Re: Moving Overlay

[James Horn <jdhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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


> ------------------------------
>
> 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