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\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\\\\\\\ \████████ \████████ \███████\\███ \\███\\█████████ \\███\\███\\███\\███ \\███ \\████\\███ \██\███\██ \\███\\███\\███\\███ \\███ \\█████\███ \\███ \\███████ \\███████ \\███ \\█████████ \\███ \\███ \\██████ \\███ \\███\█████ \\███ \\\███ \\\███\███ \\\\███ \\███ \████ \\███ \████ \████ \███ \███████ \███ \███ \███ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\ \\\\ \\\\\\\ \\████████\\█████ \\████\\████\\\███████ \\\███\\███\\███ \\\███\\\███\\\███ \████ \\\███\\███\\███ \\\███\\\███ \█████ \\\███████\\\███ \\\███\\\███ \█████ \\\███ \\\███\\ \\\███\\\███\\\ \█████ \\\\███ \\\\███\\███ \\███\\\███ \\███\\\███ \████ \█████████ \███████ \███████ (tm) All rights reserved P R I N T - P L U S Copyright 1990, 1991 Lambert Klein File Printing Plus Program ────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER "This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road Muskegon MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536." ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ C R E D I T & T H A N K S ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ To: All of the beta testers and others that supplied input, comments, suggestions, et cetera. Thanks to Bill Dickson for help with the printed manual and more. PrintPlus was written with Masm 5.1 in 100% Assembly language. Tested on a 286, with hardcard and two HD floppies, and a ramdrive. With a Panasonic KX-P1091 9 pin and an Epson 24 pin 4000 AP printers. Kraft KC3 Trackball. µMouse. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Program description ........... page 4 Default data file ............. page 5 Running PrintPlus ............. page 5 Menu Bar ...................... page 6 Status Line ................... page 6 Moving around the screen ...... page 7 View files .................... page 7 Preview # of pages to print ... page 8 Picking the files to print .... page 8 Marking files ................. page 8 More about Marking files ...... page 8 (AutoMark Mark all) Today files ................... page 9 Page down ..................... page 9 Renaming files ................ page 9 (and directories) Make Directory ( MD ) ......... page 9 Printing the files ............ page 10 Changing printing modes (Pmode) page 11 Printing specified pages ...... page 12 Line numbering ................ page 12 File Menu ..................... page 13 (Tag & copy, move, delete) Redirecting output to file .... page 14 Change drive .................. page 15 Changing directories .......... page 16 Choosing your printer (easy) .. page 17 Settings (parameters) ......... page 18 Changing default colors ....... page 19 Printer setup window .......... page 19 Printer codes ················· page 21 Other Information ............. page 22 (Lines per page) Deleting single files ......... page 23 (and empty directories) Newcopy ....................... page 23 Help Menu ..................... page 23 Quitting PrintPlus ............ page 24 Trouble Shooting (Q/A) ........ page 25 Registration information ...... page 27 Ordering info ( in US ) ....... page 28 Ordering info ( in UK ) ....... page 29 BBS Support for PrintPlus ..... page 30 On Line Registration .......... page 30 Places to find PrintPlus ...... page 31 Other programs ................ page 32 page 4 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ PrintPlus prints files with options to save paper by skipping extra blank lines. File viewing, Tag and Copy, Move, Delete. Redirection of output to an ASCII file. Also features Pull-Down Menus and optional mouse support. Can print files from specified page numbers, print line numbers, preview number of pages to print, and replace IBM box characters with User defined characters. Configurations are possible for printer setup, screen colors mouse functions, text output, e.t.c. Rename files Can print filename, current date /time and File's date/time at the top of the first page. Powerful yet easy to use. With PrintPlus you can print or view files of any length! PrintPlus has a function for choosing your printer from a list. Just press a key and the codes for your printer are set up. Many printers listed in menu. NOTE: Some diagrams of PrintPlus screens has been shrunk to fit into margins. page 5 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ DEFAULT DATA FILE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ You can now set what directory your default settings , data file, resides in. 1. Load your autoexec.bat file into your file editor,WP, etc. 2. Enter the following, adding it to your Autoexec.bat file. set PLUSDATA=C:\util Where C: is the drive. Change this to the drive you want. Where util would be the directory you want your default data to occupy. Change 'util' to whatever path you want. PLUSDATA=C:\path must have no spaces. 