<><><>› PRINT TOOL 9.0› › PRINT TOOL 9.0 --- a multi-purpose› printer utility for Epson or Gemini› printers. Program and text by:› Charles F. Johnson CIS # 75066,404›› (PROGRAM IS ON THIS DISK)›› PRINT TOOL is a BASIC› program that will let you print out› any ATASCII text file with its CTRL › graphics characters and all the other› special ATARI characters just as they› appear on screen. It lets you use› any character set that you wish (as› long as it is stored in the standard› 9 sector form used by most character› editor programs), and will also print› the date, author, and a nice boxed› title at the beginning of the› printout. This program is especially› good for printing files that have› been printed to disk with PaperClip› or SpeedScript. PRINT TOOL also lets› you print out a directory listing in› 2, 4, or 6 columns, or enter a line› of text to be printed at any point. › There are three sizes of text› available; all use the entire ATARI› font or any alternate font you wish. › You may also choose between three› line spacing settings.›› PRINT TOOL is designed for the Epson› or Star Micronics (Gemini) printers. ›› Using PRINT TOOL. ›› When you run PRINT› TOOL, the first thing you see is the› OPTION MENU. Below the menu are› several lines which will hold› pertinent information as you use the› program. The menu selections are:›› 1...Disk Directory.› This command will display the› directory of drive one or two in a› double column format, and then ask› for a filename to print. If you want› to print a text file from that disk› just enter its name, with no D:› specifier. If you're just looking at› the directory or the file you want to› print isn't on that disk, hit RETURN› and you will go back to the OPTION› MENU.›› 2...Print Directory.› This will print the directory of› drive one or two in the currently› selected print mode (see change Print› Mode).›› 3...Load Character Set. This command› enables you to load a character set› file from drive one or two. The new› character set will then be used› during any printing as well as› displayed on screen. This option› also allows you to return to the› default Atari font.›› 4...Type a Line.› You may enter a line of text (up to› three physical lines) to be printed› in the current print mode and› character set. Any characters may be› used.›› 5...Enter Filename.› This option lets you enter the name› of an ATASCII text file to be› printed. If you want to print out a› BASIC program with all of its special› characters, you should first LIST it› to disk and then use PRINT TOOL to› print the LISTed file. A SAVEd BASIC› program is in a tokenized form, so if› you try to print that, you're bound› to have problems. Some word› processors will allow you to print› text to a disk file, which can then› be printed with PRINT TOOL (say, with› a nice redefined font).›› 6...Enter Title.› Lets you enter a title for the file› you wish to print. The title will be› printed with a border around it, at› the top of the listing.›› 7...Enter Author.› Lets you give yourself (or whoever)› credit at the top of your printout.›› 8...Enter Date.› The date will be printed on the› same line as the filename and author› information.›› 9...Change Print Mode. › This option allows you to set› character size and line spacing. The› character size will determine how› many columns are used when you print› a directory listing; 2, 4, or 6.›› 0...Print File. › This is where you go after you have› everything set up the way you want› it. If you haven't already entered a› filename to print, you will be asked› for one. If you just press RETURN you› will exit to the OPTION MENU.›› The lines beneath the Option Menu› display print size and line spacing,› the name of the file you have chosen› to print, and whatever data you have› entered for Title, Author, and Date.›› PRINT TOOL sets your printer's› "skip over perforation" feature so› that you'll have nice, separate pages› in a long listing.›› I've found this program to be very› useful --- I'm sure you will too. ›› Address comments via Compuserve to› Charles F. Johnson 75066,404. › <><>end<><>›