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LZSELECT
Jay Munro January 22, 1990 (Utilities)
Purpose: Constructs and sends LaserJet escape sequences either directly, via
a SETUP2.COM (PC Magazine, May 30, 1989), menu (PMF) file, or via a DOS file
that can be COPYed to the printer from the command line or used in a batch
file.
Format: LZSELECT [/2] [/B] [/F filename]
Remarks: The optional /2 and /B parameters set LZSELECT to use LPT2 for its
own printer output and a black-and-white display for LCD or plasma screens.
If a <filename> to be opened for construction of a SETUP2 Printer Make File
menu is not supplied initially, using the /F switch, one must be supplied at
the first screen. A descriptive menu text line of up to 20 characters is then
entered, after which highlighted selections from the LZSELECT menus
automatically build the command escape sequences (up to 100 Esc codes or 255
bytes per line). These are displayed, in the default ASCII-string (SETUP2)
format at the bottom of the screen. Prompts are supplied for required
parameters.
F6 toggles between combining command sequences where HPPCL rules
permit and keeping them as individual strings. A selected command can be
deleted with F7 and inserted with F8. Alt-F7 clears all current commands for
that menu line, and Ctrl-F7 clears all current commands in the file. New menu
command lines, up to 100 per file, can be opened with F2. Files can be saved
in .PMF format with F10; Alt-F10 prompts to save under a new <filename>. The
selected commands can be converted into regular printer command sequences and
sent directly with F3, or converted and saved as a COPYable DOS file with F9.
Text or Escape strings not contained in LZSELECT can be manually
entered, in ASCII-string form, using the Enter Text command from the Cursor
and Text menu selection. F4 and Alt-F4 are used to download softfonts as
permanent and temporary, respectively. They prompt for a filespect and a Font
ID number (0-32,767) that is also used when that font is selected for use by a
printer command.
A PMF menu prepared by LZSELECT file can be loaded into SETUP2 by
entering: SETUP2 <filename>
SETUP2 is a memory-resident utility that uses Ctrl-Right Shift for its
hotkey to pop up over a running application. Like LZSELECT, SETUP2 and its
related files can be downloaded from PC Magnet.