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<Chapter 17: Installation>
Before you can run PEP, you need to answer four questions about your
hardware configuration:
1. What kind of graphics display do you have?
2. What kind of printer do you have?
3. How does your computer send data to the printer?
4. Do you have a mouse?
To supply this information to PEP, run the installation utility,
INSTALL.EXE. INSTALL is a simple, menu-driven program, and you should have
no difficulty in using it.
If you have a hard disk, begin by making a directory for PEP and
copying the contents of your PEP disk (or disks) into that directory. Then
run INSTALL. If you do not have a hard disk, you can run INSTALL on a
diskette drive. Start by making backup copies of PEP. Then insert your PEP
program disk into your diskette drive and run INSTALL.
When you start up INSTALL, you are presented with a short series of
menus. Each menu item begins with a digit. Type the digit of the item you
want to select, and the next menu appears. At any point, you can use the
escape key to cancel the last choice and return to a prior menu. When you
have finished specifying your hardware configuration, INSTALL displays the
choices that you have made and gives you the option of installing those
choices or restarting from the beginning. Later, if you change your
hardware configuration, you can just run INSTALL again. Then you will be
able to use PEP with the new configuration.
After installing PEP, you will probably want to add the PEP directory
to your DOS path. (Running INSTALL does not change your CONFIG.SYS or
AUTOEXEC.BAT files). Putting PEP in your DOS path makes it more convenient
to keep picture files in directories other than the PEP home directory.
<Section 17.1: What kind of graphics display do you have?>
To run PEP you must have a graphics display. Four types of display
are supported: those compatible with the IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA),
those compatible with the IBM Extended Graphics Adapter (EGA), those
compatible with the IBM Video Graphics Array (VGA), and those compatible
with the Hercules monochrome card
If you specify CGA, you have an additional choice. The CGA card has
multiple display modes; PEP supports two. You can display in black and
white and have 640 pixels horizontally and 200 vertically, or you can
display in four colors (black, white, red and blue) and have only half as
many pixels (320 X 200). If you have a color monitor and a CGA card, you
can choose either option. If you have a monochrome monitor, you should
choose black and white.
If you have an EGA or VGA display, you can choose either a light or a
dark display background. If you choose a light background, PEP will
display text and graphics in black (and other colors) on white background,
and so will mimic normal printed output. If you choose a dark background,
PEP will display white (and color) foreground on a black background.
<Section 17.2: What kind of a printer do you have?>
PEP supports seven kinds of printer: the HP DeskJet, the HP LaserJet,
the Canon Bubble Jet, the Postscript printers (such as the Apple
LaserWriter), the Epson printers (FX80 or later), the IBM graphics
printer, the IBM color printer, and any printer compatible with one of
these.
If you specify an Epson printer, you have an additional choice. There
are two types of Epson printer: 9 pin and 24 pin. The 24 pin printers
offer higher resolution and faster printing speed. If you choose the 24
pin option, PEP will print at 180 dots per inch. If you choose the 9 pin
option, PEP will print at 144 by 120 dots per inch (and at several other
lower resolutions). If you have a 24 pin printer, you should select the 24
pin installation option. (However, you may select the 9 pin option if you
wish to use one of the lower resolutions.) If you have a 9 pin printer,
you must choose the 9 pin option.
The registered version of PEP offers enhanced printing for the
LaserJet III and IV. If you specify a LaserJet printer, you will be asked
whether you have an earlier version (LaserJet I or II), or a more recent
version (LaserJet III or IV). The latter printers use compression
techniques that speed the transfer graphic data from the computer. The
driver for these printers also includes an extra resolution option that
enables 600 dot per inch output for the LaserJet IV. These LaserJet
enhancements are available in the registered version only.
If you specify a Postscript printer, you also have an additional
choice. PEP can output to a Postscript printer in either of two ways: by
translating a picture into Postscript, or by rasterizing the picture,
making a bitmap image, and sending the bitmap to the printer. If you have
a Postscript printer, you can choose either option. Normally, translating
into Postscript will be faster. Bitmap output has the advantage of being
completely WYSIWYG: what you see on your computer's display screen can be
reproduced pixel for pixel on your printer.
<Section 17.3: How does your computer communicate with your printer?>
If your printer is connected directly to your computer by either a
parallel or a serial port, specify which port is used. PEP will send
printer data directly to that port, bypassing DOS for maximum printer
speed. Alternatively, you can choose to output via DOS to the printer
device, PRN. You can also choose to capture printer data to a file. If you
choose this option, each time you print from PEP (via the PRINT/GO command
<[6.1]>), the print data will be turned into a file named PRINTER.OUT. You
can later copy this file to your printer.
If you specify direct connection by a parallel port, you have an
additional choice. You can choose to output using the Basic Input/Output
System (BIOS) software that is part of your computer, or you can output
directly to the parallel port hardware. This second option is available
only if your parallel port is hardware compatible with the original
IBM-XT. If it is, then choosing this option will give you the best
possible performance, especially if you are printing in the background
while editing in PEP. If your parallel port is not hardware compatible
with the XT, or if you are not sure, then you should choose the BIOS
option.
<Section 17.4: Do you have a mouse?>
You can use PEP with or without a mouse. If you have a mouse, it must
be Microsoft compatible. Almost every kind of mouse available for the PC
comes with a driver that makes it Microsoft compatible. To use the mouse
with PEP you must be sure to have the mouse driver installed in your
system. Installing the mouse driver involves running a utility supplied
with the mouse. Normally this utility is called MOUSE.COM. Either add the
command MOUSE to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or run MOUSE before you start
PEP.