Document Outline

• Related publications
  • Notice
• Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Overview
  • Print Description Language (PDL)
  • Creating a job source library (JSL)
  • Specifying input parameters
  • Defining clusters
  • Print format commands
  • Using logical processing
  • Specifying dynamic job descriptor entries (DJDEs)
  • Using graphics
  • A. PDL command and DJDE summary
  • B. PDL command quick reference
  • C. Character code assignment
  • D. Offline specifications
  • E. Editor quick reference
• Introduction
  • About the reference set
  • DocuPrint 180 Laser Printing System document set
  • About this manual
  • PDL syntax conventions used in this manual
• Overview
  • PDL features and functions
  • LPS component types
    • Hardware
    • Software
  • LPS hardware components
    • Advanced Image Subsystem (AIS)
  • LPS software components
  • PDL related programs and tasks
    • Operating system executive task (OSEXEC)
    • File control program (FCP)
    • Operator communication subsystem (OCS)
    • Editor task
    • Font editor task
    • Input processing task
    • Report task (RPT)
    • Dynamic job descriptor (DJD) task
    • Output processing task
    • Print description language (PDL) processor
    • Forms description language (FDL) processor
  • Preparing for a print job
  • Job flow process
    • OCS processing
    • Input processing
    • Output processing
  • Input data types
    • Unformatted data
    • Formatted data
• Print Description Language (PDL)
  • Purpose of PDL
  • PDL command structure
    • Command line length
    • Command components
    • Right-part constants
  • Job source library (JSL) structure
    • Command levels
    • ID level
  • Creating separate files for grouping PDL commands
  • Hierarchy of replacement
    • Hierarchy within a job descriptor library (JDL)
    • Non-JDL hierarchy START command
    • Hierarchy of replacement in an errored job descriptor library (JDL)
• Creating a job source library (JSL)
  • What your JSL specified for LPS processing
  • Decisions to make before creating your JSL
    • Input data
    • Output specifications
    • Type of application to create
    • Special features
    • Interactions between JSLs, catalogs, and jobs
  • Review of PDL components and syntax
    • Command levels
    • Command components
    • PDL syntax
  • Hints and tips
  • Steps in creating a JSL
    • Using the Editor
    • Name the JDL identifier
    • Specifying VFUs
    • Setting up input parameters
    • Specifying LINE command parameters
    • Specifying ACCT command parameters
    • Specifying use of DJDEs
    • Adding logical processing specifications
    • Specifying formats
    • Using copy modification entries
    • Defining paper requirements
    • Specifying output requirements
    • Ending a JSL
    • Finished JSL
  • Compiling the JSL
  • Printing the job
  • Page considerations
    • Paper sizes
  • Page orientation
    • Landscape orientation
    • Portrait orientation
  • Registration shift and skew
  • Fonts
    • Font and graphic memory
  • DocuPrint 180 compatibility with the 4850, 4135, 4635 and 4050/4090/4650 LPS
    • Xerox 4850 and 4890 HighLight Color LPS
    • Xerox 4050/4090/4650/9700F LPS
• Specifying input parameters
  • BLOCK command
    • ADJUST
    • CONSTANT
    • FORMAT
    • LENGTH
    • LMULT
    • LTHFLD
    • OFFSET
    • POSTAMBLE
    • PREAMBLE
    • ZERO
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • CODE command
    • ASSIGN
    • DEFAULT
    • Point to note
    • Examples
  • PCC command
    • ADVTAPE
    • ASSIGN
    • DEFAULT
    • INITIAL
    • MASK
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • RECORD command
    • ADJUST
    • CONSTANT
    • FORMAT
    • LENGTH
    • LMULT
    • LTHFLD
    • OFFSET
    • POSTAMBLE
    • PREAMBLE
    • STRUCTURE
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • SEFFNT command
    • Mapping files
    • [label:] SEFFNT SEFMAP