3. Save AUTOEXEC.BAT back to your Root Directory. 4. Now your data file will load and be saved to your chosen path after you reboot. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ RUNNING THE PROGRAM: ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ You should make a copy of your disk first. If you place PrintPlus on a hard drive, make sure to have it within your path for easy access. Files I would recommend to place on disk are these. P583.exe Main program "PrintPlus". P583.doc Documentation for PrintPlus. Plus58.dat Data file for color monitors. Plus58.mon Data file for monochrome monitors. Check the file PACKING.LST for a complete list of files. To get the program up and running simple type in the name of the program at the Dos prompt. P583 Then press [Enter] At the top the path will be shown. In the top box the file name will be displayed that's under the cursor. The file size will be to the right. If its a directory " DIRECTORY ║ " will be displayed instead. At the extreme right the amount of free bytes available will be shown. Using Alt-I you can toggle this on and off. This will speed up the cursor on a slow floppy when this is toggled off. page 6 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MENU BAR ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Under this box the Menu Bar will be displayed. This will show your options. Press the first letter of the menu desired to pull down that menu. Example: Press 'V' for the View menu. Once a menu is displayed you can use the Left/Right arrow keys to move to the subsequent menus. The Up/Down arrows will take you through the options of that specific menu. [Enter] will either choose the option the cursor is on or change the value. (Pmode,Header,Imitate) You may also press the first letter of the desired option. MOUSE USERS: Pointing to and clicking on the desired menu will pull down that menu. When inside a menu point to the option desired and click on it to either choose that option or change it. Point to the extreme Left/Right and clicking will move you to the subsequent menus. Right button escapes. Below the Menu Bar the files in the current directory are displayed. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ STATUS LINE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ At the extreme bottom the status line will show the following. Pmode:II ║Header: ON ║TOGGLE ALL MARK║User Defined Box║ At the right symbols are shown ,highlighted when on. These are Cursor Flash, Sound,Auto Mark, Line Numbering & Filter. MOUSE USERS: You can point and click on all of these to toggle or change them. ┌───╖ │F10║ For Mouse information. ╘═══╝ page 7 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Use the four cursor keys to move the cursor around the screen to the files you want to print. The [Home] key will bring you to the top left of the screen. [End] key will take you to the bottom right. MOUSE USERS: Simply point to the desired directory or file and click on it. Click again for Dir or View menu. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ VIEW FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ╔ PRINTPLUS V5.83 ══════ Pressing V ║ DIRECTORY ║ will bring down ╠═══════╦═══════╦══════╦ this View Menu ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ ║ ╚════════╗═════╩ ║ ║ ║ [V]iew file ║ ║ ║ ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════╝ Pressing 'V' will let you view the file under the cursor. Use Page DN, Page Up, Down Arrow ,Up Arrow and the Home keys to move about. [Page Dn] Brings you to the next screen. [Page Up] Takes you back to the previous screen. [Home] Moves you back to the start of the file. [End] Moves you to last page. [Dn Arrow] Down one line [Up Arrow] Up one line [Esc] To leave Viewing option. page 8 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PREVIEW # OF PAGES THAT WILL BE PRINTED├─┐ └─┬──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing [Alt-P] will display how many pages it will take to print the file under the cursor. The # of pages will be shown for each of the Pmodes (0 1 2 3) so that you can easily compare the paper savings for the subject file. When you press Alt-P you will see a report window something like below. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║P58.DOC In print mode ║ will print ║ ║═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════║ ║ 0 ║ 30 page(s). ║ ║ 1 ║ 25 page(s). ║ ║ 2 ║ 22 page(s). ║ ║ 3 ║ 17 page(s). ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PICKING THE FILES TO PRINT ~ ├─┐ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ ~ MARKING FILES TO PRINT ~ │ │ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ To mark a file for printing move the cursor to the file and press the space bar to mark it. To un mark a file press the space bar again. It works as a toggle. When marked there will be an arrow < to the right of the filename and the filename will be in `Mark' text . The exception of the above is if it's a `Today file' it will have a smaller arrow marking it at the end. MOUSE USERS: The right button is used to mark the files, unless you reverse the buttons with Ctrl-B. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MORE ABOUT MARKING FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Alt-M will toggle AUTOMARK. With this on, after marking a file the cursor will advance to the next file. [TAB] Will toggle all of the files. Mark files will be unmark and unmark files will be mark. Alt-R will unmark all files. MOUSE USERS: Clicking on ║ Mark All ║ will do the same as [TAB] above. page 9 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ TODAY'S FILES: ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Any file with today's date will be displayed in `todaymark'■. This makes it easier to find a file you just down loaded etc. for printing. When these files are marked for printing they will also be in the `Mark' color and have a `small arrow' at the end. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ [PAGE DN] FOR NEXT SCREEN ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If there are more files than will fit on one screen pressing [Page Dn] will bring you to the next screen. This will unmarked all files on the previous screen so print all the marked files on one screen at a time. MOUSE USERS: Click on the [~Page Dn~] button ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ RENAME ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Alt-R Will let you rename the file under the cursor. If you have Dos version 3 or above you can also rename directories with this feature. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ MAKE DIRECTORY ~ MD ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──╖ │F5║ F5 Function key will let you make a new directory. ╘══╝ First go to the drive/path that you want the new directory in. Press F5. Enter the name that you desire. The screen will update with your new Dir. page 10 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTING THE FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ After you marked all the files press P for the print menu. ╔ PRINTPLUS V5.83 ══════PATH:C:\TEXT══╦══════════ ║ DIRECTORY ║ ║ ╠═══════╦═══════╦══════╦══════════════╬═════════╦═════╦ ║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Redirect>file║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ ╚═══════║ ╚════════════════════════════════╗════╩ 1. ║ picA Nlq Compress Special ║ ║ ...................................... ║ ║ ║ 2. ║ [P]rint ║ ║ ║ 3. ║ [H]eader toggle OFF ║ ║ ║ 4. ║ [ 0] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Changes Pmode ║ ║ ║ 5. ║ [Alt-P] Preview # of Printed Pages ║ ║ ║ 6. ║ [F]ormfeed ║ ║ ║ 7. ║ [B]ox IBM Box Graphics ║ ║ ║ 8. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ 9. ║ SKIPS ON ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝ Here you have the options of... 1. Changing the type font. [A] picA [N] Nlq [C] Compress 2. [P]rinting the files 3. [H]eader toggle With this on a header will be printed at the top of the 1st. page containing the filename, current date/time & the file's date/time. 4. [ 0] [ 1],[ 2],[ 3] Changes the Pmode describe below. 5. [Alt-P] Preview # of pages printed in each Pmode. 6. [F]ormfeed sent to printer 7. [B] Toggle Ibm Box/User defined characters. 8. [Esc] Leave menu. 9. skip On Pressing 'O' toggles skip on/off for Pmodes 1,2 &3. page 11 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING PRINTING MODES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 0 1 2 & 3 are used to change the way the files are to be printed. 0 Will print the file straight through, without any reformatting or formfeed stripping. The IBM/User Box will work here also. This works great with doc files with embedded formfeeds. Also when printing from page n to n. 1 Will print the file skipping the perforations and adding a formfeed at the end of the file. 2 Does the same as 1 plus skips any blank lines beyond one. This reduces paper waste and still leaves very good readability. 