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Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX Laser Printing Syst em Forms Creation Guide April 1998 721P8563 0.
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XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE iii Rela te d pu bl i ca ti o ns The Xerox Do cuPrint 96/ DocuPrint 96MX Las er Printing S ystem For m s C r ea tio n G uid e is part of the eight manual reference set for your laser p ri nting syst e m.
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XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE v Table of Conte nts Related publications iii Notice iii Intr odu cti on ix About the reference set ix Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX Laser Printing System document set x What this guide contains xii Conventions used in this guide xiii 1.
TAB LE OF CO NTE NTS vi XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Specifying TAB as a form 3-8 LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT command 3-9 GRID com mand 3-10 FONT command 3-15 Description comma.
TABL E OF CONTENTS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE vii Local density and page setup errors 5-6 Sum mary 5- 7 Using boxes 5-8 Text in bo xes 5 -8 Locating the closest box 5-9.
viii XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Inde x INDEX- 1.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE i x Introduc tion The DocuPrint 96/Do cuPrint 96MX Laser Printing System Forms Creation Guide is intende d for forms de signers who ha ve a basic knowledge of the DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX Laser Printing System (LPS).
INTRO DUC TION x XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Xer ox Do cuP rint 96/D ocu Prin t 96M X L aser Pri nting Sy stem doc umen t se t The Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX L.
INTRODUCTION XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE x i Xerox DocuPrint 96/Docu Prin t 96MX L P S Fo r m s Cr eat i on Gu i de This ref erence contains the f ollowing informat ion:.
INTRO DUC TION xii XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Wh at t his gui de cont ains The DocuPrint 96 Laser Printing System Forms Creation Guide shows how to create electronic f orms by describing them in words and numbers.
INTRODUCTION XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE xiii Conve ntions use d in th is guide This guide uses the following conventions: < > Angl e brackets are used for key s on t he keyb oard. { } Braces indicate that one of the items stacked in side must be ent ered.
INTRO DUC TION xiv XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 1-1 1. 1 Ov erview The laser printing system (L PS) provides the capability to create electronic forms tailored to meet your individual requirement s . You create electronic forms using Forms Description Language (FDL).
OVERVI EW 1-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE La ser p r inti ng te chno lo gy Before you learn about the actual forms creation process, an introduction to t he p r int ing system wil l be helpful.
OVE RVIEW XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 1-3 F onts A set of standa r d L PS fonts are provided f r e e of charge at installation time. (Font is a publ ishing term referring to a set of characters with the sam e type style, type size, and orie ntation.
OVERVI EW 1-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-1 2. 2 Ba sic co n c ept s Certain basic concepts are required to understand the forms creation process on laser printing systems.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE F onts Fonts are character sets, each having a u nique type style, typ e size, and orientation. Fixed and proportional spacing Fixed and prop orti onally s paced fonts are avai lable for us e on laser printing systems.
BASIC CO NCEPT S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-3 F i gur e 2-4. Font ori ent at i on Note that even though type st yle and size are the same, four different fonts are u sed, each with a unique orientation. The inverse portrait font could be used for certa in types o f titles or lab els on a landscape form.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Page frame s A page frame is a set of bo undaries associa ted with a page a s a unit of printing or i maging .
BASIC CO NCEPT S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-5 Syst em pag e The maxim um area in whi ch graphi cs and text can be imaged is called the “syst e m page.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Fo r m or ig i n All forms data described by FDL commands is positioned re lat ive to a point cal led the “form origin.
BASIC CO NCEPT S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-7 The followin g symbol in figu re 2- 7 show s where the t ext block origin is l oc ated . F i gur e 2-7. Tex t bloc k ori gi n s ym bo l Figure 2-8 shows t w o text blocks, one using a portrait font and one using a landscape font.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-8 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Grid s The locat ion of a form elemen t on a page is specified in t erms of it s horizontal and vertical d isplacement f rom the form o r igin.
BASIC CO NCEPT S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-9 If you are measuring the grid in cpi and lpi un it s, th e origin of the “A” character cell is l ocated two lines down and one character width to the right of the form origin.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Pr edefine d format s A set of predef ined print description entries or f ormat s, having standard format specifi cations, are provided on the operating system software (OSS) tapes .
