HP Overlays

[Bob Rasmussen]

Hi Ken,

I'm pretty good with PCL-5, but I'd recommend a very different approach. 
Jim's approach was to build PCL forms, load them as macros into a 
PCL-5 compatible printer, and trigger those macros while printing the 
report text (which was also likely PCL-5). At least that's how I 
understand it.

Consider a different approach, using Print Wizard (our product). Your 
report output can remain the same, in PCL-5 (or some other options). But 
the form does not have to be in PCL-5. It can be a PDF form, straight from 
a government agency. Or it can be designed in Word, Excel, MS Publisher, 
or similar, saved as EMF or PDF. It can even be a scan of a paper form.

Print Wizard can combine the form and the report at print time, and output 
to ANY Windows-supported printer, or even to PDF. You can preview the 
output on the screen, adjust the placement of the form, adjust the 
placement of the report on the form, test print a page, print the final 
report, and save all the adjustments into a profile to use the next time 
you print that form.

Print Wizard can email the report-over-form, or even (shudder) fax it.

You can print 5-part invoices on 5 different colors of paper with 5 
variations of the form, collated or uncollated. Stapled.

All this is available in either our Print Wizard products or the Print 
Wizard engine in AnzioWin terminal emulation.

I mean no disrespect to Jim Asman. I certainly learned some things from 
him, and his techniques were appropriate for the times and the available 
hardware. But PCL-5 printers are getting hard to find.

Ken, I'd love to come visit and demonstrate, but I don't think we Yankees 
are allowed down under right now. But I'd be happy to do a remote 
setup on your machine and demonstrate.

Stay well.

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020, Ken Cole via Filepro-list wrote:

> Hi Everyone and I hope you are all doing well and staying safe in these
> different times.
>
> We used to use Jim Asman to assist us with some complex HP Overlays over
> the years.
>
> Sadly of course Jim isn't with us any longer.
>
> Is there anyone out there with the requisite skills to assist in building
> and maintaining these overlays going forward.
>
> There is not a lot of work, maybe a couple of overlays a year unless there
> is a major change going on, like a change of address on multiple forms,
> which coincidentally is most likely to happen next year, Q4 2021 sometime.
>
> thanks and kind regards
>
> Ken
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