Printing overlaid text or logos (overlay printing)

You can print a document with an overlapping form file (like a logo or format) registered in this machine beforehand. It is called overlay printing.

Registering a form file

For Windows PCL printer driver

1. From the application, create a form which you want to register with this machine.
2. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
3. Click [Preferences].
4. Click [Overlays] in the [Extend] tab.
5. Select [Register print document as a new form].
6. Click [OK].
7. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
8. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.

9. From [New Form], input [Form name] and [ID] to register with this machine.

   

   • You can also specify the print position of an overlay.
10. Select the page onto which you want to apply that overlay in [Print on Pages] as the registration information to the printer driver.
    To specify a page to apply to, select "Custom", and input the target page in [Custom Pages].
11. Click [OK].

For Windows PS printer driver

Refer to "Registering forms (form overlay)" for the detailed procedure.

Printing a form file

For Windows PCL printer driver

1. Open the file to be printed.
2. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
3. Click [Preferences].
4. Select the [Extend] tab.
5. Click [Overlays].

6. Select [Overlay Print], and then select the form file to overlay from the drop-down list.

   

   • Click [Edit list] and add it to the list if you want to add a form file registered with the Configuration Tool or if you want to overlay multiple forms as a group.
     If you want to add a form file registered with the Configuration Tool, click [Add a registered form], input the form name in [Form name] and the ID of the form registered with the Storage Manager plugin of the Configuration Tool in [ID], select the page onto which you want to apply that overlay in [Print on Pages], and click [OK].
7. Click [OK].
8. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
9. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.

For Windows PS printer driver

1. Open the "Devices and Printers".
2. Right-click on the PS printer icon, and select [Printing Preferences].
3. Click [Overlays] of the [Job Options] tab.
4. Select [Use Overlays] from the pull-down menu, and click [New].
5. Input the form name registered with the Storage Manager plug-in of the Configuration Tool in [Form Name], and click [Add].
6. In [Overlay Name], input an overlay name.
7. Select the page onto which you want to apply that overlay in [Print on Pages].
8. Click [OK].
9. Select the overlay to be used for printing from [Defined Overlays], and click [Add].
10. Click [OK].
11. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
12. Open the file to be printed.
13. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
14. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.