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- 1STPRINT.DOC
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- Documentation for
- 1STPRINT.PRG
- Version 1.82
- 07/04/89
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- In the early days of the ST, 1st Word was its only GEM based word
- processor. Since it also came bundled with the machine, these
- factors tended to make 1st Word a universal item among ST owners.
- Now days however that has all changed. 1st Word is no longer
- bundled with the ST and other more feature laden word processors
- have taken its place for many users. Still, since it once was so
- popular many documents are, and continue to be, written in 1st
- Word and its big brother 1st Word Plus. This has presented a small
- problem for those without them to print 1st Word documents.
- 1stprint.prg was written to solve this problem.
-
- 1stprint prints 1st Word or 1st Word Plus documents to a printer
- or captures them in text files for later use. The output that is
- printed is not just an ascii translation but a fully formatted
- document printed just as if the 1st Word word processor had been
- used.
-
- 1stprint is easy to use and can be run on either a color or
- monochrome ST system. There are no special memory requirements
- but at the moment the output to the printer is limited to EPSON
- or near EPSON compatible type printers.
-
-
- To run:
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- Make sure that 1stprint.prg and 1stprint.rsc are located in
- the same directory.
-
- Double-Click with the mouse on 1stprint.prg .
-
- A Gem menu will then be displayed with prompts for the
- following items:
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- 1. Which file to print
- 2. The starting and ending page numbers.
- 3. The left margin offset.
- 4. The number of copies to be made.
- 5. The output directed to a file,to a printer, or both.
- 6. Which Printer Type
- 7. Whether or not to print in Near Letter Quality (NLQ).
-
- Change items 2 through 4 by clicking within the appropriate
- box and typing in the desired value.
-
- Change item 5 by clicking on the boxes marker 'FILE' or
- 'PRINTER'. If you wish both, just make sure that both boxes
- are selected.
-
- Next click on 'PRINT WHICH FILE ?'. The file selection menu
- will be displayed and allow you to select the file you wish
- processed. Once the file has been selected the selection
- menu will disappear and a message telling you that the file
- has been selected will be displayed.
-
- If you have selected the output to go to a disk file, that
- file will be named 'your file '.txt and be saved in the same
- directory as the input file. For example:
-
- if the input file is \WP\1STPRINT.DOC
-
- the output file will be \WP\1STPRINT.TXT.
-
- If the input file has a '.txt' suffix the output file will
- have a '.tx2' suffix. For example:
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- if the input file is \WP\1STPRINT.TXT
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- the output file will be \WP\1STPRINT.TX2
-
-
- At the moment only 2 printer types are supported, the
- PANASONIC 9 pin and 24 pin printers. For most cases these are
- simply EPSON compatible printers. The main exception is in
- the NLQ (Near Letter Quality) mode. The PANASONIC 9 pin NLQ
- selection is not the same as a EPSON 9 pin printer. I suspect
- this is so because when the PANASONIC 109X series of printers
- was first produced, Epson did not have a 9 pin printer that
- supported NLQ.
-
- If the printer you are using is a PANASONIC 9 pin printer or
- most any EPSON compatible 24 pin printer, you may choose Near
- Letter Quality mode by clicking on the 'NLQ' box. (Other
- printers will be added at a later date.)
-
- Once all the selections have been made simply click on the
- box marked 'OK' and the file will be processed as requested.
- AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROCESSING OF THE FILE THE OPERATOR
- MAY PRESS ANY KEY TO STOP OR PAUSE THE OPERATION.
-
- Once the file has been processed, a new file can be selected
- or the user can end the program by clicking on the button
- marked 'QUIT'.
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- That's all folks.
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- Revision history:
-
- 08/19/88 - Original - Version 1.0
-
- This is the 1st version of this program. At the moment this
- program does NOT support:
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- 1. Printers other than EPSON compatibles.
- 2. Near Letter Quality print.
- 3. Graphics
- 4. Multiple ruler tabs.
-
- Everything else about the 1st Word and 1st Word Plus
- document format is supported.
-
-
- If this program shows itself to be useful to users, updates
- to add the non-supported features will be added at a later
- date.
-
-
- 12/14/88 - Version 1.1
-
- NLQ printing added for Panasonic 9 Wire printers.
-
- Minor Documentation corrections added.
-
-
- 01/04/89 - Version 1.6
-
- Correction of several bugs in program.
-
- Better compatiblity with all versions of 1st Word and 1st
- Word Plus.
-
- Compatiblity with Version 3.0 of 1st Word Plus (most
- important feature of this revision).
-
- Still not supported:
-
- 1. 1.5 line spacing as opposed to single, double or
- other whole number spacing.
-
- 2. Graphics - I have not been able to come up with the
- file format for GEM PAINT (.IMG) type files. If you
- have information on this format please let me know
- so I can improve the program.
-
-
- 01/21/89 - Version 1.7
-
- Correction of multiple default button bug.
-
- 01/21/89 - Version 1.8
-
- Correction of NLQ release bug and compressed print bug.
-
- 07/04/89 - Version 1.82
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- Bug fix and better font control.
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- Please let me know if you have problems or need additional
- features. I can be reached by letter or by electronic mail on
- GENIE at address M.Albo .
-
-
- Michael Albo
-
- S. 1418 Bluff Dr.
- Spokane, Washington 99206
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-