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###### ###### #### ###### #### #### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #### ## ##### ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## # ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ###### ## #### ##### ##### LaserJet Series ][ Print Utility. Copyright (c) 1990,91 InoVision Software User Documentation INTRODUCTION: ------------------------------------------------------- LJ2Fold is a print utility which was designed to work with the H.P. LaserJet Series ][ printer. It is a highly versatile program which will allow you to print either single or double sided documents, in landscape or portrait mode. Additionally you may .... * Specify a graphics border. (ASCII) * Specify header and/or footer text. * Specify page numbers. * Specify a cover sheet file. * Save defaults The unique feature of LJ2Fold, and the one which you will most likely use the most, is the ability to print a document so that it may be stapled in the center to form a book or pamphlet. Because LJ2Fold allows you to print your document in so many different ways, it will take some "getting used" to the program ESPECIALLY if you will be printing double sided documents. Each print mode is discussed later on in the documentation. REQUIREMENTS: ------------------------------------------------------- The basic requirements for this program are: * IBM PC or compatible. * H.P. LaserJet Series ][ printer. * Text Document. The program was written to use LPT1, LPT2, COM1 or COM2. Each line in the text document that you wish to print CANNOT exceed 80 characters. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | NOTICE: This document covers the basic functionallity of | | LJ2FOLD. Additional information can be found in the | | WHATS.NEW file included on the LJ2Fold diskette. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER: -------------------------------------------- InoVision Software makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. InoVision Software or the author of LJ2Fold shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from failure of the product to operate in the manner desired by the user. InoVision Software or the author of LJ2Fold shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of this product. InoVision Software or the author of LJ2Fold shall not be liable to you for any damages including but not limited to any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use or inability to use the product, or for any claim by any other party. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT: ------------------------------------ LJ2Fold is not public domain, nor is it free. LJ2Fold is copyright 1990,91 by InoVision Software. Non registered users are granted a limited license to use LJ2Fold on a trial basis for 30 days for the purpose of determining whether or not LJ2Fold is suitable for their needs. Use of LJ2Fold except for this limited purpose requires registration. Use of non registered copies of LJ2Fold by any person, business, corporation, government agency or other entity except for this limited purpose is forbidden. Registration permits the user a license to use LJ2Fold on a single computer only. EVALUATION COPIES: -------------------------------------------------- Evaluation copies can be recognized by the word EVALUATION which appears at the top of the screen. The Evaluation copy works exactly like the registered version with the following exceptions: () You are not allowed to specify Headings or Footers. () Only half of the graphics borders are supported. () You cannot save your default settings. () You cannot print multiple copies. UPGRADE POLICY: ----------------------------------------------------- Registered users are granted free upgrades for a period of 1 year from the date of original purchase. After that time upgrades may be purchased from InoVision Software at 50% of the current cost of the software. UPGRADE POLICIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE TEXT DOCUMENT: -------------------------------------------------- There are certain requirements for the document you will be printing. These requirements are: 1. Each line may not exceed 80 characters. 2. Each page must be 66 lines long. 3. There can be NO embedded control characters. (i.e. Bold printing, underline, italics, etc) In short, your document must be in pure ASCII format. Additionally, if your document contains horizontal tabs LJ2Fold will convert them to the proper number of spaces. Embeded form-feed characters are also trapped and converted. RUNNING LJ2FOLD: ---------------------------------------------------- To execute LJ2Fold, simply type LJ2FOLD XXXXXX (where XXXXXX is the name of the document you wish to print) from the DOS prompt. Once LJ2Fold is loaded you will be shown a menu screen with 3 choices. They are [B]egin print, [C]hange options, and [Q]uit. You will also notice that in the upper window, you are notified as to which output tray to use (Top or Rear) to hold the printed documents. Additionally, the document name is also displayed in the upper left corner of the top window. PAGE REFERENCE: --------- IMPORTANT ! ------------------------------- If you plan to use double sided print, you will be using the REAR exit tray on your printer to hold the printed documents. This can cause some confusion when feeding the pages back into the printer to print the second side. For reference this documentation will refer to the edge FARTHEST from the printer (when sitting in the rear exit tray) as the TOP of the page. If you are thoroughly confused, face the printer so that the rear exit tray is on your right, and the paper feed tray is on your left. As the paper exits the printer, the TOP of the form will be the edge farthest to the right when it is sitting in the exit tray. Additionally, we will refer to the part of the paper FEED tray that fits into the printer as the BOTTOM of the tray. (Just remember, this button turns on the air conditioner, this button destroys the world, don't get them mixed up!). PRINT OPTIONS: ------------------------------------------------------ BORDER: If you wish, you may choose to have a border printed on your document. To do this you must specify the graphics (ASCII) character to use. The default is 255 (No border). Supported graphics borders are 36, 42, 64, 128, 157, 159, 176, 177, 178, 201, 213, 214, 219, 232 and 233. Graphics characters 36 through 178 232 and 233 will simply print as a border around your text. No special formatting is done for the corners. With graphics characters 201 through 219 you will receive the following borders around your text. 201 = Double line border (top, bottom, sides) 213 = Double line on top and bottom, single on sides. 