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Frequently Asked Questions
AS400 · UNIX · Windows
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How
difficult is it to design a form using eFORMz?
Not difficult at
all. One of the major benefits of eFORMz is that we allow you to
design your forms using third-party products you may already be
familiar with (ie MS Word / Excel / Paintbrush, Corel's Word
Perfect, Adobe's Illustrator). There is no need to learn a new
design tool. It's these form images which are imported into the
project file of eFORMz, which when combined with your print files
produce beautiful 'laser quality' output.
What
platform(s) does eFORMz run on?
A major advantage of eFORMz is that it is
written in JAVA, making it one of the most portable "forms
solutions" software products on the market! Projects designed
to run on an AS/400, HP-UX, or MPE platform can easily be migrated
to a Linux, Solaris or Windows environment with no modifications
necessary to the form or project file.
What
kind of printers are recommended for eFORMz?
For Black/White Laser Printers we require printers which support
PCL 5e or greater. This would include HP, Canon, Lexmark, EPSON,
Toshiba just to name a few. For Color LaserJet printers we
require hardware equipped with PCL 5C or greater. This would
include HP Color Laser Jet Printers (i.e.: LJ 3800DN).
Note: If you are planning on implementing a Toshiba 2500C
printer with eFORMz, please contact Minisoft support (support@minisoft.com
or 1-800-682-0200).
Can I produce barcodes with this product?
Most definitely! Using 'rules', eFORMz gives you the ability
to convert any text field in your print file to a number of
different barcode images. To name just a few 3 of 9(ext),
Codabar, Interleaved, UPC, Code128, Postal Zip and yes, even
MICR. Once a range of text is specified, the conversion can
replace the original data or be relocated anywhere on the form.
Why
are there only 10 pages printing?
(PC) Under the eFORMz Project Properties, be sure Printed
Pages is set to ALL.
(All platforms) If you are not a licensed owner of eFORMz you
will have a 10 page limit. If you are a licensed owner of eFORMz
be sure the eformz.lic configuration file is located in the \Minisoft\eFORMz_6\
folder on your PC.
Negative values can be used in the form/data top offsets but not the left offsets, why?
You can't address any position outside the logical page. It's
position is set by the page size. The logical page typically
goes vertically from the top of the page to the very bottom of
the page, even though all that area is not in the printable area
of the page. The top margin is set by default to 1/2 inch below
the top of the logical page, and since cursor positioning is
relative to the top margin, negative numbers are needed to
address the part of the logical page above the top margin, so
negative numbers are allowed in vertical cursor positioning
commands. The logical page typically goes horizontally less than
the full page width and also less than the printable page width.
The left margin is set on the left edge of the logical page and
negative numbers are not allowed in horizontal cursor
positioning commands. You can adjust the whole logical page
with the "Top offset registration" and "Left offset
registration" settings in the project properties.
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