3 Same as 1 but cuts out practically all of the blank lines. Reduces paper waste the most but may be somewhat harder to read in some cases. When the file(s) are being printed... The name of the file being printed will be displayed in the menu bar. Along with the current page number being printed. Press [Esc] to abort printing. This will bring up a prompt. Press T to abort the current file and continue with the rest. Press [Esc] to abort all. Press C to continue with the current file. If you choose to print a file without marking a file an input box will open with the file under the cursor. Press [Enter] to print this file. [Esc] to abort. If you want to print another file just type the file name in. The box will open up larger at the first letter entered. This will leave enough room for a path if desired. page 12 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTING SPECIFIED PAGES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press [Ctrl-P] to print a file from a certain page to another page. You will be asked to input the starting page and ending page. The end page will also be printed. If you want to print just one page enter the same page for both the start and end page. The program has to calculate the first page depending on the pmode that's set. If the page number starts far into the file there will be a short pause until the page number is found. If HEADER is on This will be printed right off, Then the page will be found to print. This function works best in Pmode 0 and header off. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ LINE NUMBERING ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ [Ctrl-N] toggles the line numbering on/off. With this on line numbers will be printed before each line. This was mainly added with programers in mind, to easily find a line in there source code. If your lines are long, over 73, then you may want to set compress printing on while using line numbers. page 13 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ FILE MENU ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing F brings down the file menu. Here you have options to COPY, MOVE or DELETE the files that are "MARK". V5.83 ══════PATH:C:\TEXT══╦═══════ ║ ║ ════╦══════╦══════════════╬═══════ int ║ File ║ Redirect>file║ X Driv ═══╔╝ ╚═════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. ║ [C]opy mark files ║ ║ ║ 2. ║ [M]ove mark files ║ ║ ║ 3. ║ [D]elete mark files ║ ║ ║ 4. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════╝ 1. [C] Copies all of the marked files to the target path. 2. [M] Moves the marked files to target path. 3. [D] Delete all of the marked files ( CAUTION! ) 4. [Esc] to leave this menu. During any of these operations you can abort by pressing escape. Be warn that when you delete files they are DELETED very fast. Please use caution. The path and file being copied to is in display at the top. Before a copy or a move PrintPlus checks to make sure the files will not be copied to themselves. For example if you try to copy from/to the same path. If there's not enough room PrintPlus will not copy that file. It will try the next file. If you want to abort press escape. The files not copied or moved will still be marked. Also if a file already exist you will be asked if you want to overwrite it or not. If you wish to overwrite a file PrintPlus checks to make sure there's enough room. Files with the same name can be of different length. page 14 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ REDIRECTING OUTPUT TO AN ASCII FILE ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ This feature will let you Redirect the output to a file instead of printing it. 1. Cursor to the subject file. 2. Press [R] for file Redirect output menu. ═══════PATH:C:\TEXT══╦═══════════════════ ║ ══════╦══════════════╬═════════╦═════╦═══ File ║ Redirect>file║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ══╔══╝ ╚══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. ║ [R]edirect to an ASCII file ║ ║ ║ 2. ║ [ 0] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Changes Pmode ║ ║ ║ 3. ║ [B] IBM Box Graphics ║ ║ ║ 4. ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════╝ 1. Choosing 'R' will produce the following prompt box. ╔═ Enter Filename to Redirect: ME.BAT > to:══════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Type the FILENAME you want to save it to. 2. Change to the Pmode you want to save the file with. (0,1,2,3) 3. Toggle between Ibm box graphics and User defined replacement characters. 4. [Esc] to abort page 15 If the file already exist you will be asked if you want to overwrite it or not. This feature is great for re-formatting doc files, etc. Saves disk space. Also this strips out some strange formatting characters. If you choose to abort just press [Enter] on an empty string. (no filename). Else press [Esc] ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING CURRENT DRIVE ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press `X' to change to another drive. This will bring up the window ╦══════════════╬═════════╦═════╦══════╦ ║ Redirect>file║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ ╩════════╔═════╝ ╚══════╗═════╩ Buttons ║Enter letter of Drive ║ Shown only when a > ║[~|~] [~|~] [~Enter~]║< | Depicts Mouse is detected. ║ A: ║ DN/UP ║ B: ║ arrows Cursor