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PRINTING
There are three basic modes for printing with PC-TYPE+:
(1) Printing the current file you are editing -
In this mode, while the file is being printed, the characters are
displayed on the screen AS THEY ARE BEING SENT. You cannot do any
normal editing functions while in this mode. You may abort the
printing process by pressing Ctrl\.
(2) Printing a file which resides on disk -
In this mode, while the file is being printed, you may continue
your normal editing session. Everything is normal except that you
will not be able to change defaults. You may abort the printing
process by pressing Ctrl\. PC-TYPE+ will inform you when the
printing is completed.
Press the PgDn Key
PRINTING (Continued)
(3) Printing a file without actually being inside PC-TYPE+. This mode
is similar to mode (1) above, except that you specify /PRINT in
the command you issue to DOS when calling PC-TYPE+. This mode is
included so that you may print files from Batch files.
In modes (1) and (2) above, you will always enter the "PRINT
OPTIONS" panel described below. In mode (3), you will not enter
this panel unless additional information is needed. All print
options will normally be picked up from the defaults.
A sample command for mode (3) would be to type
pctype /print sample.file
after the DOS prompt.
Press the PgDn Key
The PRINT OPTIONS Panel
You may get to the PRINT OPTIONS Panel in two ways:
(1) Press Shift F3
(2) Go to the Command Line - type "PRINT" - and press the Enter key.
Press Shift F3, and then press Esc.
Most of the time you will make very few changes, if any, to the
screen. Any changes to the fields on this panel may be set
permanently through the MODIFY DEFAULTS sub-panel labelled "Printer
Output Options". (See HELP file DFLTS_SV).
When you have filled in any changes to the printing information, and
you are ready to go, then press the F10 key to commence printing.
We will discuss briefly each field in the PRINT OPTIONS Panel below.
Press the PgDn Key
FILE to PRINT
The first field on the panel looks as shown below.
Enter Complete FileSpec of input file to print (Blank = THIS FILE)
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If you are going to print the file you are currently editing, just
leave this field blank. If you are going to print a file which
resides on disk so you can continue your editing while the file is
being printed, then you should enter the total path and filename,
e.g.,
d:\pctyp2\doc\chapter.one
If you are printing a file from a batch file, then the default for
this field should be blank.
Press the PgDn Key
WHERE to SEND OUTPUT
You will normally be sending your printed output to your printer.
Sometimes, however, it is convenient to print the file to a disk file.
For example, you may have a printer at work which you want to use for
printing but you are at home.
If you want to send the information immediately to the printer, then
the second field, shown below, should be left blank. If you want to
save the printed information to a disk file, then enter the full path
and filename in this field.
Enter Complete FileSpec of print output file (Blank = TO PRINTER)
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If you print the file to a disk file, all the printer escape codes
WILL BE INCLUDED in the file.
Press the PgDn Key
PRINTING PART of a FILE
If you want to print a few lines or pages, then tab to the first field
shown below and press the Up or Down arrow to change the "T" displayed
to a "P" for partial file. Then Tab to the next field and use the Up
or Down arrows to define if you want to print by line or by page.
Based on the line or page selection you make, enter the first line or
page number in the next field. If you leave this field blank, then
printing will start at the beginning of the file. In the next field
enter the number of pages or lines to print, or leave it blank to
print to the end of the file.
Print Total File or Part of File? Select "T" or "P": T
If Part of File, locate by Line or Page? Select "L" or "P": L
First Line/Page to print (Blank=Bgn): 0
Number of Lines/Pages to print (Blank=To End): 0
Press the PgDn Key
GENERAL OPTIONS
If you want to print more than one copy, enter the number you want to
print in the field:
Number of Copies: 1
If you want to Single, Double, or Triple Space, move to the field
below and press the Up or Down Arrow till you get the selection you
want.
Spacing: Sng
If you are feeding sheets in one at a time and you want the printing
to stop at the end of each page, then move to the field below and
press the Up or Down Arrow until the word "Yes" appears.
Pause at end of each page: No
Press the PgDn Key
"Headers/Footers: On/Off"
The information in the header and footer definitions will be displayed
if this field is ON, and will not be displayed if this field is turned
OFF. However, the number of lines defined for the Header and Footer
in the "Vertical Print Page Format" sub-panel of MODIFY DEFAULTS
will always be printed.
If you defined 6 header lines and 5 footer lines per page, then if you
turn this field OFF, you will get 6 blank lines at the top of each
page and 5 blank lines at the bottom.
"FormFeed at End of Print: Yes/No"
PC-TYPE+ will ALWAYS print the TOTAL page. If you want an additional
page ejected when ALL the printing is completed to make it easier to
tear off, then turn this option ON.
Press the PgDn Key
"Number Extra Spaces at Left: 0"
┌─┬──────────┐ Suppose you had your Margins set at column one
│ │xxx │ inside PC-TYPE+, and when you print your file
│ │xxxxx │ it is way over to the left of the page. You can
│ │xxxxxx │ add "n" extra spaces to each line as shown at the
│ │ │ left by tabbing to the field above and entering
│ │ │ the number of extra spaces ("n") you want placed
│ │ │ at the beginning of each printed line.
│ │ │
├─┼──────────┤
-│n│- │
│---page---│
"MAIL Merge: On/Off"
(See the HELP file MAILMERG for details about this option). Suffice
it to say here that all the above options apply to Mail-Merge.
Press the PgDn Key
TRY PRINTING THIS FILE
Press Shift F3 and leave the first field blank to print this file.
You may as well save the printing to a file, it's faster that way, so
enter some file specification where you have room on a disk in the
second field. Then press F10 and watch how PC-TYPE+ will print your
file.
NOTE: If the "Number of Copies" option is greater than one, or if the
Mail Merge Option is ON, then PC-TYPE+ will need some additional
disk space to store some temporary files. After you press F10
and either (or both) of these options are as mentioned, you will
be asked to supply the disk drive designator where sufficient
room exists to hold the file being printed before printing will
begin.
Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu