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 Automatic Printing with APU Monitor
Part 4. Appendixes
 Figures
 Vi APU Users Guide
 Tables
 Viii APU Users Guide
 APU Enhancements
Purpose of this Publication
Organization of the Manual
 APU Users Guide
 Introducing Advanced Print Utility
Part 1. Understanding and Preparing to Use APU
 APU Users Guide
 Introducing Advanced Print Utility
What is APU?
What You Can Do with APU
 Printing with and without APU
Why Use APU?
Printing without APU
 Printing with APU
Design Phase
 APU formatting instructions
Production Phase
 APU Concepts
Steps in Creating an APU Document
 Questions you need to Ask
Analyzing the Existing Application
Example of Sample Spooled File Source Input Data
 Chantenay Seeds
Using APU to Create a Print Definition
Locating Required AFP Resources
LOS
 APU
Printing with the Print Definition
Defining Page Formats
Defining Copies
 Introducing Advanced Print Utility
 APU Users Guide
 Optional
Preparing to Use the Advanced Print Utility
APU Prerequisites and Options Required
Recommended
 Initial APU Setup
 Input Inch
SUPER2
 Calc
Font Installation Considerations
Review Document Resource Requirements
Apudft
 Super Sun Seeds Invoice
 Printersville
Using Fonts with APU
 Map Text panel
 Outline Fonts
 Custom Fonts
Default SYS
USR, *SYS, *ALL
 Display Font Details on Work with Fonts panel
 Special
Special Helvetica
Helvet
 How APU Works with Image Resources
Image Resources
 Treenb
Strwnb
Inch Strwnb
 Overlay Resources
Building Image Resources
 How APU Works with Overlays
 Invlst Invoice Last Invmid Invoice Middle
Invall
Invbac Super SUN Seeds T&C Invfst Invoice First
Invoice Full Header
 Bar Code Resources
Building Overlay Resources
Invbac
 Postnet Postal Bar Code Bar Code Example
Code 3 of 9 Bar Code Example
How APU Works with Bar Codes
 Postnet
Map Bar Code panel
 Additional Bar Code Attributes
 Building an APU Print Definition for a Single Page Format
Part 2. Creating Print Definitions with APU
 APU Users Guide
 Example of a Single-Page Format Document
Building an APU Print Definition for a Single Page Format
Example of the SCS File to be Formatted
 Example of the Formatted File
Setting up a Basic Print Definition
Identifying Resources
 Work with Print Definitions
Working with a Print Definition
 SUNSD1
Further Defining the Print Definition
YES, *NO
 Invscs USER1 Qypuoutq
Qypuoutq
ALL
USER1 Qypuoutq
 Input
Working with Copies
Courier LATIN1
 Work with Copies panel
 Layout Options You can Set
Setting up Duplexing
Selecting a Sample Spooled File
Layout Options
 What Duplex Printing Does
Defining Page Segments
 Create Page Segment Positioning panel
Defining Overlays
 Your Printer RE
Mapping Field Data
Invscs
Best WAY
 Spar
High
Nort
 Same Performance Boulevard Printersville
Mapping a Field as Text
 When you map a field, the mapping is displayed as follows
Using the Repeat Function
 Mapping a Field the First Time
Mapping a Field at Multiple Locations
 Multiple Mapping Restrictions
Mapping a Field to a Second Position
 Example of a Multiple Page Format Document
Building an APU Print Definition for Multiple Page Formats
 Super Sun Seeds Invoice
 Building an APU Print Definition for Multiple Page Formats
 Overview of Defining a Multiple Page Format Document
 Starting to Work on a Print Definition
Initial Copy for Page Format One
Continuation Page Format
Working with a Print Definition Identifying Resources
 Invoice
Developing Your Print Definition
YES YES, *NO
 APU1
Define a Print Definition panel displays
 Perelman Qypuoutq RDY Invscs HLD
Set Print Definition Attributes Screen 1 panel
