OVERLAY Command

OVERLAY Command

OVERLAY [name1] name2 {NORASTER | RASTER} ;

This OVERLAY command identifies an electronic medium overlay to be used in one or more subgroups of a copy group. See Medium Overlays and Page Overlays for additional information. When using the OVERLAY command, follow these guidelines:

  • An OVERLAY command comes after the COPYGROUP command.
  • A separate OVERLAY command must be specified for each electronic overlay used in a subgroup.
  • A maximum of 254 OVERLAY commands can be specified for coded overlays per copy group.
  • The overlay named here must be referenced in a SUBGROUP command in order to be printed.

    Note:
  1. Overlays contain their own positioning controls.
  2. This command does not define page overlays, that are placed using the N_UP subcommand. See Medium Overlays and Page Overlays for additional information.
OVERLAY
Identifies an electronic overlay to be used in one or more subgroups of a copy group.
name1
Specifies an alphanumeric name of 1 to 16 characters (local name) for the overlay. It must conform to the token rules and must be unique within a copy group.
Note: If name1 is omitted, name2 is used as the local name and is the name used in the subgroup command.
name2
Specifies an alphanumeric name of 1 to 6 characters (user-access name) for this overlay. A prefix of O1 is added by PPFA to identify the overlay resource.