XML Forms Architecture XFA Device Control (XDC) Language,
commonly called a device profile is a printer description
file in XML format that makes it possible to output documents as
PostScript®, PCL, ZPL, IPL, DPL, and TPCL
formats. XDC files are based on an XML-based schema that describe
printer capabilities and expose some print options for use by printer
device drivers.
XDC files
describe printer capabilities such as the printer features and the
paper types. Adobe® LiveCycle®
Output 11 and Adobe LiveCycle ES4 - Designer 11 use Adobe Acrobat® XML Data Package (XDP) files. Output uses
XDP files to generate the Page Description Language (PDL) that is sent
to a network printer. Designer uses the information in XDC files
to identify page types that can be selected for master pages.
In Workbench,
assets such as XDC files reside inside containers called applications.
Applications contain all the resources that are required for implementing
a LiveCycle solution. Storing XDC files inside applications helps
you make them available to other developers on an as-needed basis. By
default, the Applications view in Workbench shows the applications
and assets that are available in your local folder, which were either
created by you or copied from the server. You can also view the
applications and assets that were checked into the server either
by you or by other users. See Workbench Help for more information
about LiveCycle applications.
When you
want to edit an XDC file, open the XDC file from an application
that contains the XDC file or from your local file system. After editing,
you can save the updated XDC file in the local file system. You
check the updated file back into the server to make it available
for Output.
LiveCycle
supports the following PDLs:
PostScript
Printer Control Language (PCL)
Zebra Printer Language (ZPL)
Intermec Printer Language (IPL) for
Intermec printers
Datamax Printer Language (DPL) for
Datamax label printers
TEC Printer Command Language (TPCL) for Toshiba TEC
label printers
