Xerox 6180N Using LCDS Print Description Language - Page 50

PDL principles and procedures Specifying formats (PDEs) There are many standard formats or print description entries (PDEs) available for your JSL. These formats are listed in the "PDE command" section of the "Specifying print format parameters" in Chapter 4. PDEs, like VFUs, require identification; for example: PDE1: PDE PDE2: PDE BEGIN=(0.18IN,0.66IN), FONT=(L0112B,L01BOA), PMODE=LANDSCAPE; BEGIN=(1.03,.51), BEGIN=(6.30,.51), FONTS=P1012A, PMODE=PORTRAIT; Using copy modification entries Copy modification entries (CMEs) allow you to change certain parts of static data in report output and to change fonts within variable data. Below are some sample CMEs: CME1: CME CME2: CME LINE=(9,-), POS=1, FONT=1; LINE=3, POS=59, CONSTANT='FIRST QUARTER'; Defining character code translation tables CODE commands define character translation tables used to convert input job data into printed characters. For example: C1: CODE DEFAULT= EBCDIC; ASSIGN Coding other system level commands System level commands without identifiers should be indented under the commands with identifiers. One exception is the JDL name command, which precedes the identifier commands and is not indented. The following sections discuss several other commands that are usually coded at system level and that do not require identifiers. 1-24 Using LCDS Print Description Language