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

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.

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