IPDS Technical Reference 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Manuals for the IPDS card.................................................................................................................................4 Notice..................................................................................................................................................................5 Important.........................................................................................................................................................5 How to Read This Manual................................................................................................................................. 6 Symbols...........................................................................................................................................................6 About This Book..................................................................................................................................................7 Audience.........................................................................................................................................................7 Terminology.................................................................................................................................................... 7 About IPDS.......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Capabilities of IPDS............................................................................................................................................9 Printing a Letter................................................................................................................................................. 10 Using Overlays.................................................................................................................................................12 Using Page Segments...................................................................................................................................... 13 Using Images and Graphics............................................................................................................................14 IM and IO Images....................................................................................................................................... 14 Graphics.......................................................................................................................................................14 Using Bar Codes.............................................................................................................................................. 15 Printing in Duplex Mode..................................................................................................................................16 1. IPDS Overview About the IPDS Feature....................................................................................................................................17 IPDS Operating States.....................................................................................................................................18 Home State...................................................................................................................................................18 Overlay State............................................................................................................................................... 18 Font State......................................................................................................................................................18 IPDS Command Format................................................................................................................................... 19 Reserved Bytes............................................................................................................................................. 22 Flag Byte.......................................................................................................................................................22 Correlation ID (CID).................................................................................................................................... 22 Error Processing........................................................................................................................................... 23 Page and Copy Counters............................................................................................................................24 Data Types........................................................................................................................................................25 Text................................................................................................................................................................25 Image............................................................................................................................................................25 1 Graphics.......................................................................................................................................................26 Bar Code...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Coordinate System...........................................................................................................................................27 Xm, Ym Coordinate System (Medium Presentation Space)..................................................................... 27 Xp, Yp Coordinate System (Logical Page Presentation Space)...............................................................27 I, B Coordinates System (Text)....................................................................................................................27 Other Text Positioning Terms.......................................................................................................................28 Notation Conventions..................................................................................................................................29 Color Simulation...............................................................................................................................................30 Simulation Modes Supported..................................................................................................................... 30 Color Simulation Processes and Algorithms.............................................................................................. 30 Logical Page and Object Area Coloring...................................................................................................33 Presentation Space Reset Mixing............................................................................................................... 37 2. Summary of IPDS Commands IPDS Initialization Defaults...............................................................................................................................39 Page Printer Initialization Sequence............................................................................................................... 42 3. IPDS Command Set About IPDS Command Set.............................................................................................................................. 43 4. Exception Reporting, Sense Data, and Recovery About Exception Reporting, Sense Data, and Recovery.............................................................................. 45 General Reply Rules.................................................................................................................................... 45 Exception-Handling Control (EHC)............................................................................................................46 Classes of Data Stream Exceptions............................................................................................................47 Sense Byte Information................................................................................................................................47 Exception-Reporting Codes........................................................................................................................ 51 TCP/IP Sense Data......................................................................................................................................53 IPDS Exceptions Reported...........................................................................................................................53 Page Counter Adjustments.......................................................................................................................... 77 Page and Copy Counter Adjustments for Data-Stream Exceptions.........................................................82 5. Code Page and Font Identification About Code Page and Font Identification......................................................................................................87 RRL RT'06' Code Page (CPGID)................................................................................................................. 87 RRL RT'12' Specific Code Pages (GCSGID/CPGID)...............................................................................87 2 RRL RT'11' Graphic Character