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- IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from a previous version of PrintManager, make
- sure to replace both PrintManager and spool.device, and reset the computer
- before using the printer, otherwise the system may crash!
-
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- Changes from 1.1 to 2.0
- -----------------------
- (PrintManager 37.9, spool.device 37.9)
-
- - PrintManager is now SHAREWARE.
-
- - Rewritten the docs.
-
- - It's now possible to spool PAR: and SER:, via the DEVICE ToolType.
- "How can I make PrintManager work with PageStream?" is a question I will
- hopefully not have to answer any more. ;-)
-
- - AppIcon and AppWindow printing! If datatypes.library is available, it's
- used. Can also print raw data saved with Save As...
-
- - Auto Form Feed feature
-
- - Font sensitive user interface
-
- - SPOOLDIR ToolType changed to SPOOLDRAWER for consistency with other
- Workbench programs.
-
- - PUBSCREEN ToolType
-
- - Since the I/O buffers are allocated only while printing, thus not wasting
- memory, I have enlarged them from 1K to 4K. This should somewhat reduce
- disk access.
-
- - No longer creates an empty file when receiving the first BEGINIO with a
- command different from CMD_WRITE (fixes PC-Task)
-
- - Now creates the spool directory if it doesn't exist. The spool directory
- should be reserved to PrintManager, so the default has changed from T: to
- T:spool
-
-
- Changes from 1.0 to 1.1
- -----------------------
- (PrintManager 37.4, spool.device 37.4)
-
- - Shortened the code.
-
- - Put 3000 as stack size in PrintManager's icon. The spooler process now
- has a stack of 3000, too. This saves some memory.
-
- - The I/O cache buffers are allocated only when needed. This saves about
- 2K when not printing.
-
- - Fixed bug where selecting "Hide" from the menu could cause enforcer hits
- and occasional crashes.
-
- - Fixed bug which caused new jobs to be paused if others were recovered
- after a reset and the GUI wasn't open.
-
- - While reorganizing the I/O caching routines, spotted a bug which would,
- under very special conditions, corrupt the output flow. The conditions
- were so particular that it was never reported.
-
- - Under latest OS releases, the name of tasks using PRT: was not spotted,
- and was replaced by "PRT" in the jobs list. A small change in the hack
- should fix this for every OS release. It remains a hack, though.
-
- - Added the ability to put an application icon on the Workbench.
-
- - Some people asked for an "auto FormFeed" feature. I thought over it and
- decided not to implement it. In my opinion, the printer should behave
- exactly as if PrintManager was not there.
-
- - Many people complained about PrintManager not working with some programs
- which print directly to PAR:. This is not PrintManager's fault: those
- programs go against Commodore's guidelines. If possible, configure them
- to use PRT: or printer.device.
-