Samsung CLX-8385ND Series Using Overlays

Advanced Printing

Using Overlays

What is an Overlay?

An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard

disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be printed on

any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of

preprinted forms and letterhead paper. Rather than using

preprinted letterhead, you can create an overlay containing the

exact same information that is currently on your letterhead. To

print a letter with your company’s letterhead, you do not need

to load preprinted letterhead paper in the printer. You need only

tell the printer to print the letterhead overlay on your

document.

Creating a New Page Overlay

To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay

containing your logo or image.

Create or open a document containing text or an image for

use in a new page overlay. Position the items exactly as

you wish them to appear when printed as an overlay.

To save the document as an overlay, access printer

properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 14.

From the

Advanced

tab, select

Edit

from the

Text

drop-

down list. The

Edit Overlay

window appears.

In the

Edit Overlay

window, click

Create

In the

Save As

window, type a name of up to eight

characters in the

File name

box. Select the destination

path, if necessary. (The default is C:\Formover.)

Click

Save

. The name appears on the

Overlay List

Click

until you exit the

window.

The file is not printed. Instead it is stored on your

computer hard disk drive.

OTE

: The overlay document size must be the same as the

documents you print with the overlay. Do not create an overlay

with a watermark.

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Using a Page Overlay

After an overlay has been created, it is ready to be printed with

your document. To print an overlay with a document:

Create or open the document you want to print.

To change the print settings from your software

application, access printer properties. See “Printing a

Document” on page 14.

Click the

Advanced

tab.

Select the desired overlay from the

Text

drop-down list.

If the overlay file you want does not appear in the

Text

drop-down list, select

Edit

from the list and click

Load

Select the overlay file you want to use.

If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an

external source, you can also load the file when you access

the

Load

window.

After you select the file, click

Open

. The file appears in the

Overlay List

box and is available for printing. Select the

overlay from the

Overlay List

box.

If necessary, check

Confirm Page Overlay When

Printing

box. If this box is checked, a message window

appears each time you submit a document for printing,

asking you to confirm your wish to print an overlay on your

document.

If this box is not checked and an overlay has been

selected, the overlay automatically prints with your

document.

Click

until you exit the

window.

The selected overlay prints on your document.

OTE

: The resolution of the overlay document must be the

same as that of the document you will print with the overlay.

Deleting a Page Overlay

You can delete page overlays that you no longer use.

In the printer properties window, click the

Advanced

tab.

Select

Edit

in the

Overlay

drop down list.

Select the overlay you want to delete from the

Overlay

List

box.

Click

Delete

When a confirming message window appears, click

Yes

Click

until you exit the

window.