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COLOUR PRINTING FOR YOUR PC & 24 PIN COLOUR PRINTER
DIRECT SCREEN TO PRINTER, ENLARGE OR REDUCE
TOP QUALITY OUTPUT
C O L O U R S N A P
THE SIMPLE ANSWER
TO
YOUR
COLOUR PRINTING REQUIREMENTS
Copyright Applied Software Products Ltd
P.O. Box 12, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K., RG24 0ZD
Tel: (44) 0256 461026 Fax: (44) 0256 461026
All rights reserved
AN OVERVIEW
What is Colour Snap?
Colour Snap is a PC based Colour Printing Package. It enables
you to print the currently displayed screen on a PC attached
colour 24 Pin Matrix Printer.
Many different printing capabilities and options are possible
within Colour Snap, such as printing an enlarged screen image,
landscape or portrait orientation output, changing the printed
colour of a particular screen colour, selection of the printed
background colour and many more.
Memory Resident
Colour Snap comprises two programs, CSNAP the printing program,
and CSCFG the configuration program.
Colour Snap is a memory resident program which is loaded into
the computers memory after switching on, usually before any of
your normal applications are run, by typing:
CSNAP
The command may be included in any startup routine batch files.
After loading, the Colour Snap display indicates the current
printer selected and the keystroke(s) required to print the
displayed screen. The normal DOS command line is then shown,
and your usual applications may be run.
To Print
To print any application screen, simply press the "Ctrl"
key twice. The keys used to print may be changed if desired
using the configuration options.
Configuration
The most popular options are set up within the program as
default values. The default values may be changed temporarily,
and the different options possible may be selected by changing
the default settings using the configuration program "CSCFG".
Different configuration files may be created and saved to
cater for printing different screen applications or
configurations, different printer types and ports, or
different VDU modes. (ie. EGA, Text, CGA etc).
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Colour Snap V2.2 requires the following:
An IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible
MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 2.1 or later
One floppy disk drive or hard disk
CGA Mode - A colour graphics adaptor (CGA) and compatible CGA
colour monitor
EGA Mode - An enhanced graphics adaptor (EGA) and compatible EGA
colour monitor
VGA Mode - A VGA display adaptor and compatible colour monitor
Disk Contents
Filename Description
CSNAP.EXE The Colour Snap Colour Printing Program
CSCFG.EXE The Colour Snap Configuration Program
CSMAN.DOC The Colour Snap Users Manual
README.DOC Printing instructions for the manual
Installing Colour Snap
The following installation procedures contain the instructions for
setting up the Colour Snap programs for Floppy Disk or Hard Disk
operation.
Floppy Disk System
Format one (1) floppy disk
Insert the Colour Snap Shareware Disk into Drive A, and a newly
formatted diskette into drive B. At the DOS prompt, enter the
following commands:
A> COPY CSNAP.EXE B:
A> COPY CSCFG.EXE B:
These are the two program files necessary to run Colour Snap.
Once they have been copied to your new working program disk
in drive B, remove the shareware program disk from drive A and
store it for safe keeping.
Now place your new working program disk into drive A. The
installation of the program disk is complete, you are now ready
to start the program, configure it to your requirements if
required, and print your colour screens.
Hard Disk System
To run Colour Snap from your Hard Disk, it is suggested that you
first create a sub-directory for the Colour Snap program files.
Ensure you are in the root directory of your hard disk:
C> CD\
Next, create a subdirectory for the Colour Snap program files:
C> MD CSNAP
Go to this new directory:
C> CD CSNAP
Insert the Colour Snap Shareware Disk into Drive A and issue
the following commands:
C> COPY A:CSNAP.EXE C:
C> COPY A:CSCFG.EXE C:
These are the program files necessary to run Colour Snap.
When completed, remove the Shareware Program Disk from drive A,
and store it for safe keeping. You are now ready to start the
program, configure it to your requirements if required, and print
your colour screens.
PRINTER SUPPORT
Colour Snap enables you to print colour screens on 24 pin colour
printers supplied by:
Epson, IBM, Fujitsu, Star, NEC, Facit, Mannesman Tally, Juki,
Data Products, C-Itoh and other Epson Colour compatibles.
Ensure that your printer is setup correctly for Epson mode
either by setting the options via the front panel keys, or via
its internal or external switches. If in doubt consult your
manufacturers printer handbook.