BASIC CO NCEPT S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 2-11 Table 2-2 lists t he standard LP S print form ats. * First dimen sion given is th e horizontal dim ension. Therefo re, 11 by 8.5 inches i s landscape orientation, whi le 8.
BASIC CONCEPT S 2-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Da ta ty pes Two t ypes of d ata are used in LP S forms creating an d p r inting: • Variable d ata • Forms data The term “variable data” generally refers to computer produced information that the LPS merges with a form.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-1 3. 3 Forms de scrip tion langua ge This c hapter des cribes the function and use of each forms description language (FDL) comm and in gene rating a form electronically. FDL com ma nd ov ervi ew FDL is a set of k eyword comm ands that you can use to ge nerate an electronic form.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Co mmand s u mma ry The following commands are av ailable for creating a form: FORM /RESOLUTION Identifies the name of a form in the forms library and the resolution at which the form shoul d be c ompiled for printing.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-3 Co mman d form at The following is true for each FDL comman d: • The com mand consists of a comman d ident if ier and v arious parameters and keywords assoc iated with the funct ion.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Step s to crea tin g a form There are three basic steps required to produce an electronic form: 1. Initiate an ed it ing sessio n. 2. Enter the FDL com man ds.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-5 Set up comma nds Before entering comma nds to describe a form, enter the setup command s to specify the follow.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE PAPER c ommand This command identifies the paper size for which t he form is designed. It is an optional command that enab les you to select a paper size that is di fferent than t he sysgen-defined pa per size.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-7 Usi ng B4 pap er si ze When B4 size pape r is specified in centimeters , the value should be rounded of f to 25 .71 CM. This is only neces sary when y our GRI D sta tement is G RID [UNIT ] [IS ] INCHES.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-8 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Specifying TAB as a form To define a form to be used as a tab, specify the following: PAPER [SIZ E] [IS] 9 BY 1 1; Refer to your DocuPrint 96/ DocuPrint 96MX L PS PDL Reference for a detailed explanation of the Ordered and Tab Stock fea ture.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-9 LANDSCAPE / PORTRAIT command Spec i fy in g pag e ori ent at i on and virtual page siz e The LANDSCAP E/PORT RAIT comma nd tells the system the orientation of the form.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE GRID comma nd Sp e ci f yi n g gri d un it si z e and f orm or ig in The GRID command tells t he system how far apart t o space the horizontal and verti c al grid l ines.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-11 • The G RID com mand may s pecify the n ame of a forma t, which autom atically provides page orientation, f orm origin, and gri d unit dimension s. (Refer to table 2-1.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Example 2 LANDSCAPE; GRID [UNIT] [I S] FMT1 ORIGIN 1 INCH 1 INCH; Figure 3-2 shows a form with the orig in offset one inch from the virtual page origin. F i gur e 3-2.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-13 Example 4 LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZE IS 3 INCH 3 I NC H; GRID [UNIT ] [I S] 1 CM; Figure 3-4 sho ws a form with the grid s pecified, but not the o rigin or for m at . F i gur e 3-4.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-14 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Example 6 LANDSCAPE PAGE SIZE IS 3 INCH 3 I NC H; GRID [UNIT] [I S] FMT1 ORIGIN 1 INCH 1 INCH; Figure 3-6 shows a f orm with the grid, origin, a nd page size spec ified.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-15 FON T co mm and Specifying fonts The FONT comma nd identifies the character sets to use when creating a nd pr int ing forms data and variabl e data. Fonts m ust be selected using the FONT comman d before text can be specified .
