Registering Forms (Form Overlay)

You can register such as logos to the machine as forms, and then print overlays. This section describes how to register forms.

About how to Print Overlays

Overlaying Forms or Logos (Overlay)

  1. Click [Start], and then select [Devices and Printers].

  2. Right-click the printer icon, and then select the necessary printer driver from [Printer Properties].

  3. Select the [Ports] tab, select the [FILE] check box from [Port], and then click [Configure Port].

  4. Create a form to register on the machine.

    If using the Windows PCL printer driver, proceed to step 9.

  5. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.

  6. Click [Preferences] (or [Properties]).

  7. Select the [Extend] tab, and then click [Overlays].

  8. Select [Create Form].

  9. Start printing.

  10. Enter the file name under which you want to save.

    example : C:tempform.prn

  11. Select the previous port from [Printer Port] on the [Port] tab, and then click [OK].

  1. Click [Start], and then select [All Programs] > [Okidata] > [Configuration Tool] > [Configuration Tool].

  2. Select [Storage Manager] from the [Plug-ins] menu.

  3. Click (New Project).

  4. Click (Add File to Project), and then select a created form file.

    The form is added to the project.

  5. Click the form file.

  6. For Windows PCL printer driver users, enter ID of the form (arbitrary) in [ID] and click [OK]. For Windows PS printer driver users, enter the form name in [Component], and then click [OK].

    Note

    Do not change [Target Volume] and [Path].

    Memo

    For those who use the Windows PCL printer driver for overlay printing, specify the form ID entered in [ID], and who use the Windows PS printer driver, specify the form name entered in [Component].

  7. Select the machine from the bottom of the Storage Manager Plug-in window.

    Memo

    If the machine is not registered to Configuration Tool yet, register the machine referring "Registering This Machine".

  8. Click (Send project files to printer).

  9. Click [OK].