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information about the banner pages for
accounting purposes, or it might delimit
reports in a print job.
BDELETE
Deletes specified blocks from offline data to
prevent them from printing.
BSELECT
Selects specified blocks from offline data to
cause them to print.
RAUX Pulls a single sheet of paper from the auxiliary
paper tray.
RDELETE
Deletes specified records from offline data to
prevent them from printing.
RFEED Dynamically specifies a cluster of input paper
drawers.
ROFFSET
Causes the paper in the output tray to jog.
RPAGE
Moves the next or current logical page to the
back of the current sheet, or to the front or
back of the next sheet.
RRESUME
Resumes printing after a group of records
when the contents of the first and last records
are known, but the contents of the records
between them are not.
RSELECT
Selects specified records from offline data to
cause them to print.
RSTACK
Delimits reports in a print job.
RSUSPEND
Prevents printing of a group of records when
the contents of the first and last records are
known, but the contents of the records
between them are not.
LPS.
Laser Printing System.
M
metacode data stream. A data stream that contains
embedded metacodes. It might or might not include
DJDEs. Some Xerox host system software products,
such as XICS, produce output with embedded
metacodes. Additionally, some Xerox customers have
written applications that embed metacodes in the print
file.
metacodes. Metacodes are a set of reserved character
codes that convey formatting instructions to the printer.
The metacode format is the native language of the
Xerox LPS printer.
N
non-printable resource. In InfoPrint XT, a Xerox
CMD, CME, JDL, LIB, PDE, STK, or TST file from
which InfoPrint XT creates a metrics file when you load
the resource.
O
offline environment. In an offline printing
environment, the Xerox printer receives the incoming
data from a tape drive directly attached to the printer,
rather than from a channel-attached host. This
environment requires operator intervention to send the
data to the printer.
online environment. In an online environment, the
printer receives the incoming data directly from a
channel-attached host. This environment requires no
operator intervention to send the data to the printer.
OTEXT. A type of job that contains messages for the
operator that display on the console of the printer. For
example, the message might specify the type of paper
to load.
P
Page Description Entry (PDE). A set of statements
that define formatting information for each page of a
print job, including page orientation, starting print line,
and fonts.
PDE. Page Description Entry.
PDL. Print Description Language.
PDL compiler. A printer, workstation, or host-based
program that you use to translate PDL source
commands to objects usable by the Xerox LPS.
Print Description Language (PDL). Statements that
define the characteristics of print jobs, such as tape
formats for tape to print, logical processing
requirements, and output formats. You use these
statements to create CMEs, PDEs, JDLs, and so on.
printable resource. In InfoPrint XT, a Xerox FNT,
FRM, IMG, or LGO file from which InfoPrint XT
creates both a metrics file, and one or more AFP
resource files when you load the resource.
R
report. In Xerox terminology, a logical subset of the
data in a Xerox print job. Each print job might consist
of a single report, or might contain several reports.
Delimiter pages might separate reports in the printed
output. Each report might also end with an accounting
information page. In the input data stream, character
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