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- PRINTERTEST
-
- Format: PRINTERTEST
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- Template: PRINTERTEST
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- Purpose: To test the printer.
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- Specification:
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- The PRINTERTEST program allows you to test the capabilities and features of
- printers used with Amiga computers.
-
- Double-click on the PRINTERTEST icon and a window appears. The window is
- actually made up of three custom screens. The top screen is the Lo-Res
- HAM Screen for printer test is the top screen. This is a low-resolution
- Hold and Modify screen that is in the black-and-white test. The second
- screen, Lo-Res LACE Screen for printer test, is a low-resolution interlaced
- color test screen that is used for the color test. The final screen is a
- high-resolution prompt screen which allows you to communicate with the
- program.
-
- Prompts instruct you on how to proceed. Initially, PRINTERTEST requests the
- name of the printer which will be displayed. For example:
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- Test CBM_MPS1000? (y,n)[n]
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- Continue through this list until the printer attached to your computer is
- listed, then choose "yes."
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- The test consists of four parts: Alpha test, Reset test, Black & White
- test, and a Color test. You can stop after any of the tests.
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- Alpha Test
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- This test is designed to test how the printer will react to various Printer
- Device Command Functions (For a list of the commands, see the Printer Device
- chapter of the Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices.) These
- functions include type styles and sizes, colors, superscripts and
- subscripts, justification, tabs, margins, etc.
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- Reset Test
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- After the Alpha test is completed, the prompt screen asks the user to select
- any key to begin the Reset Test. This test simply checks the reset command
- function.
-
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- Black & White Test
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- When the Reset test is finished, PRINTERTEST prompts:
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- B&W graphics test? (y,n)
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- If you wish to continue with the test, select yes. If your printer has
- graphics capability, PRINTERTEST will do a black and white dump of the
- custom Hold and Modify screen (the top screen) to demonstrate the printer's
- ability to print gray-scale graphics.
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- Color Test
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- Finally, if your printer has color capability in addition to graphics,
- PRINTERTEST will dump the low-resolution interlaced color screen (the middle
- screen). Compare the screen colors to the resulting print out.
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