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About Printer's Daemon
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Welcome to Printer's Daemon, Shareware Version 1.10S! Printer's Daemon is
a drag & drop text file printing utility for Microsoft Windows, Version
3.1 or later. (Sorry, this application will not work with Windows 3.0 or
earlier.) Printer's Daemon appears as an icon on the Desktop. Select one
or more text file names in the Windows File Manager. Drag the names to the
Printer's Daemon icon, and the files will be printed on the default Windows
printer. Options for Printer's Daemon are accessed by clicking on the
icon and selecting an item from the System Menu.
Installation
------------
The archive file you extracted, PDEMON.ZIP, contains this file
and the file PDV110S.ZIP. Copy PDV110S.ZIP to a temporary directory,
and "unzip" it. It will create the following files:
Name Size Date Time
------------ -------- -------- --------
PDAEMON.EXE 18259 01-26-94 12:31a
SUBEZ.VBX 17408 03-11-93 4:09a
CMDIALOG.VBX 18688 04-28-93 12:00a
Copy PDAEMON.EXE to your Microsoft Windows default directory, normally
named \WINDOWS. SUBEZ.VBX and CMDIALOG.VBX are support files for Printer's
Daemon; copy them to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. We recommend the use
of the Windows File Manager for these tasks, and would NOT overwrite files
of the same name but with later dates.
One additional support file is required to use Printer's Daemon Version
1.10S: VBRUN300.DLL, the runtime module for Visual Basic 3.0. If you run
any other Visual Basic 3.0 programs, you have this file, probably in your
\WINDOWS or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Otherwise, VBRUN300.DLL is
available from the same BBS, on-line system or software distributor where
you obtained PDEMON.EXE.
To execute Printer's Daemon, add its icon to a Program Manager Program
Group, or click on PDAEMON.EXE in File Manager.
NOTES ABOUT THIS VERSION
------------------------
1. ABOUT THE ICON - We are not promoting Satanism with this design, and
we're sorry if it offends anyone. We believe that icons should be
distinctive, and the VB Expressions Desktop Assistants all look back
at their "bosses". (Look for Draggin' Viewer and Trash Free-K!) For
the record, in Unix-land, a "daemon" is a disconnected process that
offers utility services, such as printing and mail. And, in the
printing industry, a "printer's devil" is an errand boy, especially
one who takes the printed sheets off the press. Pretty natural, huh?
2. Printer's Daemon is a drag & drop client. The Windows File Manager is
the most available drag & drop server. Printer's Daemon gives you the
option to start File Manager with the Printer's Daemon application.
Printer's Daemon defaults to start up the File Manager; to change
this option, uncheck the "Start File Manager" option in the Printer's
Daemon System Menu. Printer's Daemon will store the last setting of
"Start File Manager" when closed normally in the file PDAEMON.INI and
restore the setting when restarted. Turning off your computer before
exiting Windows is bad computer hygiene!
3. Printer's Daemon initially defaults to "Always On Top" mode. This keeps
it visible when another window covers it. If you are annoyed by holes
in your maximized documents, toggle "Always On Top" off by clicking
the system menu option. Printer's Daemon will also store the last
setting of "Always On Top" in the file PDAEMON.INI, and restore it
on start-up.
4. Printer's Daemon initially defaults to the "Courier New" TrueType
font. You can select a different font by clicking on "Select Font..."
in the System Menu. Printer's Daemon will store the selection in
the PDAEMON.INI file, and restore the choice when you restart
Printer's Daemon. Hint: most text files (like this one) look more
"natural" printed in a fixed character font like "Courier New" rather
than proportional fonts like "Arial".
5. You can choose a different printer, orientation or paper size by
clicking "Printer Setup..." in the System Menu. This choice becomes
the new Windows Default Printer.
6. Printer's Daemon checks the first 128 characters of your files
for non-printable characters. If it detects any, Printer's Daemon
will warn you, and ask if you want to continue. VB Expressions takes
no responsibility for the results of ANY file being dropped into your
printer queue.
Better to be sure it's text before you try to print! (There's where
Draggin' Viewer can help!)
7. Close Printer's Daemon by clicking on "Close" from the system menu.
8. Help can be obtained by selecting "Help..." from the system menu.
9. The Postscript printer driver that shipped with Windows 3.1 is buggy!
If you have problems with the first letters in each sentence being
cut off when printing with Printer's Daemon on a Postscript printer,
check the "About..." button for the Postscript printer driver in the
Control Panel (after clicking on "Setup..."). The defective driver is
Version 3.50. The PSCRIPT.DRV file in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory is
dated 3/10/92. It will not work properly with Printer's Daemon! To
obtain an updated driver, call Microsoft or your printer manufacturer.
You can also download new drivers from the MSL Forum on CompuServe.
Version 3.51 and Version 3.55 have been shown to work with Printer's
Daemon.
NOTICE
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Printer's Daemon is SHAREWARE! A fifteen day evaluation period is
recommended. After that, if you like and use Printer's Daemon,
REGISTER! Send $5 to:
VB Expressions
64 Burning Brush Drive
Rochester, NY 14650-4642.
Kindly include the Version number and the source where you got Printer's
Daemon.
You can also look for other VB Expressions utilities: additional Desktop
Assistants (like Printer's Daemon) include Draggin' Viewer, a drag-and-drop
file viewing and editing utility, and Trash Free-K!, a drag-and-drop file
deletion utility. Smartclp is a Windows Clipboard enhancer, PM Fonts allows
you to change your Program Manager fonts from the Microsoft default to any
installed screen font and PM Group Sorter allows you to set the order of
your Program Manager Groups. Good stuff (if we may say so ourselves!)
We'd be interested in your comments or suggestions on Printer's Daemon.
You can reach us by Email on CompuServe, ID 73457,3603.
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Printer's Daemon - Copyright 1993,1994 by P.M. Chefalo
Revision History
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Version 1.00 - First Shareware Version
Version 1.10 - Corrected "Overflow" error when long files were dropped
into Printer's Daemon.