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┌─────────┐
┌─────┴───┐ │ (tm)
──│ │o │──────────────────
│ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
│ │ │─┘ Shareware
└───│ o │ Professionals
──────│ ║ │────────────────────
└────╨────┘ MEMBER
11/8/90
P R I N T P L U S (tm)
===================
SHAREWARE V4.2
copyright 1990 DOCS
Lambert Klein
INDEX
============================================================================
A. SUMMARY
B. DISCLAIMER
C. FILES
D. INSTRUCTIONS
E. MENUBAR
F. MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN
G. VIEW FILES
H. PREVIEW NUMBER OF PAGES THAT WILL BE PRINTED IN EACH PMODE
I. PICKING FILES TO PRINT
J. PRINTMENU Printing the files
K. REDIRECT OUTPUT TO AN ASCII FILE
L. CHANGING CURRENT DRIVE
M. CHANGE DIR (PATH)
N. INFO ABOUT THE PLUS4.DAT FILE
O. SETTINGS your default settings
P. DELETING FILES
Q. CHANGING YOUR DEFAULT SCREEN COLORS
R. TIPS About Plus.dat file
S. IMITATE MODE
T. QUIT PRINTPLUS
U. REGISTRATION INFO/BENEFITS
V. DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
=============================================================================
[ A ] SUMMARY:
----------------
This program is for Printing out files to the printer.
It features Perforation skips and adds a formfeed at the end of each file.
An option to print the file name on the top of the first page along with the
current date and time, and file date and time.
There's three printing modes. two of them are designed to save paper space.
Here is the latest Shareware Version.
If you continue to use this program please send $12.00 for the
Registered version.
Here is a summary of Print-Plus features.
File printing utility. Prints files with options to save paper by skipping
extra blank lines.
■ Pull Down Menus ■ Paper savings
■ View files ■ 3 Printing modes
■ Change drives ■ Change paths
■ Option to change default screen colors
■ Shows today's files in different colors for easier spotting.
■ Delete files ■ Shows file size under cursor
■ Preview number of pages that will be printed in each pmode
■ Option to print filename, current date/time & file's date/time at the
top of the first page.
■ Skips perforations ■ Formfeed after each file printed
■ Option to Redirect output to an ASCII file
[ B ] DISCLAIMER
-----------------
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of Print Plus must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
Print Plus is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of Print Plus.
Print Plus is a "shareware program" and is provided at no
charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of
another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to
provide personal computer users with quality software without
high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
continue to develop new products. If you find this program
useful and find that you are using Print Plus and continue to
use Print Plus after a reasonable trial period, you must make
a registration payment of $12.00 to Lambert Klein. The $12.00
registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer
location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
being used at one location while it's being used at another.
Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the
same time.
Commercial users of Print Plus must register and pay for their
copies of Print Plus within 30 days of first use or their license
is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting
Lambert Klein.
Anyone distributing Print Plus for any kind of remuneration must
first contact Lambert Klein at the address below for authorization.
This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors
recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for
shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering
Print Plus immediately (However Lambert Klein must still be
advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
version of Print Plus.).
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Print Plus along to your
friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users
will receive a copy of the latest version of the Print Plus
system.
[ C ] FILES
---------------------
======================================================================
Files: Description Files: Description
P42.exe The main program Asp.txt info on ASP
P42DOC Docs for Print·Plus Invoice invoice
Vendor.doc Info for Vendors Custom default set
========================================================================
[ D ] INSTRUCTIONS
---------------------------------------
RUNNING THE PROGRAM:
--------------------
To get the program up and running simple type in the name of the program
at the Dos prompt.
P42
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.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║COMMAND.COM FILE SIZE: 25276 Drive: C ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF══╝
If its a directory " DIRECTORY ║ " will be displayed instead.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF══╝
Using Alt-S you can toggle this on and off. This will speed up the cursor on
a slow floppy when this is toggled off.
[ E ] MENUBAR
---------------
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 that the cursor is on or change the
value. (Pmode ,Header,Imitate)
You may also press the first letter of the desired option.
Below the Menu Bar the files in the current directory are displayed.
HELP
----
Pressing H will bring up the help menu.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔══════╝ ╚═════════╗
. ROOT ║ .. ║ME.BAT AUTOLINK P║ ║
P41.EXE ■ P41.ASM ■RPARM.DAT PF.EXE P║ [H]elp screen ║
P33.ASM B-LIST P35.ASM P36.ASM L║ ║
P4R.ASM P4R.EXE PP.ASM ║ [Esc] Abort ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
Press H for help screen or [Esc] to abort.
