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:
- Overlays contain their own positioning controls.
- 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.