Re: AS/400 Forms Overlay Printing

We have done it here, and did it by using the IBM AFP Windows Printer
Driver.  You can use a product like MS Word 95 to create the form, and then
print the form using the AFP driver.  It gets printed to a folder on your
AS/400, and then you can use that file as your overlay.  It takes some
playing, but we did it for converting a Purchase Order done in Word95, to an
overlay, to be used with Fax/400.

Hope this helps.

Sean P. Donaghey
EX-CELL-O Canada Ltd.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kenney <kenney@uwindsor.ca>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: AS/400 Forms Overlay Printing


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>We are using  a product from  "ACOM Single Source" call Quickcheck 400 and
>QuickForms. The Quickforms software is a windows based product which allows
>you to design your forms from scratch or scan  in forms. The forms can then
>be uploaded to the AS400 where you can use the Quickcheck 400 software to
>map an existing AS400 spoolfile into the form. The product will work with
>any standard PCL5 compatible printer. We are using it with HPs using TCP/IP
>passthrough printing.   I have found the product to be fairly easy to use
>and stable. The cost was just  under $10,000 U.S .   Another product we
>looked was  CreatePrint which seemed pretty good as well, although it used
>PostScript Printing language.
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>> I wonder if anyone is doing forms overlay printing for invoicing, for
>example, using
>> their AS/400 and PC attached laser printers.  What products do you use
>and how did you
>> get started?  We are looking for an inexpensive solution that would allow
>us change forms > designs as necessary.
>Michael Kenney
>University of Windsor
>Windsor  ON   N9B 3P4
>Canada
>(519)253-3000 extension  2754
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