Xerox Print Datastreams - A presentation from Crawford Technologies - http://www.crawfordtech.com/

1. Xerox Print Datastreams A presentation fromCrawford Technologies Inc. www.crawfordtech.com Follow, Like and Join us at about.me/CrawfordTechInc

2. Introducing Crawford Technologies Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, CrawfordTech is a privately held global software company On PROFIT 100 list of fastest growing companies in Canada Core competency is in transaction print stream and document production software, including: Automated Document Factory and Integrity solutions Document Re-engineering solutions Print stream conversions/transform solutions Document Archive Solutions Document integration/workflow solutions Document Accessibility Services

5. Black & White / Highlight Color

6. Customer Documents

7. Mainframe printing

8. Cut sheet or fanfold

9. Legacy applications

10. Duplex ( 2 sided )

11. Offline printing needs

12. Small Fonts < 60 points

13. Print formatting separate from application program

16. Distributed printing

17. Archive for later use

18. View

19. Selective reprint

20. Convert to other formatsPDF, PostScript, PCL, AFP, etc.

22. JSL Example XTEST1: JDL; /* JOB DESCRIPTOR LIBRARY */ VOLUME HOST=IBMOS,CODE=EBCDIC; IDEN PREFIX=$DJDE$,OFFSET=2,SKIP=9; /* PAGE DESCRIPTOR ENTRY */ AS: PDE BEGIN=(.25, 0.25), FONTS=(OP210L), PMODE=LANDSCAPE; /* VERTICAL FORMAT UNIT */ VFU1: VFU BOF=66,TOF=1,ASSIGN=(1,5); JOB1: JDE; /* JOB DESCRIPTOR ENTRY */ RECORD LENGTH=133,STRUCTURE=VB; OUTPUT FORMAT=AS,CYCLEFORMS=(FRONT1,BACK1), DUPLEX=YES; LINE DATA=(1,132), PCC=(0, NOTRAN), PCCTYPE=ANSI, VFU=VFU1; END;

23. LCDS Example $DJDE$ JDL=XTEST1,JDE=JOB1,DUPLEX=YES,FONTS=(L0112C); 1 - AREA# 01 23 DECEMBER 1996 4550 GOREWAY DRIVE (416)555-8888 BRAMPTON, ONTARIO CCCCCCCC LIGHTING CANADA (92) INC. INBOUND CONTROL CENTRE PROCEDURES 250 XXXXXX XXXXXX FOR SHIPMENT AUTHORIZATION AND DORVAL, QUEBEC ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS FAX "RPA" TO H0H 0H0 999-777-4444 5 DAYS PRIOR TO SHIP. HELP LINE 999-777-4444 FOR INQUIRY. FAX CUSTOMS DOCS TO 999-777-4444 0 1002 2040WHT P 55-5555-8 MMMM,CLIPON GSNCK-WH CTN 006 DEC 31 96 4.900 1 0 504 1200BLK P 66-6666-8 LLLL,CLIP ON SWVL-BK CTN 006 DEC 31 96 4.200 1 2345.67LB 6,789.01 0NET 30 DAYS CANADIAN DOLLARS

26. X’01’[ASCAN]<171>[ADOT]<3156>[FONT]<3>[PORT]JOHN [ASCAN]<299>[ADOT]<3156>[FONT]<3>[PORT]H. [ASCAN]<359>[ADOT]<3156>[FONT]<3>[PORT]DOE[EOL] MetacodeSample

27. Metacode Sample

28. Xerox Printing ResidentUtilities Resident Resources Bus & Tag Tape/Cartridge *.FNT *.LGO *.FRM *.IMG *.JDL *.PDE *.CME Font Editor FDL PDL Resources Printer Xerox Print File *.IMG *.FNT *.FRM *.LGO Metacode Printed Pages HOST PRINTER Resources on Printer & in Print Stream

29. Xerox Buzzwords & Definitions JSL - Job Source Language - describes formatting of reports JDL - Job Description Library, compiled from JSL by PDL compiler controls specific elements for the formatting of a job or a series of jobs. JDE - Job Descriptor Entry, describes formatting of particular report DJDE - Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry - printer instruction which allows you to modify your current print format Fonts - *.FNT - binary raster font files, 1 per point size and rotation Forms - *.FRM (compiled object), *.FSL Forms Source Language FDL - Forms compiler that converts FSL to FRM Images - *.IMG - raster image files, and interleaved images LCDS – Line Conditioned Data Stream –Line data with DJDEs interspersed Logos - *.LGO logos, signatures, icons Metacode – Binary/ASCII all points addressable Xerox print language XES - Xerox Escape Sequences, UDK - User Defined Key distributed print escape language

30. You’ve been watching:Xerox Print Datastreams Connect with us on Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Visit about.me/CrawfordTechInc now