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Page Device Parameters
In addition to the page device parameters described in Section 4.11 of the PostScript
Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc., the following
page device parameters are used by setpagedevice and currentpagedevice.
Certain parameters, such as Policies, Priority,andManualFeed are listed here since
more information about the parameters is given in Table 4-16 than in the PostScript
Language Reference Manual (Third Edition) by Adobe Systems, Inc.
To determine which parameters and default values your printer supports, see
Table C-2 on page C-5.
Table 4-16: Page Device Parameters
Key Type Definition
BeginPage procedure Executes at the beginning of each page and returns an integer which indicates
how many times showpage has been invoked.
Collate boolean Indicates if the printer is set to collate multi-copy print jobs.
If a print job consists of three pages and two copies are requested, then the
collated output is 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. The non-collated output is 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.
DeferredMediaSelection boolean Determines if the printer uses the printer’s own internal algorithms or Adobe
PostScript algorithms to select print media. The following values are supported:
True Uses the printer’s algorithms
False Uses Adobe PostScript algorithms (default)
DeviceRenderingInfo dictionary Specifies the following unique printer rendering parameters: Screening,
TonerSaver, PictureGrade, ImageEnhancement, PrintDarkness,
AutoMediaType, EdgeToEdge, DefaultPoliciesPageSize, SubstituteSize,
Type, ColorCorrection, ImageBrightness, ImageContrast, and PrintQuality.
Screening controls which halftone dictionary is installed at the beginning of each
print job. The value is set at the start of a job according to the print quality settings
selected from the printer operator panel.
The following names are valid:
ColorGradeâ„¢ 600 dpi printing
PictureGrade 300 dpi, 600 dpi, or 1200 dpi printing with PictureGrade On
IET 1200 Image Quality printing
IETImagesOnly 1200 Image Quality printing for images; 600 dpi printing for
text and graphics
IETPictureGrade 1200 Image Quality printing with PictureGrade On
None 300 dpi or 600 dpi printing with PictureGrade Off
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