    • MAP
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • TCODE command
    • DEFAULT
    • TASSIGN
    • TRESET
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • VOLUME command
    • BMULT
    • CODE
    • EOV
    • HOST
    • LCODE
    • LPACK
    • MAXLAB
    • MINLAB
    • OPTIMIZE
    • OSCHN
    • OSHDP
    • OSTLP
    • PLABEL
    • RMULT
    • RSAT
    • TCODE
    • UNPACK
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • Input sources
  • Online printing systems
    • Channel-attached LPS
    • Online-specific commands
    • Report separation
    • Universal character set buffers (UCSBs)
    • Online record length
    • Online recovery
    • Online dump
    • Downloading files from the host to the LPS
  • Offline mode
    • Host computer tape formats
    • Tape codes
    • Packed data formats
    • Record formats
    • Record structure
    • Multivolume processing
• Defining clusters
  • Cluster features
  • Cluster processing overview
  • What clusters do for the programmer and operator
  • Where clusters are stored
  • How applications use clusters
    • Simple and OTEXT applications
    • Stockset applications
  • Mixing applications
  • Defining clusters and stocksets with PDL and DJDE
    • PDL commands
    • DJDEs
    • Points to note
    • Steps for creating clusters
    • Keeping stockset changes to a minimum
    • Using clusters with ordered stocks
• Print format commands
  • ABNORMAL command
    • ERROR
    • IMISMATCH
    • ISUBSTITUTE
    • OTEXT
    • PAGES
    • REP
    • SECURITY
    • Recovery
    • Marker page
  • ACCT command
    • Accounting data on report basis
    • Overall usage accounting
    • Installation accounting report
    • DEPT
    • USER
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • ac:CME command
    • Short form CME specifications
    • Cataloged CMEs
    • CONSTANT
    • FONTS
    • LINE
    • POSITION
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • EXPORT command
    • SEPARATORS
    • SNUMBER
    • SPLIT
    • SRECOVER
    • STIMING
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • LINE command
    • DATA
    • FCB
    • FONTINDEX
    • MARGIN
    • OVERPRINT
    • PCC
    • PCCTYPE
    • UCSB
    • VFU
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • MESSAGE command
    • ITEXT
    • OTEXT
    • BTEXT
    • Points to note
  • OUTPUT
    • BFORM
    • COLLATE
    • COPIES
    • COVER
    • CYCLEFORMS
    • DENSITY
    • DESTINATION
    • DUPLEX
    • FACEUP
    • FEED
    • FORMAT
    • FORMS
    • GRAPHICS
    • IMAGE
    • INVERT
    • MODIFY
    • NTO1
    • NUMBER
    • OFFSET
    • OSTK
    • PAPERSIZE
    • PURGE
    • RESOLUTION
    • SF1FUNCTION
    • SF2FUNCTION
    • SHIFT
    • SIZING
    • STOCKS
    • SYSPPR
    • TMODE
    • TRANS
    • UNITS
    • XSHIFT
    • XMP
    • Points to note OUTPUT command
    • Examples
  • PDE command
    • Multiple logical pages on a physical page
    • BEGIN
    • FONTS
    • PMODE
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • ROUTE command
    • Cataloged RTEXT files
    • RFORM
    • RTEXT
    • Example
  • STOCKSET command
    • ASSIGN
    • INIFEED
    • SYSPAGE
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • VFU
    • ASSIGN
    • BOF
    • TOF
    • Points to note
    • Example
• Using logical processing
  • Logical processing commands
    • Logical processing command format
    • Logical processing commands with TEST parameters
  • CRITERIA command
    • CHANGE
    • CONSTANT
    • LINENUM
    • Test expressions
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • String comparison concepts
    • String comparisons
    • Character types
    • Masked comparisons using default type assignments
    • Masked comparisons using non-default type assignments
  • BANNER command
    • HCOUNT
    • HJOBNO
    • HRPTNA
    • TCOUNT
    • TEST
    • TYPE
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • BSELECT and BDELETE commands
