On the Taebo invoice, I used the following steps

• Setup up IBM AFP600 printer in windows
• • Click Start, settings, printer
  • Double click add printer
  • Click local printer
  • Click IBM
  • Click AFP 600 (600 dpi)
  • Select print to file
  • Create overlay with Microsoft Word
  • Start Microsoft Word
  • Allows you to design the form.
  • Control A to select all
  • Control C to copy
• Paint brush
• • Click start, programs, accessories, paint
  • In paint, control V to paste
  • Click Yes "the image in the clipboard is larger than the bitmap."
• Print to AFP600 printer file
• • Click File, Page Setup
  • Click landscape, set the margins left, top, right, bottom to 0.25
  • Click ok
  • Click file, print
  • Click printer file name, and select IBM AFP 600
  • Click properties
  • Choose 300 or 600 dpi
  • Click overlay
  • Click ok - properties
  • Click ok – to print
  • Select the folder "C:My Documents"
  • Type in the file name "Overlay.prn"
  • Click OK
• Create an i5 physical file, once
• • CRTPF FILE(EASTAFP/OVERLAY) RCDLEN(32766) TEXT(OVERLAY)
  • Make sure that Overlay.prn is not larger than 32K
• Copy printer file to i5 QDLS
• • Start i5 operational navigator
  • • Click on 38.195.141.4 computer
    • Click on File systems
      • If file systems does not appear, install this client access component.
    • Click on QDLS
    • Click on EASTON
  • Start windows explorer
  • • Right click start, click explorer
    • Click on My documents
    • Drag Overlay to QDLS (copy)
• Menus AFP
• Menu option 3, Copy qdls file to i5 physical file
• • CPYFRMPCD FROMFLR(EASTON) TOFILE(eastafp/OVERLAY) FROMDOC(OVERLAY.PRN) TRNTBL(*NONE) TRNFMT(*NOTEXT)
• Menu option 4, Delete existing overlay
• • dltovl eastafp/taeboovl
• Menu option 5, Compile Overlay
• • CRTOVL OVL(EASTAFP/cmasOVL) FILE(EASTAFP/OVERLAY) MBR(OVERLAY) TEXT(OVERLAY)
• Compile print file devtype(*apf)
• • CRTPRTF FILE(EASTAFP/cmasOVLP) SRCFILE(EASTAFP/QSRC) SRCMBR(cmasOVLP) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) REPLACE(*YES)
• Menu option 6, Test Overlay
• • Call taeboovl
  • • You may want to modify TAEBOOVLP, adjusting the starting position.
    • Note, the overlay was printed landscape (rotated) and the text is rotated too
• Menu option 7, Print invoice
• • Call AL267BC
  • Note: change the overlay(xxx 0 0) won’t adjust down, it does adjust across

Notes, problems

• AFP600 support 300 & 600 DPI. 600 dpi takes 30 second, 300 dpi takes 10 seconds to transmit and a print 1 page overlay.
• If you print to AFP600 printer using word, the overlay will not come out correct.
• Print settings in Word (portrait/landscape) doesn’t effect the final outcome.
• Changing the margins in Paint brush does effect final overlay, but it is better to adjust to make left & right adjustments in the DDS overlay(xxx 1.0 1.0)
• Make sure the overlay is not greater than 32K
• See manual iSeries Guide to AFP and PSF
  • Chapter 11.2.1-1 for DDS keywords
  • Chapter 9.2.3-1 for creating overlays
• See manual Printer device programming , appendix 1.4.5.12.1 for fonts. Run program ipds test to see fonts printed. And see library QSAMPLER.