Xerox DocuPrint 4850 Manuel de service

XEROX

Xerox 4850/4890 HighLight Color

Laser Printing System

Forms Creation Reference

Version 5.0

November 1994

720P93650

Xerox Corporation

701 S. Aviation Boulevard

El Segundo, CA 90245

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Publication number: 720P93650

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Changes are periodically made to this document. Changes,

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Optima, Terminal, and Monospace.

Table of contents

Introduction vii

Document conventions vii

1. Overview 1-1

2. Basic concepts 2-1

Page orientation 2-1

Fonts 2-2

Page frames 2-3

Physical page 2-4

System page 2-4

Virtual page 2-4

Form origin 2-5

Positioning form elements 2-6

Grids 2-7

x and y coordinates 2-7

Predefined formats 2-8

Data types 2-9

3. Forms description language 3-1

FDL command overview 3-1

Command format 3-1

Form creation process 3-1

Setup commands 3-2

FORM command 3-3

PAPER command 3-3

LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT command 3-4

GRID command 3-5

FONT command 3-7

ICATALOG command 3-7

PALETTE command 3-9

INK command 3-9

INK command syntax 3-10

Substituting inks 3-11

Description commands 3-12

LINE command 3-13

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BOX command 3-17

TEXT commands 3-19

LOGO command 3-28

GRAPHIC command 3-29

IRESULT command 3-31

SECTION command 3-31

COMMENT command 3-33

END command 3-33

4. Compiling and printing forms 4-1

Form printing process 4-1

FSL data transfer 4-1

Compiling a form 4-2

Compilation options 4-4

FDL compilation time 4-6

Printing a compiled form 4-6

5. Forms layout considerations 5-1

Image complexity 5-1

Line tables 5-1

Scan line density 5-3

Superimposition 5-4

Page generation errors 5-5

Local density and page setup errors 5-5

Summary 5-6

Using boxes 5-6

Text in boxes 5-7

Locating the closest box 5-7

Default color 5-10

Shading 5-10

Sections 5-11

Rounding measurements 5-12

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 6-1

Getting started 6-1

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Writing the setup commands 6-2

Using the COMMENT command 6-2

Drawing lines 6-2

Drawing boxes 6-4

Placing text at a location 6-5

Placing text in a box 6-5

END command 6-7

Compiling the form 6-8

Appendices A. FDL command summary A-1

B. FDL-generated messages B-1

C. System default summary C-1

D. GRID and TEXT command examples D-1

E. FDL capacity limits E-1

F. Support tools and measurements F-1

Glossary GLOSSARY-1

Index INDEX-1

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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.

Forms designer's tasks consists of writing FDL commands to

produce electronic forms. These tasks include entering source

code into the LPS to create new electronic forms, as well as

updating, revising, and printing the forms on the laser printing

system. If you are also responsible for printing variable data on

the form in addition to performing other operations on the

printer, refer to the related documents provided with your laser

printing system.

Document conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

< > Angle brackets are used for keys on the system controller

keyboard.

{ } Curly brackets are used for required characters.

... Ellipses indicate that you can repeat a parameter or list a series of

parameters.

[ ] Square brackets are used for optional command characters.

|Vertical bars are used to separate parameters in a series. The

vertical bar stands for “or.”

bold Bold is used for characters you enter at the command line.

italics Italics is used for variable information.

TERMINAL FONT Terminal or monospace font is used to display system responses.

underline System default parameters are underlined.

UPPERCASE Uppercase letters are used for command names.

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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.

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1. Overview

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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