This topic describes the system behaviour of the varioPRINT 140 Series concerning media selections. Described is the definition and selection of media types at the application side (driver, application), at the server side and at the printer. The ten selecting media attributes, the output profile and the media registration parameters determine the output result.
Media family
The media family is used to select the output profile for the colour management processing.
Surface type
The surface type of the media and the media weight determine the fusing setpoints. The following media attributes have to be filled in by the operator for proper media handling by the printer:
Surface type: used by the printer to make the correct internal settings
Grain direction: the direction of the grain of the paper. This item is used by the printer to make the correct internal settings.
Media registration parameters
The media registration parameters can influence print quality and handling, for example, the "X shift" and "Y shift" for the correct alignment of paper and image. You can define these attributes in the Settings Editor.
In the varioPRINT 140 Series, a media type is defined by ten media attributes, see the table below. These ten attributes are used for selecting a tray for a media type that is specified for a job.
|
Media attribute |
Type |
Allowed values |
|---|---|---|
|
Name |
String |
Free string |
|
Type |
String |
Free string |
|
Width |
Integer |
Measurement unit is 0.1 mm Max width = 3302 |
|
Height |
Integer |
Measurement unit is 0.1 mm Max height = 4877 |
|
Weight |
Integer |
0 ... 999, or 0 for unknown |
|
Colour |
String |
Free string |
|
PrePunchMedia |
Integer |
0 ... 999, or 0 for unknown |
|
TabMedia |
Enum |
None / tab-inclusive |
|
Inserttype |
Boolean |
True / false |
|
CycleLength |
Integer |
0 ... 999, or 0 for unknown |
Leading and trailing white spaces in strings that define the media types are ignored. White spaces are space, tab and new line.
Two media types are identical if the ten media attributes are the same. Note that string values of media attributes are case sensitive.
Media name
Each media type has a media name attribute. The name is a free string, which is coded in UTF-8. Empty string values are allowed. The maximum string length is 40 characters; longer strings are clipped.
Media type
Each media type has a media type attribute. The name is a free string, which is coded in UTF-8. Empty string values are allowed. The maximum string length is 40 characters; longer strings are clipped.
Media width
Each media type has a media width attribute. The width is defined in integer multiples of 0.1 mm.
Media height
Each media type has a media height attribute. The height is defined in integer multiples of 0.1 mm.
Media weight
Each media type has a media weight attribute. The weight is a number between 0 and 999. When the "System of measurement" is set to "Imperial", valid values are 0-43 (lb bond, equivalent to 0-162 gsm) and 90-552 (lb index, equivalent to 163-999 gsm).
NOTE
Not all media weights can be handled by the printer.
Media colour
Each media type has a media colour attribute. The media colour is a free string, which is coded in UTF-8. Empty string values are allowed. The maximum string length is 40 characters; longer strings are clipped.
NOTE
For backwards compatibility, media type, media name and media colour can also be encoded in ISO Latin-1.
Media punch count
Each media type has a media punch count attribute. The punch count is an integer between 0 and 999. The punch count defines the number of pre-punched holes. The punch count value is 0 for non-punched media.
Media tab
Each media type has a media tab attribute. The tab attribute specifies if a media must be handled as a tab sheet. The tab attribute also defines how the tab sheet must be handled by the varioPRINT 140 Series.
|
Sheet size & bitmap size |
Tab caption |
Host |
Printer |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tab-inclusive enabled |
Tab width included. Custom size or varioPRINT 140 Series default size A4 tab or Letter tab. |
Tab caption can be added, typically by the application. |
Tab caption can be added. |
The optional tab caption is printed on the tab. |
|
Tab-inclusive disabled |
Sheet and bitmap have the same size. Both are rectangular. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Print the bitmap on the sheet as specified. |
For the varioPRINT 140 Series, the insert sheet attribute is an independent attribute that can be set for all media, including tab media. Therefore, tab media is sent via the bypass if the insert sheet attribute is true.
Media insert sheet
Each media type has a media insert sheet attribute. When the insert sheet attribute is true, the media type is handled as a non-process sheet via the bypass.
Media cycle length
Each media type has a media cycle length attribute. The cycle length is an integer between 0 and 999. The default cycle length is 1, except for tab media. For tab media, the cycle length is 0.
The cycle length attribute is used for error recovery and for flushing left-over sheets at the end of a set.
For example:
A tab media has a tab bank of 10. The cycle length for this tab media is 10.
A set of three insert sheets, where each insert sheet has a different colour, has a cycle length of 3.
When the media size is specified, this size is used to determine the size of the physical paper on which pages of the document are printed.
In case of value "As in document", the media size is not specified. Then the PDL size is used to determine the physical paper size of the required media.
By default, the sheet alignment is set to 'centre' for both directions.
If the PDL size is larger then the media size, the image is clipped in a way that is specified by the alignment setting.
If the media size is larger then the PDL size, no scaling on the image is applied by default.
In case of same-up and booklet, images larger than the media size are scaled down to fit the media. Images smaller than the media size are not scaled up.
In case of n-up, the images are scaled to fit the document size.
In case of same-up and booklet, the image is positioned with respect to individual page cells.
For n-up, the image is positioned with respect to the whole sheet.