วันอาทิตย์ที่ 22 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2551

Printing Overlays

On the taebo invoice, I used the following steps
-Setup up IBM AFP600 printer in windows
-Click Start, settings, printer
-Double click add printer
-Click local printer
-Click IBM
-Click AFP 600 (600 dpi)
-Select print to file
-Create overlay with Microsoft Word
-Start Microsoft Word
-Allows you to design the form.
-Control A to select all
-Control C to copy
-Paint brush
-Click start, programs, accessories, paint
-In paint, control V to paste
-Click Yes "the image in the clipboard is larger than the bitmap."
-Print to AFP600 printer file
-Click File, Page Setup
-Click landscape, set the margins left, top, right, bottom to 0.25
-Click ok
-Click file, print
-Click printer file name, and select IBM AFP 600
-Click properties
-Choose 300 or 600 dpi
-Click overlay
-Click ok - properties
-Click ok – to print
-Select the folder "C:My Documents"
-Type in the file name "Overlay.prn"
-Click OK
-Create an AS400 physical file, once
-CRTPF FILE(EASTAFP/OVERLAY) RCDLEN(32766) TEXT(OVERLAY)
-Make sure that Overlay.prn is not larger than 32K
-Copy printer file to AS400 QDLS
-Start As400 operational navigator
-Click on 38.195.141.4 computer
-Click on File systems
-If file systems does not appear, install this client access component.
-Click on QDLS
-Click on EASTON
-Start windows explorer
-Right click start, click explorer
-Click on My documents
-Drag Overlay to QDLS (copy)
-Menus AFP
-Menu option 3, Copy qdls file to AS400 physical file
-CPYFRMPCD FROMFLR(EASTON) TOFILE(eastafp/OVERLAY) FROMDOC(OVERLAY.PRN) TRNTBL(*NONE) TRNFMT(*NOTEXT)
-Menu option 4, Delete existing overlay
-dltovl eastafp/taeboovl
-Menu option 5, Compile Overlay
-CRTOVL OVL(EASTAFP/cmasOVL) FILE(EASTAFP/OVERLAY) MBR(OVERLAY) TEXT(OVERLAY)
-Compile print file devtype(*apf)
-CRTPRTF FILE(EASTAFP/cmasOVLP) SRCFILE(EASTAFP/QSRC) SRCMBR(cmasOVLP) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) REPLACE(*YES)
-Menu option 6, Test Overlay
-Call taeboovl
-You may want to modify TAEBOOVLP, adjusting the starting position.
-Note, the overlay was printed landscape (rotated) and the text is rotated too
-Menu option 7, Print invoice
Call AL267BC
Note: change the overlay(xxx 0 0) won’t adjust down, it does adjust across
Notes, problems
-AFP600 support 300 & 600 DPI. 600 dpi takes 30 second, 300 dpi takes 10 seconds to transmit and a print 1 page overlay.
-If you print to AFP600 printer using word, the overlay will not come out correct.
-Print settings in Word (portrate/lanscape) doesn’t effect the final outcome.
-Changing the margins in Paint brush does effect final overlay, but it is better to adjust to make left & right adjustments in the DDS overlay(xxx 1.0 1.0)
-Make sure the overlay is not greater than 32K
-See manual AS/400 Guide to AFP and PSF
-Chapter 11.2.1-1 for DDS keywords
-Chapter 9.2.3-1 for creating overlays
-Example software may be downloaded from
-http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/4sample
-http://www.printers.ibm.com/SEARCH.NSF/search?openagent&Query=sampler
-The Overlay command doesn’t work with client access express
-See manual Printer device programming , apendix 1.4.5.12.1 for fonts. Run program ipds test to see fonts printed. And see library QSAMPLER.