>The easiest way to do this is to create a laser macro that is pre-loaded to the lser printer; I used an older package called FormWorx to create the layout; WordPerfect's (now Corel's) InForms does much the same thing, and has the benefit of being a still sold and supported product. You create the form in the package, and then output it to a file with PCL macro formatting, assigning it a macro ID. Every time the laser is powered on or off (assuming that you make it a permanent macro, temporary macros only stay around until the printer receives a reset code) you need to reload the form macros. Whenever you want to use a particular overlay, you send the escape code for the desired macro direct to the printer (use the ??? command to avoid bad things happening with reinterpretation of printer codes.)
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>I've used this mechanism for a number of years with some FPD and FPW based purchase order and invoicing apps, and it works well, with the additional benefit that things print VERY quickly, since you just send the macro code rather than the entire graphical stream each time you want to overlay the current page with a form.
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Can you use this overlay with the report designer? I can't figure out how to get the image to automatically overlay when I print with the driver (REPORT FORM...TO PRINT) without going into the driver advanced settings and explicitly telling it to insert a macro. So far all the messages I've seen regarding this subject bypass the driver for their printing. Anyone using the report designer with a macro overlay?? Thanks for any feedback.

Marcus.