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Using overlay, Creating a new overlay

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4. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. Using overlay An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be printed on any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of letterhead paper. Rather than using preprinted letterhead, you can create an overlay containing exactly the same information that is currently on your letterhead. To print a letter with your company's letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the machine just print the letterhead overlay on your document. 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.) 3. Click the Advanced tab, and select Edit from the Text drop-down list. Edit Overlay window appears. 4. In the Edit Overlay window, click Create. 5. In the Save As 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.) 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. Select the desired overlay from the Text drop-down list. 5. If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Text drop-down list, select Edit from the list and click Load. 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 Open 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 Advanced tab.

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4.
Click
OK
or
Print
until you exit the
Print
window.
Using overlay
An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be
printed on any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of letterhead paper. Rather than using preprinted
letterhead, you can create an overlay containing exactly the same information that is currently on your letterhead. To
print a letter with your company’s letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the machine just
print the letterhead overlay on your document.
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
.)
3.
Click the
Advanced
tab, and select
Edit
from the
Text
drop-down list.
Edit Overlay
window appears.
4.
In the
Edit Overlay
window, click
Create
.
5.
In the
Save As
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
.)
3.
Click the
Advanced
tab.
4.
Select the desired overlay from the
Text
drop-down list.
5.
If the overlay file you want does not appear in the
Text
drop-down list, select
Edit
from the list and click
Load
.
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
Open
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
Advanced
tab.