MACROS

Syntax

macros on|off

Description

This keyword causes UnForm to invoke (or not invoke) macros for fixed raster elements (box, shade, text, image, and attach).  Macro usage can significantly reduce the data transfer requirements to the printer, most noticeably on a serial or parallel connection with many pages of similar output.  The printer must have enough memory to store and execute the macros.

The default macros setting is "off"; the "-macros" command line option establishes the default macros setting to "on".  This keyword overrides either default for this rule set.

Macros are numbered from 0 to 32767.  UnForm will start macro definitions at 32000 unless the "[defaults]" section, "macrono" field is set to a different value in the ufparam.txc file.  If a site uses macros and finds a conflict with this number, then the value should be changed to allow an available contiguous range for UnForm.

Drivers: pcl only