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Create or Delete a Form File

You can create clear coating areas by using the application software of your choice, and save those areas as a form. An unnecessary form file can be deleted.

This section describes the procedure for creating a form file.

Create a Form File

  1. Creating data for use as a form file

    Using the application software of your choice, create data that contains the characters and patterns to be used as the form file.
    The white areas of the created data become the clear coating areas. Clear coating is not applied to the non-white areas.

  2. From the Print Dialog, display the pop-up menu, and select Clear Coating

  3. Selecting Create/Delete Form File

    Select Custom from the Clear Coating Area menu, and then select Create/Delete Form File.

    figure:Select Custom for Clear Coating Area on the Clear Coating in the Print dialog

  4. Setting the form name

    In Form Name, enter the name of the form to be created.

    Note

    • Spaces, tabs, and returns cannot be entered at the beginning or end of a form name.
    • You cannot set a form name that is the same as the name of an existing form file.
    • You cannot change the name of the created form.

  5. Complete the setup

    Click Print.
    When you execute printing, the data that you created using the application software is saved as a form file.

Important

  • To create a form file, you must connect this printer to your computer and turn on the printer.
  • When Create/Delete Form File is selected, printing is not actually performed from the printer even if printing is executed.
  • Form Composite Print and Create/Delete Form File can be executed only from the Print Dialog. Some applications do not support these functions.

Note

  • To display the created form files on the list, you must display the pop-up menu and select Clear Coating again.
  • When creating a form file, use the same settings (such as Paper Size and Borderless Printing) that were used for form composite print.
  • You can register up to 30 form files.

Deleting Unnecessary Form File

  1. From the Print Dialog, display the pop-up menu, and select Clear Coating

  2. Selecting Create/Delete Form File

    Select Custom from the Clear Coating Area menu, and then select Create/Delete Form File.

  3. Select the form file to be deleted

    From form files, select the form file to be deleted.

  4. Delete the form file

    Click Delete. When the confirmation message appears, click OK.
    The selected form file is deleted from the form files.

Important

  • To delete a form file, you must connect this printer to your computer and turn on the printer.