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L P 4
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Laser print utility for the HP LaserJet IV and compatibles. Version 1.2│
│Copyright 1993 by Darren K. Henderson. All rights reserved. │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Licensing:
Individuals are hereby granted permission to make personal use of this
program for its intended purpose. All others, including, but not limited
to government agencies, businesses and corporations must contact the
author and make arrangements for a site license.
Under no circumstances is this program to be altered or decompiled.
Under no circumstances is this program to be distributed without this file.
Companies which engage in the business of distributing software singly or
in sets for profit must receive written permission from the author
before doing so with this program. This does not apply to BBS's and on-
line services who do not charge a premium for downloading files.
[ Now, all this being said - if an individual cares to make a small
gift to the author it will be graciously accepted in the spirit
intended <G>. ]
Darren K. Henderson
PO Box 207
Madison, ME 04950
Internet: dhenderson@bix.com
darren@nlbbs.com
Introduction:
This program provides a means of printing multiple standard pages on a
single sheet. This includes 4 66X80 pages per sheet and 2 98X132 pages
per sheet. It will also produce a number of other compressed formats.
There are a number of programs that do about the same thing but none
that work exactly as I wanted.
Requirements:
IBM PC compatible computer and a printer capable of emulating Hewlett-
Packard PCL-5 with scalable fonts and HPGL/2.
Use:
The format of the command is: LP4 [source [destination] [options]]
Running LP4 with no parameters will result in the display of a
help screen.
source = file to be printed
destination = file to be created/printer - default is LPT1. If
a reserved printer name is not used a print
image file will be created.
options:
/S = Squeeze out multiple blank lines
/F = Filter out form feeds
/W = Wrap long lines (/OLx will wrap at 132 and /OPx
will wrap at 80, except where x = 1)
/E = Print extra file info on each sheet
/SH = print shading (similar to green bar paper)
/BS = draw a box around outside of sheet
/BP = draw box around virtual page
/C "n" will print "n" on each sheet
/Odx = orientation and pages. d is L for landscape, P for
portrait. x indicates pages per sheet. Legal values
are as follows: /OL1, /OL2, /OP1, /OP2, /OP4 (default).
Options Pages/sheet rows/page characters/row
-------------------------------------------------
/OL1 1 98 255
/OL1 /BP 1 98 255
/OL2 2 98 138
/OL2 /BP 2 98 132
/OP1 1 135 180
/OP1 /BP 1 135 180
/OP2 2 135 84
/OP2 /BP 2 135 80
/OP4 4 66 84
/OP4 /BP 4 66 80
The characters/row indicated in the above table
indicate the maximum length allowed for clean
appearance. If /W is not specified long lines will
print. In the case of the right hand virtual pages
the line may continue to the edge of the printable
area. In the case of the left hand virtual pages
the line may continue to print through the right
hand virtual pages.
Postscript:
I use this program daily and have found it especially useful in printing
reports, compilations and document files. It appears to be quite stable
but I would like to hear from anyone that discovers a problem with it.
I have a number of enhancements in mind including line numbering,
variable width shading, virtual page numbering and perhaps duplex
printing. If there is something you would like to see added then let me
know and I will consider it.