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-16 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE De scri pti on comm ands The description com ma nds specify the location, size , and characteristics o f the form elements: li nes, boxes, logos, graphi cs, form sections, and text.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-17 F i gur e 3-7. Use of a nega tive coord inate.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-18 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE LIN E c o mman d Sp e c i f yin g li ne s The L INE command s pecifies that one or more lines are to be d rawn in th e same direction.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-19 c e Coordinate of the end of the line, measured on the x or y axis, depending on the direction of the line. c a Absolute x or y coordinate at which to start repetitive li nes in a horizontal or vertical direction.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-20 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Typ es of li nes The following types of lines may be drawn: • Solid A n unbroken, straight line • Bro.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-21 F i gur e 3-8. Drawing a h orizontal lin e (rows and column s) Example 2 AT 3.5 DRAW LINE IN INCHES FROM 4 TO 10; This comma nd specifies the drawing of a horizontal line 3.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-22 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Example 3 AT 2 DRAW 5 VERTICAL LINES FROM 5 TO 10 AND REPEAT EVER Y 2; This command spe cifies the d rawing of five vertical l ines .
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-23 BOX co m man d Spe cifying boxe s The B OX comm and is similar to the LINE command . It describes t he size and shape of a square or rectangular box . Like lines, b oxes may be repeated either at fixed intervals or a t specified locations.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-24 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Exampl e: AT 4,6 BOX 24 BY 4 USI S HA HEA; This example creat es a shaded box: BOX com m a nd d e fa ul ts The d efau lt f or LINE S is SOLI D 1. The de faul t for REPEAT is HORIZONTALLY.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-25 Example 2 AT .5,0 DRAW 4 BOXES IN INCHES 5 WIDE BY . 5 HIGH USING SHA DING AN D RE PEAT VE RTI CALLY EV ERY 2; This command specifies f our 5-inch wi de, 0.5-inch high b ars placed with the t o p edges at 0.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-26 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE TE XT co mm an ds Font re qu ire ment At least one font must be spec ified before any text can be specif ied. The FONT setup comm and is used, and onl y one such command can be given for any one form .
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-27 n Index num ber of the font to be u sed. If omi t ted, the system uses the last font index spec if ied in a TE XT comm and. If the font was omitted in a ll previ ous TEXT co mmands, the syst em uses the f irst font specified in the FONT command.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-28 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Us ing t ogg le s Text orig inally entered at a 9700/870 0 keyboard may contain nu mber signs (##). The number sign acted as a toggle to enable the user to alternate between lowe r - and u ppercase characters.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-29 Ce nte r- ali gne d To produce text that is c enter-ali gned, enter: TEXT AT 5,1 ‘FIR ST ’ ‘N ATIO NAL‘ ‘TR UST ’ ‘CO’; To center the stacked words (the default option), an alignment need not be specified.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-30 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Alig ning a t th e bo tto m To produce tex t that is a ligned at the bottom, enter: VERTIC AL TEX T ALIGN.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-31 F i gur e 3-14 . Character block orientations for a portrait p age denote s the p ositioning orig in of the text block. If the font and page have th e s a me orientation, letters appear upright.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-32 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE F i gur e 3-15 . Character block orientations for a landscape page denot es the positioning orig in of the text block.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-33 TEXT I N BOX Specifying text in a box TEXT IN BOX allows you t o place text within a box. Use the following command format to pl a ce text in a box: d Amou nt of v ert ic al space occupi ed by a line of text .
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-34 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE This example prints the following text within the designated box: text Text charact ers that are to b e printed at t he s pecified location.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-35 The f ollowing examples d emonstrate t hese nine po s itions.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-36 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE BOT TOM LE FT TEXT AL IGNED L EFT FONT 1 IN BOTTO M LEFT BO X 20,1 0 ’ PAR T NUMBER’ ; BOTTOM CE NTER.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-37 Assuming that the upper left corner of the first box above is located two grid u nit s down from the form ori.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-38 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE LOGO co mmand P la c in g lo go s A complex figure called a logo, up to two square inches in size, can be digitized to order by t he Xerox Font Center or Xe r o x L imited.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-39 GRAPHIC command Us i n g grap hics A form may con sist solely of graphics (images ).
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-40 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE F i gur e 3-20 . Placing a graphic SE CTION c ommand s Defining a section When a form consi s ts of sever.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-41 FORM SEC 4; PORTRAIT; GRID FMT8; FONT UN207B; COMMENT *** CREATE PHONE MESSAGE PAD SECTION ***; BEGIN SECTION.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-42 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE SECTION comman d syntax BEGIN SECTION Keywords PHONE ; Name of section. Rules for naming sections are identical to those for naming forms: one to six alphanum eric characters.
FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 3-43 CO MMEN T co mmand Re c or d ing co m m e nt s It is f requently helpful t o i nclude comments in the source statements to describe certain FDL command s and their functions.
FORMS DE SCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3-44 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE END command Te rm in at in g a n F SL The des cription of a form is t erminated with an END comm and. The comman d syntax is as foll ows: END; An FSL file can contain more than one file.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4-1 4. 4 Compi ling and prin ting forms Once the file of forms sourc e library ( FSL) com mands has be en created, the file can be stored on the Doc uPrint 96/DocuP rint 96MX LPS system disk .
COMP ILIN G AND PRINTI NG FORM S 4-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Co mmunicat e the FSL file to the LPS system disk Once you have created the FS L file, you can send it to the system disk e it her offline or o nline.
COM PILIN G A ND PRI NTING FO RMS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4-3 filen ame Specifies the name of an FDL source file in the FSL directory on the system disk that is to be used for source input to the FDL compil er. The file extension, .
COMP ILIN G AND PRINTI NG FORM S 4-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE C ompil ing 4850/4890 co lo r forms and lo go s Color forms created on a 4850 or 4890 LPS cannot be compiled on the DocuPrint 96/ DocuPrint 96M X LPS.
COM PILIN G A ND PRI NTING FO RMS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4-5 PROOF o ption The forms compiler makes it po ssible to compile a form and delete the FRM fi le after it has been pri nted. If you use this option, less disk space i s consum ed by resident f orm files.
COMP ILIN G AND PRINTI NG FORM S 4-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE • If the form names on the invocation line and in the FSL are different, the compilatio n is aborted and a single sheet is printed.
COM PILIN G A ND PRI NTING FO RMS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 4-7 Storin g form files A large number of f orms may be sto r ed in the f orms source directory (uncompiled) and form direct ory (compiled) on the system d isk s.
COMP ILIN G AND PRINTI NG FORM S 4-8 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-1 5. 5 Forms lay out consi derations Physical printer const r aints and forms com piler method s are factors that can affect form desig n.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Genera lly, the line table limits a r e r e ached because the f orm conta ins a large num ber of short line segm ents.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-3 In add ition, it is possible t o have the li ne table s how m ore than one line passing in the same direction through a given coordinate. For example, draw t hree lines, e ach of which is five units in length (0 to 5, 10 to 15, and 20 to 25).
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Scan line de nsity “Scan line” density is d epende nt upon printer speed and imaging speed. T herefore, it can vary wi th each product an d eve n with different configurations of the same product.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-5 Land scape p ages Line density restrictions differ as a f unc tion of the mode (landscape or portrait) of t he form. An 8-point or s maller landscape font is s maller than 32 dots for 300 spi and 64 d ots for 600 spi.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Loca l densit y and p age set up err ors One problem that may occur while a page i s being imaged is a pa.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-7 Summa ry In general, you can o ptimize form generation in the following manner: • Use lines and boxes rather t han characters of the form element font, whenever possible .
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-8 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Us ing bo xes You may draw boxes with a sin gle BOX comm and or construct them with comm ands on a line-by -line basis.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-9 Lo c at ing th e cl os es t bo x When y ou spe c ify text t o be placed in a b ox, the system lo cates the closest box within a ten-dot square of the specified point.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Figure 5-5 shows measurements used in computing vertical box errors. F i gur e 5-5. Measur ements us ed in compu ting verti cal box errors The res ult of this equation i s round ed up a nd d isplayed in the e rror messag e.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-11 The statements below provide an exam ple of how this technique is used ( a lower c ase b with an overstrike over it represents a bl ank line ).
