Xerox 4215 MICR MRP Installation Guide

The Xerox Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) interface allows
your Xerox printer to receive and print using IPDS commands.
The IPDS interface allows your printer to emulate any of the
following IBM printers:

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IBM LaserPrinter 4028, a 300–pel relative metric (RIMA)
printer

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IBM LaserPrinter 3812, a 240–pel fixed metric printer

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IBM LaserPrinter 3816, a 240–pel fixed metric printer

Once the IPDS interface card is installed and the system is
configured, your printer has the ability to do the following:

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Receive and print IPDS data stream commands. 

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Support the following IPDS towers:

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Device Control

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Text

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IM Image

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IO Image

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Graphics

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Bar code

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Overlay

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Page Segment

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Load Font

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Use all–points–addressable (APA) printing for text, graphics,
images, or bar codes.  This means you can print at any
position within the printable area of the page.  

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Change fonts within a printed page.

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Use images and vector graphics to produce line drawings,
pie and bar charts, graphics, logos, tables, and signatures.

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Create a composite document of text, images, and graphics
on each page.

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Electronically store forms and letterheads so they always
print in the same typestyle.

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Print the standard set of bar codes including Codabar, Code
128, and POSTNET.

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Process compressed images using one of the following:

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Modified Consultative Committee on International
Telephone and Telegraph (CCITT) Modified Read
(MMR) algorithm 

XEROX MRP FAMILY INTELLIGENT PRINTER DATA STREAM (IPDS) 

 

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