Re: Printing Logos

Ken,

I haven't used AFP utilities in years.  Very few of my clients
actually have the utility.  So that leaves one to use other resources.

When I used it way back when...I found it relatively easy to use but
you also had to use your imagination a little to picture the final
product.  This has probably been improved somewhat now.  IBM has other
products that would do the same thing.

Bottom line, you are going to have a learning curve either way you go.

See if this link works.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=AFP+overlays&uid=nas19
f15a739383fc991862565c2007cc651&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en


Regards,
Russell Conerly
Tupelo, MS


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> Thanks for getting specific -- this is new to me.  But in looking at
the
> redbook Printing V, under Page Segment, all it says is that you can
use AFP
> Utilities/400 to create Page Segments.  Never having done either of
these,
> this is just a different way of doing it, yes?  Have you tried using
the AFP
> Utilities?  Is this an easier approach?
> 
> Ken
> 
> "Russell Conerly" <rconerly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> in message news:200306190057.h5J0vbLj016409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Ken,
> >
> > You need to install the AFP print drivers that come with Client
Access
> > on your PC.  I've had good luck using the IBM 3812 AFP driver.
> >
> > You could then print the logo(s) that you want to use, using MS
Word
> > or MS paint, etc. selecting the AFP printer and printing them to a
> > file.  You will need to designate on the printer properties that
you
> > are creating an page segment.
> >
> > Once this is done, FTP a binary image of the print file to a PF
> > created on your AS/400.  This file will need to be created with
the
> > MAXIMUM record length (32766 I think) and LVLCHK(*NO) beforehand.
> >
> > Then use the CRTPAGSEG command to create the page segment in your
> > specified library.  Then you will need to reference the page
segment
> > in your external printfile.
> >
> > One more thing...create your printfile with DEVTYPE(*AFPDS).
> >
> > That is a short synopsis of how I've done it before.  Your mileage
may
> > vary.
> >
> > I hope it helps.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Russell Conerly
> > Tupelo, MS
> >
> > -------------------
> > > Sorry if this has been brougnt up ad naseum, but I couldn't find
> > anything.
> > >
> > > We run many tournaments with the same set of programs.  It's all
> > done with
> > > library lists (all programs are in a central library), and
default
> > value
> > > files within those libraries.  Now I want to be able to print a
logo
> > via an
> > > external print file.  I know this can be done, somehow, by
defining
> > a font,
> > > but I don't want to have to define 15-20 fonts, and check in the
> > programs to
> > > see which font I want to use.
> > >
> > > Is there some way to store something, within a given library,
that
> > will let
> > > me use the same object name within the program or DDS?  Or
perhaps
> > there's a
> > > way of storing each of them using the library name as part of a
> > concatenated
> > > string name and then putting that together somehow, and then
still
> > being
> > > able to print via the DDS?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > Ken Welle
> > >
> > >
> > >
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