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Page Device Parameters
In addition to the page device parameters described in Section 4.11 of the PostScript
Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc., the following
page device parameters are used by setpagedevice and currentpagedevice.
Certain parameters, such as Policies, Priority, and ManualFeed are listed here since
more information about the parameters is given in Table 4-11 than in the PostScript
Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc.
To determine which parameters and default values your printer supports, see
Table C-2 on page C-4.
Table 4-11: Page Device Parameters
Key
Type
Definition
BeginPage
procedure
Executes at the beginning of each page and returns an integer which indicates
how many times showpage has been invoked.
Collate
boolean
Indicates if the printer is set to collate multi-copy print jobs.
If a print job consists of three pages and two copies are requested, then the
collated output is 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. The non-collated output is 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.
DeferredMediaSelection
boolean
Determines if the printer uses the printer’s own internal algorithms or Adobe
PostScript algorithms to select print media. The following values are supported:
True
Uses the printer’s algorithms
False
Uses Adobe PostScript algorithms (default)
DeviceRenderingInfo
dictionary
Specifies the following unique printer rendering parameters: Screening,
TonerSaver, PictureGrade, ImageEnhancement, PrintDarkness,
AutoMediaType, EdgeToEdge, DefaultPoliciesPageSize, SubstituteSize,
Type, ColorCorrection, ImageBrightness, ImageContrast, and PrintQuality.
Screening controls which halftone dictionary is installed at the beginning of each
print job. The value is set at the start of a job according to the print quality settings
selected from the printer operator panel.
The following names are valid:
ColorGrade™
600 dpi printing
PictureGrade
300 dpi, 600 dpi, or 1200 dpi printing with PictureGrade On
IET
1200 Image Quality printing or 2400 Print Quality
IETImagesOnly
1200 Image Quality printing for images; 600 dpi printing for
text and graphics or maps to IET and sets Print Quality to
either 1200 Image Quality or 2400 Print Quality
IETPictureGrade 1200 Image Quality printing with PictureGrade On
None
300 dpi or 600 dpi printing with PictureGrade Off