 Set Print Definition Attributes panel 2 panel
Defining Selection Fields
 Inside page formats are copies
 Defining the Page Layout
 Specifying the Back Overlay
 Back Overlay Terms and Conditions Invbac
Mapping Fields
 Chris Seeder
Mapping Bar Codes
Organic Garden Supplies
Goldenoats Nochems
 Map Bar Code panel
 Selecting Fonts
Defining Constant Data
Text
 Outline Fonts
 Define Overlays panel
 Replicating the Contents of Copies
 Purple Teepee Seeds
Arboles DEL SUR
Seed Roaster Oven SET
Fava Seeds
 Sample Packing List Showing Suppression
Continuation Page Copies
 Pagen
PAGE1
 Packing
Create with Copies panel
 AND, or
USE USE, *OMIT, *GOTO
 USE PAGE1 Pagen
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 Part 3. Printing With APU
Manual and Command Line Printing
 APU Users Guide
 Methods of Printing with APU
Manual and Command Line Printing with APU
Manually Associating a Print Definition with a Spooled File
 John
Panel 1 Apply Print Definition
Normal
 NO, *YES
Panel 2 Apply Print Definition
JOB
Spoolfile
 Panel 3 Apply Print Definition
Using the Apply Print Definition Command
 Introduction to the APU Monitor
Automatic Printing with APU Monitor
Understanding How the APU Monitor Works
 Customer Environment
An Example of APU Monitor Processing
 Outq Save
Implementing the Customer Requirements on the APU Monitor
 APU Monitor Action Example
Condition of the Output Queue after Processing
 APU Main Menu
Configuring APU Monitor
 Qgpl
Specifying the Queues APU is to Monitor
 Initial Panel
Configuring APU Monitor Action
Creating an Action Group Entry
 Defining Selection for Input Spooled File
 Qpjob
Defining Action for Input Spooled File
OUTQ1
 OUT1
Defining Action for Output Spooled File
An Example of this Processing Step
Outq
 Action
 Spooled File Location after Processing
Defining User Exit Before and Middle
 Prtdeflib
Sample
PRT01
 YES, *NO, Spoolfile
Defining User Exit After
Devd
 Begin at the APU Main menu, as shown in Figure
Starting APU Monitor
 Monitor
Stopping APU Monitor
 Part 4. Appendixes
 APU Users Guide
 Name Type
Appendix A. APU Samples
 APU Users Guide
 Appendix B. User Exits
Processing Phases
User Exit Before
 Parameters Passed to the Before Initialization User Exit
User Exit Middle
 Parameters Passed to the Middle User Exit
User Exit After
 Sample User Exit Program
 VAR&EXINFILE
VAR&EXPARM
VAR&EXINNBR
 VAR&EXJOBNBR
VAR&RESERVED
VAR&EXINTYPE
VAR&EXJOBUSR
 CAT &EXOTSAVE *TCAT ’’ TOUSR*SYSOPR
MSG’APU
Exinfile *TCAT ’.’ *CAT &EXINNBR *BCAT +
HOLD’ *CAT &EXOTHOLD *TCAT ’ SAVE’ +
 Return Endpgm
 Maximum APU Values
Apyprtdef Command
APU Defaults
Appendix C. APU Helpful Hints
 Copies and Page Formats
Mapping Data
 Recreating Invpre and Invscs
Duplex
Creating Sample Spool Files
Creating Your Own Copy of Invscs
 APU Users Guide
 Creating Font Resources
Appendix D. AFP Resource Commands
 MBR Fntrsc
Creating Overlay Resources
Fntrsc
Curlib
 Datatype Afpds
Creating Page Segment Resources
OVL
MBR OVL
 MBR Pagseg
Pagseg
 Appendix D. AFP Resource Commands
 APU Users Guide
 Methods of Rotating Text Data
Appendix E. Rotation Hints
General Rules
 APU Users Guide
 Times New Roman Medium
Appendix F. Font Samples
 Helvetica Roman Bold
Helvetica Roman Bold
 Courier Font Samples
Courier
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Glossary
 Bar Code Object Content Architecture Bcoca
 Glossary
 MICR. Magnetic ink character recognition
 Glossary
 Spooling simultaneous peripheral operation online
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Trademarks
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