Re: afp print driver. how to get overlay landscape mode.

ok, I got it to work....
the word is "hokey"

in Word, I change the form size to "Tabloid", which is 11x17.
I changed the orientation to Portrait.

In the AFP print driver, I left everything alone (portrait, page size 11x17), but on the CROP, I said the bottom margin as 8.5...

It works.




On 7/25/2012 3:17 PM, Gqcy wrote:

when I do that, the document itself "transforms" to portrait, meaning
all the text and boxes get re-arranged...



On 7/25/2012 3:06 PM, Booth Martin wrote:

Ah!!! Sounds like progress to me! :) At least now you have a bunch of
things to look at and a whole bunch more permutations to try.

I wonder if the next step, if its possible, is to see about changing the
orientation of the overlay to portrait too, and see what happens then?

On 7/25/2012 3:02 PM, Gqcy wrote:

btw...
doing this created LOTS of windows errors about paper size not matching,
and attempting to print outside of printable range...



On 7/25/2012 2:49 PM, Booth Martin wrote:

I have had this problem before, but a long time ago. My memory is that
the final solution I came up with made sense, was simple, and not at
all
obvious.

I know this is a stupid question. Can you change the paper size to 11"
by 8.5" instead of 8.5" by 11"? If so, then run everything as portrait?

On 7/25/2012 2:43 PM, Gqcy wrote:

thanks, here are my results when I change the drivers orientation
setting:

default appears to be landscape, resulting afp document opens in afp
viewer as portrait, top oriented to right.
when I use landscape(270) resulting afp document opens as portrait,
top
oriented to left.
when I use portrait, resulting afp document opens in afp viewer as
portrait, top being oriented to right.
when I use portrait(180), resulting afp document opens in afp
viewer as
portrait, top being oriented to right...

ARGH!!!!!!!



On 7/25/2012 2:27 PM, Booth Martin wrote:

Try taking away one "landscape" setting. That may be rotating it 90
degrees twice.

On 7/25/2012 2:18 PM, Gqcy wrote:

Thanks Michael,
I have selected output type as overlay.
the document is set as "landscape" in Word.
in printer properties, for the AFP printer,

I have Paper size set as Letter (8.5 x 11 in),
Orentation as : Landscape.

however the resulting AFP document opens in the AFP viewer as
portrait, and when I take it up to the system i, it overlays as
portrait...





On 7/25/2012 2:11 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:

Make sure in the printer properties that you specify Output Type as
Overlay. You can also set the Orientation and Paper Size.

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Gqcy<gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a word document, that is in landscape mode.
I am trying to use the afp print driver, to create an overlay.
I have tried lots of different settings with the driver, but I
can't
get
the correct combination.

Can someone help me?

thanks...