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.

  • This function is not available to macOS.
  • It is not available to the Windows PCL printer driver when [Print Mode] is set to [Image].

  • If you are using B822, refer to the PCL printer driver section.


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. Select the [Job Options] tab.
  5. Select [PCL] in [Print Mode].
  6. Select the [Extend] tab.
  7. Click [Overlays].
  8. Select [Register print document as a new form].
  9. Click [OK].
  10. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
  11. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.

  12. From [Registration information for printer], input [Form name] and [ID] to register with this machine.

    • You can also specify the print position of an overlay.
  13. 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].
  14. Click [OK].


For the Windows PS printer driver

For the detailed procedure, please refer to "Registering forms (form overlay)".


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 [Detail Settings].
  4. Select the [Job Options] tab.
  5. Select [PCL] in [Print Mode].
  6. Select the [Extend] tab.
  7. Click [Overlays].

  8. 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 Configuration Tool in [ID], select the page onto which you want to apply that overlay in [Print on Pages], and click [OK].
  9. Click [OK].
  10. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
  11. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.


For the Windows PS printer driver

  • To perform this procedure, you will have to login to the PC as a user with administrator privileges.

  1.  Open "Printers Folder".

    How to open the printer folder

  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 Configuration Tool in [Form Name], and click [Add].

    Registering forms (form overlay)

  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.