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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 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.
2. Open your application’s Print… dialog.
3. Make sure that the selected printer name (1) is that of
your PCL printer driver.
4. Select the Print To File (2) option.
5. When prompted for a print file name, enter a
meaningful name with the extension .PRN .
6. Close your application.