TA Triumph-Adler CX 8682 - Manual (Page 32)

PROGRAM SEQUENCE
32 U1 Plot
Program sequence
This chapter provides you with an overview of how a drawing is
placed in the U1 Plot job list and then printed. A graphic at the
end of the chapter illustrates the job flow graphically.
We recommend that you read this chapter at least once so that
you know how a drawing is processed from when it is produced
through to the U1 Plot job list. Together with the introduction
chapter on Page 6ff, this chapter is intended to help you to
understand the environment and the embedding of the program
within it.
Furthermore, the most important terms used in the program are
also explained.
Naming conventions
Job:
A job is a job order, which includes at least one entry or set of
entries, which concern the combination of individual to be
printed using the plotter. The job can be prepared by an U1
PLOTCLIENTS and can contain an unlimited number of entries.
User:
The user prepares the jobs using U1 PLOTCLIENTS. The user
can simultaneously be the client.
Entry:
An entry is a drawing with the corresponding description
required for U1 Plot. This description contains all the
information about the drawings such as the format, media type,
number of copies, etc. Entries are put together in U1
PLOTCLIENTS to produce jobs or can also represent an
individual job.
The entries or drawings can have the following file formats,
which are identified by U1 Plot by their file extensions:
• Calcomp ......................................................(*.906, *.907)
• CALS [to MIL-STD-1840B] .........................................(*.cal)
• CALS [to MIL-STD-28002A] .......................................(*.cal)