Xerox Paris, a document system Support & Software User Guide

Setting up Media Mapping

Media Mapping is invoked whenever an XPD/PPD file contains at least one
‘*XLPInputMedia’ statement.

 

Both XPD and PPD files are text files and can be edited using a standard text
editor, however, it is recommended that these should 

NOT be  changed except

by experienced users or under instruction by the distributor.

A full description of the working of XPD and PPD files can be found in ‘

’ in the PARIS Designer

Reference Manual.

Adding ‘*XLPInputMedia’ statements

The first step to setting up Media Mapping for your Xerox Docuprint is the
addition of ‘*XLPInputMedia’ statements to any XPD/PPD that will be used to
drive the Docuprint (XPD/PPD files are supplied as part of the PARIS install).

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‘*XLPInputMedia’ statements replace the Adobe ‘

*InputSlot’ statements,

and have an identical syntax.

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If an XPD/PPD file contains both ‘*InputSlot’ and ‘*XLPInputMedia’
statements, the ‘*InputSlot’ statements are ignored.

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‘*XLPInputMedia’ statements tell the PARIS system which printer uses
Media Mapping and how many media options the printer supports.

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One ‘*XLPInputMedia’ statement is required for each option that is to be
made available in the Environment Editor.

For example, the XPD/PPD file for a Docuprint with 2 input trays would
contain 2 ‘*XLPInputMedia’ statements.  A 4 tray printer XLP/PPD would
have 4 entries.

Each entry makes another option available in the PARIS Environment Editor.
For example, the statement *XLPInputMedia Upper: “”

 means that ‘Upper’

will appear in the editor as a valid option for tray selection.