to Drive ║ C: ║ desired.Press [Enter] ║ D: ║ or ║ E: ║ Press letter. ║ F: ║ ║ G: ║ ║ I: ║ ╚══════════════════════╝ Press the letter of the drive you want. If you have more drives they will be displayed up to `Z'. You should be able to set the last drive in your config.sys file if you like. EXAMPLE: Lastdrive=Z or Lastdrive=I MOUSE USERS: Click on the Dn & Up arrows to scroll to the desired drive. Click on the [~Enter~] button to execute. page 16 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING DIRECTORIES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Directories will be in the hilite color and marked with ║ at the end. Press D to change the current directory. ╦════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Drive: C ║ ╬═════════╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ╩══════╔══╝ ╚═══════════════╗════════╝ ║ ║ D to change Dir> ║ [D] change Dir ║ ║ ║ [Esc] to Abort.> ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════╝ If the cursor is over a directory you will be taken to that directory. If not you will see a prompt. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Enter new path: ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ At the prompt type in the path you want on the current drive. There's no need to add the beginning back slash (\). "." will take you to the root dir. NOTE: If the cursor is over a Directory you can press [Enter] instead of [D]. When the cursor is over a file Pressing [Enter] will take you to the View Menu. MOUSE USERS: If the mouse pointer is over a directory that is already highlighted then clicking will take you to the Dir menu. page 17 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ Choosing your printer ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──╖ │F4║ F4 Function key will show you a list of printers that ╘══╝ You can choose from. Just press the number or letter of your printer and PrintPlus will set up the codes for you! You can then go to the Setup menu, explained on page 18 for any changes that you may want to make. page 18 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ SETTINGS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press 'S' for the Settings Menu. ═══════════════════════════════╗ Drive: C ║ ╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ╩═╔═══╝ ╚════════╗════════╝ ║ ║ ║ [S]ettings ║ ║ ║ ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════╝ Press 'S' again to change your settings. [Esc] to abort. ═══════╦═════╦══════╦══════╦ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ ═════════╩═╔═══╝ ╚════════╗ ║ ║ ║ [S]ettings ║ ╔═DEFAULT SETTINGS════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Box Characters : IBM B ┌─┬─┐ Pmode [ PM2 ] ║ ║ │ │ │ ║ ║ Edit user defined chara ├─┼─┤ Header [ OFF ] ║ ║ │ │ │ ║ ║ Change colors └─┴─┘ [T] printer ║ ║ ║ ║ Printer Setup [L]ineLenght ║ ║ ║ ║ [Esc] to abort ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ B Toggles IBM/User box characters. These will be shown above. E Press E to edit your user defined box characters. C C will take you to the screen color changes. Describe below. S Printer Setup window. Describe below. P To change Pmode. H Toggle header on/off. T Printer type. L Set the number of Lines per page for your printer. [Esc] Leave this menu. page 19 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ CHANGING YOUR DEFAULT COLORS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If you don't like the colors on screen you can change them. You can choose the colors of your choice with the [Alt-C] key. Or else by menu. This will show a text screen with the colors that are set now. The colors you can change are... CURSOR F1 Foreground F2 Background TODAY_MARK F3 Foreground F4 Background MARK F5 Foreground F6 Background HILITE F7 Foreground F8 Background TEXT F9 Foreground F10 Background [Alt-F] Will toggle the Blinking on/off for the Cursor. Press [Esc] When you are done. Your new defaults will be save to disk when you quit the program. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTER SETUP WINDOW ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ PRESS HIGHLIGHTED LETTER OF PRINTER CODE TO ADJUST ║ ║ ║ ║ Initialize code ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ FormFeed ( usually 12) ············· SET AS: 12 ║ ║ Special ( User's choice ) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ Pica (normal) ······················· SET AS: ║ ║ Compress mode ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ Nlq (near letter quality) ··········· SET AS: ║ ║ End code ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ SET AS: ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Press first letter to adjust that code. Below describes what each of the above codes are for. You will have to look up the correct codes for