Sequence of Commands for Form Definitions

[SETUNITS …]
FORMDEF
[SUPPRESSION …]
  [DEFINE CMRNAME…]
  [CMR…]
  [CMRTAGFIDELITY…]
  [RENDER…]
[COPYGROUP ]
  [CMR …]
  [OVERLAY …]
  [RENDER …]
  [SUBGROUP …]

1. SUPPRESSION commands must be specified immediately after FORMDEF commands. The exception is the SETUNITS command.
2. One file can contain multiple sets of form definitions.
3. OVERLAY and SUBGROUP commands must be specified under their associated COPYGROUP command. The OVERLAY commands must be specified immediately after a COPYGROUP command.
   • The OVERLAY command is required only to designate an overlay that is to be kept in the 3800 printer as raster data, or to specify a local name for referencing an overlay in a SUBGROUP command. If you do not code the OVERLAY command, you can still specify an overlay in a SUBGROUP command using its user-access name.
   • Overlays also may be specified using the N_UP subcommand of the FORMDEF or COPYGROUP command, or using the PRINTLINE command in the page definition. If the overlay is specified in one of these ways, it should also not be coded on the OVERLAY or SUBGROUP commands shown here. For more information, see Medium Overlays and Page Overlays.
   Note:
   1. If the form definition has only one copy group, the COPYGROUP command can be omitted. The OVERLAY command then follows any SUPPRESSION command.
   2. The appearance of a misplaced OVERLAY command prior to the first COPYGROUP command causes a default COPYGROUP to be generated as the first COPYGROUP.
4. The first COPYGROUP command can be omitted in a form definition if it contains only one copy group and no OVERLAY commands. If it is omitted, the FORMDEF command parameters are used to define the copy group.
5. A SETUNITS command can be placed before any PPFA command. The values set are in effect until the next SETUNITS command.
6. Each command can appear more than once under one FORMDEF command.
7. To do an INSERT finishing task, select a COPYGROUP that specifies the dedicated INSERT bin number from which the pages are to be inserted and apply (usually dummy) print data to that page. Observe that nothing is printed on the inserted page.