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- !LazyPrint Version 2.38 6 March 1997
-
- !LazyPrint sends simple text or Draw files to a Hewlett Packard printer,
- allowing easy selection of printer parameters such as paper orientation,
- margin sizes and hardware fonts for text printing jobs such as program
- listings, simple letters and address labels. Draw and Sprite files can also
- be printed at any magnification and position on the page in colour or
- black-and-white.
-
- It does this using HP languages within the printer to form the characters,
- draw the lines etc. and so is very much faster than the Acorn or
- Computer Concepts printer-drivers which send the information as bit-maps.
- Sprites are sent as bit-maps for which LazyPrint is no faster than printer
- drivers.
-
- Unlike printer drivers, LazyPrint is truly multi-tasking, always allowing
- the computer to work on other tasks while it is printing.
-
- !LazyPrint is written in Fortran.
-
- If you want to use this program regularly, you should register to receive
- the complete suite of utilities as well as updates and help with problems.
- To register, please send your name and address (HP printer model number,
- e-mail and phone number are also helpful) together with the £10 registration
- fee (to cover the costs of administration and our HP manuals) to the address
- at the bottom of this file.
-
-
- Two applications are distributed to registered users:
-
- 1) !LazyPrint: which sends files to the printer
- 2) !LazyCodes: helps with entering codes in fancy text for !LazyPrint.
-
- Within !LazyPrint there are two programs which are activated by
- double-clicking on files of the appropriate type. These are:
-
- 1) CSV2Labels: converts CSV (type DFE) to labels (text) in a suitable form
- for printing labels from !LazyPrint
-
- 2) LPPrint: sends Printout (type FF4) straight to the printer.
-
- Also within LazyPrint is the Basic program 'ThickLine' which allows you
- to increase the thickness of the thinnest lines in a Draw file. This is useful
- for those who have Draw files containing very thin white lines on a dark
- background which are often invisible when printed because spreading ink/toner
- covers them up.
-
- Read docs.Manual for details on how to run these programs.
-
- Apart from the usual application files within !LazyPrint there are:
-
- 1) Choices: descriptions of the Layouts
-
- 2) FontList: Fonts available in the HP printer with correspondence to
- RISC-OS fonts.
-
- 3) PageList: printer paper sizes
-
- 4) 'docs' directory containing
- Copyright: (please read this)
- DiskGrid: a Draw file template for Disk labels
- (Avery L7664 diskette 3.5 70 by 71.9mm)
- FaultRep: a form for reporting errors
- Manual: detailed instructions on using the programs; this has
- fancy formatting codes in it for printing so just dragging
- it to the !LazyPrint icon with the default settings
- (Layout=Manual) should output an A4 size manual
- Versions: a brief history of improvements to !LazyPrint
-
- 5) 'examples' directory containing
- Chars128: (text) for printing ASCII characters 128 to 159
- CSV_Mine: (CSV) for CSV2Labels which then makes 'MyLabels' below
- MyDiscs: (text) disk labels
- MyLabels: (text) addresses
- MyLetter: (text) a letter
- Shades: (Draw) showing standard desktop colours as sprite and as
- filled paths
- ThinBoxes:(Draw) thin lines on a dark background (for 'Thicklines')
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- Please make registration cheques for £10 sterling payable to 'D.J.Crennell'
-
- Please address all correspondence to:
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- D.J Crennell, P.O. Box 64, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0TH.
-
- Phone: (01235)834357 e-mail: CRENNELL@V2.Rl.AC.UK
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