Xerox Xerox Printer Access Facility (XPAF) Support & Software 用户指南

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 1

About this manual ........................................................................................................................................................ 1

Contents ................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Conventions.............................................................................................................................................................. 2

Related publications .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Xerox publications .................................................................................................................................................... 2

IBM publications ....................................................................................................................................................... 2

Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 3

XFG features ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Prerequisites................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Operating environment ................................................................................................................................................ 3

Hardware requirements ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Software requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 3

Xerox laser printer support ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Contrasting XFG with a typical forms application ........................................................................................................ 4

Forms you can create with XFG .................................................................................................................................. 4

Planning your forms .................................................................................................................................................. 6

Determining format ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Page orientation ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Page frames ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

Form origin ............................................................................................................................................................... 8

Positioning form elements ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Grids ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Data types .............................................................................................................................................................. 12

Fonts ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Fixed and proportionally-spaced fonts .................................................................................................................... 13

Font orientation ....................................................................................................................................................... 13

Adding color to forms ................................................................................................................................................. 15

Ink color availability and control .............................................................................................................................. 15

Choosing paper size .................................................................................................................................................. 15

Using XFG commands .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Creating forms with XFG commands ......................................................................................................................... 16

Available specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Command format ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

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