Oce TDS600, User Manual

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Océ Power Logic: Settings Editor (for the system administrator) 209
Printer Descriptive Language settings
The Printer menu in the SA settings of the Settings Editor allows you to define
specific settings for the available printer languages and to change pen settings
for the supported vector languages.
The Océ TDS600 accepts print files in various data formats (languages). These
include HP-GL, HP-GL/2, Calcomp, Postscript level 3, NIRS, C4, TIFF,
CALS and ASCII. You can change the settings for HP-GL, HP-GL/2, Calcomp
and ASCII. The other available languages can only be enabled or disabled.
On the Océ TDS600, a number of settings are available which allow the system
administrator to specify, per connection type, which printer languages are
accepted for automatic data format recognition and which language is forced.
These settings are called ALS (Automatic Language Sensing) settings.
If ALS is enabled, the Océ TDS600 automatically recognizes the host data
language and adapts the printer to support all the parameters required for
printing data from the host.
Automatic data format recognition enables the Océ TDS600 to switch between
files with different formats when working in a multi-format environment,
where different printer drivers are being used.
The following language formats are supported on the Océ TDS600:
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HPGL
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HPGL2
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CALCOMP
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PostScript
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NIRS
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C4
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TIFF
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CALS
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ASCII
The ASCII language is not automatically recognizable, but must be forced
when plots are to be printed in ASCII format (e.g. for printing listings). VDF
and BGL are not available on the Océ TDS600.
C4, or CALS type 4, was previously called EDMICS. NIRS is also called
CALS type 3. CALS type 2 is recognized, but not interpreted (only CALS1 is
supported).