your printer in your printer manual if the default ones won't work. Enter each one in decimal. Pressing [Enter] after each code. When done press enter. Go on to the next code if needed. Press escape when all done. page 20 INITIALIZE This will be the first printer code sent to the printer. In most cases this would be a printer reset command. FORMFEED Set this with your printer codes for Formfeed. Normally set to 12. SPECIAL Set this to whatever you want. Can use it for special type of printing. PICA Here you enter the code for pica (normal) type. (10 cpi) COMPRESS Compress printing. (17.5 cpi) Usually set with either 15 or 27 15. NLQ Near letter quality or Correspondence Quality. Different for most printers. END CODE This is the code sent to the printer at the end of a print session. Can be set up as a reset like the initialize setting. NOTE: 1. You could enter 12 for a formfeed here. This would eject the last page enough to remove it from your printer, at a cost of a sheet of paper. 2. Any of the above codes can be unselected by entering 255 as the first code. 3. In many cases you can add more than one function in a single code. page 21 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ PRINTER CODES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ There's some printer codes listed when you press F4 from the main menu. If there's one for your printer you can enter it's number for easy setup. I would like to add as many printer data files as possible. If you have a different type printer I would appreciate it if you could send me the printer codes for the next update. page 22 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │~ OTHER INFORMATION ~├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ LINES PER PRINTED PAGE. To set the number of lines to print per page, go to the Setup screen. Press L for LineLenght. The default setting is 66. The default lines to skip is 6. You can change both of these here, For most Dot Matrix printers I would recommend a setting of 66 for line lenght (Formlenght) and 6 for the number of lines to skip. Some laser owners may want to set the line lenght between 60 and 64. page 23 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ DELETING SINGLE FILES ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ [Alt-D] delete the file under the cursor. Cursor to file you want to delete then press [Alt-D]. This will bring up the prompt; "DELETE this FILE? (y/n)" Press "y" to delete or "n" to abort. You can also press [Esc] to abort. When the file is deleted it will be marked with ▒ and be YELLOW on RED after you cursor off. Alt-D will also delete empty directories. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ NEWCOPY ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ When copying or moving files the default settings will copy the original date.(like Dos copy command) If you would like to copy/move files with the current date, you can set this up in the setup menu. After you choose the set up menu, with S, You can toggle NEWCOPY with N. This is an unconventional setup and a caution box will come up. This is completely up to your preference. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ HELP ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Pressing H or ┌──╖ │F1║ brings down this Help menu. ╘══╝ ═══════════════════════════════╗ Drive: C ║ ╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ╩═════╔══════╝ ╚══════════╗ ║ ║ [H] Shows a full help screen ║ [H]elp screen ║ ║ ║ [A] Displays Alt-keys functions ║ [A]lt-keys ║ ║ ║ [C] Displays Ctrl-keys functions ║ [C]trl-keys ║ ║ ║ [M] Mouse help screen ║ [M]ouse help ║ ║ ║ [Esc] Escape from menu ║ [Esc] Abort ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════╝ page 24 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ QUITTING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Press [Esc] or [Q] to quit. At the prompt Press 'Y' to quit or 'N' to abort. ════════════════════════════════════╗ Drive: C ║ ═════╦═════╦══════╦══════╦══════════╣ rive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit P┼ ║ ═════╩═════╩═╔═══════════╝ ║ ║ Quit PrintPlus? ║ ║ ║ ║ [Y]es ║ ║ ║ ║ [N]o ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════╝ page 25 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ TROUBLE SHOOTING ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Common Questions Q. When I print a file with PrintPlus the header has strange characters. Whats wrong? A. These are IBM Box Characters. If your printer supports them look up the codes to set IBM graphic mode 1. Put these codes in the initialize sequence in the printer setup. Or else you may be able to set your printer dip switches to support IBM Graphic mode 1. If your printer does not support them ,switch PrintPlus to User defined Characters with Alt-B from