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- FOR A FAST DEMO OF THE BRADFORD PRINTING PROGRAM:
- A> BRADFORD MX BRADDEMO (for Epson MX-compatible printers)
- A> BRADFORD FX BRADDEMO (for Epson FX-compatible printers)
- A> BRADFORD ST BRADDEMO (for Star Gemini-10x and 15x)
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- INTRODUCTION
- Greetings! These are the instructions for version 2.0 of
- Bradford, the printing program. Bradford prints WordStar and
- ASCII files in very high quality, in a large variety of fonts
- (typestyles). It also allows you to give commands, either on
- the system command line or within your document, to control how
- your document will be printed.
-
- This version of Bradford is far more versatile, and often much
- faster, than previous versions, so you might want to give it a
- look even if you've tried an earlier version of Bradford.
-
- SETTING UP
- Bradford works with three types of printers:
- Type MX -- compatible with the Epson MX-80 or IBM Graphics Printer.
- Type FX -- compatible with the Epson FX-80 or IBM Proprinter.
- Type ST -- Star Gemini-10x and compatibles
-
- There are three "configuration files" on your disk, one for each
- printer. These files are called MX, FX, and ST. There is also a
- file called CONFIG.BF. You must take these two steps before
- using Bradford:
- 1) Rename the old CONFIG.BF to CONFIG.OLD
- 2) Rename your printer's configuration file to CONFIG.BF.
-
- Now you are ready to use Bradford. Use the command
- A> bradford braddemo
- to print the demonstration file. (Don't type the "A>".)
-
- THE FONTS
- There are many files on your disk that end in ".BF2". These are
- the font files. The part of the name before the ".BF2" is the
- name of the font. Bradford reads one of these files in order to
- print in the corresponding font.
-
- Notice that there's a font called "select". Let's print the file
- called ASCII in the "select" font.
- A> bradford ascii .fnselect
- Notice that we included a special Bradford command on the command
- line. This told Bradford to read the new font before printing
- our document. Bradford has a very large number of commands that
- can be used in this way.
-
- PRINTING THIS FILE
- If you want to use Bradford to print this instruction file, use
- this command at the system prompt:
- A> bradford brad2.doc .mo1 .dcc
-
- PRINTING WORDSTAR FILES
- Bradford has a special facility to print WordStar files. Use
- this command to print a WordStar file:
- A> bradford ws.bf myfile
- Substitute the name of your file for the word "myfile".
-
- USING BRADFORD COMMANDS
- A command can be used in any of three ways:
- (1) Put it on the command line after the name of your document,
- preceded by a period, as demonstrated above.
- (2) Include it in your document, on a line by itself, preceded by
- a period.
- (3) Include it in your document, within a line of text, preceded
- by a backslash (\) and followed by a space.
- The file BRADDEMO demonstrates methods (2) and (3) of using
- commands.
-
- PARTIAL LIST OF COMMANDS
- Here's a list of some of the commands available with Bradford.
- If part of a command must be typed exactly as shown, we'll show
- it in capital letters. If you should substitute your own
- information for part of a command, we'll show that part in lower-
- case letters. Remember that comands must be put on the command
- line preceded by a period, or in your document as described
- above. See the file BRADDEMO for some examples of how to use
- commands.
-
- FNfontname Selects the specified font.
- POvalue Sets the left margin to the specified value (0-79)
- Normally 8
- MRvalue Sets the right margin to the specified value (1-80)
- Normally 73
- MTvalue Sets top margin to specified value (0-65)
- Normally 3
- MBvalue Sets bottom margin to specified value (0-65)
- Normally 8
- HMvalue Sets horizontal magnification (width) (1-9)
- Normally 2
- STL Print the document flush-left
- (This is the normal setting)
- STJA Print the document justified. (Must double space
- between paragraphs before using this.)
- STC Print the document centered
- STR Print the document flush-right
- PLvalue Set page length in lines for odd-sized paper (1-254)
- Normally 66
- MO1 Print in monospace instead of proportional space
- MO0 Resume proportional space printing
- UL1 Begin underlining
- UL2 Begin double underlining
- UL0 Stop underlining
- DK3 Begin boldface printing
- DK0 Resume non-boldface printing
- SUB Begin subscript printing
- SUP Begin superscript printing
- SU0 Resume mid-line (standard) printing
-
- MORE ABILITIES
- If you decide that you wish to continue using Bradford after a
- reasonable trial period, you are expected to "register" your copy
- by purchasing a manual. Additional features and abilities
- explained in the manual include: print multiple copies, print
- selected range of pages, pause before each new page, high-speed
- draft mode, change spacing between characters, headers and
- footers, conditional and unconditional page breaks, a very
- thorough system of macros, changing the command characters,
- overstriking, custom configuration files, and page and chapter
- numbering.
-
- IF YOU WISH TO ORDER A MANUAL
- You can get the printed Bradford 2.0 manual (well over 50 pages
- of text) for $25, which includes postage. It's a very well
- written manual, not full of hard-to-understand terminology. Or
- get both the latest manual and the latest version of the disk(s)
- for a total of $39.95. Please send your check or money order
- (in U.S. dollars) to:
- Concom Enterprises
- Post Office Box 5056
- Champaign, IL 61820, USA
- Add $3 for air mail outside North America.
- You may print the enclosed file "orderfrm.doc" for a convenient
- order form.
-
- ANY QUESTIONS
- If Bradford seems to be severely malfunctioning, it's more likely
- a problem with my explanation than with the program. Please let
- me know if you can't get the program to work, and I will try to
- solve your problem. You may ask me questions by mail or on the
- GEnie or CompuServe information services. (My name is Aaron
- Contorer, and you can look up my electronic mail address on-
- line.)
-
- Technical support -- advice on how to get Bradford to do
- something in particular -- will be given only to registered
- Bradford 2.0 users (those who have purchased at least a manual).
-
- BRADFORD 1 OWNERS
- If you have purchased the manual for Bradford 1.20 or earlier,
- you are entitled to a $10 discount on one copy of Bradford 2 with
- manual. Just enclose the original title page of your old manual
- with your order. (Your order will also be checked against a
- database of registered Bradford 1 users.) Thank you for your
- patronage; it is because of your support and kind correspondence
- that I decided to do this whole thing again.
-
- BRADFONT AND UNFONT
- These are programs for use in making your own font. Use the command
- A> unfont fontname
- to read the font file "fontname.bf2" and create the editable text file
- "fontname.bff". You can then edit this file with a text editor, and
- turn it back into a font file with the command
- A> bradfont fontname
- This process is explained in more detail in the manual.
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