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- Q U I C K P R I N T Version 1.2 - April 26, 1987
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-
- QuickPrint is a program that prints quickly TEXT files using the
- line printer's internal character set(s). The program works
- with both Image Writer I and II (even with an automatic sheet
- feeder). It will probably (not tested) work with other printer
- types (as long as the Macintosh low level Printing Manager is
- adhered to). Though, some special options will not be available.
-
- Although all the necessary information is in the program itself
- (select the "About QuickPrint" in the Apple Menu, but please
- don't click on my head), a little more information is given in
- this short manual. QuickPrint should be able to handle most (all)
- errors and notifies the user via alerts/dialogues. QuickPrint is
- written and beta-tested on 512E Macs (upgraded to 2M), but
- should work on 64K ROM machines as well.
-
- The printing options include:
-
- - Normal and condensed (IW II only) printing.
- - Near letter quality (IW II only)
- - Page header with page number, filename, and date of last
- modification.
- - Line numbering.
- - Global and local page numbering.
- - Highlighting of keywords for C-language (IW I & II only).
- - Show all file types or just TEXT files.
-
- These options can be easily set/reset and saved with the
- program. Furthermore, with the command "Setup Page Layout" in
- the File Menu the number of characters per line, the number of
- lines per page, the tab size, line number size, and the margin
- size can be customized and saved with the program for both normal
- and condensed printing. Even highlighting of keywords for
- different program languages can be done by changing the content
- of the KWRD resource (ResEdit).
-
- The following two steps must be followed for printing one or
- more text files:
-
- 1. Assemble a File List.
-
- The command "Select Files" in the File Menu, creates a new
- File List, and returns a file dialogue to select files. A
- File List Menu is created with all the selected files. More
- files can be added to the File List later on with the command
- "Add Files" in the File Menu. The maximum number of files
- that can be selected for one print job is 64. Files can be
- deleted from the File List by selecting the file in the File
- List Menu.
-
- 2. Print the file(s) in the File List.
-
- The command "Print Files" in the File Menu prints the files
- specified in the File List according the print settings.
- These setting can be modified with the command "Setup Page
- Layout" in the File Menu, and with the commands in the
- Options Menu. During the printing a fancy print status
- indicator on the screen shows how much of the job is done,
- how many pages are printed, which file is being printed, and
- how many more files are left in the File List for printing.
-
- If QuickPrint is opened from the Finder together with the TEXT
- files to be printed (shift-click QuickPrint and all TEXT files,
- then double-click one of them or select "Open" from the File
- Menu), the File List will be build by QuickPrint while starting
- up, and you are ready for printing without going through the
- trouble of selecting all files for the File List. From the
- Aztec C Shell, QuickPrint can be used on the command line in the
- following way:
-
- QuickPrint [-p] file1 file2 ... fileN
-
- Without the "-p" option, QuickPrint will build the File List
- while starting up. With the "-p" option, QuickPrint will also
- immediately print the specified files according to the program's
- printer settings, and exit after finishing the print job.
-
- QuickPrint is free of ANY charge for personal use only, and the
- "About QuickPrint" window should not be modified. QuickPrint
- cannot be sold in any way without my permission.
-
- QuickPrint is my first "real" Macintosh program, and I
- appreciate any comments/hints/tips.
-
- Gertjan Noordman
- 743 Hemlock Lane
- Carol Stream, IL 60188.
-