Re: Shaded Boxes on Forms

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leo Lefebvre wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have PSF/400. We're printing forms with barcodes, different fonts,
> lines, boxes, etc.
> 
> We want print some "shaded areas" on the form. Do we really need AFPto
> do that?

From what I could glean from the sales manual, it appears that you might 
have to: here is what the manual says,

The Overlay Utility has the following functions: 


     Create, copy, rename, delete, display description, and change the
description of source overlay
     files. 

     Create, change, copy, rename, delete, and print specifications for
source overlays. 

     Place text, lines, boxes, shading, bar codes, graphics, and page
segments at any defined point in
     the printable area of the page. Placement can be specified in rows
and columns (in terms of
     lines-per-inch and character-per-inch), centimeters, and inches. 

     Define vertical and horizontal lines: Lines can be solid, dashed,
or dotted with a specified thickness.


     Define boxes: Boxes can have solid, dashed, or dotted lines with a
specified thickness. Box areas
     can be shaded with a specified shade pattern and type. Text
specified within a box can be aligned
     within the box. 

     Define text in four orientations (0, 90, 180, and 270 degree) in
relation to the overlay and three
     formats in which the text is written (horizontal, vertical,
vertical with right to left). The size of
     character can be specified in height and width to enlarge or shrink
the characters. Underscoring
     and overstriking with characters can be specified, but in that
case, the generated overlay has the
     PT2 text, and therefore, is NOT interchangeable with other SAA
environments for printing. 

     Define bar codes: Twelve different bar codes types (Code 3 of 9,
Interleave 2/5, MSI Plessey,
     Industrial 2/5, Matrix 2 of 5, Codabar, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8,
EAN-13, PostNET, Code128) can
     be specified with or without the Human Readable Information (HRI),
HRI font, and HRI asterisk.
     The height of bar code elements and width of module can be
specified in either inches or
     centimeters. The wide to narrow ratio can also be specified. Bar
codes can be placed in four
     orientations (0, 90, 180, and 270 degree) in relation to the
overlay. 

Although I could swear that you could do some boxes using regular old
DDS....
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