Xerox 96MX - Manual (Page 259)

PRINT FORMAT COMMANDS
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS PDL REFERENCE 6-85
– Your application uses four paper sizes, ranging from 8
by 11-inches for the first few pages to 11 by 17-inches
for the last several pages. Each time your printer
detects a different paper size, it adjusts to
accommodate the new paper size, thus noticeably
reducing throughput time. By specifying a large
enough pitch mode to accommodate all the paper
sizes in your application, in this case, 3-pitch mode,
the entire job runs at the maximum possible
throughput speed because paper size adjustments are
limited. Keep in mind that you may select a lower pitch
mode (allowing a greater scan value) for smaller size
paper but that you would not want to select a pitch
mode too small to accommodate a larger paper size.
– You want to estimate how many applications you
could run on a particular shift. But, given the size and
complexity of your applications, you are uncertain as
to how to plan. By looking at the paper sizes, and
thereby, the pitch modes required by each application,
and the number of pages in each application, and by
associating these with the ppms provided in tables 6-
10 and 6-11, you can then roughly estimate the length
of time each application requires for printing.
As you can see, there are no absolutes and no set methods for
accomplishing your printing goals. The variables involved
include individual finishing device requirements, the paper sizes
required by your applications, the complexity of each page, the
number of pages in each application, and so forth. But a
general understanding of the relationship between paper size
and pitch mode, and the advantages of specifying pitch modes
will help you optimize your printing activities.
The Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX LPS operates in
multiple pitch modes: 3, 4, and 5. Table 6-72 shows the pitch
mode minimum and maximum boundary values, in inches,
along with their associated print speeds, shown in pages per
minute, which can be specified with the TMODE parameter of
the OUTPUT command.
Table 6-72. Pitch mode minimum and maximum boundary
values and pages-per-minute throughput
IN CM MM DOTS XDOTS
Pages per
minute
(ppm)
15.31< x < 17.00 38.9 to 43.18 389 to 431.8 4595 to 5100 9190 to 10200 58
12.12< x < 15.31 30.8 to 38.9 308 to 389 3639 to 4594 7277 to 9189 78
8.00< x < 12.12 20.32 to 30.8 203 to 308 2400 to 3638 4800 to 7276 96