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PRINTFIX and SETPRINT V1
Copyright Ron House, 1990.
These programs allow you to intercept output sent from a
running program to the printer, and edit it by deleting
certain target character strings or replacing them with
others.
This is useful when you have no source for a program which you
wish to use, but which sends regular incorrect output. For
example, it might send control sequences for a printer you do
not have, and you wish to replace them with the corresponding
sequences for your own printer. Another possibility is to
correct a program bug. For example, the educational version
of a well-known word processor erroneously inserts a certain
garbage string into the printout every so often. Such garbage
can be suppressed by PRINTFIX.
These programs do not alter the running software in any way,
so they cannot possibly violate any licensing restrictions
which might accompany the software doing the printing. (After
all, it's YOUR printer! You can print what you like!)
PRINTFIX is a TSR which monitors the BIOS printer interrupt,
so any programs whatever which use that interrupt will have
their output edited by PRINTFIX. After running PRINTFIX once,
SETPRINT may be run any number of times to tell PRINTFIX which
strings to edit or replace.
THE LEGAL STUFF
Unless you are in a company or government organisation,
please use these programs free, gratis and for nothing for any
ethical purpose, provided that you understand that there is no
warranty whatsoever, and you do not modify them in any way.
This clause applies to educational institutions and users, who
are specifically granted permission to use this package and
distribute it to students, provided a charge is not made
beyond media costs. When distributing to others, you must
give them the entire unmodified package consisting of
PRINTFIX.EXE, SETPRINT.EXE and PRINTFIX.DOC.
If you ARE in a commercial or government organisation, you
must purchase a commercial version of these programs. Send
enquiries to Ron House, P.O. Box 27, Darling Heights,
Toowoomba, Australia 4350.
FULL INSTRUCTIONS
The command:
SETPRINT
will display full instructions for use.