PCL macro use in Word documents as overlay

[Richard Siglin]

I have created and successfully loaded the form macro to the HP printer and can cause the form to print by sending the following code to the printer: "E&f1y2X". I can also perform the overlay process by sending "E&f1y4XHELLO WORLDE" to get the form and HELLO WORLD printed together. The problem is how to get the form overlay to print when printing form Microsoft Word. I have inserted a PRINT Automation FIELD with the value of 27"&f1y4X", but when the document prints the form overly is not included. Anyone have suggestions or examples on how to get WORD to work with the PCL printer form overlay macro.

[Seth Parker]

Richard,

Have you tried making sure your PRINT field is the first thing in the document?

One thing you can try to see what's actually going on is to enable the print to file option on the print dialog. That way you can open the output file in a hex editor and see the actual code being sent to the printer. You'll be amazed at the amount of PCL commands that are included in the the output.

Good luck!
Seth