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- PRINTPAG v1.00 John Elliott, 6 September 1993.
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- PRINTPAG prints Stop Press page files on an Epson-compatible dot-matrix
- printer, a bubblejet or a daisywheel.
-
- How to print on a dot-matrix printer or bubblejet:
-
- Type PRINTPAG d:pagexxxx.pag {/M:m} {/B}
-
- Add a /B to the command only if you are using a bubblejet. The BJ-10e series
- will need to have the Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM) enabled.
- The /M option selects the graphic mode used to print the picture. This should
- not be used with the 8256/8512/9256 matrix printers, but other printers may
- print a better picture with this option. For example, the Citizen 120D printer
- prints best with /M:7.
-
- How to print on a daisywheel (including 9512 daisywheel on DAISY setting):
-
- Type PRINTPAG d:pagexxxx.pag /C
-
- (The /C option unfortunately distorts the picture. The paper has to be at least
- 13" long for the picture to fit.)
-
- How to print on the 9512 daisywheel on MATRIX setting (or Epson-compatible
- printers which can't do graphics):
-
- Type PRINTPAG d:pagexxxx.pag /D
-
- After printing, the printer will pause. To continue, press [PTR], move the
- bar over 'Waiting for paper' and press [-] then [EXIT].
-
- I strongly recommend that on the 9512 you use /D in preference to /C. The
- picture will be of better quality.
-
- On a daisywheel, the picture will take between 3¿ and 6¬ hours to print. I
- recommend that you print on good quality paper as the 9512 printer is rather
- fierce and can cut its way through thin paper!
-
- General points:
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-
- Stop Press page files tend to have names like PAGE7370.PAG. To find out which
- one you want to use, there are various strategies:
-
- 1. Using ID.COM in PROGS.ARK:
-
- Type ID *.PAG. You will then see all the pages with their descriptions.
-
- 2. Using TYPE:
-
- Type TYPE xxxxxxxx.PAG. The description of that particular page appears.
-
- 3, Using PRINTPAG:
-
- Type the PRINTPAG command as normal. The description of the specified page
- will appear. If this is the right one, press Y; otherwise press N.
-
-
- When printing has started, a progress indicator will appear. This consists of
- a line of >>>s, which will turn into ___s as printing progresses.
-
-
- Pages printed with PRINTPAG do not occupy the entire A4 sheet. This is for
- two reasons:
- 1) In Stop Press, left offset=4. In PRINTPAG, left offset=0.
- 2) Pages printed with Stop Press will not fit on an A4 page when a bubblejet is
- in use. Therefore PRINTPAG pages are shorter.
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