Re: Problems while printing ovelays to a *IPDS printer

Check the printer you are using, it may have area near the edge that is not
printable because of ink bleed.  We had that issue with an overlay printing
on a HP 5si.  We had to shrink the overlay to allow for the printers
required edge.

Schadd Gray
Damon Technologies, Inc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vivienne Seymour" <vivienne.seymour@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:22 AM
Subject: Problems while printing ovelays to a *IPDS printer


> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I am attempting to print a report which includes an overlay.
>
> I am creating the overlay in word with a page size of A4.
>
> Using AFP 300 driver with settings of A4 size as the paper size, overlay
as
> the output type. This will generate a .prn file
>
> I am then using the AFP workbench (Client Access) to view this overlay and
> create it into a .oly file which I transfer to the I: drive and
subsequently
> CRTOVL on the AS400.
>
>
>
> My problem is that even though the overlay appears to be within margins
and
> view ok in the AFP workbench; when it prints on the AS400 the overlay is
not
> printed correctly.
>
> Pending on the X & Y coordinates I use in my print program it either
> truncates the top of the box off or prints the top of the box down the end
> of the page thereby truncating the bottom half of the box. The box does
not
> appear to be too big for the page when viewed in both word and the AFP
> workbench. When printed regardless of the X,Y coordinates there always
> appears to be enough space on the page for truncation NOT to occur. I
don't
> understand why it is happening.
>
>
>
> I am not sure whether I am using the right driver of not?
>
> The printer is set up with a DEVICE CLASS of *LCL
>
>                                        DEVICE TYPE of *IPDS
>
>                                        DEVICE MODEL of 0
>
>
>
> I preferably do not want to go down the HOST PRINT TRANSFORM route if
> possible. Are there any settings that I need to address that I have
> overlooked?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Vivienne
>
>
>
>
>
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