Making Laser Printer Overlays

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Mike Schwartz wrote:

> ... 
> those of you who create laser overlays on a regular basis.  (I am starting
> to understand what needs to be done, but I want to make sure I'm not
> overlooking any tools that could make this job a lot easier to do.)

AnzioWin and Print Wizard would "make this job a lot easier to do".

Use AnzioWin if your filePro runs on Unix/Linux. AnzioWin includes the 
Print Wizard "engine" for passthrough print jobs. Starts at $150.

Use Print Wizard if your filePro runs on Windows. Starts at $99.

To make an overlay, do any of these things:

1. Take an existing paper form, scan it at full size (8 1/2 by 11" for 
instance), and save it as a BMP, GIF, JPG, or TIF.

2. Design a fullpage image in a photo program.

3. Take an existing PDF, DOC, WPD, etc. Print it to file using a PCL-5 
driver. That's all!

4. Design a new form in Word, Excel, Publisher, or whatever. Print to file 
using a PCL-5 driver.

PCL files can even be multiple pages; the page images will be cycled.

It really is easy! PW does all the work for you. Not only can you use this 
overlay on a PCL-5 printer, you can:

* Use it on ANY Windows-supported printer. Just tell AnzioWin/PW to 
translate the PCL.

* Create PDFs with the overlay (and email them).

* Create faxes with the overlay.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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