OKI C7350DTN User Manual
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C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 191 Creating documents to use as overlays PCL An overlay can be created in any software application that can handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. and can print to a file. To create a print (PRN) file: 1.Open your application program. Open the file to be stored as an overlay. Choose File, then Print. 2.Make sure that the Print To File option is switched on in your applications Print dialog box. 3.Depending on the application, you may need to select your printer model. Click the Preferences button. This should open the printer driver settings. 4.Choose all of the printer driver settings with which you would like your overlay to print. 5.Try to keep the overlay to a single sheet. Dont use N-up, duplex, finisher options, etc. when creating an overlay. These can be added when printing the document that includes the overlay. 6.Click OK to close the Printing Preferences dialog box. 7.Click Print. Instead of sending the print job to the printer, this prompts you to save the print job on your PCs hard disk. Give the file a meaningful name such as my template.prn. Important You must use the Oki PCL driver to do this. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 192 Creating documents to use as overlays PostScript An overlay can be created in any software application that can handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. and can print to a file. 1.Open your application program. Open the file to be stored as an overlay. Choose File, then Print. 2.Make sure that the Print To File option is switched on in your applications Print dialog box. 3.Depending on the application, you may need to select your printer model. Then click Properties… This should open the printer driver settings. 4.Select the Job Options tab. Click the Overlays… button. 5.Choose Create Form from the menu. 6.Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. 7.Click OK to print the document to a file. Instead of sending the print job to the printer, this prompts you to save the print job on your PCs hard disk. Give the file a meaningful name such as “my template.prn.” Important You must use the Oki PostScript driver to do this. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 193 Downloading the print file to use as an overlay In the previous topic, you created a print (PRN) file on your PCs hard disk. This topic explains how to use the Storage Device Manager to download this file to the printer. The Storage Device Manager software is included with the original software CDs that were supplied with your printer. 1.Launch Storage Device Manager. Allow the program to discover (locate) the printer. 2.Click Project, then New Project. 3.From the Project menu, select Add File to Project. 4.Select the PRN file(s) that you created earlier. PCL: This automatically generates a BIN file. PostScript: This automatically generates a PostScript hst file. 5.Note the name that the file is assigned in the Storage Device Manager. Names are case sensitive. 6.Make sure the printer being used is highlighted in the lower window of the Storage Device Manager. Important! The BIN file is automatically assigned an ID number. To change the ID number • double-click the number • enter a new one in the ID field. NOTE The assigned file name is very important! You must use this ID number or name when creating overlays in the printer driver. You should change the ID number or name from the default value. Note the new name for later use. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 194 7.Select the Project menu. Choose Send Project Files to Printer. This downloads the file to the printer. If the file was downloaded successfully, Command Issued displays. 8.Close the Storage Device Manager. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 195 Defining Overlays PostScript 1.Click Start → Settings → Printers and Faxes. 2.RIght click the printer name. Click Printing Preferences. 3.Click the Overlay tab. 4.Click the Overlay button. C73_XP_PS_Overlay2k.tif Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 196 5.Click the New button. C93_XP_PS_Overlay2.bmp 6.In the Overlay Name list, enter the file name of the overlay. Select the pages where you want the overlay to print. NOTE The Overlay Name must be EXACTLY the same as the file name you noted in the previous section. This is the name under which the file is stored on the printers’ hard disk drive. It is case sensitive. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 197 7.Under Form setting, in the drop-down list, enter or select a form name. Click Add. C93_XP_PS_Overlay3.bmp 8.Click OK. 9.To continue to add files to the overlay (if required), repeat steps 5 through 8. NOTE The Form Name is a random name of your selection. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 198 10.Under Defined Overlay, highlight the overlay name(s). Click Add to add the overlay(s) to the list under Active Overlay. To select more than one overlay, hold the CTRL key while clicking on each name. C73_XP_PS_Overlay2K.tif 11.At the top of the dialog box, use the drop-down list to select Use Overlay. Click OK. 12.Close the Printers and Faxes dialog box. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 199 Defining Overlays PCL 1.Click Start → Settings → Printers and Faxes. 2.Highlight the printer name. Click Printing Preferences. 3.Click the Job Options tab. 4.Click the Overlay... button. C93_XP_PCL_Overlay1.bmp Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
C7350/7550 User’s Guide: Windows XP Operation • 200 5.To define an overlay, click the Define Overlays button. C93_XP_PCL_Overlay2.bmp 6.In the Overlay Name list, enter the file name of the overlay 7.In ID Values, enter the ID of the file. Please refer to the instructions for the Storage Device Manager utility. 8.Select which pages the overlay is to be printed on from Print on Pages or use Custom Pages to select specific page numbers in the document. Click Add. 9.Click Close. 10.Under Defined Overlay, highlight the overlay name. Click the Add button to add the overlay to the list in Active Overlays. NOTE The Overlay Name must be EXACTLY the same as the file name you noted in the previous section. This is the name under which the file is stored on the printer’s hard disk drive. It is case sensitive. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals