RE: Making the AS/400 print an overlay on a Lexmark Printer

[Janice Simpson <jsimpson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is an e-mail we used to setup forms overlay on our Infoprint32. 
   Using these instructions I successfully loaded a signature from the pc 
and printed it on the laser printer.  If you have questions feel free to 
e-mail me.

Janice
.
> Before you can create an overlay you must create an Advanced Function
Printer for your PC. Click on the Add printer ICON, Make it a local printer 
and
use IBM Facimile Support 400, It should be there because of a full load of 
CA/400,
it must write to a FILE not a port.   Go to the properties window and press
the SETUP KEY.  On the AS/400 Using Wrkflr create a folder called forms.
>
> Press the Options key ,  to check every time you intend to change a
overlay under CLIP  LIMITS make sure your unprintable area margins are all 
ZEROES.
> Click on the Modify Key and then under IMAGES  modify to use Diagonal
Dither. Press OK on every thing!!!
>
> Before you go into WORD make sure you are connected to the AS400 or  Map
the AS 400 to a Drive on Your PC
>
> On the overlays we have created we only used Text , Frames.
> After your overlay is finished  you must print to this printer file
>
> Since this is the printer for the AS400 Pc Fax, put a one in the 
telephone
> number and use the Select All button.
>
> Save to I:\ QDLS\ FORMS\ document  name.
>
> After  the file is printed,  Return to your  AS400 session  to create the
*OVL object.
>
>
> Because this was created by  WORD type in the AS400 command WRKFLR. 
  Type

&5
8 by  FORMS folder and press enter.
> You  will find your Overlay  named with a 
+.PRN
, ,  if  necessary 
delete
the folder with the name you need to use and  then rename the 
+.PRN
, with
that name.
> So keep your document name short!  Then type in these commands or write a
Cl with these commands.
>
>  CRTPF      FILE(QTEMP/&DOC) RCDLEN(2019) LVLCHK(*NO)
>
> CPYFRMPCD  FROMFLR(&FLR) TOFILE(QTEMP/&DOC) +
>              FROMDOC(&DOC) TRNTBL(*NONE) TRNFMT(*NOTEXT)
>
> CRTOVL     OVL(&@LIB/&DOC) FILE(QTEMP/&DOC) +
>              TEXT('Overlay Form ' *BCAT &DOC *TCAT ' +
>              /' *BCAT &CDATE *TCAT ' / ' *BCAT &SYSTIME)
>
>
>
> Look for an object type *OVL in the library you defined.
> If  you get error messages you can DFU the file in QTEMP if  you see

&DOC
8  you did not create an overlay.
>  Recheck you printer properties.   To test the overlay  enter command
OVRPRTF FILE(QSYSPRT) PAGRTT(0) FRONTOVL(LIBRARY>/OVERLAY)  the do a HOST 
PRINT of
any screen and move the spool  file to an appropriate printer.

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Mike Cunningham [SMTP:MCUNNING@pct.edu]
Sent:   Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:48 AM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Making the AS/400 print an overlay on a Lexmark Printer

We have a lot of Lexmark network attached printers on campus and we have
recently started connecting them via TCP/IP to the AS/400 and creating a
Q on the AS/400 to run as a Remote Writer.  Next we would like to try
and initiate a form overlay of a form stored in the Lexmark printer from
the AS/400.  Has anyone done this before and can maybe save me a lot of
headaches by telling me how to proceed ?

Mike Cunningham
Director of Computer Services
PA College of Technology
mcunning@pct.edu
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