Ricoh 337943-003 manual

PostScript Programming Guide © 2005 Ri coh Prin ti ng Syste ms America , I nc. 2635- A Park Cen ter Drive Sim i Va lley , C A 9 306 5 May, 20 05 33794 3-003 Revi sion A[...]

© 2005 Ricoh Prin tiing Sys tems America, Inc. Al l ri ghts reser ved. No pa rt of this do cume nt m ay be rep roduce d with out the ex pre ss perm ission of Ricoh Pri nti ng Sy stem s America, In c. The mater ial in thi s document is for inf ormational purposes a nd is subje ct to change without not ice. Ricoh Pr inting Sys tems America, Inc. ass[...]

iii T able of Contents Cha pter 1. Po stS cript La nguan ge P rinte r Co mm ands Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Device S etup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

iv Chapter 2. I/O Setup Postsc ript I/O Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 TBCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Inde x[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-1 Cha pte r 1 PostScript Languan ge Printer Commands Ov erview Prin ter com mands fo r Adobe PostSc rip t 3 provide a way for yo u to comm unic ate with the printer to pe rform certain tasks. Thi s do cum ent pr ovi d es pr ogra mmin g inf orm ation abou t Adob e Po st Scr i pt 3 an d contains m ost of the [...]

1-2 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds The documentation assumes a knowledge of the following: How to reset the interpr eter and page device pa rameters to their factory defaults. How to physically connect a printer to a h ost computer or user system. How to use the communications p rotocols a nd emulators impl ement ed in the prin ter . How [...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-3 Device S etup The page device parameters represent particular raster outpu t device features or processing options; the values represent the current settings of those features or options. The set pagedevice operator is used to s et the values of th e page device parameters an d the current pagedevice o pe[...]

1-4 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Page De vice Par ameters Table ( Conti nued) Key T ype Default For Mo re Inform ation FoldDetails diction ary <</T ype 2 /F old Type 0 >> See Cha pter 2 of t he Supp lemen t. HWResolution array [600 600 ] See Cha pter 6 of t he Ref erence Ma nual . Imagin gBBox array o r null null See Cha pte[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-5 Page De vice Par ameters Table ( Conti nued) Key T ype Default For Mo re Inform ation OutputA ttributes diction ary See be low See Cha pter 6 of t he Ref erenc e Manual . OutputDevice name or string /Pri nter See Cha pter 4 of t he Supp lemen t. OutputF aceUp boolean false See Cha pter 6 of t he Ref erenc[...]

1-6 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Print Behavior With PJL Enviro nment V ariables The following tab le summarizes the behavior of the /NumCopies an d /Col lat e print parameters when used with PJL enviro nment variables QT Y and COPIES. Using PJL Environment Variables PJL Env ironm ent V ariabl e PostSc rip t De vice Pa ramet er Behavio [...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-7 Locat ion Numbe rs and Corr espon ding St aple Loca tion T raySw itch This b oolean contro ls whether othe r trays o f the same paper size and media ty pe are used when the current tray em pties. The MBT is not used for this switching. If this parameter is true, then, when a tray empties the printer searc[...]

1-8 PostScri p t Languange Printer Comma nds Outpu t T ype *: Container Stacker only If this parameter is (Auto), the printer search es available output tray startin g from Stacker 5 thro ugh Stacker 8 in order to switch output tray after tr ay full condition. In case of followings, printer skips these output trays and switches next higher priority[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-9 Establish ing Breaks With in a Job A Set B reak occurs when one or mor e of the followin g processing o ptions changes within a jo b. The following sample shows th e syntax req uired to change th e /St ap le pa rameter, causing a Set Break to occu r. The table below describes a five-page job that changes [...]

1-10 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Interpr eter Param e te rs The semantics for interpr eter parameters appear in th e Ref er enc e Ma nu al. For more recent parameters and their semantics, s ee the Suppl ement . User Parameters User parameters can be altered, within reasonable limits, by any Po stScript language pro gr am wit hou t re qu[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-1 1 Sy st em Para me t ers System parameters, in many cases, perman ently alter the overall conf iguration of a prod uct. They a re set usin g th e oper ator setsyst emparams and read using th e operator currents ystemparams . In g eneral, setting system parameters re quires a password. System param eters a[...]

1-12 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Ge ner ic Re sou r ce Di r string (Resource/) See S ection 3.2 of the Su pplement. Ge ner ic Re sou r ce Pa thS ep string ( / ) S ee Section 3.2 of the Su pplement. JobT imeout § integer 0 See Section 3.2 of the Supplem ent. LicenseID str ing See below See Section 3.2 of the Su pplement. MaxDisplayList [...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-13 MaxDisplayList The default value for this parameter is memory dependent. MaxFontCach e The default value of MaxFont Cache is mem ory d epend ent. MaxPerm anentVM The default value for this parameter is the largest positive integer . MaxRasterM emory The def ault va lu e of Ma xR as te rMe m ory is m emor[...]

1-14 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Prod uct S tri ngs The sys temdict operators languagelev el, product , rev ision, ser ialnumber , and version have the f ollowing values in the printer . Mode l Str ings The sys temdict operators LicenseI D and PrinterName have the following values. Device Pa ramete rs Device param eters a re set using t[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-15 Device Parame ters of T ype /F ileSystem File system access from PostScript programs is described in Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Re fer ence Ma nual and Se ction 3. 3 of the Su ppl ement . Parameters for Disk The facto ry default values for the %disk% de vi ce para meter s a re sh own bel ow . %disk%[...]

