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*********************************************************************
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* Interleaved Preferences Printer - IPP *
* *
* 'The Paper Saver' *
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* written by: Jeff Hoag *
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* Copyright © - 1990 Jeff Hoag All Rights Reserved World Wide *
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SHAREWARE:
I.P.P. is Shareware. You may upload this software to any bulletin
board or electronic service provided:
1. That service does not claim copyright on uploaded software or
does not charge above it's normal access rates for download of this
software.
2. No organization may charge more than handling costs for this
software with out the express written permission of the author.
3. All files included in this archive remain intact inside the
archive, including this licensing notification.
IPP is Shareware. This means that you may try the software first and
see if you like it or use it frequently. If you do, shareware asks you
to send $10.00 (Ten dollars) as a registration/usage fee to:
Jeff Hoag
615 10th Ave So.
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
Doing so will give you a warm feeling inside, knowing you have
helped support a starving Amiga developer. Also I plan on
releasing more titles in the future as shareware and as a
registered owner you will be entitled to two things:
1. A $5.00 rebate in the form of paying $5.00 less shareware fee's
on the next software program released (on a $10.00 piece this means
half off) and
2. Notification of upgrade availability or new title releases as
they occur.
APB registered owners need send only $5.00.
Program Overview:
IPP was written to take advantage of both sides of a piece
of paper, cutting those long text file printouts in half
and making your listings much easier to read. Because IPP uses
your Preferences Printer specs for page length, varied and
customized 'Book type' printouts are possible with YOUR printer.
To see on-screen help just type in IPP and press return.
Defaults
IPP MUST be started from the Amiga CLI or Shell. A file
option must be given or IPP will abort, unable to open file.
If you do not specify Even or Odd IPP will default to Odd
starting with page 1. (one)
IPP is very SENSITIVE to the Length setting in your Preferences
Printer setup. Length is the number of lines on YOUR printed page.
IPP uses this number in it's calculations for printing a page. Also
as a line offset figure for even and odd page configuration calculations.
General Overview of Use.
Have IPP print your text-file starting with the odd pages. This
starts you with page one. An example of this would be:
IPP -ftest.txt -o
Then TURN YOUR PAPER OVER so that the first sheet to be printed is
the back of Page 1 just printed and tell IPP to print the even
pages of your text file. An example of this is:
IPP -ftest.txt -e
This will give you the 'IPP-book' printout.
PLEASE NOTE:
Pay particular attention to paper placement, making sure you
print page 2 on the back of page 1 etc.
Tractor feed printers should leave an EXTRA sheet of paper
above Page 1. This allows for easy positioning of the paper in
your printer. Sheet fed printers do not require this.
Starting IPP from the CLI.
IPP MUST be started from the Amiga CLI or Shell. The following
options are available at start up:
-F or -f Specifies the file you wish IPP to print. At this time
you MUST SPECIFY a complete path or the default will be
your current directory. Examples:
IPP -Ftest.txt
IPP -fs:test.txt
IPP -fdf0:s/temp/test.txt
-S or -s Specifies the page number you want IPP to start printing
with. This does NOT mean IPP starts so many pages into
the file but rather starts PAGE NUMBERING at the specified
number. This is useful if your text file is split between
two or more files and you don't want the numbering system
to start over at 1 halfway through your printout. This is
NOT a smart option. In other words if you specify an s
value of say 50 but tell IPP to print out the ODD
pages IPP will start the odd pages with 50 and increment
all odd pages by 2. In other words page 1 will be 50,
page 3 will be 52 etc etc. Examples:
IPP -Ftest.txt -s50
IPP -fs:test.txt -s150
IPP -fdf0:s/temp/test.txt -s1001
-O or -o Tells IPP to print the ODD PAGES of your book print
out. This means that IPP will start with page one
of your text file and print out pages 1,3,5,7 etc
etc on to the end of your file. Examples:
IPP -Ftest.txt -o
IPP -fs:test.txt -o -s51
IPP -fdf0:s/temp/test.txt -s1001 -o
Then Turn your paper over
and use the -E option.
-E or -e Tells IPP to print the EVEN PAGES of your book print
out. This means that IPP will skip the first amount
of lines specified by the Length command in Preferences
equal to the first page. In other words the first
even number is 2 (books don't have page 0) so IPP
will print pages 2, 4, 6, 8, etc etc to the end of
the file. Examples:
IPP -Ftest.txt -e
IPP -fs:test.txt -e -s50
IPP -fdf0:s/temp/test.txt -s1000 -e
These flags can be used in any combination.
I have tested this software with both the HP Deskjet and
the star nx-1000. I changed the Length parameter for each
but other than that IPP worked fine with both. If you are
having problems look at your Length setting and keep in
mind IPP uses the top 2 lines for it's header line.
/*****************************************************************\
Thanks for using IPP. Please don't forget that it is Shareware and
that I am depending on you for support. I can be reached at the
Shareware address provided above. Please feel free to pass IPP along
to other bbs's or friends, only PLEASE keep all the files included
in this LHarc together.
Thanks.
Jeff Hoag. 2.4.90