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- 4PRINT 4.1 LAST-MINUTE NOTES AND INFORMATION
- SHAREWARE VERSION
- Last Updated August 1991
- Korenthal Associates, Inc.
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-
- This file contains last-minute notes and instructions on installing
- and using 4Print 4.1, including notes on how to eliminate paper-
- shuffling on non-duplex printers, using 4Print with a DeskJet, and
- using the shareware fonts included with this package.
-
- We welcome all disk vendors and BBS sysops who wish to distribute
- 4Print, and invite them to refer to VENDOR.DOC and SYSOP.DOC for
- complete information relating to them. Individuals who wish to share
- 4Print with their friends and colleagues, or to upload 4Print to their
- favorite BBS's, are also welcome; please see LICENSE.DOC for details.
- Sample descriptions of 4Print suitable for BBS file listings and
- vendor catalogs are available in DESCRIBE.DOC.
-
- Information on registering 4Print and other KA products can be found
- in REGISTER.DOC and PRODUCTS.DOC.
-
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- Introduction:
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-
- 4Print 4.1 is a paper-saving utility for HP LaserJets, DeskJets and
- compatibles. 4Print prints two or three fully readable pages of text
- sideways across the page, and by printing on both sides, it can yield
- four, six, or even more pages of text on each sheet!
-
- 4Print allows programmers to view four pages of source code at a time,
- writers to read four pages of text, and spreadsheet and database users
- to print wide reports all the way across the page. 4Print's reduced
- paper consumption means lower paper costs and less shelf space taken
- up for storing printouts, and it's also good for the ecology!
-
- New with version 4.1 of 4Print is the companion utility 4Book, which
- makes it easy to produce handsome booklets. Other new features
- include printing 1-4 columns of text, variable number of lines per
- page, automatic line numbering, compression of excess blank lines and
- page breaks, intelligent word wrap, improved DeskJet and LaserJet-
- compatible support, reverse printing options to eliminate the need for
- paper-shuffling, and support for A4 paper. An optional Windows
- interface is also available; see REGISTER.DOC for details.
-
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- The User's Guide and Addendum:
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- The 4Print 4.1 documentation comes in two parts: the User's Guide
- (4PRINT.DOC), which covers all program features up through version
- 4.0, and the Addendum (ADDENDUM.DOC), which describes features new to
- version 4.1 and contains the 4Book User's Guide. The Addendum also
- covers topics such as printing on legal size paper, running 4Print
-
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- under DESQview, using 4Print with the HP LaserJet IIISi, and
- additional trouble-shooting information.
-
- Though 4Print and 4Book come preset for most common uses, both are
- rich with features (in other words, they've got a bad case of option-
- itis), and it's worth the time to at least glance through the User's
- Guide and Addendum to familiarize yourself with some of what these
- programs can do. That way, when you have some special application in
- the future, you'll get that nagging feeling that somehow 4Print can do
- what you want, and then you can go back and read the docs carefully.
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- Installation:
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-
- The installation process is slightly different depending on whether
- you've got the shareware version of 4Print as a self-extracting
- archive (with a .EXE extension) or in zipped form (.ZIP extension).
-
- > If you received your 4Print shareware disk from a disk vendor or
- directly from KA, you should have a file named 4PR410.EXE. This
- is a self-extracting archive containing all of the shareware
- distribution files. To install 4Print, create a 4Print subdirec-
- tory and then extract all the files into that directory:
-
- C>md \4print
- C>a:4pr410 \4print
-
- > Alternatively, if you downloaded 4Print from a BBS or CompuServe
- (or any of the other online services), you will have a file
- called 4PR410.ZIP, and you'll need PKUNZIP to extract the files.
- (If your copy of 4Print was compressed using one of the other
- file compression utilities, such as ARC or LHARC, for example,
- you'll need the extraction program that goes with that utility.)
- Install 4Print by creating a 4Print subdirectory and then
- extracting all the files into that directory:
-
- C>md \4print
- C>pkunzip 4pr410 \4print
-
- Once you've uncompressed the archive, please check that none of the
- files are missing. The complete list of files can be found in the
- text file PACKING.LST.
