IBM S544-5351-03 manual Building Overlay Resources, Bar Code Resources, Invbac

	Set Page Layout Options
Print Definition . . .	MYPRTDEF	Page Format .		. . .	.	: *DEFAULT
Library	QAPU	Copy	. . . . .	. . .	:	*ORIGINAL
Type choices, press Enter.
Input drawer	*DEFAULT		*DEFAULT, 1, 2, 3, 4
Default line increment	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	*INPUT, Value
Default Column inc. . .	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	*INPUT, Value
Page length	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	*INPUT, Value
Page width	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	*INPUT, Value
Top margin (down) . . .	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	0, Value
Left margin (across) .	*PRTDEF	*CM	*PRTDEF,	0, Value
Page orientation . . .	*PRTDEF		*PRTDEF,	*INPUT, 0, 90...
Duplex printing . . . .			1=Yes, 2=Tumble
Back overlay	INVBAC		*NONE, Name		F4	for list
Position across . . .	0	*CM	0, Value
Position down . . . .	0	*CM	0, Value
F3=Exit F4=Prompt F12=Cancel		F22=Set Units

Figure 25. Page Layout Options - Copy Level

Note: When you specify *INPUT for the ªPage orientationº field, APU always attempts to create the output in Portrait mode by default. APU attempts to perform rotation according to the values specified for the ªPage lengthº and ªPage widthº fields.

Building Overlay Resources

IBM provides many alternatives for creating electronic overlays to be used in AFP printing applications. The options differ both in cost and in function. You must evaluate your requirements to select what best suits your needs.

Some of the options available include:

vOverlay Utility, part of AFP Utilities for iSeries

vIBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows, part of Client Access for iSeries (and available separately as well)

vPC-based forms design programs, such as IBM's Infoprint Designer and those provided by ISIS, ELIXIR, and TRANSFORM/400

vForms transferred from other systems

vOverlay services from IBM and other companies

See Appendix D, ªAFP Resource Commandsº on page 115 for additional instructions on creating overlays.

Bar Code Resources

Using bar codes enables you to turn standard printed documents into readable and scannable transactions. For example, you can encode data with a bar code to be used in your application flow. In many cases, bar coding is becoming a requirement in business documents (such as POSTNET for zip codes) and for various vendor and supplier applications.

Bar codes represent characters by using sets of parallel bars of varying width and separation or varying heights. Combinations of bars and spaces form individual characters, which in turn represent a numeric or alphanumeric symbol that may be

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