Appendix A - Feature summary

Forms Card filters and their support on Lexmark products

Forms Card filter

Forms and Bar Code Card

Forms Composer v3.4.7

Document Producer v3.4.7

Forms Manager v3.4.9

PCL 5 filter

Y

Y

Y

N

Optra Forms init string

Y

Y

Y

N

Supports multiple init strings

Y

Y

Y

N

Removes UEL command

Y

Y

Y

N

AS/400 dot matrix

Y

Y

Y

N

Null characters

Y

Ignored

Ignored

N

ZPL

Y

Y

Y

N

ZPL-F (alternate escape)

Y

DLL Avl

DLL Avl

N


Forms Card fonts and their support on Lexmark products

Forms Card font

Forms and Bar Code Card

Forms Composer v3.4.7

Document Producer v3.4.7

Forms Manager v3.4.9

Simplified Chinese

Y

Y

N

N

Greek or Cyrillic (code page 737)

Y

Y

Y

N

Greek or Cyrillic monospaced font

Custom UPR

Y

Y

N

OMR monospaced font

Y

Y

Y

N

Common fonts or metrics on Forms Card

Y

N

N

N


Forms Card features and their support on Lexmark products

Forms Card feature

Forms and Bar Code Card

Forms Composer v3.4.7

Document Producer v3.4.7

Forms Manager v3.4.9

1 Supported when the printer control panel is set to a DBCS language

2 Limited UTF-8 and UTF-16 support

3 Requires an RFID-enabled printer

UTF-8, UTF-16

N

Y

Y 2

N

DBCS file names

Y 1

Y

N

Y

DBCS bold and italic

Y

Y

N

N

RFID

Y 3

Y 3

N

N

Enhanced page delimiters:

  • Selection of any hexadecimal character

  • Selection of column range

Y

Y

N

N

Selection of ports that Forms Card listens to

Y

N

N

N

Use of forms stored on a flash drive

Y

N

N

N

Printing of all forms

Y

N

N

Y

Vertical text centering

Y

Y

N

Y

More finishing options:

  • Page reprinting

  • Copying

  • Collating

  • Stapling

  • Hole punching

Y

Y

Y

N

Use of control characters in data

Y

Y

Y

N

PDF version

1.3–1.7

1.3–1.7

1.7

N

Floating subforms

Y

Y

Y

N

Error page control

Printer control panel selection

N

N

N

Fax from output (MFP feature)

Y

N

Y

N

E-mail from output (MFP feature)

Y

N

Y

N

System variables in formset:

  • PRINTNAME (printer name)

  • PRINTNUM (printer serial number)

Y

Y

N

N

Saving of variable for reuse

Y

Y

Y

N

Single-character variable subform active

N

N

N

Y

Downloadable DBCS fonts

Y

N

N

Y

Forms flash file

Y

N

N

Y

UTF-8 file names

Y

Y

N

Y

Latin fonts in Forms Card (4MB)

Y

N

N

Y

Bubble font

Y

Y

Y

N

Formset directives preservation

Y

N

N

N


Bar codes and their support on Lexmark products

Bar code

Forms and Bar Code Card

Forms Composer v3.4.7

Document Producer v3.4.7

Forms Manager v3.4.9

PCL 5 commands

Y

N

N

N

PostScript commands

Y

N

N

N

Combined Forms and Bar Code CD

Y

N

N

N

Updated Visual Bar Code Designer v3.0

Y

N

N

N

AEC

Y

N

N

N

HRT fonts:

  • Courier

  • SM Unit

  • SM Unit Condensed

  • SM Gothic

  • Roman

  • OCR-B

  • PLANET

Y

Y

Y

N