Xerox 4850 Reference page 9

XEROX 4850/4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS FORMS CREATION REFERENCE
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The 4850 and 4890 HighLight Color Laser Printing Systems (LPS)
provide the capability to create electronic forms using a variety of
colors, shades, and tints. This feature supports the centralized
printing and publishing markets in creating highlight color
printing applications. 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.
You create electronic forms using forms description language
(FDL). FDL enables you to precisely define forms electronically
so they can be stored and printed on a Xerox laser printing
system. FDL-defined forms are input to the printer as data, using
the LPS keyboard and display or a host computer terminal.
To define a form, FDL uses elements such as lines, logos, images,
signatures, shading, and different font styles and sizes, to make
full use of laser printing system features and color capability. FDL
provides a quick and easy means of designing a form
electronically to achieve maximum visual impact and readability.
Advantages of FDL include the following:
• Lines can be drawn at specified intervals without being
redefined each time. You may choose to have the lines
printed in color or black only.
• You state the origin and the dimensions of a box to have it
drawn at any specified location on the page.
• An entire section of a form, once defined, can be repeated
anywhere on the same form.
• In 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.
• Once you create a form, it can be stored on the system and
printed—as many as you need and as often as you need.
• 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.
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