Re: Moving Overlay

we use lots of overlays, none full page. always control them with program
to system fields. never seem to have serious problems.

A R
OVL1ZZ
A

A* PRINT BODY
LOGO
A OVERLAY(&OVNAME0
+
A &OVDOWN0
&OVACROSS0)
A* PRINT UPPER LEFT OVERLAY - COMPANY
LOGO
A OVERLAY(&OVNAME1
+
A &OVDOWN1
&OVACROSS1)
A* PRINT UPPER RIGHTOVERLAY - 2ND
LOGO
A OVERLAY(&OVNAME2
+
A &OVDOWN2
&OVACROSS2)
A

A OVNAME0 8A
P
A OVDOWN0 5S
3P
A OVACROSS0 5S
3P
A OVNAME1 8A
P
A OVDOWN1 5S
3P
A OVACROSS1 5S
3P
A OVNAME2 8A
P
A OVDOWN2 5S
3P
A OVACROSS2 5S
3P

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message: 6
date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:32:36 -0400
from: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Moving Overlay

I just completed a number of tests using nothing but boxes at various
widths and that confirms what
you just said. I am going to go back and move everything back to left
margin very tightly and it
looks like that would do it with minor tweaking.....

My other concern is getting the printer font and the overlay font to
match as close as I can.
Since this is all done on pc's using true type, I'm sure the printer
stream is gonna look a
little different.

Yes...we are talking full page overlays...

Wow.....it's been very time consuming.

I sort of wish I has just done a simple deal with DDS with lines and boxes
but the guy wants a fancy Steel logo to print on all pages. Lot's of
reverse
image words and heavy shaded boxes.


On 8/3/2011 5:06 PM, Musselman, Paul wrote:

I'm assuming we're talking about full-page overlays.

My theory on overlays is that they never line up quite the same once

they're uploaded to the iSeries! Best bet is to create them to proper size,
but have little or no top and left margins. This lets you use the OVRPRTF
command to move the overlay 'down' and 'across' to line up with the text.

When we created our overlays for the first time we had 'fun' trying to

get things to line up. We (me) in IT made an 'executive decision,' and
defined the overlays to work at 12 CPI instead of 10. Not a major change,
and with laser printers the resolution is good enough that it's still
legible. This did mean that we had to squeeze the overlay horizontally (and
apply any graphics -after- the squeeze to prevent distortion), and override
the text to 12 CPI. This gave us plenty of room to maneuver both the
overlay and the text to line up. It did leave an extra-wide right-hand
margin (about an inch), which we filled with another copy of our logo and
document title (turned sideways).

Paul E Musselman
paulmmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx