Xerox 96MX User Manual
Page 38
OVERVIEW
1-12
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS PDL REFERENCE
•
Processing data. Processing data is optional and it allows the
operator to control the output of selected reports, or selected
copies of a multiple copy report, for cover-to-cover print
processing on any job. For example, you may wish to specify
that an inventory report has a blue card stock cover, 49 pages
of the report, and a blue card stock back cover. You may also
decide that four copies without cost information are needed for
distribution to clients. The three command sets described below
provide output control:
—
JDE. Gives the operator control over the mechanics of a
particular print job. JDE commands specify the feed and
output trays, simplex or duplex printing, stapling, collating,
and so forth.
—
DJDE. Enables you to modify the printing environment
dynamically. These commands are inserted into the input
data stream to modify the command characteristics of the
existing job descriptor entry (JDE). DJDEs can take effect
on a report-to-report, page-to-page, and record-to-record
basis.
—
CME. Enables you to replace certain parts of a report with
predefined static data on selected copies or to specify font
changes within the variable data.
Page description and report data from host-resident software is sent
to the LPS in a form that it understands; therefore, no additional
formatting commands are required.
Many such host-resident software packages communicate with the
LPS in page description languages.
Formatted data
Formatted data is sent to the LPS from a host-based document
composition software package, for example, XPPI, XDGI, or PC-
based software through the front-end processor. These systems are
often used for electronic publishing and can produce very
sophisticated printed documents. Data from these sources come in a
form that the Xerox DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX LPS can already
understand; there is no need for the operator to create forms
definition files or the like, as it is with the unformatted data described
above.