CREATING A JOB SOURCE LIBRARY (JSL)3-4 XEROX DOCUPRINT 180 LPS PDL REFERENCEOutput specificationsYou must also decide on some basic questions about the output:• Will the page orientation be landscape or portrait?• What fonts will you use?• What forms, if any, will you use?• Will Segment Management be used?• What paper sizes will be used?• Should CMEs be used?• How will the output be delivered, such as face up or collated?• Will the data be printed on one side of the page (simplex) or onboth sides (duplex)?• Will graphics be used?• What types of applications your site normally prints, forexample:— Forms— Reports— Letters— Customer statements using variable data, that is,information that varies from customer to customer.• What are your site’s conventions, if any, for naming forms,JSLs, files, and jobs?This information assists you in planning your applications in terms ofthe type of input data to specify, the type of application to design, andhow much you will need to customize the application to meet itsintended purpose rather than using system defaults.Type of application to createWhen planning the specifications you will indicate in your JSL, youmust first decide the type of application you want by answering thefollowing questions:• Will you modify an existing application or create a new one?• Will you use a form? If so, you need to either call out an existingform in your JSL or create a new form first and then call it out inthe JSL.• Will the application be landscape (horizontal) or portrait(vertical) orientation? (Orientation is discussed later in thischapter.)• Will you use more than one color or type of stock in the printjob?
