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- LABELER
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- INTRODUCTION:
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- The LABELER program is designed to print labels for either envelopes or
- diskettes. The characters on the labels can be of normal or double width and
- can be in normal, emphasized, or double-strike emphasized print. The text is
- vertically centered and can either be horizontally centered or left justified.
- The program is designed to print on standard 3 1/2 inch by 15/16 inch labels
- (35 characters by 5 characters) but can be changed to any other character
- dimension specified by the user during program execution.
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- NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS
- PRINTER OR EQUIVALENT.
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- USAGE:
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- To use the program, the user must first line up the labels on the printer.
- This is done by positioning the tops of the spooler clamps near the middle of
- any label. Also, the leftmost edge of the label should be aligned with the
- position marked "1" on the paper clamp of the printer, located just above the
- printer head. One starts the program while in DOS by typing "LABELER" and then
- by pressing the return key. The user should then see a screen identifying the
- program as being a "label program". Once the labels are aligned as mentioned,
- pressing any key will invoke the next screen.
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- Throughout the program, the user can utilize the cursor movement keys to change
- or append data found at any prompt on the screen. The up and down keys (found
- on the right side of the keyboard on keys 8 and 2 respectively) may be used to
- move the cursor to the prompt above and below the current line. The left and
- right keys (found on keys 4 and 6 respectively) may be used to position the
- cursor one position to the left or to the right following the prompt. The left
- tab key may be used in the same fashion as the up key, while the right tab key
- may be used in place of the return key. When the cursor is by the last prompt
- on any screen, pressing the return key will enter into the program everything
- that is on the screen and will return the user to the main menu. Also,
- pressing the panel entry key (the + key located on the far right side of the
- keyboard) will enter the contents of the screen into the program.
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- The main menu gives the user the options of (1) loading label specifications
- from the disk, (2) changing the label specifications, (3) entering the label
- text, or (4) exiting to DOS. If the "Load label specifications from disk"
- option is selected, a prompt appears for the name of the file containing the
- label specifications. If the return key is the next key pressed, then this
- option is aborted and the original main menu appears. If the user enters a
- file name that does not exist on the disk, the message "File not found" will
- appear on the bottom or the screen, and the user will be asked to input another
- file name. If the file name is found, then the parameters found in that file
- will be used to set up the label specifications for the program. To return to
- the main menu, press the return key.
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- If option (2) is chosen from the main menu, then the label specifications may
- be changed. The first item that can be changed is the label width, where the
- user can select any size between 1 and 8.5 inches. As with all label
- specification entries, the user is given a second chance if the entry is
- invalid.
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- Next, the user can change the label height. The label height can be set to any
- measurement between .2 and 3.5 inches.
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- The third option is that of setting the characters to be printed in either
- double-width or single-width type. If double-width characters are selected,
- then only half the number of characters can be printed per line.
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- The fourth option is the choice of either normal, emphasized, or double-strike
- emphasized print. This option is used to adjust the intensity of the print on
- the labels.
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- The fifth option is the choice of where the label output is to be directed -
- either printing device #1, #2, or #3, or to a file on the disk. If the labels
- are directed to a printing device which is not functioning, the program will
- notify the user.
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- The sixth option is whether or not the user wants the label to be centered.
- If the user does not want the label centered, then the label will be left
- justified.
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- Finally, the user is given the option of saving the label parameters to the
- disk. If the return key is pressed or if the user answers "N", then the main
- menu will return to the screen. If the user responds "Y", then there will be a
- prompt for the file name that the parameters should be saved under. After the
- user enters the file name, the main menu will return to the screen.
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- If option (3) of the main menu is chosen, then the text for the label can be
- entered. The dimensions of the labels are used to calculate the total amount
- of lines allowed per label. To include spaces between lines, the user need
- only leave the desired line blank. At the bottom of the label text screen is a
- prompt for the number of labels requested. After this number is entered, the
- main menu will once again appear on the screen.
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- After printing all of the desired labels, the program can be ended by entering
- option (4) of the main menu. This will cause program execution to end and
- will return the system to DOS.
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- AUTHOR: John X. Cerveny
- HOME PHONE #: 404-320-1621
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