Intermate AS/400, i5 Considerations for Zebra overlays, Especially Zebra related parameters are

F19: DSPPFM

This function works like F18, but prompts the commands DSPPFM for displaying the spool entry as a physical file. This is useful for revealing reprinted lines (bolding), which is not displayed with F18 DSPSPLF.

Remember to subtract the first 4 positions containing SKIP/SPACE information, when calculating coloumn positions in the DSPPFM view..

Considerations for Zebra overlays

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Creation of ZPL output in InterForm400 requires purchase of the ZPL module or the classic package.

For overlays intended to be used for label printers the Design Overlay screen will look like this:

Design ZEBRA overlay			ZEB300D
Overlay name	TEST
Overlay text	_______________________________________________
Label length	__.000
Label width	__.000
Temperature	_0_	-30 - 30
Print speed	2	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8	inches/second
Line spacing	040___	in 1/240 of an inch (*INPUT, 1-720)
Rotation	000___	(*INPUT, 0, 90, 180, 270)
Font	0012__	*INPUT, fontnumber	F4=List
Copy management	Y	(Y N)

F3=Exit	F4=Prompt	F11=Delete this overlay	F12=Cancel
F13=Set	print parameters

The especially Zebra related parameters are:

Label length/width:

The length and width of the labels to print on.

Temperature: The temperature to use for the printing head. This number is a relative value (-30 to 30) for the temperature to use for the print head of the Zebra printer. This value will be added to the Darkness value specified on the printers display. That is if Darkness is 10 and temperature is 5 the actual Darkness value for merges with this overlay will be 15. If the sum of temperature and Darkness is outside the range 0-30 the nearest value is used.

Print speed: Specify the printing speed in number of inches per second. Note, that the highest possible print speed varies from one model to another.

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If you want to insert text, frames or images in reverse i.e. white on black background you can do it by first adding a frame with black filling (=pattern) and then place the text or

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