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Creating a new page overlay
To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing
your logo or image.
1. 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.
2. To save the document as an overlay, access Printing Preferences.
(See "Opening Printing Preferences" on page 51.)
3. Click the Extras tab, and click the Edit button in the Overlay
section. The Edit Overlay window appears.
4. Click Create.
5. In the Create Overlay 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.)
6. Click Save. The name appears on the Overlay List.
7. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
8. The file is not printed. Instead, it is stored on your computer hard disk
drive.
The overlay document size must be the same as the document
you print with the overlay. Do not create an overlay with a
watermark.
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:
1. Create or open the document you want to print.
2. To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences. (See "Opening Printing Preferences" on
page 51.)
3. Click the Extras tab.
4. Select the desired overlay from the Overlay drop-down list.
5. If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Overlay
drop-down list, select Edit from the list and click Load Overlay.
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
Overlay 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.
6. 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.
7. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
The selected overlay prints on your document.
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.
1. In the Printing Preferences window, click the Extras tab.
2. Click the Edit button in the Overlay section. The Edit Overlay
window appears.
3. Select the overlay you want to delete from the Overlay Listbox.
4. Click Delete Overlay.
5. When a confirming message window appears, click Yes.
6. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT PRINT SETTINGS
1. Click the Windows Start menu.
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For Windows 2000, select Settings and then Printers.
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For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes.
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For Windows Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound >
Printers.
2. Select your machine.
3. Right-click on the printer driver icon and select Printing Preferences.
4. Change the settings on each tab.
5. Click OK.
Most Windows applications will override settings you specify in the
printer driver. Change all print settings available in the software
application first, and change any remaining settings using the printer
driver.
SETTING YOUR MACHINE AS A DEFAULT
MACHINE
1. Click the Windows Start menu.
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For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.
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For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes.
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For Windows Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound >
Printers.
2. Select your machine.
3. Right-click your machine and select Set as Default Printer.
PRINTING TO A FILE (PRN)
You will sometimes need to save the print data as a file.
To create a file:
1. Check the Print to file box at the Print window.
2. Click Print.
3. Type in the destination path and the file name, and then click OK.
For example c:\Temp\file name.
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