InterForm Manual - System & Method

pick it from the same file set. Note that the string “##overlayname” must be written in the
document with a font that is resident in the printer (e.g. Courier).
In order to avoid the overlay to be added to certain pages in the overlay, you must create an
empty overlay (eg. with the name “blank”), and insert the text “##blank” on all pages which
should be printed without overlay. Alternatively, you can define the merge on the System i to
use the overlay “blank”, which means all pages in the spoll entry which do not specifically have
an overlay call (##overlayname) will be printed without overlay.
Defining a Virtual printer in iSeries Access:
In Windows Click Start, Printer and Click the “Add Printer” icon. The same printer should be
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used as input to InterForm400 . Tag “Network Printer” and click Continue, Locate your System
i under the “iSeries Access network” and chose a printer on the System i.
Note: If no printers are displayed (if all printers are defined as remote writers), or if you
do not have a printer available on the System i to use as input queue to Auto Forms
Control you must create a “dummy” writer. This automatically creates an output
queue, which you can use as input queue to Auto Forms Control:
CRTDEVPRT DEVD(DUMMY) DEVCLS(*VRT) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) FONT(11)
ONLINE(*NO)
The printer installation wizard will now ask you to select a driver for the printer. Select
a PCL driver that corresponds to the PCL emulation supported by the laser printer
connected to the System i.
� WARNING �
Note that the each page in the *ASCII spool entry must not exceed 80kb. If you receive an
error because of this, you should try to remove elements, especially graphics, in order to stay
within this limit.
� TIP �
You can convert a ASCII file in IFS into a SCS spool file by using the command
APF3812/PRTASCF. See page 447.
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