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- SPOOLER, the EMMS dynamic print spooler
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- Copyright WAGCOSOFT 1990, all rights reserved
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- SPOOLER is the copyrighted work of WAGCOSOFT and is released
- under the SHAREWARE concept. This entitles individuals to test this
- product for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which time it is
- mandatory that remittance be sent to the copyright holder. The price
- of this software is a one-time remittance of $25, made payable to
- Jerry Wagers at the address specified below. Continued useage of
- this product beyond the 30 day limitation without payment of the fee
- constitutes theft of intellectual property and may be grounds for
- legal action. Paymnent of the fee entitles the payee to use ONE copy
- of the software on no more than ONE CPU simultaneously. Under no
- circumstances may SPOOLER be sold by anyone other than the copyright
- holder. Permission is given to distribute it on BBS and via other
- means, provided no fees above the cost of distribution are charged
- and that this DOC file with SHAREWARE information remain unchanged
- and distributed with the product. No alterations of any kind to the
- product are authorized.
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- The address to send payment is: Jerry Wagers
- WAGCOSOFT
- PO Box 33429
- Ft Lewis, WA 98433-0429
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- Make checks payable to: Jerry Wagers
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- SPOOLER is the BEST print spooler program around, bar none! It
- utilizes Expanded (EMMS) memory, and can be dynamically adjusted from
- 64K to up to 8 Meg buffer space. It can be loaded with your
- autoexec.bat file, or manually loaded any time. The only stipulation
- is that you MUST have a valid EMMS driver loaded PRIOR to invoking
- SPOOLER, and you must have available EMS memory. It will work with
- either LIM 3.2 or LIM 4.x specification. IT WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY
- WITH SIMULATED EMMS MEMORY!!!!!! (EG: LIMSIM, etc.)
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- INSTALLATION:
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- SPOOLER LPTx:yyy[K][M]
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- x = Printer number 1,2,3, or 4
- y = Size of desired buffer in (K)ilobytes or (M)egabytes
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- SPOOLER LPT1:64K will install spooler on LPT1 with a 64K buffer
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- SPOOLER LPT2:1M will install spooler on LPT2 with a 1 Mb buffer
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- SPOOLER LPT1:0K will disable the spooler on printer 1.
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- USE:
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- Once installed, SPOOLER is basically automatic. Any data
- directed to the printer on which SPOOLER is installed, will be
- spooled and handled by spooler. As soon as the job is output to
- SPOOLER, the CPU is freed and the computer may be used for other
- tasks while the printing job continues to completion. Of course,
- shutting off the computer, destroys SPOOLER's buffers and contents,
- and ends the printing job wherever it happens to be!
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- HOTKEY:
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- The PRINTSCREEN key is the SPOOLER hotkey. Hitting this
- key invokes an overlayed menu which allows you to do several things
- with the buffer. You may PAUSE the job, END the job, issue a
- FORMFEED to the printer, view the STATUS of the job and DISABLE
- SPOOLER from this menu. Once the requested action is completed, the
- menu will disappear and the screen will be restored exactly as it
- existed before the menu was invoked. To use your PRINTSCREEN key
- normally, without invoking the SPOOLER menu, use SHIFT-PRINTSCREEN.
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- Please note: Most printers have a small hardware buffer
- internally. Therefore, when you terminate SPOOLER, the printer may
- continue printing until it exhausts whatever is still remaining in
- it's own buffer.
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- NOTE: SPOOLER may be installed up to 4 individual times
- simultaneously! If you have 4 printers online as LPT1, LPT2, LPT3
- and LPT4, then each may have a SPOOLER of it's own installed. They
- will not conflict with each other and will maintain data integrity
- between the printer buffers. You cannot, however, drive all 4
- printers simultaneously! In other words, you must print the buffers
- singly to their respective printers.
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- Neither WAGCOSOFT nor JERRY WAGERS assume any liability for any
- damage which may be caused by useage of this product. Further, no
- guarantees or warrantees of any type are made or implied regarding
- it's effectiveness, adaptability or suitability to purpose. You use
- this product as is, and at your own risk.
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