-
- To access 4Print from any drive or subdirectory on your computer, you
- need to add the 4Print directory to your DOS search path. Type "path"
- at the DOS prompt to see your current path, and then add 4Print to it:
-
- C>path
- PATH=C:\DOS33;C:\MYPROGS (for example)
- C>path c:\dos33;c:\myprogs;c:\4print
-
- Tip for advanced users: You only need 4PRINT.EXE and 4PRINT.OVL to use
- 4Print. (The 4Book utility also requires 4BOOK.EXE; you'll probably
- also want 4BOOK.CFG and SAYINGS.TXT.) Instead of changing your path
-
-
- to include the 4Print subdirectory, you can simply copy these files to
- any subdirectory in your search path.
-
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- Quick Start:
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-
- Type the following at the DOS prompt:
-
- C>4print
-
- The program will provide several screens of information on how to use
- most of its options. You can use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to page
- through the help screens, or press <Esc> to return to DOS.
-
- The best thing to do first is to 4Print any ASCII file single sided to
- get a feel for the program. To print this file, for instance, type:
-
- C>4print readme.doc -s
- or C>4print readme.doc -dj -s (if you are using a DeskJet)
-
- Next, you might try double sided printing:
-
- C>4print readme.doc
- or C>4print readme.doc -d (if you are using a IID or IIID)
- or C>4print readme.doc -dj (if you are using a DeskJet)
-
- Unless you are using a duplex printer (IID or IIID), 4Print will pause
- between passes and ask you to reinsert the paper in the paper tray (or
- manually if you include the "-m" switch) to print the reverse side.
-
- 4Print has many advanced formatting and paper handling features. For
- now, you might try three column, "maximum output" mode like this:
-
- C>4print readme.doc -max (add -d for duplex, -dj for DeskJet)
-
- All documentation files, including PACKING.LST and all files ending
- with the .DOC extension, make likely candidates for 4Print. In fact,
- we recommend that the User's Guide, 4PRINT.DOC, be printed by typing
- the following:
-
- C>4print 4print.doc -doc (add -d for duplex, -dj for DeskJet)
-
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- 4Book Quick Start:
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-
- To get started with 4Book, type the following at the DOS prompt:
-
- C>4book
-
- The program will provide several screens of information on how to use
- most of its options. You can use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to page
- through the help screens, or press <Esc> to return to DOS.
-
-
- To get a feel for what 4Book does, try creating a booklet using a
- small text file. To print this file, for instance, type:
-
- C>4book readme.doc
- or C>4book readme.doc -d (if you are using a IID or IIID)
- or C>4book readme.doc -dj (if you are using a DeskJet)
-
- The program will pause after it scans the file, and prompt you to
- press "Y" to print the booklet. 4Book will then call 4Print with the
- name of the file and any options you've specified. Unless you have a
- duplex printer and have included the "-d" option on the command line,
- 4Print will pause after printing the front side and ask you to
- reinsert the paper in the paper tray to print the reverse side.
-
- You can use 4Book to print the 4Print 4.1 Addendum, ADDENDUM.DOC, by
- typing the following:
-
- C>4book addendum.doc -bn- (add -d for duplex, -dj for DeskJet)
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- Reverse Printing Options:
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-
- (If you have a duplex printer such as the IID, IIID, or IIISi with the
- duplex option, this section does not apply to you. Use your printer's
- duplex capability for all double-sided printing by specifying the "-d"
- or "-ds" option in both 4Print and 4Book.)
-
- 4Print and 4Book now have advanced paper handling features which will
- allow you to obtain perfectly collated, double-sided printouts without
- manually shuffling any pages, even on non-duplex printers.
-
- The new options are "-r" (reverse print back side) and "-rf" (reverse
- print front side). We have included a file called TESTPRIN.BAT on the
- 4Print distribution disk which will automatically determine the set of
- options appropriate to your needs. To run the batch file, simply make
- sure your printer is online and type TESTPRIN at the DOS prompt.
-
- See "Advanced Paper Handling Features" in the 4Print Addendum for more
- information about using these options.
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- DeskJet Users:
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- 4Print has special handling for the HP DeskJet, DeskJet Plus, and
- DeskJet 500. If you are using any of these printers, you *must*
- specify the "-dj" switch every time you run 4Print. Alternatively,
- you may put "SET 4PRINT=-DJ" (don't forget the dash after the equals
- sign) in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and omit the "-dj" switch from your
- subsequent 4Print runs.