214 = Single line on top and bottom, double on sides. 219 = Thick line on top, bottom and sides. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ORIENTATION: You may choose either [L]andscape or [P]ortrait. Landscape prints from left to right along the length of the paper (as if you had turned the paper on its side and feed it into the printer). Portrait prints from left to right along the width of the paper (like you would normally print). Landscape is what you would choose if you wanted to print a pamphlet or book which would be folded and stapled in the middle. Portrait is what you would choose if you wanted to put the pages in a 3-ring binder. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OUTPUT: Specify port to which your LaserJet printer is attached. Either LPT1, LPT2, COM1: or COM2: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIDES: Specify either [S]ingle or [D]ouble sided printing. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NUMBERS: Specify either [Y] to use page numbers or [N] to suppress page numbers. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COPIES: You may specify up to 99 copies to be printed. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HEADER: You may specify a text string which will be printed at the top of each page. This text is limited to 35 characters. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FOOTER: You may specify a text string which will be printed at the bottom of each page. This text is limited to 35 characters. INDICATE BLANK PAGE: Entering a -Y- in this field will cause the message ------ This Page Intentionally Blank ------ to be printed at the bottom of each blank page. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COVER SHEET: LJ2Fold has the ability to print a cover sheet for each copy of the document that you specify. To create a cover sheet you must enter your cover sheet text into a separate file. If you select -Y- in the cover sheet field, you will be asked to specify the name of the file you wish to use as the cover sheet. In addition, you MUST specify a soft font to be used to print the cover sheet. NOTE: If you are printing in LANDSCAPE mode, the font you specify MUST BE A LANDSCAPE FONT. LJ2Fold will not rotate the font nor will it verify that the font is indeed a landscape font. There are several good utilities which will take a portrait font and create a landscape font for you. All cover sheets are printed first before the document. In this way you can experiment with your text and fonts before printing the actual document. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAVE SETTINGS: If you wish to save the default settings for future use respond -Y- to the message "Save the above settings". LJ2Fold will save the defaults to a file with the same name as your document but with a .LJ2 extension. Saving your defaults will enable LJ2Fold to automatically load the appropriate defaults the next time the document is printed. This can save considerable time and you don't have to remember which cover sheet, font, border, etc, went with which document. PRINTING: ----------------------------------------------------------- The rest of this documentation deals with how to print your text file. Once the printing has started, pressing any key on the keyboard will abort the print process. We will start with single sided portrait which is the easiest and progress through double sided landscape which can be slightly more complicated. Keep in mind that the key to successful printing is ... () Using the correct exit tray. () Keeping the page oriented correctly for double sided print. REMEMBER ... When using the REAR exit tray, the TOP of the page is the edge FARTHEST from the printer. One final note in dealing with double sided print. The LaserJet Series ][ printer has a tendency to "curl" the paper as it moves through the printer. This can cause considerable problems when feeding the pages back through for printing on side two in portrait mode. If your printer curls the pages you will need to straighten the edges before loading them back into the paper feed bin. PORTRAIT PRINTING:- Please note that in portrait printing the graphics border that you have selected will print ONLY on the top and bottom of the page. This is due to the fact that the beginning and ending of each line of text is printed at the maximum margins allowable. SINGLE SIDED PORTRAIT: () Exit tray ... TOP () Options ..... Sides=S, Orientation=P This option will print your document just as you would normally. No special instructions are necessary. Border will print on top and bottom but not on the sides. DOUBLE SIDED PORTRAIT: () Exit tray ... REAR () Options ..... Sides=D, Orientation=P This option prints your document on two sides such that page 1 is on the front and page 2 is on the back. Page 3 is on the front of the next sheet and page 4 is on the back and so on. After the first side is printed, remove the pages from the exit tray. Place the pages into the paper feed tray in the following manner. () Face down. () TOP of the pages at the bottom of the paper feed tray. Be especially aware of paper "curl". This will cause your printer to misfeed if the curl is bad enough. Border will print on top and bottom but not on sides. LANDSCAPE PRINTING:- In Landscape printing the border you selected will be printed around the entire text. SINGLE SIDED LANDSCAPE: () Exit tray ... TOP () Options ..... Sides=S, Orientation=L This option will print pages 1 and 2 on the front of the first sheet, pages 3 and 4 on the front of the next sheet and so on. This option is fairly straight forward and requires no additional instructions. Border will print around entire text. DOUBLE SIDED LANDSCAPE: () Exit tray ... REAR () Options ..... Sides=D, Orientation=L