Re: Problems while printing overlays to a *IPDS printer

Hi Have you seen "May the (AFP overlay) forms be with you  MAY 2001
Midrange Computing?
it's a good article.


As per your problem:  Have you
 1) told word to use minimal margins
2) choose Zero offset for your Printer file (on the 400) front overlay
offset across & down

I'm not sure if these will help you but it sounds like the overlay is Ok
and the view is Ok until offsets are applied
I've only just gotten started using overlays but I had problems with mine
until I set  offsets to zero. Hope this helps!!


                                                                           
             Vivienne Seymour                                              
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Hi there,



I am attempting to print a report which includes an overlay.

I am creating the overlay in word with a page size of A4.

Using AFP 300 driver with settings of A4 size as the paper size, overlay as
the output type. This will generate a .prn file

I am then using the AFP workbench (Client Access) to view this overlay and
create it into a .oly file which I transfer to the I: drive and
subsequently
CRTOVL on the AS400.



My problem is that even though the overlay appears to be within margins and
view ok in the AFP workbench; when it prints on the AS400 the overlay is
not
printed correctly.

Pending on the X & Y coordinates I use in my print program it either
truncates the top of the box off or prints the top of the box down the end
of the page thereby truncating the bottom half of the box. The box does not
appear to be too big for the page when viewed in both word and the AFP
workbench. When printed regardless of the X,Y coordinates there always
appears to be enough space on the page for truncation NOT to occur. I don't
understand why it is happening.



I am not sure whether I am using the right driver of not?

The printer is set up with a DEVICE CLASS of *LCL

                                       DEVICE TYPE of *IPDS

                                       DEVICE MODEL of 0



I preferably do not want to go down the HOST PRINT TRANSFORM route if
possible. Are there any settings that I need to address that I have
overlooked?



Regards



Vivienne





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