Laser Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide

GLOSSARY
XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE GLOSSARY-3
FCB Forms Control Buffer. Controls the vertical format of printed
output.
FCP File Control Parameter.
FCU File Conversion Utility.
FDL Forms Description language. LPS-resident source language used
to design electronic forms. See also FSL and form.
FDR File directory.
FIS Font Interchange Standard. Defines the digital representation of
fonts and character metrics for the generation of an entire series
of Interpress fonts.
floating accent Nonspacing accent characters that can be combined with
characters and printed as a composite.
font Complete set of characters of a particular font family having the
same point size, weight, stress, and orientation.
Font Interchange Standard See FIS.
form 1. Compiled .FSL file. 2. Specific arrangement of lines, text,
and graphics stored in an electronic version. Forms can be
printed without variable data or merged with variable data during
the printing process. See also FDL and FSL.
Forms Control Buffer See FCB.
Forms Description Language See FDL.
Forms Source Library See FSL.
FSL Forms Source Library. Uncompiled collection of user-created
files containing FDL commands. See also FDL and form.
hexadecimal Numbering system with a base of 16. The numbers 10 through
15 are represented by A through F.
highlight color Printing with black plus another color. A range of colors, tints,
and shades is printed by varying the percentage of black dots,
colored dots, and the white space between the dots.
HIP Host Interface Processor.
image area Area on a physical page that may contain text or graphics.