Where do the overlays (forms) come from?
We provide a program that converts a page from a PDF document into an overlay file that the JES2xxx programs can use. The original PDF document can be created using PC or MAC tools combined with the ‘full’ version of Acrobat. Some customers have created PDF forms using nothing more than just MS Word. Other people have gone to graphic artists who use tools such as Quark Express and Page Maker. It doesn’t really matter how the PDF is created, but that is what we convert and use on the host. The only approach that you don’t want to use is to ‘scan’ a copy of your printed form, and try to use that. It’ll work, but generally scans are very large (as in megabytes) and will be fuzzy, both of which don’t make very good overlays. If you need help in creating your ‘master’ PDF forms, we are more than willing to provide assistance.
