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^ Y
|
|<---- 'Y' Reference Edge
|
| |<--- 'Y' Finishing Operation Axis
| |
--->| |<--- 'Y' Finishing Axis Offset
| |
Head +-------------------------+ (X2, Y4)
Locations | | |
+-----|----+ |
-----Y3--|-----|--O | <--- Head |
^ +-----|----+ Mechanism |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----|----+ 'X' Finishing |
| ---Y2--|-----|--O |------------------ |
| ^ +-----|----+ Operation Axis |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | +-----|----+ |
| | -Y1--|-----|--O | |
| | ^ +-----|----+ lower right |
| | | | | corner | X
--------------- +--+----------------------+ ---->
(0,0) (X1, 0) 'X' Reference Edge
Figure 1 - Finishing Operation Parameters
Media Orientation: All Finishing Operations are defined relative to a
portrait orientation of the medium, regardless of the orientation of
the printed image. The 'X' and 'Y' axis, therefore, will always
reference the medium as shown in figure 1. All edges and corners are
also defined with the medium orientation as shown using the syntax
upper, lower, left, and right. Thus the lower edge of the medium is at
Y = 0, the left edge is at X = 0, and the lower right corner is at
(X1, 0) as shown in the figure.
Finishing: Defined by DPA as an operation on a document following the
completion of the image process and prior to the delivery of the
document into the output subunit. Finishing operations defined within
this document are those applied to one or more instances of rectagular
paper sheet media.
Finishing Operation: Defined by DPA as a process applied by a machine
such as trimming a document, folding the sheets in a document, and
applying a binding to a document.
Finishing Specification: Defined by DPA as the specific sequence of
operations for a serial combination of finishing operations. The
exact sequential order of the operations, in many cases, is critical to
the obtaining the desired result. For example, a folding operation
followed by trimming could provide a very different result than if the
trimming was followed by the folding.
Finishing Operation Parameters: This parameter set is used to create a
detailed definition of the finishing operation. Generic Finishing
Operation Parameters are applicable to any Finishing Specification.
Head Mechanism: Defined by DPA as the physical mechanism that is
used to perform a finishing operation. The head position may be
fixed or variable depending upon the capabilities of the device.
Reference Edge: Defined by DPA as the edge of the document relative
to the axis to which the finishing operation is applied. The edge of
the medium defined to be the Reference Edge may be either the 'X' or
the 'Y' axis, depending upon the finishing operation to be performed.
Finishing Operation Axis: Defined by DPA as the axis to which some
finishing operations are applied to or referenced from by the Head
Mechanism. An example is the axis for a fold operation.
Head Locations: Defined by DPA as the position of the Heads on the
Finishing Operation Axis.
Finishing Axis Offset: The offset from the Reference Edge to the
Finishing Operation Axis at which the finishing operation takes place
or is applied.
Jog Edge: Defined by DPA as one of the two edges that are
perpendicular to the Reference Edge. Specification of the Jog Edge
parameter implies that the edges of all the sheets that correspond to
the referenced edge coincide.
Two-Stage Finishing: DPA defines this process as sequences of explicit
finishing operations to be applied on two stages. The first stage
operations are applied to each document within a job that contains
several documents. The second stage operations are applied to each set
of documents that compose a complete job copy.
NEW ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO ABOVE:
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finishingOperationOffsetUnits(9), INETGER
INTEGER: An enumeration which defines the units of measure for the
attributes finishingOperationAxisOffsetX and
finishingOperationAxisOffsetY. The enum values for this attribute
are defined by PrtMediaUnitTC.
FinishingOperationAxisOffsetX(10), Integer32
INTEGER: Defines the offset of the Finishing Operation Axis from the
Reference Edge on the 'X' axis. The units of measure are defined
by the attribute finishingOperationOffsetUnits.
FinishingOperationAxisOffsetY(11), Integer32
INTEGER: Defines the offset of the Finishing Operation Axis from the
Reference Edge on the 'Y' axis. The units of measure are defined
by the attribute finishingOperationOffsetUnits.