    • TEST BSELECT and BDELETE commands
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • RAUX command
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • RFEED command
    • TEST
    • Points to note
  • RSELECT and RDELETE commands
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • ROFFSET command
    • PASSES
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • RPAGE command
    • SIDE
    • TEST
    • WHEN
    • Points to note
  • RSTACK command
    • RSTACK delimiter modes
    • Delimiter display
    • Delimiter on accounting page
    • Status display
    • Online RSTACK usage
    • ACCTINFO
    • DELIMITER
    • HRPTNA
    • PRINT
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • RSUSPEND and RRESUME commands
    • BEGIN
    • TEST
    • Points to note
    • Example
  • TABLE command
    • CONSTANT
    • MASK
    • Examples
• Specifying dynamic job descriptor entries (DJDEs)
  • Benefits of using DJDEs
  • Page- and record-oriented DJDEs
    • Page-oriented
    • Record-oriented
    • IDEN command
    • OFFSET
    • OPRINFO
    • PREFIX
    • SKIP
    • Points to note
  • DJDE record specification
  • Application of DJDEs
  • DJDE operator information pages
  • Job parameter modification restrictions
  • Duplex DJDE page printing
  • Effect of multiple logical pages
    • COPIES=processing
  • Online DJDE restrictions
  • DJDE processing optimization
  • DJDE parameter definitions
    • ALTER
    • ASSIGN
    • BSEQ
    • BSKIP
    • BSIDE
    • Points to note
    • BATCH
    • BEGIN
    • BFORM
    • BOF
    • BTEXT
    • Parameter rules
    • Points to note
    • C
    • CANCEL
    • COLLATE
    • COPIES
    • DATA
    • DESTINATION
    • DUPLEX
    • END
    • FEED
    • FILE
    • FONTINDEX
    • FONTS
    • Points to note
    • FORMAT
    • FORMS
    • Points to note
    • GRAPHICS
    • IMAGE
    • INVERT
    • ITEXT
    • JDE
    • JDL
    • MAP
    • MARGIN
    • MODIFY
    • NUMBER
    • OTEXT
    • OVERPRINT
    • PMODE
    • RFORM
    • RTEXT
    • SAVE
    • SEFMAP
    • SEPARATORS
    • SF1FUNCTION
    • SF2FUNCTION
    • SHIFT
    • SIDE
    • SNUMBER
    • SPLIT
    • SRECOVER
    • STIMING
    • STOCKS
    • TMODE
    • TOF
    • TRANS
    • XSHIFT
    • Points to note
    • Examples
  • DJDE FILE parameter
    • Points to note
    • File effectiveness
    • File replacement and deletion
    • Card-image file processing
    • LPS-labeled file processing
• Using graphics
  • Graphics considerations
  • Input for graphics
  • Processing modes
    • Random mode
    • Move mode
    • Block mode
    • Batch mode
  • Tape formats
    • Noninterleaved
    • Document interleaved
    • Page interleaved
    • Batch mode
  • Online formats
    • Noninterleaved
    • Document and page interleaved
    • Batch mode
    • Document interleaved graphic file transfers
    • Management of image files
  • PDL command and DJDE options for graphics
  • Performance
    • Random mode
    • Online
    • Document interleaved file creation
  • Restrictions
    • Graphic feature restrictions
• A. PDL command and DJDE summary
  • Conventions
• B. PDL command quick reference
  • Conventions
• C. Character code assignment
  • IBM BCD code set
  • Honeywell 200/2000 BCD code set
  • Honeywell 6000 BCD code set
  • Fieldata translation
  • UNIVAC ASCII character set
  • Standard ASCII character set
  • Standard EBCDIC character set
  • Xerox EBCDIC to extended ASCII hexadecimal translation values
• D. Offline specifications
  • Input unpacking examples
  • Valid host computer and label specifications
  • Host system JDLs on system software tape
• E. Editor quick reference
  • Creating a new file on system disk
    • Obtaining files already stored on system disk
    • Displaying the text of a file
    • Modifying the text in a file
    • Modifying a portion of the work file line
    • Modifying entire lines
    • Saving your source code file
    • Terminating the editing session
• Glossary
• Index