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Shad ing It is sometime s desirable to use shading in a form, but it requir e s using a large amount of the f orm image buffer. Also, the space used increases if portrait rather than lan dsca pe shading is used.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-13 Sect ions To duplicate identical information on a page, create sec tions . However, form image buffer limitations and potential li ne density problems should be taken into account whenev er this feature is used.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-14 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Ro undin g meas ur ement s Laser printing systems use only dot units in the actual performance of forms compilation.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-15 Ro un di ng v ar iabl e d ata Al ignme nt p rob lem s Under certain c ircumstances, a form and variab le data do not align properly, even though it app ears that bot h us e the sa me line s pacing.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-16 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE If variable da t a does not li ne up properly w ith a form, an d it appears that both are using t he same line spacing, find out what the dot value is.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIO NS XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 5-17 Tab le 5-1 shows tips, tri cks, an d pitfa l l s. Table 5 -1. Tips, tricks, and pitfall s Key wor ds Ex plan atio n Form id Develop a logical, systematic approach to naming conventions.
FORMS LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS 5-18 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE Syn tax ambi guitie s Because FDL ke ywo rds can be abbreviated to the first three characters and because.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 6-1 6. 6 Coding a complex form This chapter reviews the c o mmands discuss ed earlier in t h is guide and it also illustrates a sample form alo ng with t he entire f orms source library (FSL) that c reated it.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM 6-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Wri ti ng the setu p commands The setup comm ands precede th e form description com ma nds for lines, boxes, and text. In g eneral, the setup comm ands spec ify the parameters which describes the form.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 6-3 Drawin g lines LINE comman ds are used to construct horizontal and vertical lines, which in turn are used t o const ruct boxes. Draw in g hor iz o nt al lin es Enter the horizontal line comma nds shown in figure 6-4.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM 6-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Drawin g boxes The BOX com mand enabl es you to construct individual, stand-al one boxes or boxes that share common s ides. You can also create a shaded area or construct an invisible box to conveniently place “floating” text such as titles.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 6-5 Placi ng text at a locatio n The TEXT AT comman d enables you to place text at an exact location. Enter the COMM ENT and TEX T AT comm and as shown in figure 6-7. F i gur e 6-7.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM 6-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Placi ng text in a box The TEX T IN BOX com mand allows you to place text at a pa rticular location within a box that was previously described . Enter the COMM ENT and TEXT IN BOX comm and as s hown in figure 6-8.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 6-7 END comm and The END command is shown in fi gure 6-9. Enter END; t o complete the t as k F i gur e 6-9.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM 6-8 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/D O CUPRINT 96MX L PS FORMS CREAT ION GUIDE Comp iling the form This ex ercise gives you prac tice u s ing most of the FD L comm ands discussed t hroughout this guide. The next step is to compi le t he FSL which produces a sa mple of the form, provided there are no s yntax errors.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE 6-9 F i gur e 6-10 . Source statement (1STFRM.FS L) FDL VERSION B03 11:17 30-APR-XX PAGE 1 DISK-ID: ARIEL VX.
CODING A COMPLEX FORM 6-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE A-1 A. A FDL comm and summary This appendix contai ns an alphabetized s ummary of the forms description language (FDL) com mands described in this manu al.
FDL COMMAND SUM MARY A-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE Table A-1. FDL com man d syntax Command Synt ax BOX COMMENT CO MMENT text END END; FO NT FON T[ S] id {… id } ; .
FDL COMMAND SUMMARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE A-3 LANDSCAPE/ PORTRAIT LINE Table A-1. FDL com man d syntax (continued) Command Synt ax LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT PAPER [SIZE] .
FDL COMMAND SUM MARY A-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE LOGO L OGO id AT y [unit] x [unit] PAPER For standard pape r sizes: For no nstandard p aper sizes: SEC TION [BEG I.
FDL COMMAND SUMMARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE A-5 TEXT IN BOX Table A-1. FDL com man d syntax (continued) Command Synt ax.
FDL COMMAND SUM MARY A-6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE B-1 B. B F DL-gen erated mes sages These mess ages may appear whi le forms are being c ompiled using the forms description language (FDL) compiler. FD0900 OPERATOR-REQUESTED ABORT ABORT comm and was entered.
FDL-GENERATED M ESSAGES B-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE FD2740 FSL NOT FOUND OR INVALID OPTION. CHECK AND RETRY. The spec ified f o r ms so urc e library (FSL) file does not exist on the system disk or the option is invalid.
