RE: Overlay printing

["Helge Bichel" <hbi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have not installed 5722AF1, works without.

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Overlay printing


Thanks Michael
yep - its there. Just need to read up on how to use it



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midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/25/2008 08:47:45 AM:

> 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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I ended up using IBM AFP utilities, a green screen application that
> > lets you design overlays.  With that, I could exactly position the
> > shading.
> >
> > This was 10+ years and two jobs ago, but the overlays are still in use.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alan Shore
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> > > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/24/2008 04:10:45 PM:
> > >
> > > > On 24/09/2008, at 11:39 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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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