Oki B401dn User Manual

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Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 57CREATING PCL OVERLAYSThree steps are required to create an overlay:1. Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer(.PRN) file.2. Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on DVD with your printerto create a “project file,” import the .PRN file, and download the generated filter(.BIN) files to the printer.3. Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document.When printing files to disk, do not select any special features, such as two-sidedprinting or multiple copies. These are not appropriate to macros, they apply only toyour final documents.CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE1. Use your preferred application, perhaps a graphics program, to create the requiredimage and save it.2. Open your application’s Print… dialogue.3. Make sure that the selected printer name (1) is that ofyour PCL printer driver.4. Select the Print To File (2) option.5. When prompted for a print file name, enter ameaningful name with the extension .PRN .6. Close your application.CREATE AND DOWNLOAD MACROS1. From the Windows Start menu, start Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allowSDM to discover the printer.2. Choose Projects > New Project to start a new project.3. Choose Projects > Filter Macro File. The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue boxappears. Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK.Example: If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour commandfilters checked, the black oval will print as a black rectangle when the overlay is used.To maintain the oval shape, turn off (deselect) the “Configure Image Data,” “PaletteID” and “Palette Control” filters.4. Set the Files of Type drop-down list to PRN Files(*.prn).5. Navigate to the folder where the overlay .PRN files are stored and select one or moreof these to include in your overlay set.You can have more than one macro file in a project. For example, one for top pagesand another for continuation pages. Use standard Windows techniques (Shift or Ctrlkeys) to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to.6. Click Open to add these files to the current project. (You can also drag and dropfiles from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you prefer.) When amessage box appears confirming that a filter file has been created, click OK to clearthe message.7. The project window will display one .BIN file for each printer file added. Make acareful note of the name and ID number for each of the files. You will need themlater.1 32