130 • Overlays and Macros (Windows only)
1.
Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application
software. Remember, if necessary, to format the document so that it will fit
within the appropriate space.
2.
Open your application’s Print… dialog and choose any options you will require,
ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the
overlays have been defined.
3.
Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window.
4.
On the Overlays tab, choose Use Overlay from the
drop-down list (1).
5.
Click on the first overlay (2) you wish to use. In this
example it is the Cover Page overlay. Then click the
Add
button (3).
6.
If you want to use another overlay, in this case it is
the Continuation page, click the second overlay (4)
and then click the Add button (3) again.
7.
When you have selected all the overlays you want to
use for this document, click
OK
.
8.
Finally, in your application’s print dialog, click OK to begin printing.
Creating PCL Overlays
Three steps are required to create an overlay:
1.
Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a
printer (.PRN) file.
2.
Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your
printer to create a “project file,” import the .PRN file, and download the
generated filter (.BIN) files to the printer.
3.
Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future
document.
When printing files to disk, do not select any special features, such as two-sided
printing or multiple copies. These are not appropriate to macros, they apply
only to your final documents.
Creating the overlay image
1.
Use your preferred application, perhaps a graphics program, to create the
required image and save it.
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