This option is the hightlight of LJ2Fold and primarily why LJ2Fold was created. By using this option, you can fold the results in the middle, staple along the fold and produce your own book. Once you have successfully printed a document using this option, you will be able to see how it works, so we will skip the details at this point. Once the first side has been printed, remove the pages from the rear exit tray and place them in the paper feed tray as follows: () Face down. () TOP of the pages at the TOP of the paper feed tray. Paper curl should not be a problem. Border will print around entire text. TYPICAL PROBLEMS: --------------------------------------------------- Problem: Garbage characters in the output. Solution: Probably special control characters used by certain word processors. You should save your document in ASCII format preserving the page length. In PFS:Write this is accomplished by specifying "Print to File". In Displaywrite ]I[ use the "Block/Save/ASCII" command. Problem: Side two is printing up-side-down or backwards. Solution: Be sure that you are placing the pages in the paper feed tray with the correct edge at the bottom. Problem: Pages are printing out of sequence on side two. Solution: Be sure you are using the correct exit tray. If you are printing double sided documents and use the top exit tray, your pages will be out of sequence. Problem: The side borders are not lined up when printing double sided. Solution: The lines in your text file are longer than 80 characters or there are embedded printer control characters in some of the lines. ERROR CODES AND POSSIBLE MEANING: ------------------------------------ 24 - Device Timeout. LJ2Fold is having trouble establishing a communications link with the printer. Verify that the printer is on and that you have specified the correct printer port in the LJ2Fold default settings. 25 - Device Fault. The printer has stopped printing for some reason. Verify that the printer is online and ready to print. This error code is typical if the paper has jammed somehow in the paper feed tray. 27 - Out of Paper. This error message is self explanatory. 57 - Device I/O Error. Some type of hardware error has occurred. This could be anything from the drive which LJ2Fold is using to the printer to which it is trying to print. 61 - Disk Full. This error message is self explanatory. LJ2Fold creates and uses a 5K file for each page of your document. If you are running LJ2Fold from diskette and have a very large document it is possible for the diskette to fill up. Try running LJ2Fold from your hard drive. 68 - Device Unavailable. You have selected an output device in the LJ2Fold default settings which is not currently available on your system. Check that all default values are correct. 69 - Communications Buffer Overflow. Probably due to a slow baud rate setting on your printer (if you are using the Serial port). Try changing the baud rate on your printer to 9600. PROBLEM REPORTING: -------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to contact us for any problems you are having with LJ2Fold. We can be contacted either by U.S. Mail, or by calling our 24 hour BBS at (405) 672-4564 and leaving us a message. When reporting a problem we would like to know .... () How the document was created. (Word processor, editor, etc) () What your options were (double sided landscape, etc) () What EXACTLY is happening. () How we can get in contact with you. If push comes to shove, we may also ask you to transmit a copy of the document to us for testing. ORDERING LJ2FOLD: --------------------------------------------------- If you would like to register your version of LJ2Fold please send either a check or money order along with the attached order form to: InoVision Software P.O. Box 15363 Del City, Oklahoma - 73155 Why register? Primarily because it will enable you to specify headings and footers and to use the rest of the supported graphics characters, not to mention free upgrades when available. Second (and just as important), registration tells us that people are using the software and it is worth the effort to make updates and enhancements to the program. Basically the approach is "why fool with it if nobody is going to use it". So your support is important not only to us, but to all Shareware authors. CLOSING COMMENTS: --------------------------------------------------- The best way to learn to use LJ2Fold is to begin with small (8 pages or less) documents and then run LJ2Fold through its paces. Single sided printing is the easiest and you should have no problems keeping things straight. However, double sided printing is another matter. Begin by using small documents to get the "feel" of what to do. Use the rear exit tray and keep the pages oriented correctly when placing them back into the paper feed tray and you should have no problems. We want to thank you for trying LJ2Fold. We strive to produce quality software at afordable prices. We hope you will enjoy using LJ2Fold and will feel free to contact us if you have any problems or suggestions for enhancements. LJ2FOLD ORDER FORM: ------------------------------------------------- Please send me __________ copy(s) of LJ2Fold at $15.00 per copy. Send to: Name: ____________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: _____ Zip ___________ Please specify: ( ) 5.25 inch diskette. ( ) 3.50 inch diskette. Additional information: _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =- Please take a moment to answer some brief questions. -= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * Where did you first hear about LJ2Fold ? ___________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ * What features do you like most? _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ * Which features could use improvement? _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ * What suggestions do you have for future releases ? _________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ * How does LJ2Fold compare with other similar programs: _______________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ * Are you satisfied with the product ? ________________________________ * Other comments: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________