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All trademarks and registered trademarks referenced within this document are the property of their respective holders. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Warranty Disclaimer TAXWARE MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TAXWARE DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE BEYOND THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS SOFTWARE. IN NO EVENT WILL TAXWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF TAXWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. PCX2PCL User's Manual i PCX2PCL v1.62 Table of Contents ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Chapter One 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Why Use Graphic Macros? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registered and Shareware Version Differences . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PCX2PCL System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter Two 3 PCX2PCL Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PCX2PCL Quick Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PCX2PCL Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PCX2PCL Program Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PCX2PCL Macro Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter Three 6 PCX2PCL Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 dBASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Lotus 1-2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Quattro Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MicroSoft Word for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MicroSoft Word For Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Spellbinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 WordPerfect for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 WordPerfect for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Appendix A 9 PCX2PCL Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Appendix B 9 Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Index 10 ii PCX2PCL User's Manual PCX2PCL v1.62 Chapter One ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Introduction PCX2PCL is a utility used to convert ZSoft PCX format files to Hewlett- Packard PCL (Printer Command Language) format. PCX2PCL successfully converts images created with PC Paintbrush, Corel Draw, Scanning Gallery (with Hewlett-Packard's ScanJet scanner) and other software that can save images in or convert graphics to PCX format. Converted files can be downloaded as graphic macros to and printed on HP LaserJet Plus, Series II, III, IV and 100% compatible laser printers. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Why Use Graphic Macros? If you have the need to print the same graphic image (such as signatures, logos, letterhead, etc.) more than once while your printer is turned on, and if you are not using the printer's macro feature, then you are wasting valuable time. The macro feature of your printer provides you with essentially the same benefits as the soft font feature. That is, just like soft fonts, you can download graphic macros once to your printer making them "resident" in the printer, and then you can access them from within most applications using relatively small printer commands. Since soft fonts and graphics are usually comprised of many thousands of bytes of data, using small printer commands (generally just a few bytes of data) to reuse "resident" soft fonts or graphics can result in a substantial time savings when you need to repeatedly print documents which use the soft fonts or graphics. If an application did not take into consideration any soft fonts which were already downloaded and resident in the printer, it would download them over and over again each time a new document were printed. Consequently, the more you print such documents, the more your valuable time is wasted. Fortunately, most applications are designed to take advantage of the general purpose soft font features. Unfortunately, very few (if any) applications are designed to take advantage of the graphic macro feature of the LaserJet printers. PCX2PCL fills this void by allowing you to print graphic images repeatedly in your documents without your application needing to download the graphics over and over again. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Registered and Shareware Version Differences PCX2PCL is distributed as both a shareware product and as a retail product. The shareware version and the retail version are identical, except that the shareware version displays reminders to order a registered copy of PCX2PCL, and it allows you to print the Order Form. If you are using the retail version, purchased from TaxWare, Thank You. If you are using the shareware version, we hope you find it to be useful. PCX2PCL User's Manual 1 PCX2PCL v1.62 This manual is used with both the shareware and registered versions of PCX2PCL. If you are using the shareware version, refer to the following documents for additional information: SHAREW.DOC, REGISTER.DOC, ORDER.FRM. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL System Requirements PCX2PCL requires the following: o A personal computer (PC) running DOS version 2.1 or higher or Microsoft Windows and having at least 40K of free RAM o An HP LaserJet or 100% compatible printer 2 PCX2PCL User's Manual PCX2PCL v1.62 Chapter Two ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Installation Installing PCX2PCL is very simple: o Create a subdirectory for PCX2PCL o Copy the files from the PCX2PCL distribution diskette to the new subdirectory For example, Create a subdirectory called PCX2PCL and change directory to it: C:> MD PCX2PCL C:> CD PCX2PCL Next, place the PCX2PCL distribution diskette in the floppy drive and copy all its files to the newly created subdirectory: C:> COPY A:*.* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Quick Evaluation After you have successfully installed PCX2PCL, you can do a quick evaluation to see how the software operates. Simply enter the following commands at the DOS prompt. (Your printer must already be turned ON) PCX2PCL JOHNDOE.PCX (This creates a graphic macro file named JOHNDOE.PCL) TESTMAC JOHNDOE.PCL (This runs a batch file that downloads the graphic macro file to your printer, then sends the printer command to print the macro) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Help Type PCX2PCL at the DOS prompt to receive Usage help. A screen similar to the following will appear: PCX2PCL Version 1.62 (reg'd to ?????) (C) Copyright TaxWare 1989, 1992. All Rights Reserved. PCX2PCL - PCX To PCL File Conversion Utility Usage: PCX2PCL [options] PCXFile[.PCX] [PCLFile[.PCL]] The following options are available: /Ln rotate image counter-clockwise n times (n = 1, 2, or 3). /N create negative of the original. PCX2PCL User's Manual 3 PCX2PCL v1.62 /Xn increase image n times (n = 2, 3, or 4). PCXFile is the file name of a PCX format file to be converted. PCLFile (optional) is the file name of the PCL file created. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Program Usage The following example converts the file JOHNDOE.PCX (PCX format) to the file JOHNDOE.PCL (PCL format). >PCX2PCL JOHNDOE.PCX JOHNDOE.PCL The following commands do the same as the above example: >PCX2PCL JOHNDOE.PCX >PCX2PCL JOHNDOE The following example converts the file MYLOGO.PCX (PCX format) to the file MYLOGO.PCL (PCL format). >PCX2PCL MYLOGO.PCX MYLOGO.PCL The following commands do the same as the above example: >PCX2PCL MYLOGO.PCX >PCX2PCL MYLOGO ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Macro Usage The converted PCL files can now be used as graphic macros. In order to use graphic macros, they must be sent (downloaded) to your printer's memory. This can be accomplished by using the DOWNLOAD utility included with the package (see accompanying instructions). Once DOWNLOADed to the printer's memory, you must access a macro from within your word processor or other application by inserting special printer commands. The method for inserting the printer commands and for accessing a macro will differ, depending upon your application, and it is possible that more than one method will work. For best results, follow the steps outlined below: 1 Create a PCX file with a scanner or paint or draw program. 2 Convert the PCX file to PCL format. 3 Download the converted file as a macro using the DOWNLOAD utility 4 Follow the instructions below for your particular application. 5 Unload the macro from the printer's memory with the UNLOAD utility. Example Macro Usage For this example we will go through the steps outlined above in more detail. It is assumed that your current directory is where you installed the PCX2PCL utility. 4 PCX2PCL User's Manual PCX2PCL v1.62 1 Create a PCX file. If you use a scanner, sign your name on white paper using a dark ink, scan the signature, and save it as JOHNDOE.PCX. If you use a graphics package, create a simple logo or some other graphic, and save it in PCX (PC Paintbrush Black & White) format. Or, if you prefer, you can use the PCX file JOHNDOE.PCX included for your convenience. JOHNDOE.PCX is an example of a scanned signature. 2 Convert the image from PCX to PCL format. The following command creates the PCL file JOHNDOE.PCL. C>PCX2PCL JOHNDOE.PCX (You will see a message indicating that the conversion is taking place.) 3 Download the converted file. The following command downloads the macro with an ID of 1 to printer LPT1, the default printer. C>DOWNLOAD JOHNDOE.PCL /M1 (You will see a message indicating that the macro is being downloaded.) 4 Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 for accessing and printing the macro with your particular software application. 5 Unload the macro from the printer's memory to free the printer's memory for other use. The macro must be UNLOADed using the same ID with which it was DOWNLOADed. The following command unloads the macro from your printer, freeing the memory the macro occupied. C>UNLOAD /M1 (You will see a message stating that the macro is unloaded.) Note: A batch file, TESTMAC.BAT, is included to allow you to conveniently test print your converted PCL files without having to print it through another application. Essentially, the batch file performs steps 3 through 5 above. PCX2PCL User's Manual 5 PCX2PCL v1.62 Chapter Three ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Applications If a software application can print to a LaserJet printer, there is a good chance it can also print PCL graphic macros. In order to print the macro, you must insert or embed special printer commands in your document. Printer commands are not actually printed by the printer, and they do not take up space on the printed documents (although they may take up some space on the application screen). With LaserJets, printer commands always begin with the escape character. The way you access the escape character depends on the particular application. The ASCII value for the escape character is often represented by either 1B (hexadecimal), or 27 (decimal). A complete printer command is an escape character followed by a series of letters and numbers. The printer command that needs to be sent from your software application to the printer is the following: <ESC>&fs#y3x1S where <ESC> represents the escape character, and # represents the macro ID number for the macro to be printed. This section describes how to insert the macro printer commands into documents of several of the most popular software applications. To utilize PCL graphic macros with software programs other than those listed here, refer to user's manual of your software application for how to send printer commands to the printer. These instructions are no secret. Information for sending printer commands is readily found in user documentation for each application. And, the LaserJet commands for accessing macros are found in any of the User's and Technical Reference Manuals of LaserJet owners. Brief instructions are given for the following software applications: Enveloper (See Enveloper Documentation) GRAB Plus (See GRAB Documentation) Lotus 1-2-3 Mail Machine from TaxWare (See Mail Machine Documentation) MicroSoft Word