1-16 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Parameters for ROM The factor y default values fo r the %rom% devi ce parameters in the printer ar e shown belo w . %rom% De vice Para meters Key T ype Def ault For More Informat ion BlockSize* integer 1 See Secti on 3.3 of the Supp leme nt. Cartri dgeID * in teger 91 10 See Section 3 .3 of the Supp leme[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-17 Parameters for Fonts et The following tab le lists the factory default values for the %fontset% de vice parameters in th e printer . %fontset % Device Param eters Key T ype Default F or More Inf ormation HasNames = boolean true See Section 3 .3 of the Supplement . Mounte d = boolean true See Section 3 .3[...]

1-18 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Parameters for Scsi The following table lists the factory default values for the % scsi% devi c e par amet e rs in the printer . %sc si % Device Param eters Catego ri es and Reso urc e Inst anc es The following tabl es list the factory-installed categories and reso urce instances in the printer . New res[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-19 Regular Resources Most of the instances listed in the tables are described in th e Refer ence Man ual and the Supp lemen t. The information about instances that are listed in the Regular Resource Category table is specific to th is printer . Regular Resources Catego ry Name Instan ces CIDFont No instance[...]

1-20 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Output Device The printer supports one OutputDevice type: De faul t. The def ault o utp ut devi ce is equivalent to the Printer instan ce. Each instanc e is represen ted as a dict ionary which contains key-value pairs describing certain capabilities of that particular output device. Refer to the followin[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-21 Resou rce s W ho se Instan ces Are Implici t The following in stances information is specific to this pr inter . Resources Whose Inst ances Are Implicit Cate go ry nam e Ins t anc es Color RenderingT ype 1 ColorSpaceFamily CIEBa sedA CIEBase dABC CIEBase dDEF CIEBase dDEFG DeviceGray DeviceCMYK DeviceRGB[...]

1-22 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Resou rce s Used in Defini ng New Reso urce Categ ori es The following tab le lists those resources available in the printer that can be used to define n ew resource categ ories. Category Name Instanc es Category Category CIDFont CMap Color Rendering Color RenderingT ype ColorSpace ColorSpaceFamily Contr[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-23 Co mp a tib ili ty Level 1 Compatibility Op erators The following ope rators are included for compatibility with existing Level 1 PostScript language driver software. These compatibility operators are present in Level 3 printers for compatibility purposes only and their u se in PostScr ipt Level 3 langua[...]

1-24 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Comp atibility Ope rator Descri ptions Some of the following compatibility operator s use tray numbers to represent paper tray locations or fe eding methods. The table below lists the tray numbers and the correspond ing meanings for the p rinter . The comp atibility operators listed h ere were im plem en[...]

PostScrip t Languan ge Printer Commands 1-25 setdefaul tpape rtra y int setdefaultpa pertray This oper ator copies the values of PageSize and MediaT ype foun d in th e InputAttribut es dictionary f or the specified tra y into a dictionary with keys for the PageSize an d Medi aT ype . It also writes the r equested tray number in to the first element[...]

1-26 PostScript Languange Print er Comma nds Pa pe r S ize Co m pa tib ilit y Ope r ators The following table describes the pa per size compatibility operators. See the subsection Pap er Si z e Ope r at io ns in the Supp leme nt for m or e infor matio n. Paper Size Compatibilit y Operators in userdict Paper T ray C ompatibility Ope rators The follo[...]

I/O Set up 2- 1 Cha pte r 2 I/O Setup Postscript I/O Mode The Post Script I/O mode can be selected on a per V ir tual Printer basis via the W eb men u: Manage / System / V irtua l Printer->< PS virtual printer>->PostScrip t-> Post Scri pt I/O Mode / R aw, Normal , or TBC P TBCP In the T BCP mode the printer will recognize and process[...]

2- 2 I/O Se tu p[...]

Index- i Index Symb ols %disk% device parame ters 1- 15 %fontse t% de vice p aramete rs 1- 17 %rom% dev ice pa ramete rs 1-1 6 %scsi% devic e para meters 1-18 B BeginPa ge para meter 1-3 BlockSi ze par amet er 1-1 5 BootDel ay para meter 1-1 8 break, est abl i shi ng 1-9 BuildTi me para mete r 1-1 1 Bus paramet er 1-1 5 By t eOr der pa ra me ter 1-[...]

Ind ex-ii M ManualF eed pa ramete r 1-4 ManualFe edTim eout param ete r 1-4 ManualS i ze par amet er 1-2 0 M ar gin s pa ram ete r 1-4 MaxDispl ayList parameter 1-12 , 1-1 3 MaxFontCac he par ameter 1-12 , 1-13 MaxFon tItem k ey 1-10 MaxForm Cache pa rameter 1-12 MaxIma geBuffe r param eter 1- 12 MaxOutli neCache paramet er 1-12 MaxPatt ernCache pa[...]

Index- iii Type par ameter 1- 15 , 1-1 6 , 1-17 , 1- 18 U userdi ct ope rators 1-23 V versi on oper ator 1-14 W WaitTim eout par ameter 1-13 W rita ble pa rame ter 1-15 , 1- 16 , 1-1 7[...]

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