-
- By default, 4Print prints in the DeskJet's draft mode which is faster
- and uses less ink. If you wish to use the DeskJet's letter quality
- mode with 4Print, specify "-djl" instead of "-dj".
-
-
- No special font is required to use 4Print with the DeskJet, but if you
- have the original model (not Plus or 500), your printer must be
- equipped with the optional landscape cartridge. In addition, the
- original model DeskJet does not accept landscape soft fonts, so you
- may not use the shareware fonts described below. Note that DeskJet
- Plus and 500 printers require a 128K or 256K RAM cartridge in order to
- use soft fonts.
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- Additional Fonts For Use With 4Print:
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- We have provided a collection of shareware soft fonts from Elfring
- Soft Fonts which you may find useful. To access these fonts, type
- this at the DOS prompt:
-
- C>fonts#
-
- The following files will be added to your 4Print directory:
-
- GO080R17.PCL Normal font / for all LaserJets
- GO060R25.PCL Tiny font \ except the LaserJet+
-
- GP080R17.PCL Normal font /
- GP060R25.PCL Tiny font \ for LaserJet+
-
- GO060R17.DJL Normal font /
- GO080R25.DJL Tiny font \ for DeskJet+ and 500
-
- ID1 (see below)
- ID2 (see below)
- PERM (see below)
-
- REGFONTS.DOC Shareware font registration information
-
- Each of these fonts is a Letter Gothic, sans serif font. They also
- contain the IBM line drawing characters which are not normally
- included when you use 4Print's "-tiny" option. If you have a
- LaserJet+, you must use GP080R17 unless you have a cartridge which
- includes a landscape line printer font. (You don't need these fonts
- if you use a Series II, IIP, IID, III, or IIID printer.)
-
- If you already have font download software, simply download the
- appropriate two fonts to your printer using permanent font #1 for
- the normal font and permanent font #2 for the tiny font.
-
- If you don't have font download software, you can use the following
- two commands to download the soft fonts, substituting the file names
- for normal and tiny fonts appropriate for your printer:
-
- C>copy/b id1+normalfont+id1+perm lpt1: (or lpt2:)
- C>copy/b id2+tinyfont+id2+perm lpt1: (or lpt2:)
-
- To tell 4Print to use the downloaded soft fonts, type the following
- command at the DOS prompt:
-
-
- C>set 4print=-#1 -t#2 (add -dj if you use a DeskJet)
-
- To set up 4Print to always use the soft fonts, add the commands
- necessary to download the fonts and the SET 4PRINT command to your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- 4Print is Shareware:
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-
- 4Print is being marketed as shareware. Shareware gives users an
- opportunity to evaluate a program before buying it. If you like
- 4Print and wish to continue using it after a 30-day trial period, you
- must order the registered version. You'll receive the full retail
- package including typeset manual and the 4FOLD and KAZAP utilities.
-
- Please see the text file REGISTER.DOC for more information about the
- benefits of becoming a registered user.
-
- For information about shareware and the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP), please see the text file SHR-WARE.DOC.
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- Uploading 4Print to BBS's:
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-
- We encourage you to give copies of the shareware version of 4Print to
- your friends and colleagues, and to upload it to any BBS's that you
- use. When uploading 4Print, please use the file name 4PR410.ZIP. For
- sample descriptions of 4Print suitable for BBS file listings, please
- see DESCRIBE.DOC.
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- Thank you!
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-
- The latest versions of all Korenthal Associates shareware products can
- always be found in our support forum on CompuServe, PCVENB Section 3,
- as well as on The Consultant BBS at 1-718-837-3236. Please feel free
- to contact us if you have any questions about any of our products or
- require additional information.
-
- Korenthal Associates, Inc. Orders only: 1-800-KA-PROGS
- 230 West 13th Street Information: 1-212-242-1790
- New York, New York 10011 FAX: 1-212-242-2599
- U.S.A. CompuServe: [76004,2605]
-
- Thank you for taking the time to evaluate 4Print and for supporting
- the shareware concept!
-