In message <[log in to unmask]>, John Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>I am investigating the option to laser print signatures on computer created
>correspondence and I'd be grateful for any pointers.  The application
>uses Quiz (PH 7.29) to print the letters on a HP LaserJetIII si.
>
>If anyone is doing something similar I'd appreciate information on how the
>plug-in cartridges work for printing signatures as well as sources for the
>cartridges and any other information you feel is helpful.
>
>TIA.
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>John Pearce  <[log in to unmask]>      |  Bethesda Management Company
>Speaking for only myself            |  Colorado Springs, CO  USA
There are a number of ways of putting signatures on the page.
If just one signature is put on the page, and it is not too large you
can download it before printing. It is only worth doing it this way if
you are going to print lots of pages with the signature.

You can purchase a cartridge from someone like Kelly and put the
signatures into it via a PC. The cartridge has one restriction,
a macro cannot call another macro.

If you had a 4si you could buy SIMMs from HP and download the signatures
that way.

In terms of the methods of producing the actual image, there are two
methods. 1) Encode the image as a font, and invoke it, then write ABCD
etc. 2) convert it to a raster image inside a macro declaration, then
its a case of just calling the macro.

You should take into account the memory required when sizing extra
memory. Basically 1 sqaure inch of image is about 9000 bytes.

Each 3rd party package treats raster images in a different manner.

<plug> SPINNER encodes just the black portion of the image
       and to invoke the image you place a mark such as "<sign1>" on
       the page as many times as you want the image to appear.
<end plug>

HP SIMM software does optimisation as well. We have just finished a job
that holds 300 images in under 0.5m of SIMM.

Kirk Whelan,                               Tel:01784-436234
Technical Director,                        Fax:01784-433315
SMM Software Ltd,
42a High Street, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9DP.