for DOS MicroSoft Word For Windows Quattro Pro Symphony WinGrab (See GRAB Documentation) WordPerfect for DOS WordPerfect for Windows dBASE If instructions are not included for an application that you would like to use with graphic macros, please drop us a line. We will certainly do our best to accommodate you. If you were able to utilize a graphic macro using an application not listed here, we would like to know how you did it. 6 PCX2PCL User's Manual PCX2PCL v1.62 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── dBASE Version III+ Version IV To access and print a graphic macro from within dBase, simply "print" the printer command. For example, if you are formatting a report with the "@ xx,yy SAY" statement, you would enter the following: @ xx,yy SAY CHR(27)+"&fs#y3x1S" (enter the macro ID in place of the #) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Lotus 1-2-3 Quattro Pro Symphony Position the cursor in the first cell of a blank row. Any data following the printer command on the same row will not be printed. Precede the printer command with 2 vertical bars as shown. ||\027&fs#y3x1S (enter the macro ID in place of the #) Note: when creating the original graphic, take into account that when printed in these applications it will be printed at the left margin. Therefore, leave enough space at the left of the graphic when creating it to account for the desired margin. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── MicroSoft Word for DOS Version 5 Version 5.5 Position the cursor where you want the macro to print, then do the following. Press the ALT key, and while holding it down enter the three digits 027 at the numeric keypad. Then, release the ALT key and enter &fs#y3x1S. ALT-027&fs#y3x1S (enter the macro ID in place of the #) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── MicroSoft Word For Windows Version 1.1 Version 2.0 Position the cursor where you want the macro to print, then do the following: Insert select Insert Field select Field Print select Print as the Insert Field Type PCX2PCL User's Manual 7 PCX2PCL v1.62 0x1B"&fs#y3x1S" finish entering the Print command (enter the macro ID in place of the #) OK select the OK button ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Spellbinder Enter the following anywhere you want the macro to print: #27/&fs*y3x1S (enter the macro ID in place of the asterisk *) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WordPerfect for DOS Version 4.2 Position the cursor where you want the macro to print, enter a single space, then do the following: CTRL-F8 Print Format menu A select Insert Printer Command option <27>&fs#y3x1S enter the printer command (enter the macro ID in place of the #) F7 exit back to the document Version 5.0 Version 5.1 Position the cursor where you want the macro to print, enter a single space, then do the following: SHIFT-F8 Format menu 4 Other Formats 6 Printer Functions 2 Printer Commands 1 Enter a Command <27>&fs#y3x1S enter the printer command (enter the macro ID in place of the #) F7 exit back to the document ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WordPerfect for Windows Version 5.2 Version 6.0 Position the cursor where you want the macro to print, enter a single space, then do the following: Layout select Layout Typesetting select Typesetting Printer Command position cursor in the Printer Command box <27>&fs#y3x1S enter the printer command (enter the macro ID in place of the #) 8 PCX2PCL User's Manual PCX2PCL v1.62 Appendix A ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PCX2PCL Error Messages The messages that you may encounter when running PCX2PCL are listed below with the reason(s) for the message. Error # These errors can only happen when rotating (see /L option ) or reversing (see /N option) the image. These errors should never occur. Please report these errors, along with the number, to TaxWare. File Names Cannot Be The Same The PCX and PCL filenames cannot be the same Insufficient Memory The program requires more memory to run. Unload memory resident software. Not A Valid PCX File The file is not a valid PCX file Unable To Open PCX File (filename) The file does not exist, or you do not have rights sufficient to open it. Appendix B ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Correspondence TaxWare is customer-driven. The evolution of our products results from your feedback and intuitive suggestions. We can continue to serve you best when you let us know what you like or dislike about our products and services. Please talk to us. Bug reports and enhancement requests are encouraged. Direct all communications to: TaxWare attn: PCX2PCL PO Box 2014 Provo, UT 84603-2014 Phone: (801) 489-3732 (Monday thru Friday, 10am-5pm MDT) PCX2PCL User's Manual 9 PCX2PCL v1.62 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Index Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter One . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter Three . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter Two . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . i Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . 9 DBASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DOWNLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 9 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lotus 1-2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Macro Usage . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MicroSoft Word for DOS . . . . . . 7 MicroSoft Word For Windows . . . . 7 Program Usage . . . . . . . . . . 4 Quattro Pro . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Quick Evaluation . . . . . . . . . 3 Registered and Shareware Version Differences . . 1 Spellbinder . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 System Requirements . . . . . . . 2 Table of Contents . . . . . . . ii TaxWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . i UNLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warranty Disclaimer . . . . . . . i Why Use Graphic Macros? . . . . . 1 WordPerfect for DOS . . . . . . . 8 WordPerfect for Windows . . . . . 8 10 PCX2PCL User's Manual