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                         ─OCU-╨RINT ╓3.0 ╔NSTRUCTIONS
                                ┬Y ╙TEVE ╞ISK
                                 ╩UNE 5,1988
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   ╘HE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD HELP YOU GET STARTED WITH ─OCU-╨RINT. ╔
  ╚OPE THAT YOU FIND THIS UTILITY AS USEFULL AS ╔ DID. ╔T SHOULD HELP TO SOLVE
  SOME PROBLEMS THAT A NORMAL TEXT FILE READER/PRINTER COULDN'T SUCH AS: POWER
  FAILURES OR PAPER MISALIGNMENTS DURING PRINTING, FORM-FEEDS AND PERFORATION
  SKIPPING, ETC..


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   ─OCU-╨RINT LOADS LIKE MOST OTHER 64 PROGRAMS DO. ╙IMPLY USE 'LOAD "DOCU-
  PRINT",8 OR ,8,1. ─OCU-╨RINT SHOULD WORK WITH MOST FAST LOADERS AS WELL.


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   ╘HE FOLLOWING IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN MENU OPTIONS WHICH WILL BE
  DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL LATER IN THIS FILE.

   ╧NCE YOU LOAD AND RUN ─OCU-╨RINT, YOU SHOULD SEE A MAIN MENU WITH THESE
  OPTIONS ON IT:

   [1] ├HOOSE ╨RINT ═ODE - ╘HIS OPTION WILL SELECT IF YOU WANT OUTPUT TO THE
       SCREEN OR PRINTER.

   [2] ├HOOSE ╨RINTER ─EVICE - ╔F YOU USE A PRINTER WITH A DEVICE NUMBER OTHER
       THAN 4, YOU WILL NEED TO USE THIS OPTION TO CHANGE IT.

   [3] ├HOOSE 2ND ┴DDRESS - ╘HE SECONDARY PRINTER ADDRESS DEFAULTS TO 7. ╒SE
       THIS OPTION TO CHANGE THE ADDRESS IF NECCESSARY TO SUITE YOUR PRINTER.

   [4] ├HOOSE ╙PECIAL ┼XTRAS - ╘HIS OPTION WILL TAKE YOU TO A MENU OF SPECIAL
       OPTIONS TO CONTROL SUCH THINGS AS FORM FEEDS, LINE FEEDS, PERFORATION
       SKIPPING, LINES OF TEXT PER A PAGE, ETC.

   [5] ├HOOSE ┴╙├╔╔ ╙ET - ╘HIS OPTION WILL LET YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN USING THE
       ├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔ SET AND THE NORMAL ┴╬╙╔ STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔ SET.

   [6] ├HOOSE ─ISK ─EVICE - ╘HE DEFAULT FOR THIS OPTION IS DEVICE 8. ╔F YOU
       HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISK DRIVE, YOU MAY WANT TO USE ANOTHER DRIVE FOR
       READING THE TEXT FILE.

   [7] ─IRECTORY/─ISK ├MD - ╘HIS MENU WILL LET YOU GET A DIRECTORY OF A DISK,
       EXECUTE A DISK COMMAND OR GET THE STATUS OF THE DRIVE.

   [8] ├HOOSE ╞ILE/╨RINT - ╘HIS OPTION IS THE ONE YOU CHOOSE AFTER YOU HAVE SET
       ALL PARAMETERS TO START ─OCU-╨RINT PRINTING YOUR TEXT FILE TO THE
       SCREEN OR PRINTER.

   [┴] ┴BORT ╨ROGRAM - ┼XITS ─OCU PRINT TO ┬┴╙╔├. ┘OU CAN RE-RUN ─OCU-╨RINT
       ONCE YOU ABORT, HOWEVER ANY OPTIONS YOU HAVE SET, WILL BE RESET TO
       THE DEFAULT VALUES.


