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- OVERLAY by Orbit Enterprises, Inc.
- P.O. Box 2875-B
- Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
- (312) 469-3405
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
-
- Overlay is a program designed to take a graphic image such as a logo, add
- positioning information and store the combination in a Hewlett Packard LaserJet
- Plus or LaserJet Series II printer as a overlay macro.
-
- An overlay macro is a macro that can be automatically printed on every page
- until stopped by resetting the printer or disabling the overlay function.
-
- The graphic image must be in a HP LaserJet Print format to work. That is, the
- proper escape codes must be in the graphic image file for this program to work
- properly. The program does not convert any print formats. If you can copy the
- file to your LaserJet using the DOS command
- C> COPY /B filename PRN
- and get a printed image, this program will work for you.
-
- PROGRAM EXECUTION
-
- At the DOS prompt, enter the following command:
-
- OVERLAY filename macro-id cursor-x cursor-y p/t dest
-
- filename - the full name of the image to be copied
- macro-id - a number between 0 - 32767 for an ID number
- cursor-x - the offset in dots from the left margin (300 dots = 1 inch)
- this is the logical margin, not the physical margin
- cursor-y - the offset in dots from the top margin (300 dots = 1 inch)
- this is the logical margin, not the physical margin
- p/t - permanent or temporary, default is Permanent
- dest - destination of overlay, default is PRN. This can optionally be a
- disk file that can later be copied to the printer with the
- DOS COPY /B command.
-
- After the overlay is loaded in the printer, the program will enable the overlay,
- print a page, and disable the overlay.
-
- USING AN OVERLAY
-
- Overlays can be used from within your word processor or nearly any other
- program. To activate an overlay, enter the following sequence:
- <ESC>&f#y4X where # is the macroid assigned to the overlay
-
- To disable an overlay that is printing on every page, enter the following
- sequence:
- <ESC>&f5X
-
- The enable and disable commands will work on the current page. The enable
- sequence will take effect on the next page out of the printer. The disable
- sequence will stop the overlay for the current page. This gives you the
- capability to activate an overlay for the first page of a letter and disable it
- for remaining pages.
-
- PUBLIC DOMAIN
-
- This program is placed in the public domain and may be freely distributed as
- long as the program is not sold. It may be placed on Bulletin Boards (BBS).
- This program may be included on collections of public domain diskettes for
- distribution when the only charge associated is for media and copy costs.
-
- In every case, distribution must include the three unmodified files.
-
- FILES INCLUDED
-
- OVERLAY.EXE - The executable program
- OVERLAY.DOC - This document
- ORBIT.RAS - The Orbit Enterprises Logo for demonstration
-
- COMMERCIAL
-
- Orbit Enterprises produces software for the Hewlett Packard LaserJet Printer
- family. Software includes E-Z-Set, a simple menu driven setup utility that
- eliminates the need to learn the LaserJet ESCape Sequences, and, FormSet, a
- powerful forms generation package for the LaserJet Plus and LaserJet Series II
- printers. A demo disk is available.
-
- In addition, we also publish a newsletter that is free to users of HP LaserJet
- printers. Call or write for your free subscription.