RE: Printing to HP LJ5Si from AS400 with overlays

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

PS-- this did not require any changes to our programs-- they had 
enough white space at the top and the bottom that they printed 
correctly at 12 CPI.

--Paul E Musselman

> I had problems aligning the text with the overlay.  My solution was 
> to shrink the overlay to 83.33333% of the original scan -in the 
> horizontal direction only-.  This allows me to print at 12 CPI 
> instead of 10, and allows for better alignment.  I didn't really 
> have a problem with the vertical size.
>
> Of course, this results in a white strip down one side of the page, 
> which I filled in with a copy of our logo, name, and address (turned 
> 90 degrees).  And I placed the logo on the overlay -after- I did the 
> shrinking so it wasn't distorted.
>
> It does make it easier to align the overlay-- since you have that 
> 'extra' space at the side.  Trim all of the white from the left and 
> top edges of the overlay-- so it is crammed into the upper-left-hand 
> corner.  This makes aligning the overlay and the text easier, since 
> the only adjustments you can specify are "down" and "across."
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx