Re: Overlay printing

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's licensed program 5722AF1. Do a GO LICPGM option 10, or a DSPSFWRSC.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Charles
> I may have to consider using IBM AFP utilities.
> How can I tell if that is installed on the system??
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> That doesn't sound "too complex" to me.
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> I've done similar overlays starting with a old 9402-400 ( 50 CPW or
> something?)  Printing to both an IBM Infoprint 40 *IPDS printer and an
> HP Laserjet (via HPT).
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> One issue you may have is getting the shading exactly where you wanted
> it.  When I tried to do this with MS Word and/or Excel I simply
> couldn't get the positioning exact enough.  I was trying to shade
> every other line for a spool file that was to be printed at 8 lpi.
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> I ended up using IBM AFP utilities, a green screen application that
> lets you design overlays.  With that, I could exactly position the
> shading.
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> This was 10+ years and two jobs ago, but the overlays are still in use.
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> Charles
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> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply Simon
> > I cannot remember exactly how long I've left the spool file in a PND
> state,
> > but I'm sure its been for quite a few hours.
> > If this is in fact the problem, then the overlay is definitely out of the
> > question.
> > As for your question of the overlay being overly complex ---- I used
> excel
> > to create a grid in landscape format, with every other row being shaded.
> > What I may do is to create a simple overlay (of maybe a couple of rows in
> a
> > grid format) and see what happens there.
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> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/24/2008 04:10:45 PM:
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> > > On 24/09/2008, at 11:39 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
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> > > > The attributes showed that the overlay was in fact using *LIBL
> > > > I changed the process so that the correct library name was used
> > > > Unfortunately, the same result occurred , the status is PND
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> > >
> > > PND just means the writer is "thinking". This can indicate HPT is
> > > active, or overlays are being merged, etc. Perhaps the overlay is
> > > overly complex? Does it NEVER print or are you just impatient?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Simon Coulter.
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