Overlay Element Selection Filters
The section below covers the green screen designer. Similar functionality is also available for the graphical designer.
When entering a sequence number and you press Field Exit the following entry screen will appear:
Design InterForm 400 overlay APF300D
Overlay name: IF400DEMO Overlay text: IF400DEMO
Seqnbr. Type Overlay definition
Seqnbr. Type *=Suspend Page control 1,0 _ _ _ 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal BLANK = all pages 3 = Vertical 4 = Line 1 = first page only 5 = Text 6 = Print-info 2 = page 2 and succ. 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator 9 = last page only 9 = Remap window I = Image ? = If .. then F = PCL-file G = HP-GL/2 file S = Suboverlay C = Concat * = Comment F3=Exit F12=Cancel F18=View Spool entry
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Suspend: Next to the type you can enter an asterix (*) if you want to suspend/disable this design element. This is an alternative to deleting the element if you temporarily want to remove this element. The asterix is also shown when displaying the design element list.
The right side of the screen will contain entries for Copy management or Page control depending on the value for Copy management in the global settings of the overlay
Page Control
The Page Control fields are used to assign this specific sequence line to all printed pages or to selected pages only.
Seqnbr. Type Page control 1,0 _ 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal _ BLANK = all pages 3 = Vertical 4 = Line 1 = first page only 5 = Text 6 = Print-info 2 = page 2 and succ. 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator 9 = last page only 9 = Remap window I = Image ? = If .. then F = PCL-file G = HP-GL/2 file S = Suboverlay C = Concat * = Comment F3=Exit F12=Cancel F18=View Spool entry
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WARNING: Do not use page control in conditioned overlays. (Overlays called by an If..Then line).
If S or L is filled in for Duplex Print for the global settings of the overlay the Page Control will be extended with a possibility of entering if page numbering should be made on odd or even pages only:
Seqnbr. Type Page control 1,0 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal _ BLANK = all pages 3 = Vertical 4 = Line 1 = first page only 5 = Text 6 = Print-info 2 = page 2 and succ. 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator 9 = last page only 9 = Remap window I = Image _ BLANK = all pages ? = If .. then F = PCL-file 1 = odd pages G = HP-GL/2 file S = Suboverlay 2 = even pages C = Concat * = Comment F3=Exit F12=Cancel F18=View Spool entry
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Copy Management
The entry fields for Copy Management will appear if Y has been selected for Copy Management in the global settings of the overlay. (see Copy Management)
Seqnbr. Type Copy management 1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary _ _ 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary _ _ 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator 9 = Remap Window I = Image ? = If .. then F = PCL-file G = HP-GL/2 file S = Suboverlay C = Concat * = Comment
F3=Exit F12=Cancel F18=View Spool entry
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The Copy management field is used to assign this specific sequence line to all printed copies or to selected copies only.
The following are examples of definitions for copy control:
Use this overlay element on all copies of Primary and Secondary sets (all fields left blank):
1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary _ _ 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary _ _ 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator
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Use this overlay element on the first copy (the original) of the Primary set only:
1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary 1 1 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary _ _ 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator
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Use this overlay element on the first copy of the Primary set and the first copy of the Secondary set:
1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary 1 1 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary 1 1 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator
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Use this overlay element on all copies of the Primary set:
1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary 1 6 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary _ _ 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator
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Use this overlay element all copies of both sets except the first one in the Primary set,
1 1 1 = Frame 2 = Horizontal From To 3 = Vertical 4 = Line Primary 2 6 5 = Text 6 = Print-info Secondary 1 6 7 = Ink 8 = Tabulator
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