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- !LazyPrint Operating Instructions
- (please see 'docs.Manual' for full instructions)
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- Double click on the !LazyPrint icon to load the application onto the Icon
- Bar.
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- For text files, set up the page layout parameters by clicking <Select>
- over the icon on the iconbar to show a window where you can select
- parameters.
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- Drag text, Draw or Sprite files to the !LazyPrint icon to print them.
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- Text files are sent straight to the printer; Draw and Sprite files open a
- window to allow scaling and positioning of the image on the page.
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- Use the on-line !Help in Apps for details of the various icons.
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- The output may be printed or sent to a file of type ‘printout’ (FF4),
- which can later be sent to the printer by double-clicking over it provided
- that the !LazyPrint application has been ‘seen’ by the filer. This can be
- useful for frequently printed files.
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- The menu from the icon on the icon-bar has the following:
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- Info shows the version number
- Help displays this file
- Pause temporarily stops sending data to the printer
- Stop stops sending to the printer and clears the queues
- Fast select this to send the file to the printer faster
- by demanding more time from the Wimp, by default, !LazyPrint
- only uses whatever is left after all other tasks have run.
- Queues displays the file names queued for printing
- Save choices updates the Choices file with current conditions
- Quit removes the program from the desktop
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- Control codes in text
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- !LazyPrint recognizes a few control codes (ASCII characters with values
- less than 32) embedded in text. These are:
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- [09] (CTRL/I) move to next tab position
- [0c] (CTRL/L) skip to next page (must be the only character on the line)
- [0e] (CTRL/N) use secondary font rather than font 1
- [0f] (CTRL/O) use font 1
- [11] (CTRL/Q) select font 1 as the secondary font
- [12] (CTRL/R) select font 2 as the secondary font
- [13] (CTRL/S) select font 3 as the secondary font
- [14] (CTRL/T) select font 4 as the secondary font
- [15] (CTRL/U) start underlining text
- [17] (CTRL/W) end underlining text
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- All other control codes (apart from ‘newline’ are ignored)
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- Some of the ‘control codes’ with the top bit set (ASCII 128 to 159) are
- printed using the Acorn defined conventions. These are:
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- ASCII: (133 136 137) 140 141 143 144 145 148 149 150 151 152 153
- symbol: ( Ŷ ⇦ ⇨ ) … ™ • ‘ ’ “ ” „ – — −
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- ASCII: 154 155 156 157
- symbol: Œ œ † ‡
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- All the others in this set are printed as ‘blank’. The first three are
- not well reproduced. Try printing file "examples.Chars128" to see how your
- printer handles these.
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- Comments
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- 1.Conflict with Turbo Drivers
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- To use !LazyPrint with the Computer Concepts Turbo driver cable,
- double-click on your:
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- !System.!CCShared.!PrintQFS
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- to neutralize the effect of the cable before attempting to print anything.
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- 2. HP printer Models tested
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- !LazyPrint has only been well tested on a Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4P, it
- should work on any model 4 type HP printer though the ‘Fontlist’ file will
- have to be changed for a 4PJ or 4L model which do not support all the fonts.
- Users have reported it works well on HP4L, HP5L, HP540, HP560C, HP1600C.
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- 3. Acorn RISC OS versions tested
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- Mostly RISCOS 3.1x to 3.7 (StrongARM)
- Probably will work with RISC OS 2, but not tested
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- Reporting Faults
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- I have yet to write a program which is completely bug free. If you find a
- problem, please complete the information in the file ‘FaultRep’ and send it
- to me on a disc with the file you were trying to print. If you want a reply
- you must be a registered user (Read docs.ReadMe).
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- D.J.Crennell, ‘Fortran Friends’, P.O.Box 64, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0TH.
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- E-mail: CRENNELL@V2.RL.AC.UK
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