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Xerox 4112-4127 Enterprise Printing System-192 User Manual

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PDL principles and procedures

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Using LCDS Print Description Language

EBCDIC

Octal

Kanji

Using the # character (case toggle)

Within a text string, the # character may be used as a
case toggle. In other words, when a text string is
encountered, it is assumed that characters are inserted
into the print line as they appear in the text string (usually
in uppercase). If the system encounters a #, it interprets
the characters as lowercase mode. All letters after the #
are considered lowercase until another # is encountered,
which toggles back to uppercase.
The sequence ## indicates that the actual # character
should be inserted and should not be treated as a toggle
for lowercase mode.

Using a repeat count

String constants may be preceded by an optional repeat
count. A repeat count is enclosed in parentheses and
must be in the range of 1 to 255. For example:

T1: TABLE CONSTANT=(3)'*';

is equivalent to:

T1: TABLE CONSTANT=('***');

Following are additional examples of the use of a repeat
count:

Types of string constants:

The following table gives explanations and examples of
the different types of string constants.

T1: TABLE

CONSTANT=(3)O'27';

T2: TABLE

CONSTANT=(4)X'C1';