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I've been involved with this issue with IBM's support for over a month. Here's the complete PMR: http://projectdream.org/pmr-overlays.txt There will be a resolution for the AFP driver in Q2 2007. Maybe. Eventually. Probably. We did find a solution, however. It involved 5722-IP1 though, so i hope you have that LICPGM. You will need the (Windows) tiff2afp tool.
From our internal docs (in German, very fast and ugly translation below):
Grafikkonversion über das tiff2afp Tool ##### ENGLISH VERSIOn Requirements IBM InfoPrint Server - License Program 5722IP1 PC graphics program capable of genreating TIFF output Installation Tiff2afp and other service program can be installed from the IFS path on the system /QIBM/ProdData/InfoprintServer/Transforms/Install/Image/setup.exe You should be able to find tiff2afp now in the following path: %ProgramFiles%\IBM Printing Systems\bin\tiff2afp.exe Generate AFP Data: The Initial graphic can be scanned or created, and can be retouched and save das a 24bit color picture in TIFF format with LZW compression (or without compression). The Tiff File can now be converted with the tiff2afp Toolit: If you create the overlay for a black and white printer, yo uwill need to convert the data to IOCA FS10 format tiff2afp -a ioca10 -pagetype overlay C:\meinbild.tiff If you create an Overlay for a color printer, you will need to convert the picture to IOCA FS45 format data: tiff2afp -a ioca45 -pagetype overlay -cmp jpeg C:\meinbild.tiff The resulting file C:\meinbild.afp now contains the required AFP data Hint: Conversion with the tiff2afp tools creates AFP data with a resolution ov 300 DPI, this means that 300 points on the initial picture will correspond to 1 inch (2.54cm) on paper. If you want to print a letterhead in the format 17x2 cm (ca. 6.7x 0.8 inch), you will need to create an intiial graphic with 2010x240 points. ####End Docs Hope this helps. Cyas, Lukas Original German Version: * Voraussetzungen: o IBM InfoPrint Server (Lizenzprogramm 5722IP1) o Beliebiges PC Grafik-/Layoutprogramm mit Speichermöglichkeit im TIFF-Format * Installation: o Das Installationspaket des tiff2afp Tools (und weiterer Dienstprogramme) wird vom angegebenen IFS-Pfad des System auf der lokalen Arbeitsstation installiert: /QIBM/ProdData/InfoprintServer/Transforms/Install/Image/setup.exe o Neben einigen anderen Programmen ist das tiff2afp Tool nun üblicherweise im folgenden Pfad zu finden: %ProgramFiles%\IBM Printing Systems\bin\tiff2afp.exe * AFP-Daten erzeugen: o Die Ausgangsgrafik wird in einem beliebigen Grafikprogramm auf dem PC gescannt bzw erstellt und nachbearbeitet und anschliessend als 24-Bit Farbbild im TIFF-Format mit LZW-Kompression (oder ohne Kompression) gespeichert. o Die TIFF-Datei kann nun mit dem tiff2afp Toolkit konvertiert werden: + Wird das Overlay für einen Schwarzweiss-Drucker erstellt, müssen die Daten ins IOCA FS10 Format exportiert werden: tiff2afp -a ioca10 -pagetype overlay C:\meinbild.tiff + Wird das Overlay für einen Farb-Drucker erstellt, müssen die Daten ins IOCA FS45 Format exportiert werden: tiff2afp -a ioca45 -pagetype overlay -cmp jpeg C:\meinbild.tiff + Die resulitierende Datei C:\meinbild.afp enthält die benötigten AFP-Daten. Tipp Die Konversion mit dem tiff2afp Tool erzeugt üblicherweise AFP-Daten mit einer Dichte von 300 dpi (dots per inch) - das heisst, dass 300 Punkte der Ausgangsgrafik auf dem Papier 1 Zoll (2.54 cm) breit werden. Wird nun ein Briefkopf im Format 17 x 2 cm gewünscht (dies entspricht etwa 6.7 x 0.8 Zoll), müsste die vorbereitete Ausgangsgrafik eine Grösse von 2010 x 240 Punkten aufweisen. -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:45 PM To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: get color overlay to work?
From the archives, there was discussion of getting color overlays to
work on the iSeries, with no thread announcing success. Need to print a simple invoice overlay, with color logos. It would be great if no additional products needed, other than a pc product like Word or Photoshop. Has any been able to do this? The price of various forms products (over 10k) is killing this project for a company with only 1 pre-printed form. No network server exists at this site. At v5r4. Base OS, iSeries Access, dev tools only. Jim Franz
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