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I've been involved with this issue with IBM's support for over a month. Here's the complete PMR: http://projectdream.org/pmr-overlays.txt There will be a resolution for the AFP driver in Q2 2007. Maybe. Eventually. Probably. We did find a solution, however. It involved 5722-IP1 though, so i hope you have that LICPGM. You will need the (Windows) tiff2afp tool.
From our internal docs (in German, very fast and ugly translation below):
Grafikkonversion über das tiff2afp Tool
##### ENGLISH VERSIOn
Requirements
IBM InfoPrint Server - License Program 5722IP1
PC graphics program capable of genreating TIFF output
Installation
Tiff2afp and other service program can be installed from the IFS path on the
system
/QIBM/ProdData/InfoprintServer/Transforms/Install/Image/setup.exe
You should be able to find tiff2afp now in the following path:
%ProgramFiles%\IBM Printing Systems\bin\tiff2afp.exe
Generate AFP Data:
The Initial graphic can be scanned or created, and can be retouched and save
das a 24bit color picture in TIFF format with LZW compression (or without
compression).
The Tiff File can now be converted with the tiff2afp Toolit:
If you create the overlay for a black and white printer, yo uwill need to
convert the data to IOCA FS10 format
tiff2afp -a ioca10 -pagetype overlay C:\meinbild.tiff
If you create an Overlay for a color printer, you will need to convert the
picture to IOCA FS45 format data:
tiff2afp -a ioca45 -pagetype overlay -cmp jpeg C:\meinbild.tiff
The resulting file C:\meinbild.afp now contains the required AFP data
Hint: Conversion with the tiff2afp tools creates AFP data with a resolution ov
300 DPI, this means that 300 points on the initial picture will correspond to 1
inch (2.54cm) on paper. If you want to print a letterhead in the format 17x2 cm
(ca. 6.7x 0.8 inch), you will need to create an intiial graphic with 2010x240
points.
####End Docs
Hope this helps.
Cyas,
Lukas
Original German Version:
* Voraussetzungen:
o IBM InfoPrint Server (Lizenzprogramm 5722IP1)
o Beliebiges PC Grafik-/Layoutprogramm mit Speichermöglichkeit im
TIFF-Format
* Installation:
o Das Installationspaket des tiff2afp Tools (und weiterer
Dienstprogramme) wird vom angegebenen IFS-Pfad des System auf der lokalen
Arbeitsstation installiert:
/QIBM/ProdData/InfoprintServer/Transforms/Install/Image/setup.exe
o Neben einigen anderen Programmen ist das tiff2afp Tool nun
üblicherweise im folgenden Pfad zu finden:
%ProgramFiles%\IBM Printing Systems\bin\tiff2afp.exe
* AFP-Daten erzeugen:
o Die Ausgangsgrafik wird in einem beliebigen Grafikprogramm auf dem
PC gescannt bzw erstellt und nachbearbeitet und anschliessend als 24-Bit
Farbbild im TIFF-Format mit LZW-Kompression (oder ohne Kompression) gespeichert.
o Die TIFF-Datei kann nun mit dem tiff2afp Toolkit konvertiert werden:
+ Wird das Overlay für einen Schwarzweiss-Drucker erstellt,
müssen die Daten ins IOCA FS10 Format exportiert werden:
tiff2afp -a ioca10 -pagetype overlay C:\meinbild.tiff
+ Wird das Overlay für einen Farb-Drucker erstellt, müssen die
Daten ins IOCA FS45 Format exportiert werden:
tiff2afp -a ioca45 -pagetype overlay -cmp jpeg
C:\meinbild.tiff
+ Die resulitierende Datei C:\meinbild.afp enthält die
benötigten AFP-Daten.
Tipp Die Konversion mit dem tiff2afp Tool erzeugt üblicherweise AFP-Daten mit
einer Dichte von 300 dpi (dots per inch) - das heisst, dass 300 Punkte der
Ausgangsgrafik auf dem Papier 1 Zoll (2.54 cm) breit werden. Wird nun ein
Briefkopf im Format 17 x 2 cm gewünscht (dies entspricht etwa 6.7 x 0.8 Zoll),
müsste die vorbereitete Ausgangsgrafik eine Grösse von 2010 x 240 Punkten
aufweisen.
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:45 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: get color overlay to work?
From the archives, there was discussion of getting color overlays to
work on the iSeries, with no thread announcing success. Need to print a simple invoice overlay, with color logos. It would be great if no additional products needed, other than a pc product like Word or Photoshop. Has any been able to do this? The price of various forms products (over 10k) is killing this project for a company with only 1 pre-printed form. No network server exists at this site. At v5r4. Base OS, iSeries Access, dev tools only. Jim Franz
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