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User’s Manual for InterForm400® 325
9. Work with PCL Files
The InterForm400
®
system features a possibility to import PCL-files from a PC by the
following methods:
• From a PCL spooled file (*USERASCII) on an AS/400 output queue.
• PCL print file placed in folder APF3812 using Client Access Shared
Folder.
The PCL-file can be created in any PC-Product capable of delivering an output for a HP
page printer (PCL4, 5 or 5e compatible). The following are examples of products which
have been tested:
• MS Windows 3.xx/95 Write
• MS Windows 3.xx/95 Paintbrush
• Word Perfect (DOS and Windows)
• MS-Word (DOS and Windows)
• MS-Publisher
• Aldus PageMaker
• CorelDraw
• Forms Designer Professional
• JetForm V3.0 and V4.0
It is recommended to work with applications making use of PCL drawing, text commands
etc. instead of just creating a large PCL bit image. The PCL driver must correspond to the
AS/400 attached printer intended for using the overlay.
We recommend to use an original HP driver even though your printer is another brand.
Non-HP drivers sometimes include native commands, which will appear in the print out on
genuine HP printers or other HP compatible printers.
No matter how many pages the PC-print consist of only the first page is stored. This is
due to the fact that the PC-print is intended to be a part of an overlay for use on only one
page.
The program cleans the PC-print for unwanted control codes, such as form feed, tray
selections and printer reset.
When the PC-print has been read into a member in the PCL-file, it can be used in design
of an overlay when selecting overlay element F=PCL file.
When selecting option 9. Work With PCL Files on the InterForm400
®
administration
menu, you will get the following screen: