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┌───────────────────────────────────────────╖ │ ║ │ ██████┐ ██████┐ ██┐ ████┐ ██┐ ██████┐ ║ │ ██┌─██│ ██┌─██│ ██│ ██│██┐██│ └─██┌─┘ ║ │ ██████│ █████┌┘ ██│ ██│└████│ ██│ ║ │ ██┌───┘ ██┌─██┐ ██│ ██│ └███│ ██│ ║ │ ██│ ██│ ██│ ██│ ██│ └██│ ██│ ║ │ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ ║ │ ║ │ ██████┐ ██┐ ██┐ ██┐ ██████┐ ║ │ ██┌─██│ ██│ ██│ ██│ ██┌───┘ ║ │ ██████│ ██│ ██│ ██│ ██████┐ ║ │ ██┌───┘ ██│ ██│ ██│ └───██│ ║ │ ██│ ██████┐ ██████│ ██████│ ║ │ └─┘ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘(tm) ║ │ ║ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ File Printing Plus Program ────────────────────────── The "Print Control Center" ────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────╖ │ All rights reserved P r i n t P l u s ║ │ ║ │ Copyright 1990 - 1992 Lambert Klein ║ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ C R E D I T & T H A N K S ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ To: All of the Registered Users for their support, input, kind comments, et cetera. Thanks to Bill Dickson for help with the printed manual and much more! To Loren Olsen for his continuous feedback and reports on items that otherwise may not come to my attention. Royce Williams for his help with many printer codes and bug reports! Ray Novino for Runway BBS, Super! Roger Cross for helping to resolve HyperKey conflicts with PrintPlus. And all the people on IBMPRO! PrintPlus was written with Masm 5.1 in 100% Assembly language. It was tested on a 12 MHz 286 with a hard card, two HD floppies, and a ram drive. It was also tested on a 20 MHz 386SX with an 85 Mb hard drive. PrintPlus was tested with a Panasonic KX-P1091 9-pin printer and an Epson 24-pin 4000 AP printer. Accessories that were tested included a Kraft KC3 Track ball, µMouse, and CGA and VGA monitors. ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER "This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road Muskegon MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536." ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Program description ........... page 5 Default data file ............. page 6 Running PrintPlus ............. page 6 Menu Bar ...................... page 7 Status Line ................... page 7 Moving around the screen ...... page 8 View files .................... page 9 Preview # of pages to print ... page 9 Picking the files to print .... page 10 Tagging files ................. page 10 AutoTag Tag all Printing Multiple copies Today files ................... page 11 Page down ..................... page 11 Renaming files / directories .. page 11 Make Directory ( MD ) ......... page 11 Printing the files ............ page 12 Changing printing modes (Pmode) page 13 Printing specified pages ...... page 14 Line numbering ................ page 14 Redirecting output to file .... page 15 File Menu ..................... page 16 Tag & Copy, Move, Delete Change drive .................. page 17 Changing directories .......... page 18 Choosing your printer ......... page 19 Single Sheet Feed ............. page 19 Settings (parameters) ......... page 20 Changing default colors ....... page 21 Printer setup window .......... page 21 Margins Left/Right............. page 23 Trim Delete left margin Line feed strip ....... page 24 Page length/Line skip.. page 24 Smart mode ............ page 25 Reformatting tips ............. page 25 Special output ................ page 26 Deleting single files and empty directories.......... page 26 Newcopy ....................... page 27 Help Menu ..................... page 27 Inspect file .................. page 28 Quitting PrintPlus ............ page 28 Trouble Shooting (Q/A) ........ page 29 Registration information ...... page 31 Ordering info ( in US ) ....... page 32 Ordering info ( in UK ) ....... page 33 Ordering info ( in Australia ). page 34 BBS Support for PrintPlus ..... page 35 On-Line Registration .......... page 35 Where to find PrintPlus ....... page 36 Other programs ................ page 37 page 5 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ PrintPlus prints files using several options that save paper by skipping extra blank lines. Options include: File viewing, Tag and Copy, Move, and Delete. Output can be redirected to an ASCII file. PrintPlus also features Pull-Down Menus and optional mouse support. You can print files from specified page numbers, print line numbers, preview the number of pages to print, and replace IBM box characters with user-defined characters. You can print the filename, the current date and time, and the file's date and time at the top of the first page. You can also configure the program to change the printer setup, screen colors, mouse functions, and text output as well as rename files or directories. With PrintPlus you can print or view files of any length! It is powerful, yet easy to use. PrintPlus provides an easy method for choosing your printer. You simply select your printer from the extensive list, just press a key, and the codes for your printer are set up. NEW in version 6.x: User-adjustable left and right margins, with word wrap. Page length settings. Smart mode, hard CR/LF strip, and left space trimming. Multiple printed copies. Continuous or single sheet paper feed option. Print-progress bar. Selectable printer output to Lpt1, Lpt2, Com 1 or 2, PRN, or a filename. page 6 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ DEFAULT DATA FILE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ You can specify default settings for the directory in which your data files are located. The procedures follow: 1. Load your autoexec.bat file into an ASCII text editor. 2. Add the following line to your Autoexec.bat file. set PLUSDATA=C:\util Set indicates the DOS command that will be run. C: specifies the drive. Type in the drive you will use. \util specifies the directory and path where the default data will be located. You may choose any name for your directory, for example, PLUSDATA=C:\print. NOTE: From PLUSDATA on, the line must not have spaces. 3. Save the autoexec.bat file to your root directory. 4. After you reboot the computer, your default data files will load and will be saved to the path you have chosen. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ RUNNING THE PROGRAM: ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ You should first make a copy of your PrintPlus disk. If you use PrintPlus on a hard drive, for easy access, include the path you have chosen in your DOS Path. All of the PrintPlus files should be copied to your disk. At a minimum, copy the following files to your disk: P63.exe Main program for "PrintPlus". P63.doc Documentation for PrintPlus. Plus6.mon Data file for monochrome monitors. Invoice Shareware registration form. A complete list of files is included in the PACKING.LST file. To get the program up and running, at the Dos prompt, simply type in the name of the program: P63 Press [Enter] The path will be shown at the top of the screen. In the top box, the file name will be displayed. The file size will be shown to the right. If it is a directory, " DIRECTORY ║ " will be displayed. At the extreme right, the amount of free space available will be shown in bytes. You can toggle this information on and off Using Alt-I. On a slow floppy, the cursor will speed up when toggled off. page 7 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MENU BAR ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ╔ PRINTPLUS V6.3 ═══════PATH:C:\P6════╦══════════════ ║ DIRECTORY ║ ║ ╠══:Margins:═══╦═══════╦═══════╦══════╬═════════╦═══ ║L: R: 80 ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ X Drive ║ D ╚══════════════╩═══════╩═══════╩══════╩═════════╩═ The Menu Bar will be displayed. It shows you the options available. To "pull down" a menu item, press the first letter of the item desired. For example, press 'V' for the View menu. When a menu is displayed, use the Left/Right arrow keys to move to subsequent menus. The Up/Down arrows take you through the options in each menu. Pressing [Enter] either chooses the option that the cursor is on or changes the value of adjustable items. You may also press the first letter of the desired option. Your margin settings are shown at the left. You may 'Click' here to change margins, ┌───╖ or press F2. │F2 ║ See page 23. ╘═══╝ MOUSE USERS: Pointing to and clicking on the desired menu will pull down that menu. Inside a menu, point to the option desired and click on it to either choose that option or to change it. Pointing to the extreme left or right and clicking will move you to subsequent menus. Pressing the right mouse button is equivalent to escape. The files in the current directory are displayed below the Menu Bar. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ STATUS LINE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ At the extreme bottom, the status line shows the following: Pmode:II ║Header: ON ║TOGGLE ALL MARK║User Defined Box║ Symbols are shown at the right, and are highlighted when on. The symbols are Cursor Flash, Sound, Auto Tag, Line Numbering, and Filter. MOUSE USERS: Point and click on any symbol to toggle or change it. ┌─────────────────────────────┐ ┌───╖ │ You can change your mouse │ │F10║ For Mouse information. │ pointer from the SETUP menu.│ ╘═══╝ └─────────────────────────────┘ page 8 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Use the four cursor keys to move the cursor around the screen and to the files you want to print. The [Home] key will take you to the top left of the screen. The [End] key will take you to the bottom right. MOUSE USERS: Point to the desired directory or file and click on it. Click again for the Directory or View menu. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ VIEW FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ╔ PRINTPLUS V6.3 ══════ Pressing "V" ║ DIRECTORY ║ will bring down ╠═══════╦═══════╦══════╦ this View Menu ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ ║ ╚════════╗═════╩ ║ ║ ║ [V]iew file ║ ║ ║ ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════╝ Pressing 'V' will let you view the file under the cursor. Use the Page Down, Page Up, Down Arrow, Up Arrow, and Home keys to move around. [Page Dn] Takes you to the next screen. [Page Up] Takes you back to the previous screen. [Home] Takes you back to the start of the file. [End] Takes you to the last page. [Dn Arrow] Move down one line. [Up Arrow] Move up one line. [Esc] Leave View option. [Alt-V] Toggles visible end of lines. page 9 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PREVIEW # OF PAGES THAT WILL BE PRINTED├─┐ └─┬──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing [Alt-P] displays the number of pages it will take to print the file under the cursor. The # of pages will be shown for each of the print modes (Pmodes 0, 1, 2, or 3) so that you can easily compare paper savings for the subject file. When you press [Alt-P], you will see a report window similar to the one below. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║P63.DOC In print mode ║ will print ║ ║═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════║ ║ 0 ║ 37 page(s). ║ ║ 1 ║ 34 page(s). ║ ║ 2 ║ 29 page(s). ║ ║ 3 ║ 22 page(s). ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The report takes into account margins, page length in lines, and any other formatting. page 10 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PICKING THE FILES TO PRINT ~ ├─┐ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ ~ TAGGING FILES TO PRINT ~ │ │ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ To mark or "tag" a file for printing, move the cursor to the desired file and press the space bar. To remove the tag, press the space bar again. It works as a toggle. When a file is tagged, there will be an arrow < to the right of the filename and the filename will be displayed in `Mark' text. An exception to this is that if a `Today file' is selected, it will have a smaller arrow marking it at the end. MOUSE USERS: The right button is used to tag files. NOTE: You can reverse the mouse buttons by pressing [Ctrl-B]. [Alt-M] toggles Autotag. With Autotag on, after a file is tagged, the cursor automatically advances to the next file. [TAB] toggles all of the files. Tagged files will be set to normal, and normal files will be tagged. MOUSE USERS: Clicking on ║ Tag All ║ toggles files the same as [TAB]. [Alt-R] resets all files. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PRINTING MULTIPLE COPIES ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ When a file is tagged for printing you have an option to select independently the number of copies you want printed for each tagged file. Make sure that the cursor is on the tagged file you want. Press '#' (Shift 3) You will be asked how many copies you want for that file. Tag as many files as you want to in this way. The default is one copy. A file must be tagged for the Multiple Copies feature to work. page 11 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ TODAY'S FILES: ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Any file with today's date will be displayed in `todaymark'². This makes it easier to find a file for printing that you may have just downloaded. When these files are tagged for printing, they will also be in the `Mark' color and and will also have a `small arrow' at the end. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ [PAGE DN] FOR NEXT SCREEN ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If there are more files than will fit on one screen, pressing [Page Dn] will take you to the next screen. However, this will also untag all files on the previous screen. So you should print all the tagged files one screen at a time. MOUSE USERS: Click on [~Page Dn~]. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ RENAME ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ [Alt-R] lets you rename the file under the cursor. NOTE: If you have Dos version 3 or higher, you can also rename directories with this feature. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MAKE DIRECTORY ~ MD ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──╖ │F5║ The [F5] Function key lets you make a new directory. ╘══╝ First, change to the drive and path where you want the new directory. Press F5. Enter the name that you desire. The screen will update with your new directory. page 12 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTING THE FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ After the files are tagged, press P for the print menu. ══:Margins:══╦═══════╦═══════╦══════╦══════════════╬════ R: 80 ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Redirect>file║ X D ═════════════╩═══════║ ╚═════════════════════════ 1. ║ picA Nlq Compress Special ║ 2. ║ [R]edirect ║ ║ ║ 3. ║ [P]rint ║ ║ ║ 4. ║ [H]eader toggle OFF ║ ║ ║ 5. ║ [ 0] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Changes Pmode ║ ║ ║ 6. ║ [Alt-P] Preview # of Printed Pages ║ ║ ║ 7. ║ [F]ormfeed ║ ║ ║ 8. ║ [B]ox IBM Box Graphics ║ ║ ║ 9. ║ [M]argins ║ ║ ║ 10. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝ You now have the following options: 1. Change the font type. [A] picA [N] Nlq [C] Compress [S] Special 2. [R]edirect output to a file. (See page 15.) 3. [P]rint the files. 4. [H]eader toggle. When toggled on, a header containing the filename, current date and time, and the file's date and time will be printed at the top of the first page. 5. [ 0] [ 1],[ 2],[ 3] Changes the Pmode (see "Changing Printing Modes" below.) 6. [Alt-P] Preview number of pages printed in each Pmode. 7. [F]ormfeed is sent to the printer. 8. [B] Toggle IBM Box or user-defined characters. 9. [M]argin settings. 10. [Esc] Leave the menu. page 13 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING PRINTING MODES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Printing modes (Pmodes) 0, 1, 2, and 3 are used to change the way the files are to be printed. 0 Prints the file straight through without any formfeed stripping. This works well on document (.doc) files that contain embedded formfeeds and when printing from page n to n. Margins and box characters may still be changed. 1 Prints the file, skips the perforations, and adds a formfeed at the end of the file. 2 Prints the same as Pmode 1 and also skips all blank lines in a series beyond the first one. This reduces paper waste and still produces very good readability. 3 Prints the same as Pmode 1 but skips virtually all of the blank lines. This mode uses the least paper, but may also be more difficult to read in some cases. While the file(s) are being printed, the name of the file being printed will be displayed in the menu bar along with the current page number being printed. To abort printing, press [Esc]. A prompt will be displayed. To abort the current file and continue printing the remaining files, press [T]. To continue with the current file, Press [C]. If you choose to print a file without first tagging a file, an input box will open listing the file under the cursor. Press [Enter] to print this file. Press [Esc] to abort. If you want to print another file, type in the file name. The input box will become larger when the first letter is entered leaving enough room for a path if desired. page 14 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTING SPECIFIED PAGES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press [Ctrl-P] to print selected pages. You will be asked to enter the starting page and ending page. The end page will also be printed. If you want to print only one page, enter the same page for both the start and end page. PrintPlus calculates the first page depending on the Pmode setting. If the starting page number is far into the file, there will be a short pause until the page number is found. If Header is ON, the header will be printed first. Then the program will search for the page number to print. The "Printing Specified Pages" function works best in Pmode 0 with Header OFF, and the margins set to default. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ LINE NUMBERING ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ [Ctrl-N] toggles line numbering on and off. With "Line Numbering" ON, line numbers will be printed in front of each line. This function was added mainly so that programers could easily find a line in their source code. If your lines are long (over 73 characters), you may want to turn "Compress Printing" ON while using "Line Numbering". page 15 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REDIRECTING TO A FILE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing 'R' at the main menu will let you redirect the file under the cursor to an ASCII file. You may also go through the Print menu. This will let you change any options more easily before you begin. When you redirect to a file you will get the same effects you would get from printing. The header, line numbers, and formatting, if selected, will be copied to the new file. The printer control codes are set to OFF by default. You may turn them ON in the Set up menu. (see page 20.) With the printer control codes ON, any codes, such as NLQ or Compress, that are ON will be embedded in the file. If you print such a file from DOS, the file will print with whichever codes that were set such as in NLQ or Compress. Be sure to review the sections that follow on MARGINS and REFORMATTING TIPS. page 16 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ FILE MENU ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing [F] pulls down the file menu. The file menu offers you options to COPY, MOVE or DELETE tagged files. V6.3 ══════PATH:C:\TEXT══╦═══════ ║ ║ ════╦══════╦══════════════╬═══════ int ║ File ║ Redirect>file║ X Driv ═══╔╝ ╚═════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. ║ [C]opy tagged files ║ ║ ║ 2. ║ [M]ove tagged files ║ ║ ║ 3. ║ [D]elete tagged files ║ ║ ║ 4. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════╝ 1. [C] Copies all of the tagged files to the target path. 2. [M] Moves the tagged files to the target path. 3. [D] Deletes all of the tagged files ( CAUTION! ) 4. [Esc] to leave this menu. During any of these operations, abort by pressing [Esc]. WARNING: Be aware that when you delete files they are DELETED very quickly. Please use caution. The path and file that are being copied to is displayed at the top. Before a copy or move procedure, PrintPlus checks to make sure that the files will not be copied to themselves, for example if you try to copy from/to the same path. If space is not sufficient, PrintPlus will not copy that file. The program will try to copy the next file. Press [Esc]ape if you want to abort. The files that are not copied or moved will still be tagged. Also, if a file already exists with the same filename, you will be asked if you want to overwrite the existing file. If you want to overwrite a file, PrintPlus checks to make sure there is sufficient space. Files with the same name can be different lengths. page 17 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING CURRENT DRIVE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press `X' to change to a different drive. This will bring up the following window: ══════════════╬═════════╦═════╦══════╦ ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ ╔═════╝ ╚══════╗═════╩ Buttons ║Enter letter of Drive ║ Shown only when a > ║[~|~] [~|~] [~Enter~]║< | Depicts Mouse is detected. ║ A: ║ DN/UP ║ B: ║ arrows Move cursor to the ║ C: ║ desired drive. ║ D: ║ ║ E: ║ Press [Enter] ║ F: ║ or ║ G: ║ Press letter. ║ I: ║ ╚══════════════════════╝ Press the letter of the drive you want to change to. If you have more drives, they will be displayed up to `Z'. You should specify your last drive in the Config.sys file. EXAMPLE: Lastdrive=Z or Lastdrive=I MOUSE USERS: Click on the Down or Up arrow to scroll to the desired drive. Click on the [~Enter~] button to execute. page 18 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING DIRECTORIES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Directories will be shown in the highlite color and are marked with ║ at the end. Press [D] to change the current directory. ╦════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Drive: C ║ ╬═════════╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ╩══════╔══╝ ╚═══════════════╗════════╝ ║ ║ [D] to change Dir> ║ [D] change Dir ║ ║ ║ [Esc] to Abort.> ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════╝ If the cursor is over a directory, you will be taken to that directory. If not, you will see a prompt. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Enter new path: ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ At the prompt, type in the path you want on the current drive. It is not necessary to add the initial back slash (\). "." will take you to the root directory. NOTE: If the cursor is over a Directory, you can press [Enter] instead of [D]. When the cursor is over a file, pressing [Enter] will take you to the View Menu. MOUSE USERS: If the mouse pointer is over a directory that is already highlighted, clicking will take you to the Directory menu. page 19 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHOOSING YOUR PRINTER ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──╖ │F4║ The [F4] Function key will display a list of printers ╘══╝ that you can choose from. Just press the number or letter of your printer and PrintPlus will set the codes up for you! You can then go to the Setup menu to make any changes that you may need (see page 20.) ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ SINGLE SHEET FEED TOG ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing [F]eed at the SETUP menu (see page 20) will toggle Continuous or Single feed. With this option set to ON, you can print one page at a time. You will be asked for the next page when ready. page 20 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ SETTINGS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ Press S for ╩═╔═══╝ ╚════════╗════════╝ Setup menu >>> ║ ║ ║ [S]ettings ║ ┌──< Press S again for Setup: ║ ║ │ [Esc] to abort. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═══════════════════╝ │ │ ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Qu │ ══╩═══════╩═══════╩══════╩═════════╩═╔═══╝ ╚════════╗═ │ ║ ║ └> ║ [S]ettings ║ ╔═DEFAULT SETTINGS ::: [Esc] to leave════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Box Characters : IBM Box Graphics ┌─┬─┐ Pmode PM2 ║ ║ │ │ │ ║ ║ Edit user defined characters ├─┼─┤ Header OFF ║ ║ │ │ │ ║ ║ Change colors └─┴─┘ T-printer Lpt1 ║ ║ ║ ║ Printer Setup moUse ptr New copy date OFF║ ║ ║ ║ single sheet Feed OFF R-control codes OFF Margins ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ B Toggles IBM or User-defined box characters. E Press E to edit your user-defined box characters. C Press C to change screen colors (see page 21.) S Press S for the Printer Setup window (see page 21.) F Toggles Continuous/Single feed paper control. P Change Pmode. H Toggle header on/off. T Printer Lpt1/Lpt2/Prn Alt-S special output M Set Margins, Page length, Smart mode, Trim & LF Strip. R When redirecting to a file, lets you choose to add the printer control codes or not. U Set mouse pointer [Esc] Leave this menu. page 21 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING YOUR DEFAULT COLORS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If you don't like the colors on the screen, you can change them. You can select colors of your choice with the [Alt-C] key or use the menu. You will see a text screen with the current color settings. The colors you can change are: [N]ormal [H]ighlite [M]ARK [T]oday [C]ursor ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Pick the option you want to change. All possible attributes (colors) will be shown. Cursor to the desired color and press [Enter]. Continue through all the options you want to change. Press [Esc] When you are finished. The new default colors will be saved to disk when you quit the program. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTER SETUP WINDOW ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ PRESS HIGHLIGHTED LETTER OF PRINTER CODE TO ADJUST ║ ║ ║ ║ Initialize code ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ FormFeed ( usually 12 ) ············ SET AS: 12 ║ ║ Special ( User's choice ) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ Pica ( normal ) ····················· SET AS: ║ ║ Compress mode ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ Nlq ( near letter quality ) ········· SET AS: ║ ║ End code ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Press the first letter of the code to be adjusted. A description of each of the printer codes follows. If the default codes won't work, you will need to look up the correct codes for your printer in your printer manual. Enter each code in decimal. Press [Enter] after each code. Press [Enter] when done. Go on to the next code if needed. Press Escape when you finish the printer code adjustments. page 22 INITIALIZE This will be the first printer code sent to the printer. In most cases, this would be a printer reset command. FORMFEED Set this to match your printer's codes for Formfeed. It is normally set to 12. SPECIAL This can be set to whatever you want. It can be used for special types of printing. PICA Enter the code for pica (normal) type. (10 cpi) COMPRESS Compress printing. (17.5 cpi) Usually set with either 15 or 27 15. NLQ Near letter quality or Correspondence Quality. Settings are different for most printers. END CODE This is the code that is sent to the printer at the end of a print session. It can be set up as a reset like the initialize setting. NOTE: Any of the above codes can be turned off by entering 255 as the first code. In many cases you can add more than one function in a single code. page 23 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │~ MARGINS ~├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ MARGINS: ~~~~~~~~ ┌───╖ │F2 ║ You can set the margins by pressing [F2] or by selecting ╘═══╝ Margins from within the Print Menu or Set up Menu. You have the options of setting the Left and Right margins, Smart mode, Trim, Line feed strip and Page length. The left and right margins can be set independently for normal and compress printing. Word wrap will take place at the right margin setting. If you don't want a left or right margin, enter zero for that margin's value. For no margins, enter zeroes in both values. The default settings are: Left 0, Right 80 and for compress: Left 0, Right 132 TRIM ~~~~ With Trim ON, all leading spaces are removed. This is handy when word wrap is actually in effect. Trim eliminates the group of spaces that may appear in the middle of a line of text. It is helpful when reformatting, especially with a file that already has a Left margin. SUGGESTION: Keep OFF until you need it, but don't forget it! DELETE LEFT MARGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This feature will eliminate the original left margin of a file. A portion of the file will be evaluated to try and deduce the left