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- The full details of the options available with PRMSP are as
- follows:
-
- Format: PRMSP infile.msp [outfile.prn] [/flag1 /flag2 etc.]
-
- infile.msp - the name of the saved MSP file to be printed
- out.
-
- outfile.prn - the name of a file to be printed to. This is
- optional and if no name is given then the printer (PRN) will
- be used instead.
-
- /I - this flag means print to an IBM-compatible printer
- instead of an Epson-compatible printer.
-
- /P - this flag means print the pedigree with the paper in
- "portrait" orientation - across the page - instead of the
- default "landscape" orientation - down the page. Note that
- in earlier versions of PRMSP this had the opposite effect
- because it was taken to refer to the orientation of the diagram
- rather than the paper.
-
- /H - high density - will work only with Epson-compatible 24-
- pin printer to give a picture three times smaller than
- above, or twice as small on a Hewlett-Packard compatible
- laser printer.
-
- /D - draught mode - should be quicker but lower quality for
- dot matrix printers in high density mode or "portrait"
- orientation. On Hewlett-Packard compatible laser printers
- prints out double normal size.
-
- /Snumber - this flag means print "number" spaces before each
- line of the picture - use it to control where the graph
- appears on the page. The default is 6. (Only for dot matrix
- printers.)
-
- /Lnumber - this flag controls the line spacing on the
- printer, as used by the ESC A command. By default "number"
- is set to 8, but if the lines of your graph come out
- separated or overlapping, then using this flag may help you
- to adjust the line-spacing to produce a better picture.
- (Only for dot matrix printers.)
-
- /Fnumber - this flag lets you determine whether a line feed
- (new line) character is sent to your printer with each
- carriage return character. If number is 0 then no line feed
- is sent, if it is 1 then a line feed is sent. The default is
- 1. If your graph comes out "double-spaced" - with gaps
- between each line -then specifying /F0 may cure the problem.
- (Only for dot matrix printers.)
-
- /FF - send a formfeed (new page) after printing the file.
- (You must use this flag on the last file you print on a
- PostScript printer, but other files can be printed on the
- same page first.)
-
- /HP - produce output for a Hewlett-Packard compatible laser
- printer.
-
- /PS - produce output for a PostScript printer.
-
- For Hewlett-Packard or PostScript printers only:
-
- /OXnumber - x origin, default 72. Measured in points (1/72")
- approximately from the bottom left corner of an A4 page.
-
- /OYnumber - y origin, default 72 in "portrait" orientation
- for bottom left corner, or 720 in "lanscape" orientation for
- top left corner.
-
- For PostScript printers only:
-
- /SXnumber - x scale, default 1.0.
-
- /SYnumber - y scale, default 1.0.
-
- /ROnumber - rotation about origin, default 0.0
-
- Example use of PRMSP:
-
- PRMSP 12990.MSP TEMP.PRN /S12 /I
-
- The file 12990.MSP would be printed out to the file
- TEMP.PRN, in a format suitable for sending to an IBM-
- compatible printer. Then later TEMP.PRN could be printed by
- entering:
-
- PRINT TEMP.PRN
-
- The advantage of this is that by using the DOS PRINT command
- printing occurs in background - you can get on with other
- things while the graph is being printed.
-
- Note: except in the case of PostScript printers, PRMSP
- cannot work if your computer does not send 8 data bits to
- the printer. This is sometimes altered by the MODE command
- which is usually in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file - see your DOS
- manual for details -and it is especially likely to have been
- used if your printer is on a serial cable rather than the
- ordinary "Centronics" parallel cable. Also make sure that
- your printer is set to receive 8 bits rather than 7 - see
- your printer manual if you have problems.
-
- Note that to print just one file on a PostScript printer you
- should use the /FF flag to produce a formfeed.
-
-