Xerox 721P85530 Bedienungs- und Montageanleitung

Xerox DocuPrint 180 Laser Printing System

Print Description Language Reference

April 1998

721P85530

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Related publications

The

Xerox DocuPrint 180 Laser Printing System Print Description

Language Reference

is part of the ten manual reference set for your

laser printing system. The entire reference set is listed in the table

below. Several other related documents are also listed for your

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Table 1. Related Publications

Publication Number

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Message Guide

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System Generation Guide

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Table of Contents

Related publications iii

Notice iii

Introduction xxi

About the reference set xxi

DocuPrint 180 Laser Printing System document set xxi

About this manual xxiv

PDL syntax conventions used in this manual xxv

1. Overview 1-1

PDL features and functions 1-1

LPS component types 1-2

Hardware 1-2

Software 1-2

LPS hardware components 1-2

Advanced Image Subsystem (AIS) 1-2

LPS software components 1-3

PDL related programs and tasks 1-5

Operating system executive task (OSEXEC) 1-5

File control program (FCP) 1-5

Operator communication subsystem (OCS) 1-5

Editor task 1-5

Font editor task 1-5

Input processing task 1-5

Report task (RPT) 1-6

Dynamic job descriptor (DJD) task 1-6

Output processing task 1-6

Print description language (PDL) processor 1-6

Forms description language (FDL) processor 1-6

Preparing for a print job 1-7

Job flow process 1-8

OCS processing 1-8

Input processing 1-8

Output processing 1-9

Input data types 1-10

Unformatted data 1-10

Formatted data 1-11

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2. Print Description Language (PDL) 2-1

Purpose of PDL 2-1

PDL command structure 2-2

Command line length 2-2

Command components 2-2

Identifier 2-3

Command keyword 2-3

Parameter 2-4

Comments 2-4

Syntax rules 2-5

Right-part constants 2-6

Value constants 2-6

String constants 2-6

Job source library (JSL) structure 2-10

Command levels 2-10

ID level 2-12

System or JDL level 2-12

Catalog level 2-12

Job or JDE level 2-13

Examples–JOB command 2-13

END command 2-13

Creating separate files for grouping PDL commands 2-16

Hierarchy of replacement 2-16

Hierarchy within a job descriptor library (JDL) 2-16

Non-JDL hierarchy — START command 2-17

START command 2-17

Hierarchy of replacement in an errored job descriptor library

(JDL) 2-20

3. Creating a job source library (JSL) 3-1

What your JSL specified for LPS processing 3-2

Decisions to make before creating your JSL 3-3

Input data 3-3

Output specifications 3-4

Type of application to create 3-4

Special features 3-5

Interactions between JSLs, catalogs, and jobs 3-5

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Review of PDL components and syntax 3-6

Command levels 3-6

Command components 3-6

Command identifiers 3-6

Command keywords 3-7

Command parameters 3-7

Comments 3-7

PDL syntax 3-8

Hints and tips 3-9

Steps in creating a JSL 3-10

Using the Editor 3-10

Name the JDL identifier 3-10

Specifying VFUs 3-10

Setting up input parameters 3-11

Specifying LINE command parameters 3-11

Specifying ACCT command parameters 3-11

Specifying use of DJDEs 3-12

Adding logical processing specifications 3-12

Specifying formats 3-12

Using copy modification entries 3-13

Defining paper requirements 3-13

Specifying output requirements 3-14

Ending a JSL 3-14

Finished JSL 3-15

Compiling the JSL 3-16

Printing the job 3-18

Page considerations 3-18

Paper sizes 3-18

System page 3-18

Physical page 3-18

Edgemarking 3-19

Non-imaged elements 3-19

Page orientation 3-20

Landscape orientation 3-21

Portrait orientation 3-22

Registration shift and skew 3-23

Fonts 3-25

Font and graphic memory 3-26

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DocuPrint 180 compatibility with the 4850, 4135, 4635 and 4050/4090/4650 LPS 3-27

Xerox 4850 and 4890 HighLight Color LPS 3-28

Running 4850/4890 applications on your DocuPrint 180

LPS 3-28

Downloading 4850/4890 LPS applications to your DocuPrint

180 LPS 3-29

4850/4890 HighLight Color LPS forms 3-29

Points to note 3-30

Xerox 4050/4090/4650/9700F LPS 3-30

Creating DocuPrint 180 LPS applications on a 4050, 4090,

4650, or 9700F LPS 3-30

Running 4050, 4090, 4650, and 9700F jobs on your DocuPrint

180 LPS 3-30

4. Specifying input parameters 4-1

BLOCK command 4-2

ADJUST 4-2

CONSTANT 4-3

FORMAT 4-3

LENGTH 4-4

LMULT 4-4

LTHFLD 4-5

OFFSET 4-5

POSTAMBLE 4-6

PREAMBLE 4-6

ZERO 4-7

Points to note 4-7

Online versus offline JDLs 4-8

Example 4-8

CODE command 4-9

ASSIGN 4-9

DEFAULT 4-10

Point to note 4-10

Examples 4-11

PCC command 4-12

ADVTAPE 4-12

ASSIGN 4-13

DEFAULT 4-16

INITIAL 4-17

MASK 4-17

Points to note 4-18

Example 4-18

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RECORD command 4-19

ADJUST 4-19

CONSTANT 4-20

FORMAT 4-20

LENGTH 4-21

LMULT 4-21

LTHFLD 4-22

OFFSET 4-22

POSTAMBLE 4-23

PREAMBLE 4-23

STRUCTURE 4-24

Points to note 4-24

Example 4-25

SEFFNT command 4-27

Mapping files 4-28

[label:] SEFFNT SEFMAP 4-29

MAP 4-29

Points to note 4-30

Examples 4-31

TCODE command 4-32

DEFAULT 4-33

TASSIGN 4-34

TRESET 4-35

Points to note 4-36

Examples 4-37

VOLUME command 4-38

BMULT 4-39

CODE 4-39

EOV 4-41

HOST 4-41

LCODE 4-44

LPACK 4-45

MAXLAB 4-45

MINLAB 4-46

OPTIMIZE 4-47

OSCHN 4-48

OSHDP 4-48

OSTLP 4-49

PLABEL 4-49

RMULT 4-50

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RSAT 4-50

TCODE 4-51

UNPACK 4-52

Points to note 4-52

Examples 4-53

Input sources 4-54

Online printing systems 4-54

Channel-attached LPS 4-54

Online 3211/4245 mode 4-54

Online-specific commands 4-55

Creating a JDE or JDL 4-55

DJDE processing 4-57

Online optimization 4-57

Copy-sensitive copy modification entries (CME) 4-57

Report separation 4-57

Universal character set buffers (UCSBs) 4-58

UCSB processing 4-58

Forms control buffer (FCB) 4-59

Vertical format control processing 4-59

Online record length 4-60

Points to note 4-60

Online recovery 4-61

Online dump 4-62

Starting and ending dump sessions 4-62

Dump format 4-62

Points to note 4-62

Downloading files from the host to the LPS 4-63

Valid download file types 4-64

DJDE FILE command 4-64

Offline mode 4-65

Host computer tape formats 4-65

Tape codes 4-65

Packed data formats 4-66

Record formats 4-66

Record structure 4-66

Multivolume processing 4-67

5. Defining clusters 5-1

Cluster features 5-1

Cluster processing overview 5-1

What clusters do for the programmer and operator 5-2

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