LPS palettes) as it is applied to the page. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-5...
  • Page 84 2. In printing, duplex means printing on both sides of the paper. dynamic Job descriptor entry See DJDE. EBCDIC Extended binary coded decimal interchange code. Coded character set consisting of up to 256 8-bit coded characters. GLOSSARY-6 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 85 Forms control buffer. Controls the vertical format of printed output. File control parameter. Finishing Configuration Utility. File Conversion Utility. Forms description language. LPS-resident source language used to design electronic forms. See also FSL and form. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-7...
  • Page 86 Line preceding the message text in a formatted message display. form feed Keyboard and printer control character that causes the printer to skip to the top of the next page. forms control buffer See FCB. GLOSSARY-8 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 87 The hardware is operated by software and firmware. High-capacity feeder. HCSS High-capacity stitcher/stacker; also referred to as stitcher/stacker. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-9...
  • Page 88 See IPL. ink catalog File containing inks that is referenced by all software for color information. The ink catalog file has the extension .ICT. GLOSSARY-10 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 89 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. job descriptor entry See JDE. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-11...
  • Page 90 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.
  • Page 91 Device that converts digital information into an analog signal suitable for sending over analog telecommunication lines. Also converts an analog signal from telecommunication lines into digital information. monochrome Printing in one color only. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-13...
  • Page 92 2. The result of completed operations. overprint lines Print lines whose carriage control specifies printing with no line spacing after the last printed line. GLOSSARY-14 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 93 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.
  • Page 94 Applies to any system that is capable of receiving and performing operations upon data and supplying the results of those operations. GLOSSARY-16 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 95 A printing industry standard color definition model where all colors are defined in terms of values for the three additive primary colors: red, green and blue. Refer to color definition model. Solid-state memory for programs. It cannot be rewritten. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-17...

  • Page 96: Index

    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. Status file converter. Status file service. GLOSSARY-18 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 97 The name of a cluster as defined by a system command. stock reference An application specific pseudonym for a cluster. stockset Collection of stocks to be used on a print job. See also stock. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-19...
  • Page 98 Device which shares a common purpose and close association with other devices. This term is used to identify the Xerox print software which resides in the Digital host system as part of the XPMF-VMS communications link.
  • Page 99 If TXC detects a condition that may affect print quality, TXC requests that the operator initiate Print Quality Adjustment (PQA) to adjust the xerographic subsystem. Refer to print quality adjustment. Tracks per inch. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-21...
  • Page 100 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. GLOSSARY-22 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...
  • Page 101 4890 HighLight Color LPS. The operator or programmer controls XMS through the xerographic mode persistence (XMP) setting. Refer to xerographic mode. XICS Xerox Integrated Composition System. XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE GLOSSARY-23...
  • Page 102 Xerox Printer Access Facility. XPPI Xerox Pen Plotter Interface. Xerox Print Service (XPS) Manager is a printer front end to other (Xerox Print Service) hosts. XPS Manager server communicates with the printer via a layered communication protocol, based on the XNS protocol suite but enhanced with “online“...

  • Page 103: Command Format

    FDL, A-1 local density, 5-5 COMMENT command, 3-2, 3-33, 6-2, A-2 page generation, 5-5 comments page setup, 5-5 inserting COMMENTS, 3-33 text lines per box compiling forms, 3-1, 4-2, 6-8 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE INDEX-1...

  • Page 104: Form Command

    4-2, A-7 UNIT value, 2-7 grid units, 2-7, 3-5, 3-15, A-1, A-3 orientation font, 2-2 hairline, 1-1, 3-12, 3-16, A-4 landscape, 2-1 highlight color, 1-1, 3-29 page, 2-1 INDEX-2 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

  • Page 105: Paper Command

    4-2 suggested techniques, 5-14 scan line density, 5-3 TEXT commands, 3-19 SECTION command, 3-31 aligning text, 3-20 sections defaults, 3-20 font requirement, 3-20 defining, 3-31 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE INDEX-3...
  • Page 106 5-13, vertical line, 3-12 vertical printing, 3-17 virtual page orientation, 2-4 origin, 2-4 specification command, 2-4 specifying size, 2-6 x and y coordinates, 2-7 XPAN option for compiling forms, 4-2 INDEX-4 XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE...

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