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- ║║║╠═╝║║║ - PRINT Version 2.2c
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- MPM-Print is a utility that enables Epson FX, MX, RX, EX, JX,
- LX and LQ series printers to print 240 of the characters that
- are displayed by IBM PC monitors. When doing a screen print
- (using the PrtSc key), MPM-Print prints ALL the characters on
- the screen.
-
- When installed, MPM-Print stays resident in your computer's
- memory. Any characters that are subsequently printed will
- print as the appropriate IBM PC character. The only IBM PC
- characters that are NOT printed are 15 characters used to
- control the printer, and even those characters are printed
- when printing the screen.
-
- MPM-Print automatically switches to whatever pitch your
- software chooses for your Epson printer. All of the
- characters printed will be in the correct pitch.
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- ║ The "line drawing" characters of the IBM PC (like those ║
- ║ used for this box) are connected -- horizontally AND ║
- ║ vertically -- for whatever pitch or line spacing you set ║
- ║ your printer to use! ║
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- MPM-Print is distributed with several files:
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- MPMPRINT.COM - the utility itself
-
- MPMPRINT.DOC - documentation which can be scrolled to
- the screen
-
- PRINTDOC.EXE - a program which will print a copy of
- the documentation on your Epson printer
- ONLY if MPM-Print is installed (type
- 'MPMPRINT' to install the system, then
- type 'PRINTDOC' to print a copy of the
- documentation). The documentation has
- 26 pages.
-
- TEST.PAS - Pascal source code and compiled code
- TEST.COM for a program which will test all
- available printer modes and characters
-
- READ.ME - this file
-
- MPM-Print is distributed as user supported software. You are
- encouraged to use, copy and share MPM-Print according to the
- restrictions detailed in the associated documentation.
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- MPM-Print, ║║║╠═╝║║║ - print and the associated documentation
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- are COPYRIGHT (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 MPM Enterprises, Inc.
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- Wilmette, Illinois 60091
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- WORD PERFECT users -- We've heard from a number of users that
- MPM-Print at times prints "spurious" characters at the
- beginning of a Word Perfect document. MPM-Print prints NO
- extra characters; it does review each command and character
- that is sent to the printer. At the beginning of a document,
- Word Perfect will send a number of setup commands to the
- printer. One of those commands might be, for example:
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- CHR$(27) + "x" + CHR$(1)
-
- which is the Epson command to begin printing in letter
- quality mode. If your printer does not support letter
- quality printing and you do NOT have MPM-Print in memory,
- then the printer would read the CHR$(27) + "x", decide that
- the command is unsupported, and examine the next character.
- Since the next character (CHR$(1)) is not a printable
- character for the Epson printer, it too would be ignored.
-
- In the same situation, MPM-Print would examine the first two
- characters of the command, and understand that the command is
- not supported by your printer. When it gets to the CHR$(1),
- however, then MPM-Print would print that character
- graphically, since all characters that are not printer
- commands are printed by MPM-Print. Therefore, for some
- configurations, MPM-Print will print an extra "smiley-face"
- character at the beginning of the Word Perfect document.
-
- This is clearly unacceptable. Solving the problem, however,
- generally takes some experimentation. You need to try
- choosing different Word Perfect printer definitions to find
- one that prints everything that you need. We've found that
- MPM-Print and Word Perfect will work together if you
- configure Word Perfect to use a printer that normally
- supports the full IBM character set (since with MPM-Print,
- your printer DOES print all the IBM characters).
-
- With Word Perfect version 4.2 and Epson FX, MX, and RX type
- printers we've had luck configuring Word Perfect to use its
- IBM Graphics printer definition. For Epson LQ-series
- printers, the Word Perfect LQ-2500 printer definition has
- worked without problems for us. However, we are not Word
- Perfect users and have not tested all of its features; you
- may still need to experiment to find a Word Perfect printer
- selection that prints the way you require.
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- NOTES ON VERSION 2.2 of MPM-Print:
- Version 2.2 adds the ability to remove MPM-Print from
- memory with a command from the DOS prompt (MPMPRINT
- REMOVE). The program also has the ability to change
- supported printers with a command (MPMPRINT SETUP) rather
- than using a separate setup utility program.
-
- Support for Epson LQ, EX, JX and LX series models has been
- added. Only draft mode is supported for those Epson
- printers that support Near Letter Quality printing. We
- have a special version of MPM-Print (called MPM-LQ) that
- supports 24-pin printing and NLQ modes for the LQ series
- printers. Please contact us for more information about
- MPM-LQ.
-
- Because of the internal setup routine, and because of the
- much larger number of printers supported, the executable
- program has grown significantly. However, only a small
- part of the program is actually made memory resident. The
- memory resident portion is now about 11,000 bytes (as
- opposed to about 9,000 bytes for Version 2.1 --the extra
- space is needed to store fonts for the additional printers
- that MPM-Print now supports).
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- Problems handling screen prints on IBM-compatible
- computers (such as the Leading Edge PC) whose screen
- prints are not identical to those of the IBM PC have been
- fixed.
-
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- NOTES ON VERSION 2.1 of MPM-Print:
- Version 2.1 adds "vertical connection" -- all of the IBM's
- line drawing characters (ASCII 176 to ASCII 223) are
- AUTOMATICALLY connected, both horizontally and vertically,
- for whatever pitch and line spacing you set your printer
- to use.
-
- Screen print handling has also been added. ALL characters
- that show on the screen will be printed when you use the
- PrtSc key.
-
- MPM-Print's actions can now be turned ON and OFF, either
- from the command line or from within a program.
-
- MPM-Print can now be "patched" to allow it to work with
- printers that emulate Epsons but which have extended the
- printer control codes.
-
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- NOTES ON VERSION 2.0 of MPM-Print:
-
- Version 2.0 has added the ability to print the IBM's
- special characters (characters that the IBM has but the
- Epson doesn't) in all of the pitches supported by Epson
- printers.
-
- Printing of the special characters has also been speeded
- up by a factor of almost 4. MPM-Print now uses the "high
- speed" double density graphics mode for FX and RX printers
- (and uses a software emulation of that mode for MX
- printers) when printing Pica or Elite characters. The
- system also uses a special buffer to increase the speed of
- printing successive special characters.
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