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Box The box element is a rectangle that is defined by the two
diagonally opposite corners. It can be placed anywhere on the
overlay. You can select the shade pattern inside the box, the type
of box line (either dotted, dashed, or solid), and line width. You
may define text inside the box. Optionally, the text may be
justified inside the box.
Bar Code The bar code element is a set of bars and spaces of various width
created from data by IPDS printers or AFP Utilities. It can be
placed at a specified position on the overlay. You can specify the
following:
Bar code data
Placement position
Type of bar code
Size
Color
Whether or not to print a human-readable interpretation (HRI),
Whether or not to include a check digit.
Page Segment A page segment is an image in the AFP resource library. You can
refer to a page segment by its name and specify the print position
to define it as an overlay element. You can include the same
page segment repeatedly in an overlay.
| Graphic A graphic is an image constructed by vector data. Graphics can
| be created by using AS/400 GDDM (Graphical Data Display
| Manager) or Business Graphics Utility. A graphic is stored on
| AS/400 as a graphic data file. or AS/400 GDDM and stored in an
AS/400 file. You can refer to a graphics by its file and library
name and specify an area that is defined by the two diagonally
opposite corners to define it as an overlay element. See
Appendix D, “Using GDFs in AFP Utilities” on page 441 on how to
create GDF files.
You can select any of the overlay elements above and place them at the desired
positions to define the overlay.
Operation Flow
Figure 14 on page 26 shows an overview of the overlay utility operation and how
to create an overlay.
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