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╘HE FILE ╧┬╩.╨╠╠╨╥╘ IS A ├╧═┴╠
PACKAGE TO ENABLE AN ┼PSON OR
LOOK-A-LIKE PRINTER FITTED WITH A
├ENTRONICS ╔/╞ TO BE OPERATED USING
THE ├╧═┴╠ CARTRIDGE. ╘HE CABLE ╔/╞ TO
THE USER PORT MUST BE FITTED.
╒SE ON THE ┼PSON ╞╪80 AND ╦AGA ╨RINTER
--------------------------------------
1) ├ARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING ├╧═┴╠
COMMANDS.
╠╔╬╦"OBJ.PLLPRT"
╒╙┼ PLLPRT
╒╙┼ GRAPHICS
╒╙┼ SYSTEM
SETPRINTER("U4:/A+")
╘HE LAST TWO LINES ARE NECESSARY TO
SAVE HAVING A ├┬═ ┴╙├╔╔ TO STANDARD
┴╙├╔╔ CONVERSION ROUTINE IN THE
PACKAGE ITSELF.
2) ┴FTER DOING THE ABOVE THE PRINTER
SHOULD PRINT TEXT NORMALLY BY USING
╧╨┼╬ ╞╔╠┼, ╙┼╠┼├╘"╠╨:" OR ├╬╘╠ ╨ AS
IS SPECIFIED IN THE ├╧═┴╠ CARTRIDGE
MANUAL.
3) ╘O DUMP A NORMAL HIRES SCREEN TO
THE PRINTER CALL THE PACKAGE
PROCEDURE:
HR0PRT
┴ MULTICOLOUR SCREEN CAN BE DUMPED
USING THE PACKAGE PROCEDURE:
HR1PRT
╘HE SCREEN IS PRINTED SIDEWAYS USING
A 400 ╪ 640 DOT ARRAY USING THE 576 ╪
8 DOT MODE ON THE PRINTER. ╘HE GREY
SCALES OF THE CARTRIDGE MANUAL
(P.164) ARE USED BUT A DIFFERENT BIT
PATTERN IS USED FOR EACH COLOUR OF
THE SAME DENSITY. ╘HIS MEANS ADJACENT
PATCHES OF COLOUR OF THE SAME DENSITY
CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED IN MOST CASES.
╬OTE THAT ├╬╘╠ ─ WILL ╬╧╘ WORK AS IT
DOES WITH ├┬═ PRINTERS.
╒SE ON THE ┼PSON ╥╪80
---------------------
╘HE ┼PSON ╥╪80 SUPPORTS A 640 BY 8
DOT MODE. ╘HIS MEANS THAT HIRES
IMAGES WILL BE DISTORTED ON THIS
PRINTER. ╘HE SIMPLEST SOLUTION IS TO
MAKE USE OF THE ╫╔╬─╧╫ PROCEDURE IN
THE GRAPHICS PACKAGE TO MODIFY THE
HIRES SCREEN X-COORDINATE SYSTEM BY
319*640/576 (=354) WHEN IT IS WISHED
TO DUMP THE SCREEN TO THE PRINTER.
╘HE RESULT WILL LOOK PECULIAR ON THE
SCREEN BUT WILL GIVE A PERFECT RESULT
ON THE PRINTER. ╔T IS FOR THE
PROGRAMMER TO SET THE APPROPRIATE
WINDOW DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE PLOT
IS TO BE VIEWED ON THE DISPLAY OR
PRINTED.
╔N ADDITION THE PACKAGE HAS TO BE
ALTERED SLIGHTLY TO SELECT THE
CORRECT GRAPHIC MODE ON THIS PRINTER.
╙TEP 1) THEREFORE BECOMES:
╠╔╬╦"OBJ.PLLPRT"
╨╧╦┼ $81F3,4
╒╙┼ PLLPRT
╒╙┼ GRAPHICS
╒╙┼ SYSTEM
SETPRINTER("U4:/A+")
WINDOW(0,354,0,199)
╒SE ON THE ┼PSON ═╪80
---------------------
╘HE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE FOR STEP 1)
IS SUGGESTED FOR USING THE ═╪80 IN
SINGLE DENSITY GRAPHICS MODE. ╬OTE
THE WINDOW COMMAND IS DIFFERENT.
╠╔╬╦"OBJ.PLLPRT"
╨╧╦┼ $81F2,75
╨╧╦┼ $81F3,184
╨╧╦┼ $81F4,1
╨╧╦┼ $8126,4
╨╧╦┼ $812A,40
╒╙┼ PLLPRT
╒╙┼ GRAPHICS
╒╙┼ SYSTEM
SETPRINTER("U4:/A+")
WINDOW(0,266,0,199)
┘OU MAY ACHIEVE A BETTER PICTURE BY
USING DOUBLE DENSITY GRAPHICS MODE.
╘HIS TIME STEP 1) BECOMES
╠╔╬╦"OBJ.PLLPRT"
╨╧╦┼ $81F2,76
╨╧╦┼ $81F3,232
╨╧╦┼ $81F4,1
╨╧╦┼ $8126,4
╒╙┼ PLLPRT
╒╙┼ GRAPHICS
╒╙┼ SYSTEM
SETPRINTER("U4:/A+")
WINDOW(0,532,0,199)