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    ╙OME OF THE OPTIONS OF ─OCU-╨RINT HAVE MENUS WITH MORE OPTIONS ON THEM.
  ╘HE MAIN MENU OPTIONS WITH THESE SUB-MENUS ARE OPTIONS:1,4,5 AND 7. ╘HE
  OTHER MAIN MENU OPTIONS SIMPLY PROMPT YOU FOR A PIECE OF INFORMATION SUCH
  AS THE PRINTER DEVICE NUMBER WITH OPTION 2. ┬ELOW IS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH
  OF THE SUB-MENUS:

   [1] ├╚╧╧╙┼ ╨╥╔╬╘ ═╧─┼-

    ╘HIS SUB-MENU HAS 5 OPTIONS ON IT:

    [1] ╙CREEN - ╘HIS WILL SET ─OCU-╨RINT TO DISPLAY THE FILE ON THE SCREEN
        ONLY.

    [2] ╨RINTER - ╘HIS WILL SET ─OCU-╨RINT TO PRINT TO THE SCREEN AND THE
        PRINTER.

    [3] ╘OGGLE ╨RINTER - ╙TART ┴T ╧FF - ╘HIS OPTION WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
        THE ACTUAL TEXT FILE READ AND PRINT ROUTINE WHERE BY THE FILE CAN
        HAVE IT'S OUTPUT SWITCHED BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND PRINTER WHEN YOU
        CHOOSE. ╘HIS OPTION IS GREAT FOR TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE STARTED TO PRINT
        A FILE ON THE PRINTER AND HAVE HAD THE POWER CUT OUT ON YOU OR WHEN
        A PAPER JAM OCCURS. ╫ITH THIS OPTION, ─OCU-╨RINT WILL START WITH NO
        OUTPUT TO THE PRINTER AND WILL LET YOU START OUTPUT TO THE PRINTER
        WHENEVER YOU WANT TO DURING THE READING OF THE TEXT FILE. ╨LEASE NOTE:
        THE OPTION TO TOGGLE THE PRINTER ON AND OFF DURING PRINT (DISCUSSED
        LATER ON) WILL ONLY FUNCTION IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION OR THE NEXT
        OPTION 4. ╔T WILL ╬╧╘ WORK IF YOU CHOOSE OPTION 1 OR 2 FROM THIS MENU).

    [4] ╘OGGLE ╨RINTER - ╙TART ┴T ╧N - ╘HIS OPTION IS SIMILAR TO OPTION 3
        EXCEPT THAT YOU START PRINTING WITH THE OUTPUT GOING TO THE PRINTER.

    [5] ┴BORT - ╘AKES YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU


   [4] ├╚╧╧╙┼ ╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ┼╪╘╥┴╙:

      ╘HIS MAIN MENU OPTION TAKES YOU TO A SUB-MENU OF DIFFERENT SPECIAL
     FEATURES YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE:

    [1] ╞ORM ╞EEDS ╧N - ═ANY TEXT FILES (ESPECIALLY LARGE ONES FORMATTED WITH
        PAGE NUMBERS) HAVE FORM FEEDS. ╞ORM FEEDS ARE AN ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTER NUMBER
        12 WHICH SIGNAL THE END OF A PAGE AND IF THE TEXT FILE READER READING
        A FILE WITH FORM FEEDS SENSES A FORM FEED, IT SHOULD SKIP THE PERFOR-
        ATION BETWEEN THE SHEETS OF PAPER AND NEATLY START PRINTING ON THE
        NEXT PAGE. ╘HIS OPTION WILL MAKE ─OCU-╨RINT SENSE FORM FEEDS AND ACT
        ACCORDINGLY.

    [2] ╞ORM ╞EEDS ╧FF - ╫ILL TURN OFF THE FORM FEED OPTION (THE DEFAULT FOR
        FORM FEEDS IS WITH FORM FEEDS OFF).

    [3] ╠INE ╞EED ╙UPRESSION ╧N - ╘HIS FUNCTION WILL REMOVE LINE FEEDS (ASCII
        CHARACTER 10). ╠INE FEEDS ARE OFTEN USED WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS
        SOFTWARE TO MAKE SURE THE CURSOR BEGINS ON A NEW LINE. ╠INE FEEDS ALSO
        CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH MOST TEXT FILE READERS BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE
        THE TEXT TO BECOME DOUBLE SPACED AND WASTE PAPER. ╘HIS OPTION WILL
        REMOVE THE LINE FEEDS AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.

