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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.
2.
Open your application’s
Print…
dialogue.
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.
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