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- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
-
- ECPage, a DOS page printing program for HP Laserjets
- Download filename: ECPAGE.ZIP
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- ECPage is a form (page) design program that is very easy
- to use, so easy that a novice can be using it to create
- forms within minutes. On-Line help is just a [F1]
- keystroke away at any point in the program. Despite it's
- simplicity however, users will find that they can create forms of
- great complexity. The printed output rivals that of 'Desktop
- Publishing' type programs costing hundreds of dollars.
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- Home users, schools, organizations, offices, government agencies
- and programmers will all find a place for this fast and easy
- to use page design program. Notices, bulletins, signs,
- menu's, announcements, invitations, business forms and other
- forms or page designs can be quickly designed and printed, with
- 'Desktop Publishing' quality, to either paper or disk.
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- ECPage uses the scalable fonts within the Hewlett Packard
- Laserjet model 3, 4L or 4 in point sizes from 1.01 - 99.99
- points. Limited font support is available for users with a
- Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2P & 2D or true PCL4/5 clone.
-
- Whether you need a quick & dirty 'For Sale' sign or a complex
- form, ECPage can handle it.
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- FEATURES
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- With ECPage text lines can be printed right, left or
- center justified using scalable proportional fonts from
- 1.01-99.99 points on the supported Laserjet printers. Further
- enhancements allow PCL lines and boxes - shaded and/or
- filled in with gray scale/patterns - to be used. Scaled
- 'Check-Off' boxes can be created to size match the font used.
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- ECPage allows design elements to be placed with pin point
- accuracy anywhere on a page, including over other
- elements, something few word processing programs can do.
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- ECPage has the ability to print it's output, in portrait
- or landscape orientation, to a Laserjet or to a diskfile.
- The relatively small diskfile, in ASCII format, contains the full
- page formatting in PCL code. With a COPY /B to a supported
- Laserjet 3 or 4 printer the page is quickly printed, exactly as
- created, complete with the proportional fonts. If you are
- using LJKIT1 functions with your Clarion 2.1 reports, ECPAGE
- can write to disk the report detail code to place the ECPAGE
- design into a CLarion 2.1 report procedure.
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- Note: these disk files may be of interest to programmers
- or advanced users as they can be downloaded onto a Laserjet as
- a 'Macro' overlay and then printed out when 'filled in' from a
- database report. The original version of ECPage was
- developed in-house just for this purpose. Other users may
- create or duplicate many of their business forms and store
- them on disk. Just COPY /B the filename to a Laserjet model 3 or
- 4 from a batch file, DOS command line or within a program for a
- new blank form. Changes are easily made without making obsolete
- a costly paper forms inventory.
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- REGISTRATION
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- ECPage is a copy-righted program, not released to the
- public domain, and requires a nominal single user
- registration fee of $16. Low cost site and enterprise
- licenses can be obtained.
-
- The shareware version is completely functional - not limited in
- any way. A trial period is permitted before registration.
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- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- ECPage is a DOS 3+ program that will run on any XT, AT, clone
- or PS/x system. A faster CPU will result in better
- processing speed. A color EGA/VGA monitor is recommended,
- but not required. A hard drive with 2+ MB available and
- system RAM of 640KB are needed. A Hewlett Packard Laserjet
- model 3, 4L or 4 printer is needed although program can be used
- with a LJ2P/D or clone. No added printer memory is needed. May
- be run in Windows 3.1 as a DOS program - full screen.
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- LASERJET MODEL 2 AND CLONES
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- Only limited font support is available for users with a
- Laserjet Model 2P/D or true clones. A clone should
- support font 90 degree rotation and offer full PCL 4 or 5
- emulation. The only scalable font support ECPage users with a
- Laserjet 2P/D or clone will have are those available in
- Hewlett Packard's "Type Director" scalable soft fonts,
- limited to those in 'DECORATIVE WORDS 1, CGTIMES and
- UNIVERS. These soft fonts must be obtained from Hewlett
- Packard as no fonts are contained in this program. Create them
- with Type Director and download in desired type face and point
- size to the printer for use.
-
- Limited font cartridge support is also available for the
- proportional non-scalable fonts within Pacific Data Products '25
- in 1' cartridge - #CF120, or most of those in Hewlett Packard's
- Times/Helv Z1A and S2. Other cartridges may or may not offer
- satisfactory font justification.
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- SUPPORT
-
- Registered users can post e-mail messages to Dave Erickson for
- bug reports or if support is needed.
-
- UPGRADE POLICY
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- Registered users are allowed to upgrade at no added cost when
- future versions are released.
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- WARRANTY
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- There is NO warranty made by the author. During the trial
- evaluation period you can determine if ECPage will or will not
- work for your purpose. The distribution method and low
- registration fee reflects the lack of any warranty for ECPage.
- The author will not be responsible for damages, of any nature,
- resulting from the use, or inability to use, the software.
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- SOUND INTERESTING?
-
- If ECPage sounds like it's something you could use, download it
- from the source where you obtained this description file. Copy
- the PKZIPED archive file ECPAGE.ZIP into a directory on your
- system labeled \ECPAGE and type the command: PKUNZIP ECPAGE
-
- A set of 2 files will self-extract:
-
- 1. A Readme, giving a brief description
- 2. The program archive, ECPAGE2.ZIP
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- Unarchive the program files with: PKUNZIP ECPAGE2
-
- ECPage is started by typing the command: ECPAGE within the
- \ECPAGE directory.
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- PKUNZIP V1.1 or later is needed to unarchive these files. It is widely
- available as a 'Shareware' type program. (From PKWARE). Other UnZIPping
- utilities may also be used, such as UNZIP.
-
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- YOU SHOULD KNOW
-
- 'Truetype' or 'Postscript' fonts are not currently supported in
- this release, nor is the import of .PCX files.
-
- ECPage is not a 'WYSIWYG' (What you see is what you get) program.
- Rather, the form elements are laid out in row/column positions. While
- it is easy to use, very complex forms will require time to lay
- them out. The results are worth it.
-
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- If this program sounds interesting, try it - you'll like it.
-
- Thanks for your interest,
-
- Dave Erickson
- AOL ID# DavidE2452
- CIS ID# 70062,431
- Delphi DAVERI
-
- Or Write to the author at:
- 2318 Yankovich Road
- P.O. Box 82910
- Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
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