    [4] ╠INE ╞EED ╙UPRESSION ╧FF - ╘HIS WILL TURN OFF THE LINE FEED SUPRESSION
        (THE DEFAULT FOR LINE FEEDS IS OFF).

    [5] ┴UTO ╞ORM-╞EED ╙ET - ╙OMETIMES, YOU WILL RUN INTO A TEXT FILE WITH
        NO FORM FEEDS THAT REALLY SHOULD HAVE HAD FORM FEEDS TO BEGIN WITH.
        ╔N A CASE LIKE THIS, YOU MIGHT FIND THAT THE TEXT PRINTING OUT WILL
        PRINT ON THE PERFORATION OF THE PAPER CAUSING A MESSY LOOKING
        PRINTOUT. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ─OCU-╨RINT SKIP THE PERF-
        ORATION CREATING A NEAT LOOKING PRINTOUT. ╫HEN YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION,
        YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NUMBER OF LINES YOU WANT PER A PAGE BEFORE
        ─OCU-╨RINT SKIPS THE PERFORATION. ╔ SUGGEST AROUND 60-63 LINES PER A
        PAGE FOR A NORMAL 8X11 PIECE OF PRINTER PAPER. ╔F YOU WANT TO DEACT-
        IVATE THIS OPTION LATER, YOU CAN CHOOSE A 0 FOR THE LINES PER A PAGE.
        ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU ARE PRINTING THIS FILE USING ─OCU-╨RINT, YOU MAY WANT TO
        USE THIS OPTION SINCE THERE ARE NO FORM FEEDS IN IT!

    [6] ╙ET ╠INES ╨ER ╨AGE - THIS OPTION WILL SET THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF LINES A
        SHEET OF PRINTER PAPER CAN HOLD BEFORE RUNNING OVER THE PERFORATION.
        ╘HIS FUNCTION WILL AFFECT THE FORM-FEEDS AND AUTO-FORM-FEEDS FUNCTIONS
        ON THIS MENU. ╬ORMALLY, THE NUMBER OF LINES IS 66 ALTHOUGH YOU MAY HAVE
        TO EXPERIMENT WITH THIS OPTION SINCE THE ACTUAL NUMBER CAN BE DIFFERENT
        ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRINTERS.

    [7] ╞╞ ┴UTO ┴DJUST ╧N - ╘HIS OPTION WILL MAKE ─OCU-╨RINT AUTOMATICALLY
        SKIP THE PERFORATIONS WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS A FORM FEED OR WHEN IT
        REACHES A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF LINES SET WITH AUTO-FORM FEEDS.

    [8] ╞╞ ┴UTO ┴DJUST ╧FF - ╔F YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
        ─OCU-╨RINT TO SKIP THE PERFORATIONS WITH THE FORM-FEEDS OR AUTO-FORM-
        FEEDS FUNCTIONS, YOU MAY WANT TO TRY THIS OPTION. ╘HIS OPTIONS MAKES
        DOCU-PRINT PAUSE WHEN IT HITS A FORM FEED AND WAITS FOR YOU TO ADJUST
        THE PRINTER PAPER. ╘HIS OPTION IS A MUST FOR PRINTERS THAT ACCEPT
        ONLY SINGLE SHEETS OF PAPER INSTEAD OF CONTINUOUS FORMS. ╘HIS FUNCTION
        IS ALSO THE DEFAULT WHEN YOU FIRST RUN ─OCU-╨RINT

    [9]  ┴BORT - ╟O BACK TO THE MAIN MENU


   [5] ├╚╧╧╙┼ ┴╙├╔╔ ╙┼╘:

       ╘HIS MAIN MENU OPTION IS USED TO CHOOSE THE ┴╙├╔╔ SET FOR PRINTOUT:

    [1] ├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔ - ╘HIS IS THE DEFAULT FOR THE ┴╙├╔╔ SET AND WILL SET
        ─OCU-╨RINT TO USE THE NORMAL ├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔ SET.

    [2] ╥EGULAR ┴╙├╔╔ - ╘HE STANDARD VERSION OF ┴╙├╔╔ SET UP BY THE ┴╬╙╔ IS
        SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ├OMMODORE ╓ERSION. ╘HE MAIN DIFFERENCES
        ARE THAT THE ┴╬╙╔ VERSION ONLY HAS 128 CHARACTERS IN IT WHILE ├OMMO-
        DORE'S VERSION HAS 256. ╘HE UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE CHARACTERS ARE ALSO
        REVERSED. ┘OU SHOULD NOTE FOR EITHER OPTION 1 OR 2 ON THIS MENU, THAT
        WHEN YOU PRINT OUT A FILE, IF THE TEXT HAS REVERSED UPPER AND LOWE CASE
        OR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS ARE IN UPPERCASE, YOU PROBABLY ARE USING THE
        WRONG CHARACTER SET AND SHOULD TRY THE OTHER ONE INSTEAD.

    [3] ┴BORT - ┴BORT TO MAIN MENU.


   [7] ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘/─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─╙:

      ╧PTION 7 ON THE MAIN MENU WILL LET YOU GET A DIRECTORY OF YOUR DISK, USE
     DISK COMMANDS AND GET THE STATUS OF YOUR DISK.

    [─] ─IRECTORY - ╘HIS WILL GIVE YOU A DIRECTORY OF A DISK IN THE DRIVE.

    [>] ─ISK ├OMMAND - ╘HIS OPTION WILL LET YOU EXECUTE A DISK COMMAND OF
        YOUR CHOICE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE COMMAND AFTER CHOOSING
        THIS OPTION

    [╙] ─ISK ╙TATUS -  ╫ILL LET YOU SEE THE STATUS OF THE DRIVE

    [╤] ╤UIT - ╫ILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU.


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     ╘HE FINAL SECTION OF THIS FILE IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS
    AVAILABLE TO YOU DURING THE ACTUAL DISPLAYING OR PRINTING OF A FILE.
    ╘O START THE PRINTING, CHOOSE OPTION 8 ON THE MAIN MENU. ┘OU WILL BE
    PROMPTED FOR THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WANT TO PRINT. ╔F YOU FORGOT TO SET
    ONE OF THE OPTIONS ON THE MAIN MENU, YOU CAN ABORT THE PRINTING BY
    ENTERING THE '#' SYMBOL AS THE FILE NAME. ╧NCE YOU CHOOSE THE FILE NAME,
    ─OCU-╨RINT WILL START READING THE FILE FROM DISK AND PRINTING UNLESS OF
    COURSE, THE FILE NAME WAS INCORRECT IN WHICH CASE YOU WILL GET A FILE-NOT-
    FOUND ERROR AND HAVE TO CHOOSE THE FILE NAME AGAIN OR ABORT. ╧NCE THE
    PRINTING PROCCESS IS UNDERWAY, YOU HAVE 3 OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU. ╘HEY
    ARE THE FOLLOWING:

      [┴] ┴BORT - ╘HIS FUNCTION WILL ABORT THE PRINTING OF A FILE AND TAKE
          YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU.

      [╨] ╨AUSE - ╫ILL PAUSE THE PRINTING PROCESS UNTIL YOU PRESS A KEY TO GO
          ON.

      [╘] ╘OGGLE PRINTER ON/OFF - ╘HIS OPTION WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN
          OPTIONS 3 OR 4 OFF OF THE 'CHOOSE PRINT MODE' SUB-MENU (OPTION 1).
          ╘HIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO STOP AND START OUTPUT TO THE PRINTER
          AS NEEDED.


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   ╔ HOPE THAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL HELP YOU OUT WITH THE USE OF ─OCU-╨RINT.
  ─OCU-╨RINT IS PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE AND YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO DISTRIBUTE IT
  FREELY TO OTHERS. ╔F YOU ARE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH ─OCU-╨RINT, YOU MAY
  CONTACT ME ON COMPUSERVE. ═Y ╔─ IS 71251,1200. ╔ MAY ALSO BE CONTACTED
  THROUGH THE ├OMPUTER ├ONNECTION ┬┬╙: 609-784-9404 OR THE ┼ASTERN ├. ┬OARD
  ┬┬╙ AT 609-482-6599.

                                                              ╙TEVE ╞ISK