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- PrintDoc V1.0
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- written in 1992 by Maik Schulz
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- What is so special about PrintDoc?
- PrintDoc prints documents (you guessed that, right?) using "PAR:".
- "Why PAR:?" you might think. Well, if I use PRT: umlauts will be
- printed by printing a vocal, moving the printerhead backwards and
- adding two dots. This takes some time (so few it's not really worth
- mentioning) and it looks disgusting, nasty, ugly. Hmmm, just copy
- the file to PAR: and that's it you think. Unfortunately, that's not
- what the printer thinks. If you give him, for example, an "ä" it
- prints some strange italic character, bearing not the slightest
- resemblance with an "ä". To make it print an "ä" you need to edit
- the textfile and replace it with a "{". Very strange. This you need
- to do for every umlaut. The only problem is, that you cannot use
- the "{" and other characters any more since they will output an
- umlaut. So you have to add printer-commands for changing the printer-
- keymap to your textfile. LOTS of work. Nothing for people as lazy
- as me. So I took TurboDEX from FF #625 and wrote PrintDoc. It does
- the whole job automatically. No editing , no swearing any more when
- you realize that you missed one character in an important business
- letter. Another fine reason for using PrintDoc is its size. It is
- a mere 1.4KB long!
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- How do I use PrintDoc?
- Well, that's the most simple thing on the world. Just enter the
- CLI/Shell and type "PrintDoc mytext" to print a textfile called
- "mytext" If the name of the textfile contains blanks you don't
- need to enclose it in double-quotes. PrintDoc takes any character
- beyond the first blank as the name of the textfile.
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- Does PrintDoc run with my printer, too?
- I wrote PrintDoc for the Star LC-10. I don't know what is different
- about other printers in this respect, so just try it. If you
- encounter any problems, send me a disk with a file containing the
- description of your problem, the translation-chart for country-
- specific characters and the code for invoking usa-keymap and your
- keymap and I will see what I can do for you (If you want me to write
- back, you better send my a self-addressed and stamped envelope).
- Ooh, if you own TurboDEX yourself you can of course alter the code
- on your own account.
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- Copyright:
- PrintDoc is written by Maik Schulz and may be regarded as freeware
- with some limitations: You may only spread it if you include this
- file (PrintDoc.doc) and if you don't sell it for more than a
- nominal copy-fee. If you alter PrintDoc, you need my written
- consent to spread it.
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- PrintDoc trashed my computer, formatted my harddisk and hid my backup!
- I think you better buy a new one... Anyway, it's YOUR very problem
- what YOU do with my very program. I cannot be taken responsible for
- damages that result from the use of PrintDoc, neither physical nor
- psychical! By the way: It's highly impossible that PrintDoc will
- destroy anything!
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- Maik Schulz
- Wildenstein 45
- 5620 Velbert 1
- West-Germany
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