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- Batch Printer v1.00 May 16, 1987
- By Raymond Lau
- Copyright 1987, Raymond Lau
-
-
- Written with the beautiful LightspeedC development
- system thus portions of this software are copr.
- 1986, THINK Technologies, Inc.
-
-
-
- BatchPrinter allows one to select a range of files
- to be printed on the ImageWriter I or II connected
- to the printer port. It will not print over Apple
- Talk or on a LaserWriter, however. The advantages
- or using BatchPrinter are:
-
- 1. It prints in IW's fastest draft mode.
- 2. It allows you a wide range of fonts available
- on the IW.
- 3. It allows you to select a batch of files and
- leave it to print unattended. (I originally
- wrote it to print out many short source files.)
- 4. It doesn't require that an ImageWriter file be
- present. (A boom if you don't have a hard disk
- and are pressed for space.)
- 5. It will print in the background as long as
- nothing else is fighting for the printer. (It
- is strongly recommended that the disk w/the
- files you're printing remain in one of your
- drives to avoid bothersome swapping.)
-
-
- Installation:
-
- BatchPrinter is a desk accessory, so use Font/DA
- Mover (from Apple) to install it.
-
-
- Operation is rather straight forward:
-
- When you first select it from the Apple menu, it
- will allow you to select your files. Select them
- in sequence and click on cancel when you're done.
- After you select a file, an options dialog box
- will be displayed. The options include a choice
- of fonts, width of tabs, and page length. The
- page length may be a bit confusing. The first
- entry represents the number of lines you wish to
- actually print on. The second represents the number
- of lines in the page itself.
-
- For example, a standard sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper is
- 66 lines long. Say you want to print on the upper
- half only. You would input ...Print on [33] lines
- of [66] lines/actual page...
-
- The other option allows you to turn on slashing of
- zeros. Some people prefer it to prevent confusion
- with the letter O.
-
- All choices you make will be carried onto the next
- file you select, unless you want to change them, with
- the exception of the tab width. If the file you
- select has a tab width saved with it according to
- Apple's MDS Edit format, that width will be displayed.
- Otherwise, your previous selection will remain
- effective.
-
-
- After selecting the files, you can choose to
- - Add File (select more files)
- - Print (start printing)
- - New Job (de-select all files)
- - Delete File (de-select a file you've selected)
- - Modify (change the options of a file)
-
- With the latter two options, you must chose a file
- first. You can do so by clicking on its name. If you
- double-click on its name, it will be equivalent to
- selecting the file and selecting modify.
-
- After you select print, you will be presented with two
- other choices.
- - Cancel (stop printing)
- - Pause (pause printing)
- If you select Pause, the pause button will
- become a Resume button.
-
-
-
- Other info:
-
- Defaults of Elite, 60/66 lines, slashed zeroes, (and
- 4 spaces/tab)* apply the first time you select a file.
- From then on, your previous choice becomes your new
- default. New defaults are not saved.
- * If the file you're printing has an ETAB
- resource (as Apple's MDS Edit guidelines
- call for), the tab setting saved there will be
- the default.
- The IW limits you to 32 tabs per line.
- For non-proportional fonts, once the end of line is
- reached, a carriage return and linefeed are sent.
- For proportional fonts, such an option will be
- implemented in the future. For the mean time, your
- lines will overwrite each other if you attempt to
- print beyond the right margin. Also, an option to
- print an information header (file name, time, page)
- will be implemented in the next version. Similarly,
- there will also be an option to select between the
- IW II's three printing modes.
-
-
- BatchPrinter is shareware. If you find it useful,
- please show your support by sending $8 to the
- author. If you're registered for one of my other
- products, send $5.
- Raymond Lau
- 100-04 70 Ave.
- Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Attn: Batch Printer
-
-
- GEnie: RAYLAU
- Delphi: RAYMONDLAU
- CIS: 76174,2617
-
-
- This product dedicated to all those honest enough
- to register for a previous product. I wish I could
- mail everyone notices now and then, but costs for
- such become prohibitive and thus, support will mostly
- be restricted to the various information services
- around. Feel free to email or write.