RE: AFP - *OVL issue

Hi Rich,

The printer is a LEXMARK Optra S2455 which is attached to the LAN and I
can't see the device description from the 400.

Concerning the PRTF, I tried using the FRONTOVL parameter and
DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) but also specifying the overlay details within the DDS. None
of them worked...

I downloaded some samples from the IBM website (PRTF, OVL and RPG), ran them
off and printed the reports on this printer, but I couldn't get the logos
and frames to print (although the barcodes printed ok). I tried them on an
IBM printer too, and again, it didn't work.

I'm really puzzled as it seems to be a very simple operation and I followed
the step-by-step procedure to the letter.


One funny thing is that I can display the spool file before printing it,
which I believe shouldn't be possible because of the overlay. Strange...

Any ideas and clues are most welcome...


Fabrice.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rich Duzenbury
Sent: 27 January 2004 17:10
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: AFP - *OVL issue

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 10:01, Fabrice Calmelat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have created an overlay using the IBM AFP driver and the CRTOVL command.
> This went smoothly and I can compile a PRTF referencing this overlay.
> However, when I print my report, the overlay does not get printed and I
only
> get the data.
>
> Any ideas?
Make sure to specify devtype(*afpds) frontovl(myovl) on the CRTPRTF
comnmand.  You're sending it to an IPDS printer, or a printer running
host print transform, too, right?

>
>
> Fabrice
>
>
>
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