margin. This will keep the actual format in place, unlike TRIM which simply deletes ALL leading spaces. ( about 90% accuracy ) It's recommended to be used in Pmode 0 for best results. Then do any other reformatting you may wish after. Trim and Delete left margin cannot be on at the same time. If you choose one of these, the other will be automatically turned off, if it's on. This makes sense since you only want or can do one of these two options at once. page 24 LINE FEED STRIP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With Line Feed Strip ON, all line feeds within paragraphs will be removed. This is especially useful when going to a larger right margin as with compress printing. SUGGESTION: Keep OFF most of the time. LINES PER PRINTED PAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The default lines per page setting is 66. The default lines to skip setting is 8. Both of these can be changed here. A setting of 66 for page length (in lines) and 8 for the number of lines to skip is recommended for most dot matrix printers. Some laser owners may want to set the line length to 59 or 60. Enter 0 for both settings to indicate no page length. PrintPlus will not skip over perforations with this setting. page 25 SMART MODE ~~~~~~~~~~ Default setting is on. You can toggle smart mode on and off here. With smart mode on most word wrapping will have a more natural look. With smart mode off there may be some broken sentences that may look out of place. SUGGESTION: Keep on for most cases. All of these settings can be reset to their defaults by pressing [R] or clicking on the (■). * SMART MODE EXAMPLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Left margin : 15 Right : 65 With Smart mode off: "In reviewing the program I noted that it was much easier to use, far more versatile than the previous version, and mouse support was added for those people who prefer the point and shoot method of operations. In other words it was a good program to begin with and now it's twice as good. Shows a lot of work and professionalism on your part." R.D.K. Galt, CA With Smart mode on: "In reviewing the program I noted that it was much easier to use, far more versatile than the previous version, and mouse support was added for those people who prefer the point and shoot method of operations. In other words it was a good program to begin with and now it's twice as good. Shows a lot of work and professionalism on your part." R.D.K. Galt, CA page 26 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REFORMATTING TIPS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 1. If you come across a file that just doesn't seem to reformat like you want, try the following: Set all margin and reformat settings to their defaults. Margins: left 0, right 80. Trim OFF. Line feed strip OFF. Redirect to a file in Pmode 0. Now, try it again with your new file. Redirection to a file will change tabs to spaces and remove unnecessary spaces. The file will look and print the same, but will be more well behaved for reformatting. 2. If you want to reformat a file that already has a left margin, you may want to try the above step with Trim ON. 3. Reformatting is mainly for text files that do not contain diagrams or do not have information in the columns. 4. After reformatting a file, if you will be printing it with PrintPlus, change the margins and other settings back to normal or you may get some unpredictable results. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ SPECIAL OUTPUT ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing [Alt-S] at the SETUP menu will let you set up a special output. [T] toggles between Lpt1, Lpt2 and Prn. Prn is the special output that can be changed by pressing Alt-S. You can change this to a Com port or to a filename. If you use a filename here, each output will be appended to the end of the file. You could tag a group of files and they would all be appended to this file, prn codes and all. When using a filename, its a good idea to turn Filter ON. This will assure that the EOF (d24) will not be inserted between files. page 27 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ DELETING SINGLE FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ [Alt-D] deletes the file under the cursor. Cursor to the file you want to delete, then press [Alt-D]. This will bring up the prompt: "DELETE this FILE? (y/n)" Press "y" to delete or "n" to abort. You can also press [Esc] to abort. When the file is deleted, it will be marked with ▒ and the colors will be YELLOW on RED after the cursor is moved. [Alt-D] will also delete EMPTY directories. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ NEWCOPY ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ When you are copying or moving files, the default settings will copy the original date STAMP (like DOS Copy command). If you would like to copy or move files with the current date STAMP, you can set this up in the setup menu. Choose the Setup menu by pressing [S]. You can toggle NEWCOPY by pressing [N]. This is an unconventional setup and a caution box will come up. This is completely a matter of preference. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ HELP ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing H or ┌──╖ │F1║ pulls down this Help menu. ╘══╝ ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ╩═════╔══════╝ ╚══════════╗ ║ ║ [H] Shows a full help screen ║ [H]elp screen ║ ║ ║ [A] Displays Alt-keys functions ║ [A]lt-keys ║ ║ ║ [C] Displays Ctrl-keys functions ║ [C]trl-keys ║ ║ ║ [M] Mouse help screen ║ [M]ouse help ║ ║ ║ [Esc] Escape from menu ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════╝ page 28 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ INSPECT FILE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──╖ │F8║ F8 inspects the file under the cursor for ╘══╝ form feeds, left margin, tabs, and length of the longest file. Mouse Users: Click on INS at the lower left corner. