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B. pdl command quick reference – Xerox 4112-4127 Enterprise Printing System-192 User Manual

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B. PDL command quick reference

This section provides a quick reference for PDL commands, in
the form of structure diagrams. The commands shown here are
supported on some or all of the following laser printing systems:
DP180 LPS, DP96 LPS, 4050 LPS, 4090 LPS, 4135 LPS, 4635
LPS, 4850 LPS, 4890 LPS, DP92C LPS, 8790 LPS, 9790 LPS,
and DP 2000 Series EPS.

Refer to Appendix A, “PDL command and DJDE summary,” for
information on which printing systems support each command
and parameter.

Conventions

Symbols used in the command syntax are listed in the table
below.

Contents of Quick

Reference table

columns

The Quick Reference table for PDL commands shows, in
compact table format, the syntax for each parameter of each
PDL command. The table columns contain the following
information:

Command column: Lists the PDL commands in alphabetical
order.

Table B-1. Symbols used in command syntax

Symbol

Meaning

ac

Alpha character identifier.
Signifies a command identifier. Consists of 1 to 6 alphanumeric characters
(A through Z and 0 through 9). One of the characters must be alpha.

dd

Signifies a command identifier. Same as ac except there is no restriction
of having an alpha character. This identifier applies only to SYSTEM (or
JDL) and JOB (or JDE) command sets.

id

Identifier. Reference to a command identified by an ac command
identifier.

sc

String constant. A hexadecimal, octal, ASCII, EBCDIC, or character text
string constant.

value

A decimal constant.

s

The s at the end of some PDL commands and DJDEs is optional.