FDL-GENE RATED MESSAGE S XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE B-3 FD9480 ERRO R IN WR ITIN G TH E LI STI NG/S UMMA RY F ILE FD9485 ERRO R IN RE ADIN G TH E LI STI NG/S UMMA RY F .
FDL-GENERATED M ESSAGES B-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE C-1 C. C System de fault summary This appendix lists the default parameters that the system automatical ly substitute s when specifications are o mitted in F DL command s. Grid unit dimens ions are rounded to the nearest tenth.
SYSTEM DEFAULT SUM MARY C-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE The following grid and origin substitutions are m ade when printing on 8.5 by 14-inch paper. The following grid and origin substitutions are m ade when printing on A4 (8.
SYSTEM D EFAULT SUMMA RY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE C-3 The following subs titutions are made for all paper sizes. Spe ci ficati on Substitution F OR M i d ; F OR M i d.
SYSTEM DEFAULT SUM MARY C-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE D-1 D. D GRID and TEXT command exampl es This appendix shows the grid unit scali ng specifica tions when the grid parameters are omitted or spe cified.
GRID AN D TEXT CO MMAND E XAMPL ES D-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE E-1 E. E F D L capacit y limits The available mem ory space imposes the following maximum s for use: Text B uffer capac it y: 512 by tes Lines per TEXT statem ent: 64 Spac e allocation TEXT A T command: 16 b ytes + S1 + S2 .
FDL CAPA CITY LIMI TS E-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 9 6/DOCUPRINT 96M X LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE F-1 F. F Support to ols and meas urements There are two s eparate funct ions of forms creation: f orms design and forms d escripti on. Any form can be converted to a n e lectronic form stored on the s ystem by des cribing it in Forms Des cription Languag e (FDL).
SUPPORT TOOLS AN D MEASURE MENTS F-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-1 Gloss ary A3 Paper size measuring 297 by 420 mm. A4 Paper size measuring 210 by 297 mm. abort To term inate the printing of a job or execut ion of a program before it comple tes. algorithm Com putational procedure that can be repeated any number of t imes.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE backg round job Low-priority job, usually b atched, that is execu ted automatic ally as system res ources become av ailable. backu p file Fil e c opied to a storage medium for safekee ping in case the original is dama ged or lo st.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-3 bl ocking Process of combi ning two or more records into a single block o f data which can then be moved, operated upon, or stored, as a single unit by the comp uter.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE character code identifier Code as sociated w ith the universal identifier “X e rox” to i ndicate the version of the Xe r o x cha r a cter code standard used to code Interpress stri ngs.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-5 communi cations A bilit y o f two de v ic es to tr an smi t inf or m a tio n to ea c h o the r. co mpatibil ity Charact eristic of computer equipment permitting one device to use the same information or programs as another device without conversion or code modification.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-6 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE CPU central processing unit. Interprets and executes instructions, performs all operations and calculation s, and controls input and output units and auxiliary attachments .
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-7 di gi tiz e To express or represent data in digit al (binary) form so t hat i t can be processed e lectronically. di s k dr i ve Device that c an read or write magne tic media.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-8 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE ex te nde d m et ric s Me asureme nts used in Interpress to alter the size of fonts, al lowing more precisi on with c haracter escapem ent. Used for rende red characters.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-9 format 1. Layout of a docum ent, including margins , page length , line spacing, typefac e, and so on. 2. In data storage, the way the surface of a di s k i s organized to store dat a.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE HCS high-capacity stacker. St acker bin capable of holding 2500 sheet s of 20 pound/75 gsm paper. In the LPS, the high-capacity stacker bins are locate d in the top ha lf of t he fee der/stacker modul es.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-11 in te rpo lat i on Series of logical rules impleme nted in the printer to convert a 300 spi input video stream to a 600 spi o utput video stream.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE lands ca pe pag e ori ent at i on Orientation of pri nt lines or top of an i llustrati on parallel t o the lon g edge of the paper if the sheet is within t he standard size range.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-13 log Coll e c tion o f messages or message s egments p laced on an au xiliary storage device for accounting or data collection purposes. logi ca l pag e In the Xerox printing systems environm ent, a formatted page that is smaller than the physical pa ge.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-14 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE menu Li st of a vailable funct ions, com mands, and options. m essage Unit of information trans mitted by one facility to another in a form that the receivi ng facility can u nderstand an d act u pon.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-15 offse t pri nt i ng Widely-used m ethod of com mercial and corporat e printing, where i nk is picked up by a metal or paper plate, passed to an offset d r u m, and then p assed to the pape r.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-16 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE pag e ori e nta ti on Direction in which dat a is printed on a rep ort. See also landscape page orientation; portrait page orientation. par amet er Part of a command, other than t h e keyword.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-17 print f ile Position of t he syst em disk m emory (up to 4 MB) rece ived fo r temporary storage of formatted pages for pri n ting. Pages are retained until they are delivered to the output tray .
