*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*›   HOW TO PRINT THE OHAUG NEWSLETTER›             by Alan Sharkis›        OHAUG NEWSLETTER LIBRARIAN› › The  OHAUG Newsletter is  disk-based.› It comes with very good screen-reader› utility, and many  people  prefer  to› read  it  on  the screen.  This is my› preferred method when I want to  scan› a  single  article.  However, many of› us   prefer   to   print   out    the› newsletter, particularly when we want› the whole thing in front of  us,  and› might  not  necessarily  be  near the› computer.   The  print  routine  that› accompanies   the   newsletter    was› originally written by KRIS HOLTEGAARD› and revised several times  by  THOMAS› J.  ANDREWS, of Print Star fame.  The› routine is just as good as the screen› reader,   and  even  more   flexible.› However,  some members and clubs with› whom we exchange  have  asked  for  a› step-by-step  tutorial  on using this› print routine.  Here goes.› › The first thing you have to  consider› is printer configuration.  You have a› printer, I hope, and  it's  connected› to your system and working.  Turn it,› and  its interface, if necessary, on.› Turn  on  your  disk  drive.  Put the› newsletter disk into your drive, and,› with  BASIC enabled, boot the disk as› usual.    You   will  get  the  title› screen, a delay of  several  seconds,› and then the main menu.  Press 3 from› the   main   menu.    You   are  then› presented  with a series of  options.› The first, [E], is the default option› and is for Epson and Epson-compatible› printers.    It's   also   the   most› flexible.  If your printer falls into› this category, press the [E] to go to› the next screen.  Here you are  asked› if  you  want  draft  quality  [A] or› double-strike [B].  The first  choice› gives  you  fast printing; the second› gives  you darker, fancier  printing.› Press  the  appropriate  letter,  but› remember  that  double-strike  is the› default.   The  next  screen  is  for› layout. Four possible  layouts exist.› There's  2-column,  6  lines per inch› [A]; 2-column, 8 lines per inch  [B];› 3-column,  6  lines per inch [C]; and› 3-column, 8-lines per inch [D].   The› number  of  columns determine whether› your printer  will  use  standard  or› condensed  print  to  produce  two or› three   columns  across  a  page.   I› prefer 6 lines per inch for  improved› readability,  but if you need to save› paper,  go with the 8-lines per inch.› It   produces   text   that's   still› readable, though a little cramped.  I› actually  printed one file in each of› the four methods, and I'll  say  more› about  that  later.   The next option› that you have to choose is Continuous› Paper  [A]  or Single Sheets [B].  If› you  have  pin-feed  paper,  go  with› option A, or you'll be interrupted at› the  end  of each sheet.  If you have› single sheets, choose B, or you'll be› printing  on  your platen roller (not› nice!)  The setup remains  in  memory› and is not saved to disk.  That means› that as  long  as  your  printer  and› computer    are   powered   on,   the› configuration  stays  alive  and  the› codes are transmitted to the  printer› before each print job.› › If  you  don't have an Epson or Epson› compatible, the next choice remaining› on the first screen is for [A], Atari› 1025.    This   printer    has    the› capability  of doing condensed print,› so hitting [A] will take you  to  the› column/lines-per-inch         choices› described above for the Epsons.  Make› that  choice,  and you are once again› asked for Continuous or  Single-Sheet› printing.› › If  your  printer   is   neither   an› Epson/compatible  nor  an Atari 1025,› you are left with the  final  choice,› [N].     This    is   for   Non-Epson› compatibles and Daisy Wheel printers.› Your choices here are, unfortunately,› limited to Continuous or Single-Sheet› printing.      Having     set     the› configuration,  you  are  returned to› the  main  menu.     Happily, there's› even  more  flexibility  waiting  for› you!        Each     article  in  the› newsletter that you  choose  presents› you  with  a  choice screen.  You can› choose to go back  to  the  menu,  to› print  the  article, or to read it on› screen.   You'd select [P] for print.› It's  that simple, or is it?  Well, a› funny   thing   happened    to    the› newsletter     recently.      Someone› suggested that a user might select an› article    without    having    first› configured his printer.  Could he get› several pages of  gibberish  for  his› efforts?   Nah!   We  fixed that.  If› you haven't configured the printer at› this  stage,  you  automatically  get› directed  to do so.  Instructions are› exactly as above.  Next, you're faced› with  more  choices,  as  I mentioned› before.  You're asked if you want Odd› pages, Even pages or All pages.  This› allows you to print on both sides  of› the  sheet.   Here's  how.   Set your› printer at top of form.  Select [O]dd› for  the first run.  The article will› be loaded into the buffer,  and  then› printed.   You  can pause printing at› any time by holding the  CONTROL  key› and  pressing  P.   While paused, you› can   use   any   key   to   continue› printing.  Suppose you want to cancel› the   print  job   in   the   middle.› CONTROL-C will do that for you.  When› all the odd-numbered pages have  been› printed, you are returned to the main› menu.  Take your  pages  out  of  the› printer, turn them around so that the› back  of  the  sheets  will  come  up› through   the  printer  with  page  1› first, set at top of form, and select› the  article  to  print  again.  This› time,  select [E]ven numbered  pages.› I  suggest having an extra sheet as a› "leader" if you use  continuous  feed› and    your   pin-feed   or   tractor› mechanism is at  all  finicky.   Note› that  you  can also print [A]ll pages› of the article, in order, if  you  so› choose.› › If  you  wish  to  print  all  of the› articles   on   any  one  side  of  a› newsletter disk,  simply  select  [A]› from  the  MAIN  menu, and follow the› prompts.› › I   usually   print  out  the  entire› newsletter   using  the  double-side,› odd/even technique.  I use an  Epson-› compatible  (Okidata 320) printer and› configure it  for  three  columns,  6› lines  per  inch.   It  is remarkable› that the  newsletter  usually  prints› out  to  eight or more pages per side› of disk, and there are no ads!  So, I› wondered  how  much  room is saved by› the  various page formats  available.› To test this, I printed the November,› 1992 meeting minutes in each  of  the› four  formats.  Two-column, six lines› per inch  ran  close  to  three  full› pages.   Two columns, eight lines per› inch ran two pages and about a  third› of   one  column  on  the third page.› Switching to three columns, six lines› per  inch  yielded  almost a full two› pages (quite a  savings!).   Changing› that  to  three  columns, eight lines› per inch dropped the  paper  required› to  one  full page and about one-and-› one third columns of the third page.› › If   you  have  a  printer  with  the› capabilities of an  Epson-compatible,› but  it  doesn't utilize Epson codes,› you  might  want  to  hack  into  the› program   to   change   those  codes,› remembering,  of  course,  that  it's› copyrighted material.   But  you  had› best   do   this   by   copying   the› newsletter disk to  a  disk  you  can› afford  to lose.  Or, you send a copy› of your printer code list to me, care› of  the club, and I'll see what I can› do for you.› › You see-its that simple to get a hard› copy for bathroom reading, (grin). We› have to thank TOM J. ANDREWS for this› wonderful  printing  addition to  the› OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER!   THANKS TOM!›        <><><><> end <><><><> ›