Re: Forms printing

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I usually use the AFP 300 printer driver.

I generate the forms using an overlay, and HPT to a laser printer.
Need to specify *AFPDS for the printer file, but just a regular laser
printer.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The redbook, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg242160.pdf is easy enough to read.  But, I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1) I have an existing blank form.  I am assuming that the form would need to be scanned and then printed to a file using the AFP printer.  Which one would I use?
>
> 2) Is an IPDS printer required, or would an AFPDS printer file work when directed to a laser printer.  The form has boxes and text with different fonts.
>
>
> Currently, forms are being generated by a forms chip inside a Lexmark printer.  Would really be nice to not be tied to a specific printer model, which is no longer manufactured.
>
>
> John McKee
>
>
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