the file display. This will change the IBM box characters to ones that will print on your printer and resemble somewhat the box characters. [TIP] Try setting up your printer with the F4 Function key first. Q. I can't get PrintPlus to print with my serial printer. A. PrintPlus comes setup for a parallel printer. If you have a serial printer redirected with the "mode" command, then go to the Setup menu. Press T for parallel/serial toggle. Q. How can I stop PrintPlus from dropping data files all over my disk? or PrintPlus doesn't always start up with my default settings. How come? A. You must put the set variable in your "Autoexec.bat" file. This is how PrintPlus knows where to keep/find the data file. Example: Set PLUSDATA=C:\util\ The data file will then reside in your util directory on the C drive. page 26 Q. When using CTRL-P (Print from Page n to Page n) the pages printed don't seem to jive with the ones I wanted to print. A. PrintPlus will calculate the page numbers differently depending on the pmode that you are in. Also if header is on there may be a minor adjustment. If you use Pmode 0 with this function the pages should print out correctly. Of course some files do not start the page numbering at the beginning. If you take a look some files you will notice that the page numbering actually starts at some point into the file. For example lets say the file starts with four pages before the page numbering. Add 4 to the numbered page you want to print ( Pmode 0 header off ). Q. PrintPlus froze after using my mouse. what can I do? A. Check your drag button on your mouse. If this was accidentally, or purposely clicked down then you will not get any response until you release the drag button. Q. How can I speed up the cursor when accessing a floppy? A. Toggle the information display off with Alt-I. This will turn off the display of the file size ,date, time and free space. The cursor will speed along. page 27 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REGISTERING INFORMATION ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Remember this program is Shareware! Please register after a reasonable evaluation period. The registration fee of $19.00 will give you 1. Telephone support for 3 months. Mail or Email. (minimum) 2. A disk with the REGISTERED version and Docs. (5 1\4) or 3 1\2 per request. 3. A PRINTED MANUAL. A nice 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 booklet. Easy to use, handy. 4. Registered users may freely use any new shareware upgrades of PrintPlus that they download, receive, etc. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Registered users receive a "SPECIAL Code" to Register │ │ new Shareware updates. This also gives you the OPTION of │ │ Pausing at the Title screen or not & CLS Screen on exit. │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you want a new updated register copy directly from the author, please send $5.00 to help cost. You must include name and serial number of your copy. You will also receive a printed manual. 5. CIS IntroPak A free CompuServe IntroPak, that includes a $15.00 usage credit, is available to PrintPlus registered users. You will receive User ID, Password & $15.00 usage credit. This is a good place for technical help and support for PrintPlus and other programs. 6. An evaluation copy of TAPCIS, from OMNI Information Resources, Inc. TAPCIS is a Communication program that makes using CompuServe easy and efficient. It will save you hours of on line time. TAPCIS is a Shareware program and is provided for evaluation only. 7. Registered copy of Sleek a file reformatting utility described below. 8. Unbox also describe below 9. PPC PrintPlus Command Line Companion 10. Registered users can get a 1 year subscription to Shareware Magazine, normally $20.00, for just $12.95. page 28 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ ORDERING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ FOR ORDERS IN THE U.S. ( for UK orders see next page.) "You can order by sending check, cash or money order to Lambert Klein PO Box 611 Wayne MI. 48184 or with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from the Public (software) Library by calling 1-80-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394 or by FAX to 1-713-524-6398 or by CIS Email to 71355,470. These numbers are for orders only. To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and we will ship the product directly to you. Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc, must be directed to Lambert Klein PO Box 611 Wayne MI. 48184 You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O. Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705." The above credit card info and the 800 number is for REGISTERING of PrintPlus ONLY! All other correspondence, comments or questions must be sent to Lambert Klein through any of the means below. Lambert Klein Voice PHONE: 313-326-1583 PO Box 611 Wayne Mi. 48184 Also Runway BBS # on page 28. CompuServe 72010,624 GEnie Address: L.Klein1 Interlink: 72010.624 @ COMPUSERVE.COM If you order direct from Lambert Klein please send the INVOICE form included. When ordering via a credit card through Psl as described above there will be a $4.00 shipping fee added. When ordering with a credit card through Psl, the item number for PrintPlus is 10272. Psl can look up the programs by name but using this number is more efficient. page 29 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ ORDERING PRINTPLUS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ FOR ORDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Send 14.95 pounds to: Nildram Software 26 Stanley Hill Avenue Amersham Bucks HP7 9BD Tel: (0494) 729236 BBS: (0494) 431861 CIX: nildram Compuserve: 100012,1222 Internet: nildram@compulink.co.uk MasterCard and VISA accepted. page 30 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ BBS SUPPORT ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ PrintPlus now has BBS support on: ┌──────────────┐ │ RUNWAY BBS │█────────────────────────────┐ └──────────────┘█ 215-623-6203 2400 Baud │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 215-623-4897 HST │██ │ Sysop: 215-622-7563 V.32 │██ │ Ray Novino │██ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘██ ████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ From the main menu join Conference 77 ( J 77 ) for the Shareable Software International Support Conference. Press B for [B]ulletin Listings. I will log on regularly and Bill Dickson will be on line also to answer any questions Et Cetera. You will always find the newest release of PrintPlus here. This is a FREE download! ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ON LINE REGISTRATION ├─┐ └─┬─────────────────────┘ │ └───────────────────────┘ You can now register PrintPlus on line via Runway BBS! Just join Conference 77 as above and follow instructions. Press S for [S]cript Questions. Your request will be processed immediately. This is the fastest way to acquire your complete PrintPlus registered package! ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ~ REGISTERED USERS ~ ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Registered users may freely use any new shareware upgrades of PrintPlus that they download, receive, etc. If you want a new updated register copy directly from the author, please send $5.00 to cover cost. You must include name and serial number of your copy. This must be directed to Lambert Klein. page 31 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PLACES TO FIND PRINTPLUS FIRST! ├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ The current version of PrintPlus can be found on many bulletin boards. The following are where you will probably find it first. ┌────────────────────╖ │This is the Official║ │ Support BBS for ║ ┌─────────────────────┤ PrintPlus! ╟──────╖ │ ╘════════════════════╝ ║ │┌──────────────┐ ║ ││ RUNWAY BBS │█ 215-623-6203 2400 Baud ║ │└──────────────┘█ 215-623-4897 HST ║ │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 215-622-7563 V.32 ║ │ Sysop: Ray Novino ║ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Loren Olsen's VF Associates BBS 202-686-5791 Usually gets it just after the last bits of code are in! EmmaSoft Shareware Board 607- 533-7072 Lots of ASP Shareware here! Olympic BBS 1-313-946-5931 Just a few miles from PrintPlus's home. Exec-Pc BBS 1-414-789-4210 CompuServe IBMHW Lib 0 or 2 GEnie Ibm roundtable page 615;3 lib 5 I am always interested in feedback from Users. For a reply don't forget to leave your address. Also let me know where you acquired PrintPlus. page 32 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │~ OTHER PROGRAMS BY LAMBERT KLEIN ~├─┐ └─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ PPC PrintPlus Command Line Companion Use to print a single file from the command line using your default settings. UNBOX Copies a file, from command line, while changing any characters above 127 to characters below 128. IBM box graphics will be converted to close reproductions in text characters. Intended for printers that can't print these characters. SLEEK File reformatting utility Sleek's main purpose is to copy a file to one that will be easier to place in to certain Word Processors such as wysiwyg. Sleek will trim extra spaces at the end of a line. Then all EOL (end of line) Linefeed and carriage returns within paragraphs will be eliminated. Sleek has an option to set word wrap from 20-32768. The output can be quite different depending on the word wrap value. Sleek is Shareware $10.00. If You are a Registered PrintPlus user you can use Sleek freely.