REGISTERED USERS
Colour Snap Version 2.2 is a Shareware Program designed to let users
enjoy the benefits and features of the registered version and enable
them to determine that the registered program will meet their needs.
Although the Colour Snap installation display denotes 'Demo', this
Shareware version is a fully operational program with the following
minor differences: A banner is printed as an advertising heading to
the users screen print for identification purposes - this banner is
not included in the registered version. Additionally this Shareware
program defaults to a magnification factor of x 2, and this factor
is fully configurable in the Registered version. The execution pause
in CSCFG which occurs if the header is attempted to be removed or
the magnification changed (a few seconds), is also not in the
registered version.
How to become a Registered User: Send the registration fee to the address
below, together with post & handling charges appropriate to your
Country.
Applied Software Products Ltd
P.O. Box 12
Basingstoke
Hampshire
U.K.
RG24 0ZD
Tel: (44) 0256 461026 Fax: (44) 0256 461026
9 AM - 6 PM GMT Mon - Fri except Holidays
Registration Fee: 39.95 (GBP UK), 50 Dollars US; Post & Handling: UK 1.0 GBP,
USA 5 Dollars, W.EUR 2 GBP, E.EUR 3.0 GBP, M.EAST 4.0 GBP, F.EAST 5.0 GBP.
Cheques and Money Orders should be made out to the Company above.
OPTION SELECTION
Within Colour Snap, options may be setup and changed via the
associated configuration program CSCFG and its easy to use
menu.
Options are available to reflect changes within the memory
resident copy of Colour Snap, and new configurations may be
stored as disk files. These new configurations may be used
at any time by keying:
CSNAP Filename
where filename is the name of a previously created
configuration file.
Configuration
To change the printer options, type:
CSCFG then <Enter>
Note - Colour Snap should be loaded before CSCFG is used.
When CSCFG is invoked, if Colour Snap is already in memory,
then the current settings are displayed, otherwise Colour Snap
default settings are applied.
Cursor keys are used to move the highlighted Editing Bar to
the desired field, then "+" and "-" keys to change the options
available within that field.
Function keys provide other facilities such as Help, Reset
Options, Edit Colours, Load File, Save File and Update.
Options
Graphics Magnify
The screen image may be printed expanded up to six times, eg
x 2 prints as double height/width image of the screen.
Default value = x 2
Where the magnification selected exceeds the page width, then
Colour Snap will automatically rotate the image on the printer
page. The image printed depends on the type of printer in use,
80 column or 136 Column, and the magnification selected.
Portrait Landscape
80 Col Printer
320 x 200 image x1, x2, x3, x4 x6
640 x 350 x1, x2 x3, x4, x6
136 Col Printer (ie wide printer selected)
320 x 200 image x1, x2, x3, x4, x6
640 x 350 x1, x2, x3 x4, x6
Wide Printer
When using a printer 136 columns wide, this option enables a
magnified image to be printed.
Landscape
Forces an image to be printed in landscape mode despite the
printer width and magnification options selected.
Black/White Inverse
Allows the background to be printed as a colour, rather than
Black, which is the default value.
CGA Inverse
Sets which CGA Colour is to be substituted for Black
background colour. eg 2 swaps Black (screen colour 0), with
CGA colour 2 (ie Magenta).
EGA Inverse
Sets which EGA Colour is substituted for Black background
colour eg 4 substitutes Black, screen colour 0, with EGA
colour 4 (orange).
Header
Removes the title and copyright banner header from the
printout.
LPTn
Selects the correct printer port for the attached printer,
n = 0, 1, 2.
Colour Mapping
Options selected via F2
Default screen colour to printer colour correspondence for the
three main modes of operation - Text, CGA and EGA. These
are satisfactory for the majority of applications, and may be
changed if required.
Note: This version supports 8 colour printing, mainly for
speed and memory considerations. Where 16 colours are
required, please contact Applied Software Products Ltd.
Further information on colour correspondence is given in
Appendix A
Update C.Snap
Pressing the F10 key reflects the new options selected via
CSCFG into the memory version of Colour Snap, and the new
options are effective immediately.
Save File
The options displayed are written to a disk file for future
use, by pressing F6. Enter the filename you wish the saved
file to be called, then <Enter>.
A stored disk configuration file may be used with Colour Snap
directly on the CSNAP command line:
CSNAP filename <Enter>
Load File
To retrieve a previously saved file from disk, press F5. The
options held in the file are then displayed and may be used to
update Colour Snap, or amended.
Reset Defaults
To reset the CSCFG settings to their default condition, key
F9.
