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PostScript Programming Guide © 2005 Ri coh Prin ti ng Syste ms America , I nc. 2635- A Park Cen ter Drive Sim i Va lley , C A 9 306 5 May, 20 05 33794 3-003 Revi sion A.
© 2005 Ricoh Prin tiing Sys tems America, Inc. Al l ri ghts reser ved. No pa rt of this do cume nt m ay be rep roduce d with out the ex pre ss perm ission of Ricoh Pri nti ng Sy stem s America, In c. The mater ial in thi s document is for inf ormational purposes a nd is subje ct to change without not ice.
iii T able of Contents Cha pter 1. Po stS cript La nguan ge P rinte r Co mm ands Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Device S etup . . . . . .
iv Chapter 2. I/O Setup Postsc ript I/O Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 TBCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-1 Cha pte r 1 PostScript Languan ge Printer Commands Ov erview Prin ter com mands fo r Adobe PostSc rip t 3 provide a way for yo u to comm unic ate with the printer to pe rform certain tasks.
1-2 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds The documentation assumes a knowledge of the following: How to reset the interpr eter and page device pa rameters to their factory defaults. How to physically connect a printer to a h ost computer or user system.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-3 Device S etup The page device parameters represent particular raster outpu t device features or processing options; the values represent the current settings of those features or options.
1-4 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Page De vice Par ameters Table ( Conti nued) Key T ype Default For Mo re Inform ation FoldDetails diction ary <</T ype 2 /F old Type 0 >> See Cha pter 2 of t he Supp lemen t. HWResolution array [600 600 ] See Cha pter 6 of t he Ref erence Ma nual .
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-5 Page De vice Par ameters Table ( Conti nued) Key T ype Default For Mo re Inform ation OutputA ttributes diction ary See be low See Cha pter 6 of t he Ref erenc e Manual . OutputDevice name or string /Pri nter See Cha pter 4 of t he Supp lemen t.
1-6 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Print Behavior With PJL Enviro nment V ariables The following tab le summarizes the behavior of the /NumCopies an d /Col lat e print parameters when used with PJL enviro nment variables QT Y and COPIES.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-7 Locat ion Numbe rs and Corr espon ding St aple Loca tion T raySw itch This b oolean contro ls whether othe r trays o f the same paper size and media ty pe are used when the current tray em pties. The MBT is not used for this switching.
1-8 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Outpu t T ype *: Container Stacker only If this parameter is (Auto), the printer search es available output tray startin g from Stacker 5 thro ugh Stacker 8 in order to switch output tray after tr ay full condition.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-9 Establish ing Breaks With in a Job A Set B reak occurs when one or mor e of the followin g processing o ptions changes within a jo b. The following sample shows th e syntax req uired to change th e /St ap le pa rameter, causing a Set Break to occu r.
1-10 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Interpr eter Param e te rs The semantics for interpr eter parameters appear in th e Ref er enc e Ma nu al.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-1 1 Sy st em Para me t ers System parameters, in many cases, perman ently alter the overall conf iguration of a prod uct. They a re set usin g th e oper ator setsyst emparams and read using th e operator currents ystemparams .
1-12 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Ge ner ic Re sou r ce Di r string (Resource/) See S ection 3.2 of the Su pplement. Ge ner ic Re sou r ce Pa thS ep string ( / ) S ee Section 3.2 of the Su pplement. JobT imeout § integer 0 See Section 3.2 of the Supplem ent.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-13 MaxDisplayList The default value for this parameter is memory dependent. MaxFontCach e The default value of MaxFont Cache is mem ory d epend ent. MaxPerm anentVM The default value for this parameter is the largest positive integer .
1-14 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Prod uct S tri ngs The sys temdict operators languagelev el, product , rev ision, ser ialnumber , and version have the f ollowing values in the printer . Mode l Str ings The sys temdict operators LicenseI D and PrinterName have the following values.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-15 Device Parame ters of T ype /F ileSystem File system access from PostScript programs is described in Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Re fer ence Ma nual and Se ction 3. 3 of the Su ppl ement . Parameters for Disk The facto ry default values for the %disk% de vi ce para meter s a re sh own bel ow .
1-16 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Parameters for ROM The factor y default values fo r the %rom% devi ce parameters in the printer ar e shown belo w . %rom% De vice Para meters Key T ype Def ault For More Informat ion BlockSize* integer 1 See Secti on 3.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-17 Parameters for Fonts et The following tab le lists the factory default values for the %fontset% de vice parameters in th e printer . %fontset % Device Param eters Key T ype Default F or More Inf ormation HasNames = boolean true See Section 3 .
1-18 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Parameters for Scsi The following table lists the factory default values for the % scsi% devi c e par amet e rs in the printer . %sc si % Device Param eters Catego ri es and Reso urc e Inst anc es The following tabl es list the factory-installed categories and reso urce instances in the printer .
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-19 Regular Resources Most of the instances listed in the tables are described in th e Refer ence Man ual and the Supp lemen t. The information about instances that are listed in the Regular Resource Category table is specific to th is printer .
1-20 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Output Device The printer supports one OutputDevice type: De faul t. The def ault o utp ut devi ce is equivalent to the Printer instan ce. Each instanc e is represen ted as a dict ionary which contains key-value pairs describing certain capabilities of that particular output device.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-21 Resou rce s W ho se Instan ces Are Implici t The following in stances information is specific to this pr inter .
1-22 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Resou rce s Used in Defini ng New Reso urce Categ ori es The following tab le lists those resources available in the printer that can be used to define n ew resource categ ories.
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-23 Co mp a tib ili ty Level 1 Compatibility Op erators The following ope rators are included for compatibility with existing Level 1 PostScript language driver software.
1-24 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Comp atibility Ope rator Descri ptions Some of the following compatibility operator s use tray numbers to represent paper tray locations or fe eding methods. The table below lists the tray numbers and the correspond ing meanings for the p rinter .
PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-25 setdefaul tpape rtra y int setdefaultpa pertray This oper ator copies the values of PageSize and MediaT ype foun d in th e InputAttribut es dictionary f or the specified tra y into a dictionary with keys for the PageSize an d Medi aT ype .
1-26 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Pa pe r S ize Co m pa tib ilit y Ope r ators The following table describes the pa per size compatibility operators. See the subsection Pap er Si z e Ope r at io ns in the Supp leme nt for m or e infor matio n.
I/O Set up 2- 1 Cha pte r 2 I/O Setup Postscript I/O Mode The Post Script I/O mode can be selected on a per V ir tual Printer basis via the W eb men u: Manage / System / V irtua l Printer->< PS .
2- 2 I/O Se tu p.
Index- i Index Symb ols %disk% device parame ters 1- 15 %fontse t% de vice p aramete rs 1- 17 %rom% dev ice pa ramete rs 1-1 6 %scsi% devic e para meters 1-18 B BeginPa ge para meter 1-3 BlockSi ze pa.
Ind ex-ii M ManualF eed pa ramete r 1-4 ManualFe edTim eout param ete r 1-4 ManualS i ze par amet er 1-2 0 M ar gin s pa ram ete r 1-4 MaxDispl ayList parameter 1-12 , 1-1 3 MaxFontCac he par ameter 1.
Index- iii Type par ameter 1- 15 , 1-1 6 , 1-17 , 1- 18 U userdi ct ope rators 1-23 V versi on oper ator 1-14 W WaitTim eout par ameter 1-13 W rita ble pa rame ter 1-15 , 1- 16 , 1-1 7.
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