Re: Printing overlays to an AS/400 attached laser printer

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A native IPDS printer would eliminate that problem.

HPT is basically doing that for you and has no way to
"store" the overlay. The IPDS printer would manage all
that.

HPT lulls people into thinking they can get out of a
proper solution. It's a good solution for a lot of things
but AFP/IPDS functions are not it's strong points.

The custom font sounds like the right idea for your problem.




Richard Casey wrote:

> Help!
>
> I'm printing paychecks to a network attached Xerox laser printer. I've
> created an overlay containing the signature block and reference it in the
> printer file definition. It works great. However, as far as I can tell, I
> have to use Host Print Transform = *YES which causes a really BIG hit on the
> AS/400 when it converts the print file prior to sending it to the printer.
>
> I'm currently working to convert the signature to a custom font that I can
> download to the printer once and then include a reference to that font in my
> print program.
>
> Is there a way to "pre-convert" an overlay rather than having the AS/400
> chew on it for each check?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Richard Casey