Help
A short form help display is available by keying F1.
COPYRIGHT
This shareware program is Copyright 1990 1991 by Applied Software
Products Ltd. All rights are reserved worldwide, and it is supplied subject
to an agreement which covers its use. It may be copied and distributed
at no cost to enable other potential users to evaluate its suitability
for their purpose. It may not be sold or otherwise distributed in any form
or by any third parties without the express consent in writing of Applied
Software Products Ltd.
No part of this User Guide may be copied, distributed, transmitted,
or transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any machine
readable or non-machine readable form without the written permission of
Applied Software Products Ltd.
DISCLAIMER
Applied Software Products Ltd makes no representation or warranties with
respect to the contents of this user guide or the associated software
and hereby disclaims any implied warranties or fitness for any particular
purpose.
UPGRADES
Applied Software Products Ltd reserves the right to revise this product or
any associated product from time to time and is under no obligation to
notify any such person of any such changes.
TRADEMARKS
MS-DOS, IBM, C-ITOH, FUJITSU, JUKI, EPSON, MANNESMAN TALLY, STAR, DATA
PRODUCTS, FACIT and PC-DOS are the trademarks and tradenames of their
respective owners. Colour Snap and CSCFG are copyright Applied Software
Products Ltd and are trademark applied for.
Appendix A
Epson LQ Colour Mapping n Printing Colour
0 Black
1 Magenta
2 Cyan
3 Violet
4 Yellow
5 Orange
6 Green
7 Brown
Colour Snap Default Colour mapping
Text Mode
modes - 0, 1, 2, 4, 7
n Screen Colour Printer Colour
0 Black Black
1 Blue Violet
2 Green Green
3 Cyan Cyan
4 Red Orange
5 Magenta Magenta
6 Brown Brown
7 White White
CGA Mode
modes - 4, 5, 6
0 Black Black
1 Cyan Cyan
2 Magenta Magenta
3 White White
EGA Mode
modes 13, 14, 15, 16
EGA supports 16 colours. Colour Snap maps the higher
intensity screen colours to their low intensity printer
colours.
0 Black Black
1 Blue Violet
2 Green Green
3 Cyan Cyan
4 Red Orange
5 Magenta Magenta
6 Brown Brown
7 L Grey White
8 D Grey Black
9 L Blue Violet
10 L Green Green
11 L Cyan Cyan
12 L Red Orange
13 L Magenta Magenta
14 Yellow Brown
15 White White
Appendix A continued
Screen Mode to Colour Correspondence Tables
Screen Mode Resolution Colours Correspondence table
0 Text 40x25 16 Text
1 Text 40x25 16 Text
2 Text 80x25 16 Text
3 Text 80x25 16 Text
4 Gra 320x200 4 CGA
5 Gra 320x200 4 CGA
6 Gra 640x200 2 CGA
7 Text 80x25 Mono Text
13 Gra 320x200 16 EGA
14 Gra 640x200 16 EGA
15 Gra 640x350 Mono EGA
16 Gra 640x350 16 EGA
Applied Software Products Ltd
Applied Software Products Ltd is a private British Company founded
in 1987. Early products were communications software, PC based
LAN's and products to provide in-house desk top forms creation,
and input, memory resident 'pop up' database/notepad systems,
graphic design, printing and publishing aids. Current products
include:
PCXVIEW: Enables display of .PCX files, and incorporation of scanned images
in demonstration or display programs. Extremely useful for display
of Company logos and visually exciting graphic screens within
'dry' demonstration programs.
SMART: A programmer, analyst or managers Software Performance Monitoring
Recording and Tracking system. A database of program or system
modules and associated error/bug references, with their status.
Features rapid access, on screen search and memory resident 'pop
up' updating. Also enables productivity and performance to be
measured, perhaps as justification for expansion.
DISK DUPLICATOR: Allows high speed and accurate (verified) diskette copying
without the notorious disk shuffle of DOS Copy. Handles 5.25"
and 3.5" diskettes.
WORD-DCA: Converts Wordprocessing files in Norsk Data/Wordplex format to
IBM's DCA (Document Content Architecture) format and vice versa.
Documents are fully revisable between the two systems.
STARFAX: A PC & fax based information system for all distributors of any
product, which enables their clients to request product/item details
24 hours/day, 7 days per week by telephone from anywhere in the
world. Completely unattended operation gives payback in weeks.
Shareware versions of all software products are available.