Page overlays

PSF can position a page overlay, like a page segment, at various locations on different pages. The position of a page overlay can be defined in the print data set relative to the logical page origin of each page on which the page overlay is to be printed. The logical page origin is defined in the form definition, or with the OFFSETXF and OFFSETYF, or the OFFSETXB and OFFSETYB keywords on the OUTPUT JCL statement.

For added flexibility in positioning a page overlay on a page, you can specify in the print data set that the page overlay is to be printed at the current print position on the page. Figure 13 shows the positioning of a page overlay at specified horizontal (x-direction) and vertical (y-direction) distances from the logical page origin.

Figure 13. Positioning of a page overlay. The overlay is positioned relative to the logical page origin.

The size of a page overlay can be the same as the page size; or, as Figure 13 shows, the size of a page overlay can be limited to the size of the overlay data. If you limit the size of the overlay to the size of the overlay data, you can position the overlay more easily in different locations on different pages.⁵