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- PRINTFIX and SETPRINT V1
- Copyright Ron House, 1990.
-
- These programs allow you to intercept output sent from a
- running program to the printer, and edit it by deleting
- certain target character strings or replacing them with
- others.
-
- This is useful when you have no source for a program which you
- wish to use, but which sends regular incorrect output. For
- example, it might send control sequences for a printer you do
- not have, and you wish to replace them with the corresponding
- sequences for your own printer. Another possibility is to
- correct a program bug. For example, the educational version
- of a well-known word processor erroneously inserts a certain
- garbage string into the printout every so often. Such garbage
- can be suppressed by PRINTFIX.
-
- These programs do not alter the running software in any way,
- so they cannot possibly violate any licensing restrictions
- which might accompany the software doing the printing. (After
- all, it's YOUR printer! You can print what you like!)
- PRINTFIX is a TSR which monitors the BIOS printer interrupt,
- so any programs whatever which use that interrupt will have
- their output edited by PRINTFIX. After running PRINTFIX once,
- SETPRINT may be run any number of times to tell PRINTFIX which
- strings to edit or replace.
-
- THE LEGAL STUFF
-
- Unless you are in a company or government organisation,
- please use these programs free, gratis and for nothing for any
- ethical purpose, provided that you understand that there is no
- warranty whatsoever, and you do not modify them in any way.
- This clause applies to educational institutions and users, who
- are specifically granted permission to use this package and
- distribute it to students, provided a charge is not made
- beyond media costs. When distributing to others, you must
- give them the entire unmodified package consisting of
- PRINTFIX.EXE, SETPRINT.EXE and PRINTFIX.DOC.
-
- If you ARE in a commercial or government organisation, you
- must purchase a commercial version of these programs. Send
- enquiries to Ron House, P.O. Box 27, Darling Heights,
- Toowoomba, Australia 4350.
-
- FULL INSTRUCTIONS
-
- The command:
-
- SETPRINT
-
- will display full instructions for use.
-