Xerox 4890 Advanced Product Reference - page 72

USER CONSIDERATIONS

Note:  Caution should be used when edgemarking.  Printing a

solid band on the leading edge of the paper may cause fuser

jams.

Non-imaged elements

Figure 5-1 shows the relationship of the system page to the

physical page for several physical page sizes.  Elements, such as

text and graphics, may begin at the edge of the physical page on

two sides, and off the physical page on the top and on the left

side (except 8.5 by 14 inch paper).

However, if any part of a printed element begins off the system

page, no part of the element is imaged.  Figure 5-2 illustrates this

principle.

Figure 5-2.

Non-imaged elements

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If a line of variable data begins off the system page, the

system prints as much of the line as possible.

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If a ruled line begins off the system page, no part of the

ruled line is printed.

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A ruled line near the edge of the system page must be

positioned at least one-half the line thickness inside the

system page to print.  For example, a bold line is eight dots

thick and, therefore, it must be positioned at least four dots

inside the system page leading edge.

One common cause of print elements accidentally beginning off

the system page is the improper use of the PDL OUTPUT SHIFT

command.  This command is used to shift the entire page

contents relative to the boundaries of the system page.  When a

negative shift value is entered (as is often the case for the back

side of duplex pages), and that value exceeds the left margin, the

system prints as much of the text as possible.  When using a

negative value for the SHIFT command, make sure that it is less

than the value of the left margin.

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