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ QUITTING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press [Esc] or [Q] to quit. At the prompt Press 'Y' to quit or 'N' to abort. ════════════════════════════════════╗ Drive: C ║ ═════╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ rive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ═════╩═════╩═╔═══════════╝ ║ ║ Quit PrintPlus? ║ ║ ║ ║ [Y]es ║ ║ ║ ║ [N]o ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════╝ page 29 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ TROUBLE SHOOTING ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Common Questions Q. When I print a file with PrintPlus, the header has strange characters. Whats wrong? A. These are IBM Box Characters. If your printer supports them, look up the codes to set IBM graphic mode 1. Put these codes in the initialize sequence in the printer setup. You may be able to set your printer dip switches to support IBM Graphic mode 1. If your printer does not support IBM Box Characters, switch PrintPlus to User-defined Characters using Alt-B from the file display. This will change the IBM box characters to some that will print on your printer and will somewhat resemble the box characters. TIP: Try setting up your printer with the [F4] Function key first. Q. How can I stop PrintPlus from dropping data files all over my disk? or PrintPlus doesn't always start up with my default settings. How come? A. You must put the DOS Set variable in your Autoexec.bat file. This is how PrintPlus knows where to keep and where to find the data file. Example: Set PLUSDATA=C:\util\ With this variable loaded, the data file will reside in your util directory on the C drive. page 30 Q. When using CTRL-P (Print from Page n to Page n), the pages that printed don't seem to jive with the ones I wanted to print. A. PrintPlus will calculate the page numbers differently depending on the Pmode that you select. Also, if Header is ON, a minor adjustment may occur. The margin settings also have to be taken into account. If you use Pmode 0 with this function, the pages should print out correctly. Of course, some files do not start the page numbering at the beginning. If you take a look, you will notice that in some files, the page numbering actually starts at some point into the file. For example, suppose the file begins with four pages before the page numbering starts. Add 4 to the numbered page you want to print (Pmode 0, header off). Q. PrintPlus froze after I used my mouse. what can I do? A. Check the drag button on your mouse. If this was accidentally, or purposely, clicked down you will not get any response until you release the drag button. Q. How can I speed up the cursor when accessing a floppy? A. Toggle the Information Display OFF with Alt-I. This will turn off the display of the file size ,date, time and free space. The cursor will speed up. Q. When Single Feed is on and I'm printing a file in Pmode 0, sometimes a few lines will be printed on the next page before I press a key. What can I do? A. You have a couple of options. 1. You can print the file in one of the other Pmodes. or 2. Pull down the Margin menu and change the Page Length. If it's set at 66, try a setting of 61. You may have to adjust this up and down until you find what's best for your printer. This is because when the paper reaches a certain point, the "paper out" indicator on your printer comes on before the end of the paper is actually reached. page 31 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REGISTERING INFORMATION ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Remember, this program is Shareware! Please register after a reasonable evaluation period. For the registration fee of $23.95 you will receive: 1. Telephone support, Mail or Email. 2. A disk with the REGISTERED version and documents (5 1\4) or (3 1\2) per your request. 3. A Professionally bound PRINTED MANUAL. 4. Registered users may freely use any new shareware upgrades of PrintPlus that they download or receive. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Registered users receive a "SPECIAL Code" to Register │ │ new Shareware updates as well as the OPTION of pausing at│ │ the Title screen or not and a CLS Clear Screen on exit. │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you want a new updated Register copy directly from the author, please send $7.00 to help defray costs. You must include your name and serial number of your copy. You will also receive a printed manual. 5. CIS IntroPak A free CompuServe IntroPak, which includes a $15.00 usage credit, is available to PrintPlus registered users. You will receive a User ID, Password and $15.00 usage credit. CompuServe is a good place to obtain technical help and support for PrintPlus as well as other programs. 6. UNBOX Copies a file from the command line while changing any characters above 127 to characters below 128. IBM box graphics will be converted to close reproductions in text characters. 7. PPC PrintPlus Command Line Companion. Use to print a single file from the command line using your default settings from PrintPlus. 8. Other evaluation copies of programs and utilities published by Shareable Software International. 