Xerox XDPE/400 (also known as EOMS I-Services) Support & Software User Guide
Multi-up printing
Printing Documents with XDPE/400 (9/2001)
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Requirements
To use multi-up printing, these conditions must be met:
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*PAGE must be specified for the File processing mode
(PROCMODE) Monitor Queue parameter.
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The Font id/Multiple up attributes global value must be *YES.
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No list or logical processing can be specified.
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For Indirect command generation:
— The page rotation (PAGRTT) attribute must have one of these
values: 0, 90, 180, or 270.
— FONTID must have a default value of *CPI or *DEVD.
— Always generate (ALWAYS) must be either:
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*INDIRECT
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*COMBINED with *PACKET specified for Order of sequence
(SEQUENCE)
— The maximum number of logical pages per side is 4.
— Multi-up packet naming conventions must be adhered to when
creating multi-up packets.
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For Direct command generation:
— You must enter values for these parameters in the XES packet
for multi-up printing:
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Number of pages per side (PAGESPSIDE)
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Multi-up packet name (XESMUP)
— Always generate (ALWAYS) must be either:
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*DIRECT
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*COMBINED with *ATTRIB specified for Order of sequence
(SEQUENCE)
When these conditions are met, XDPE/400 searches in the
XDPEFLR/XESMUP subdirectory for the appropriate multi-up packet.
Using the multi-up packet, the entire user spool file is processed and
converted to ASCII. The following limited set of IBM SCS commands
which are present for the IBM 5225 printer data stream are processed to
maintain the printer line position:
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Absolute/Relative Horizontal Presentation Position
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Absolute/Relative Vertical Presentation Position
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New lines, Carriage Return, Required New Line, Line Feed
If you are using the Direct method and multi-up is active, these XES
packet parameters will be ignored:
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4325 page format
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Margin setting
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Page font selection
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Generic packet
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Resource list
The values for the margin and font parameters are taken from the multi-up
packet. The 4235 page format, generic packet, and Resource list
parameters are disabled for multi-up printing.