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PRINTING WITH PCL OVERLAYS
Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any
documents you wish. The example illustrated here uses two overlays
for business letters. The first prints on just the top page, and the
second prints on any or all subsequent pages.
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 nicely within the plain areas on your
letterhead overlay.
2.
Open your application’s
Print…
dialogue and choose any
options you will require, ensuring that the target printer is your
PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined.
3.
Click the
Properties
button to open the Printing Preferences
window.
4.
On the Overlay tab, check the
Use active overlays
checkbox (1).
5.
In the Defined Overlays list,
click on the first overlay (2)
you wish to use, and click the
Add
button (3) to add it to the
Active Overlays list. (If you
want a reminder of how this
overlay looks, click the
Test
Print
button.)
6.
If you want to use another overlay with this document, in this
example it is the “Continuation Page” overlay, click this
overlay (4) in the list of defined overlays, and then click the
Add
button (3) again to add the second overlay to the list of
active overlays.
7.
When the list of active overlays contains all the items you want
to use, click
OK
.
8.
Finally, click the
Print
button in your application’s Print
dialogue to begin printing your document.
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