9. Registered users can get a 1-year subscription to Shareware Magazine, normally $20.00, for just $9.97. page 32 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ ORDERING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ ~ U.S. and CANADA ~ │ │ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ FOR ORDERS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA. ( for UK orders see next page.) You can order by sending a check or money order in the amount of $23.95 ( in Illinois, add 7% sales tax ) plus $4.00 shipping and handling, or with Master Card or Visa to: Shareable Software International PO Box 59102 Schaumburg, IL 60159 Orders: 1-800-622-2793 Voice: 708-397-1221 Fax: 708-397-0381 CompuServe: 76226,2652 Exec-Pc: Bill Dickson Rime: ASP Support Conference: Bill Dickson Also, you may register PrintPlus and other selected Shareware programs on Runway BBS. Check page 35 for details. page 33 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ ORDERING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ ~ UNITED KINGDOM ~ │ │ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ FOR ORDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Send 14.95 pounds to: Nildram Software 26 Stanley Hill Avenue Amersham Bucks HP7 9BD Tel: (0494) 729236 BBS: (0494) 431861 CIX: nildram Compuserve: 100012,1222 Internet: nildram@compulink.co.uk MasterCard and VISA accepted. In the UK PrintPlus now has BBS support on: ┌ the ──────────────────┐ │ SHAREWARE SUPPORT BBS │█───────────────────┐ └───────────────────────┘█ (0494) 431861 │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ │██ │ Sysop: RunWay Link │██ │ Adrian Mardlin Conference 5 │██ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘██ ████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ page 34 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ ORDERING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ ~ AUSTRALIA ~ │ │ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ FOR ORDERS IN AUSTRALIA Send orders to: BUDGETWARE PO Box 496 Newton NSW 2042 Australia $40.00 Accept payment by: Cheque Bankcard Visacard Money order Mastercard Phone: (02) 519-4233 Fax: (02) 516-4236 page 35 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ BBS SUPPORT ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ In the U.S. PrintPlus now has BBS support on: ┌──────────────┐ │ RUNWAY BBS │█────────────────────────────┐ └──────────────┘█ 215-623-6203 2400 Baud │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 215-623-4897 HST │██ │ Sysop: 215-622-7563 V.32 │██ │ Ray Novino │██ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘██ ████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ From the main menu join Conference 77 ( J 77 ) for the Shareable Software International Support Conference. Press B for [B]ulletin Listings. We log on regularly and will be available on line to answer any questions. To send mail to the SSI president: Bill Dickson Mail to the Author : Lambert Klein You will always find the newest release of PrintPlus in the Shareable Software International Support Conference. This is a FREE download! ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ON LINE REGISTRATION ├─┐ └─┬─────────────────────┘ │ └───────────────────────┘ You can now register PrintPlus on-line via Runway BBS! Just join Conference 77 as above and follow the instructions. Press [S] for [S]cript Questions. Your request will be processed immediately. It is one of the fastest ways to acquire your complete PrintPlus registered package! ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REGISTERED USERS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Registered users may freely use any new shareware upgrades of PrintPlus that they download or receive. These can be registered by entering the special code that you received with your registered package. page 36 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WHERE TO FIND PRINTPLUS FIRST! ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ The current version of PrintPlus can be found far and wide! You will probably find it first at the following locations. BULLETIN BOARDS ┌────────────────────╖ ---------------- │This is the Official║ │ Support BBS for ║ ┌─────────────────────┤ PrintPlus! ╟──────╖ │ ╘════════════════════╝ ║ │┌──────────────┐ ║ ││ RUNWAY BBS │█ 215-623-6203 2400 Baud ║ │└──────────────┘█ 215-623-4897 HST ║ │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 215-622-7563 V.32 ║ │ Sysop: Ray Novino ║ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ EmmaSoft Shareware Board 607- 533-7072 Lots of ASP Shareware here! Exec-Pc BBS 1-414-789-4210 ON LINE SERVICES --------------- CompuServe IBMHW Lib 0 or 2 GEnie Ibm roundtable page 615;3 lib 5 DISK VENDORS ------------ SHAREABLE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL Tel: 708-397-1221 PO Box 59102 Fax: 708-397-0381 Schaumburg, IL. 60159 Cis ID: 76226,2652 PsL Disk # 3120 PO Box 35706 Orders 1-800-2424-PsL Houston, TX 77235-5705 PC-Sig Disk # 2718 Prg.# 14317 1030D East Duane Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 730-9291 voice The Software Labs Voice 213-559-5456 3767 Overland Ave. #112-115 Fax 213-559-3405 Los Angeles CA 90034 Disk # 4113 page 37 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │~ OTHER PROGRAMS BY LAMBERT KLEIN ~├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ PPC PrintPlus Command Line Companion Use to print a single file from the command line using your default settings from PrintPlus. NOTE: PrintPlus Command Line Companion can be found on Runway BBS Check page 35 for details in accessing Runway. UNBOX Copies a file, from command line, while changing any characters above 127 to characters below 128. IBM box graphics will be converted to close reproductions in text characters. Intended for printers that can't print these characters. VIEW A simply file viewer with mouse support. You can scroll through files using the keyboard or mouse. View files of any length. Orders for PrintPlus should be directed to Shareable Software International. Information on page 32. If you find a need to contact the author directly here are some ways. Voice 1-313-326-1583 Runway BBS Lambert Klein Cis: 72010,624 GEnie: L.Klein1 Exec-Pc Lambert Klein Mail to: Lambert Klein PO Box 611 Wayne MI 48184 USA