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-18 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE rec ord Coll e ction of data or words treated as a unit. recover y Act of overcoming a problem or error during processing. Typica lly, a specialized sof tware recovery ro utine gains c ontrol and attempts t o resolve the error without cra shing the system.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-19 sequen t ial In numeric sequence, usually in ascendin g order. As ap plied to a file organization, describes files in which records are written one after another and cannot be r a ndomly accessed.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-20 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE stock User-defined name i n the JSL that specifies a certain type o f paper for prin ting a job. See also cluster. stockset Collection of stocks to be used on a pri nt job.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-21 tab To move the cursor on a displ ay or printer to a prespecified column on the display or paper, most of ten by using t he <TAB > key on a keyboard. tape Recording media for data or comput er program s.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-22 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE transaction processing Me t hod o f data proces sing in which files are updated and resul ts are generated imme diately after data entry. translation 1. In dat a commu nications, the conversion o f one code to another on a character-by-character bas is.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-23 virt ual pag e Page area selected by a f orms desig ner for printing. warni ng m essage System -issued m essage indicating that an error has been encountered even tho ugh the program has not failed.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-24 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE bpi bi ts per inch bps bit s per second BSC binary synchro nous comm unicat ions CD character dispatcher CDC control .
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-25 DT E data term inal equi pment EBCDIC Extende d Binary Coded Decim al Intercha nge Code EN ET Ethernet network EOT en.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-26 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE hpos hori zontal positioni ng IBM International Business Machines Corporation IF U Interpress font utility IG image g.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-27 LF long-edge feed lpi lines pe r in c h LPS Laser P rinting S ystem MT U magnetic t ape unit (refers to the 9-trac k .
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-28 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE QIC 1/4 in ch cartridge RAM random a ccess memory RO S raster output scanner SAFES st and-alone field engineering sof.
GLOSSARY XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE GLO SSARY-29 VM vi r t ual me mor y vpos vertical po sitioning VS virtual storage WAN wi de area network XCSC Xerox Custom er Supp.
GLOSSARY GLOSSARY-30 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE IN DEX-1 Ind ex Numerals 600 spi form s, comp ilin g, 4-3 4850 color box, converting, 3-25 4850/4890 color f orms/logos, compil ing, 4-3 97.
INDEX INDEX-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE F FDL capacity limits, E-1 command s see also sp ecif i c commands COMM ENT command, 3-43 description, 3-16 to 3 -39 END com.
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96 /DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATI ON GUIDE IN DEX-3 INDEX L landscape fon ts , 2-2 to 2- 3 for m , 3 -9 line den sity limitations , 5-5 page, 2 -1, 2-10 shading, 5-12 LANDSCAPE/ PORT.
INDEX INDEX-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS F ORMS CREATION GUI DE S SAMPLE comm and, 4-7 sample form, creating, 6-1 to 6-10 scan line density, 5-4 to 5-5 SECTION com mands, 3-40 to 3 - 42 se.
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Xerox 96MX c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Xerox 96MX - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Xerox 96MX, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Xerox 96MX va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Xerox 96MX, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Xerox 96MX.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Xerox 96MX. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Xerox 96MX ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
