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INTRODUCTION
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'PrintFont' quickly uploads special printer font files (created using
'FTP') to your printer. This allows much faster, less than 5 second
uploads, as compared to 20 seconds or more using 'FTP'. Even a full
sized (all characters included) LQ font is uploaded quickly! These
special printer font files are usually smaller than their Amiga
bitmapped counterparts since they are automatically 'powerpacked' by
'PPDO' (if present in your current c: directory or path).
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FEATURES
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Standard features include:
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o - Multitasks.
o - Uses standard INTUITION interfaces.
o - Adjusts to different WORKBENCH environments.
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Special features include:
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o - Uses the 'SOFTCONFIG' environment.
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Program features include:
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o - Has step by step windowed instructions.
o - Upload special printer font files to the printer.
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USING PRINTERFONT
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Getting Started:
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You can start 'PrinterFont' from one of the supplied icons, or from
the CLI/ Shell using:
>Run PrinterFont ?
... this will prompt you for the options and special printer font file
to upload.
(Please refer to the online help file for more information.)
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Options:
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The following options are available from the CLI/ Shell.
-u ..... Begin uploading font immediately.
(For information on 'TOOLTYPES' please refer to the online help file.)
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Quality:
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All printer font files exists in to formats: DRAFT and LQ. The LQ
format has three (3) times the horizontal resolution of the draft
printer font. Subsequently the LQ printer font files are larger.
'PrinterFont' uses your current system's PRINTER preferences when
determining the default printer font quality to upload: DRAFT or
LQ. If your system PRINTER preferences are set to draft and you
upload an LQ printer font, the printed text will not look correct.
The reverse is also true. All printer files, by default, are
stored in the 'FONTS:printer' path. For example, let's say this
directory contains the following printer font files:
Sapphire_DRAFT
Sapphire_LQ
Camelot_DRAFT
Camelot_LQ
If you enter the following from the CLI/ Shell:
>Run PrinterFont Camelot
... then 'PrinterFont' will determine the print quality setting
from your current PRINTER preferences and attempt to upload:
Camelot_LQ (if your print quality is set to LETTER)
(...or...)
Camelot_DRAFT (if your print quality is set to DRAFT)
You can also specify:
>Run PrinterFont Camelot_DRAFT
(...or...)
>Run PrinterFont Camelot_LQ
... directly.
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System Preferences:
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Your system PRINTER preferences print quality should be set to your
uploaded printer font's quality (DRAFT or LQ) before attempting to
print any text files.
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Final Note:
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If your printer has enough memory, you can upload both an LQ and
DRAFT font without resetting it between the uploads. This will
allow printing in both an uploaded draft and an uploaded LQ font.
However, you cannot upload two different LQ fonts without resetting
your printer between the uploads. Basically, two LQ fonts cannot
reside simultaneously in your printer buffer. This is a limitation
of 'FTP' and 'PrinterFont', not a limitation of your printer.
Most printers, however, do not allow more than one uploaded font
to be present in the printer's memory at a time.
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Software Configuration:
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The following variables (flags) are used:
SCREEN TO FRONT
USE PUBLIC SCREEN
SET EXPERT LEVEL
DISABLE PRINTER
(Please refer to the help file(s) for 'SoftConfig' for more information.)
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FOR ADVANCED USERS
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Printer Font Files:
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Use 'FTP' to create the special printer font files uploaded by
'PrinterFont'.
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Final Note:
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'FKEY' can be used to 'launch' this program via pre-determined
keystroke(s) automatically prompting you, from the CLI/ Shell
for the printer font file to upload.
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CREDITS
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This program was designed and coded by Michael Thomas Hurt of
MIKE HURT SOFTWARE!, coded in & compiled using Blitz Basic 2.0
available from Acid Software.
Software testing was done using:
o - Amiga 500 : AmigaDOS 2.1, GVP HD 500+ w/ 2MEGS.
o - Amiga 2000: AmigaDOS 2.1, Microbotics VXL030 w/MMU,
Microbotics VXLRAM 2MEGS, Microbotics 8-UP! 4MEGS,
GVP Series II hard card w/ 100MEG HD.
o - Amiga 3000: AmigaDOS 2.1, 6MEGS.
o - Amiga 4000: AmigaDOS 3.0
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PROGRAM HISTORY
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v1.0 07/21/1995 Original program.