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- * PP - the perfect Printout on Epson LQ *
- * by *
- * Hans-Joachim Siebert *
- * 14.08.88 *
- * *
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- This program was a real necessity with the commands "type to prt:" and
- "copy to prt:" not working properly with my Epson LQ-850. Even the new
- LQ-driver isn't just the thing. What I think is most important is the
- missing FormFeed at the end of the textfile to enable the automatic
- separating of the LQ. Together with the options I built in this program
- enables me to forget all about the printer buttons.
-
- The long and the short of it - use it:
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- PP <filename> [bcdeijlmpqrsux]
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- The meaning of the chars:
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- b bold
- c condensed
- d doublestrike
- e Elite ( 12 CPI)
- i italics
- j fully justified
- l letter quality
- m micro printing
- p proportional spacing
- q Sans Serif ( works only with l = letter quality)
- r margins : left 5, right 75
- s skip perforation
- u unidirectional printing
- x expanded
-
- Examples:
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- PP vd0:myText.asc lqrp (* the text is printed in Sans Serif propor-
- tional with left and right margins *)
- PP df1:Source.asc be (* the text is printed in draft-mode with
- 12 CPI (Elite) and bold *)
-
- Tips for M2Amiga-Users:
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- Other printers can be handled with this program as well. You have to
- change the printer-codes within the CASE-statement in the procedure
- "Auswertung" ( i.e. evaluation ): put the decimal code into the para-
- meters of the Send( , , )-command ( if you have less than three para-
- meters then fill the rest with -1 !).
- To send other special characters than the German ones just change
- and/or extend the characters within the CASE-statement in the proce-
- dure "Umlaute" (i.e. mutated vowels). Or if you don't need special
- characters at all simply cut the procedure "Umlaute" and its call.
- You didn't understand a word of this ? Then it's high time to
- have a look at the source code !
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- Tschüüüss
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- Achim
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