home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Night Owl 9
/
Night Owl CD-ROM (NOPV9) (Night Owl Publisher) (1993).ISO
/
045a
/
prime.zip
/
PRIME.DOC
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-03-30
|
4KB
|
81 lines
╔══════════════════════════╗
║ Dutson Software Concepts ║
║ 51 James Rd. ║
║ Hanover, MA 02339-1517 ║
║ CompuServe 76460,327 ║
╚══════════════════════════╝
Kodak Diconix Color 4 and 330C Ink Cartridge Primer.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
VGA compatible graphics card.
VGA monitor.
Mouse.
FILES:
PRIME.ZIP - Compressed File containing:
PRIME.EXE - main program file.
PRIME.DOC - this documentation file.
EGAVGA.BGI - VGA graphics driver.
LCOM.CHR - font file.
Files compressed with PKZIP ver. 2.04e using extra compression (-ex)
This software is considered Freeware. No payment is necessary to
use this software. It may be distributed freely as long as all the
files listed above and this documentation files are included. If
all the files are not included, it will not work properly (or at all).
This program is intended to test to see if the ink heads on the Kodak
Color 4 or 330C printer are primed and ready for use. My need for this
program arose while trying to print color graphs in Quattro Pro. If you
own one of these color printers, you probably already know the dilemma.
I only print these graphs once a month, giving the heads a long time to
clog up. I would usually find out that the heads were clogged when I
actually went to print the graph. You can probably realize how aggravating
it is to have to stop the printer, prime the heads, and start printing again.
The use of this program is very simple. Four color bars appear on the
top half of the screen. These colors are Cyan, Black, Yellow, and Magenta.
As you can probably guess, these are the colors of the four color ink heads.
Simply move the cursor anywhere over the color you wish to test, then click
the left mouse button. The printer will then print out the alphabet in the
color that you chose. When you want to exit the program, click the right
mouse button anywhere on the screen.
My suggestion for use of this software is to make a batch file containing
the PRIME.EXE. Copy the files into the directory of the application you are
going to be using, or make a separate sub-directory for the files. Put the
PRIME.EXE file before the name of the program you are going to run that uses
your color printer. If you are not sure how to make a batch file, you can
generally create one on any word processor that can save the file as an ASCII
file. The file should look like this:
echo off
prime
<name of application>
If you want, you can create a batch file in DOS by doing the following:
copy con <name of file>.BAT
echo off
prime
<name of application>
^Z (this stands for the combination of the 'CTRL' key and
the 'Z' key. This will save the file.)
I hope you find this program useful, it certainly saves me alot of
time and aggravation. If you have any comments on this program or
suggestions on any improvements, please feel free to contact me. I can
be reached via U.S. Mail at:
Dutson Software Concepts
51 James Rd.
Hanover, MA 02339-1517
or I can be via CompuServe:
Adam Dutson [76460,327]