Intermate iSeries, i5, AS/400 About This Manual, How the manual is organized

About This Manual

This manual is intended for the person or people responsible for production printing on the site. For instance the system administrator.

InterForm400® is designed to operate completely transparent to the user, which means this manual is only used for designing overlays, setting up printers and for configuration of sub-system handling the overlays and printers.

InterForm400® requires no programming of any kind in order to operate with existing print jobs. All logical definitions for searching and selecting print jobs are set up in the InterForm400® menus.

The manual describes functions, that may require the purchase of additional modules. Whenever additional module(s) are required it should be mentioned, but that cannot be guaranteed. For guidelines refer to page 19. Ask your local InterForm400 reseller if in doubt.

The terms ‘AS/400', ‘iSeries’ and ‘i5' may be used in the manual. Unless mentioned they refer to all 3 types of machines.

How the manual is organized

This manual is built as a technical reference as well as a self study on creating overlays fast and easy. The self study sections are constructed as follows:

Getting Started: Work through this chapter if you are installing the system for the first time. You will end up with an illustrative sample printed through the AutoFormsControl sub-system.

Getting Familiar

with Overlays: This section will use the demo overlay as template and lead you through virtually all the design features in InterForm400®. To gain full benefit of this section you should have worked through the section Getting Started.

Getting Familiar with

Overlay Selectors The overlay selector is a vital element of InterForm400®. It enables specific pages in a spool entry to have unique overlays attached according to the contents of the spool data. To gain full benefit of this section you should have worked through the section Getting Familiar with Overlays.

Getting Familiar with

Auto Forms Control This chapter will lead you through a real life example of using Auto Forms Control. You will be guided step-by-step through the entire procedure. To gain full benefit of this section you should have worked through the section Getting Started.

Getting Familiar with Soft-

fonts and Barcodes: This section is structured as a learning-by-doing example which makes extensive use of download fonts and bar codes.

Throughout the manual you will find the following symbols, which will provide you with special information:

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