Left/Right Arrow keys to move to another menu.
[ F ] 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.
[ G ] VIEW FILES
----------------------------
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║TEXT FILE SIZE: 4170 Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔╝ ╚════════╗
║ ║ ║ME.BAT AUTOLINK PLUS4.DAT MC.BAT
║ [V]iew file ║ASM ■RPARM.DAT PF.EXE PN.EXE BLANK
║ ║ST P35.ASM P36.ASM LAB.ASM LAB.EXE
║ [Esc] Abort ║EXE PP.ASM
║ ║
╚════════════════╝
Pressing 'V' will let you view the file that's under the cursor.
Use Page DN, Page Up, Down 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.
[Dn Arrow] Down one line
[Esc] To leave Viewing option.
If you are viewing a large file the complete file may not be completely
shown.
[ H ] PREVIEW # OF PAGES THAT WILL BE PRINTED
---------------------------------------------------------
[Alt-P]
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 (F1 F2 F3) 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.
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║P42DOC In print mode ║ will print ║
║════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════║
║ 1 ║ 15 page(s). ║
║ 2 ║ 12 page(s). ║
║ 3 ║ 9 page(s). ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
[ I ] 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.
TODAY FILES: Filename.ext■
Any file with today's date will be displayed in `todaymark'■.
This makes it easier to find a file you just downloaded 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.
[ J ] PRINTING THE FILES
----------------------------------------
After you marked all the files press P for the print menu.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
║ ╚════════════════════════════════╗
. ROOT║ PRINTER MENU ║ PLUS4.DAT MC.BAT
P41.EXE║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ PN.EXE BLANK
P33.ASM║ ║ LAB.ASM LAB.EXE
P4R.ASM║ [P]rint ║
║ ║
║ [I]mitate Skip/Formfeed OFF ║
║ ║
║ [H]eader toggle OFF ║
║ ║
║ [F1] [F2] [F3] Changes Pmode ║
║ ║
║ [Esc] Abort ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════╝
Here you have the options of...
[P]rinting the files
[I]mitate toggle. With this on artificial formfeeds & perforation skips
will be produced.
[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.
[F1],[F2],[F3] Changes the Pmode describe below.
CHANGING PRINTING MODES
------------------------
F1 F2 & F3 are used to change the way the files are to be printed.
F1 Will print the file skipping the perforations and adding a formfeed
at the end of the file.
F2 Does the same as F1 plus skips any blank lines beyond one.
This reduces paper waste and still leaves very good readability.
F3 Same as F1 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.
[ K ] 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 [F] for file output menu.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
║ ╚════════════════════════════════════╗
. ROOT ║..║ REDIRECT to ASCII ║T MC.BAT
P41.EXE ■ P║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ BLANK
P33.ASM B║ ║ LAB.EXE
P4R.ASM P║ [F]ile Redirect to ASCII file ║
║ ║
║ [Esc] Abort ║
║ ║
║ [F1] [F2] [F3] Changes Pmode ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝
3. Change to the Pmode you want to save the file with. (F keys)
4. [F] to save file. [Esc] to abort
Choosing 'F' will produce the following prompt box.
╔═ Enter Filename to Redirect: ME.BAT > to:══════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
5. Type the FILENAME you want to save it to.
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)
[ L ] CHANGING CURRENT DRIVE
-------------------------------------------
Press `X' to change to another drive.
This will bring up the window
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔═════════════════════╝ ╚═══════════════════════╗
. ROOT ║..║ Enter letter of Drive ║
P41.EXE ■ P4║ ║
P33.ASM B-║ A B C D E ║
P4R.ASM P4║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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=C
[ M ] CHANGING DIRECTORIES
---------------------
Directories will be in the hilite color and marked with ║ at the end.
Press D to change the current directory.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔══╝ ╚═══════════════╗
. ROOT ║ .. ║ME.BAT AUTOL║ ║T
P41.EXE ■ P41.ASM ■RPARM.DAT PF.EX║ [D] change Dir ║
P33.ASM B-LIST P35.ASM P36.A║ ║XE
P4R.ASM P4R.EXE PP.ASM ║ [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.
[ N ] PLUS4.DAT file
--------------
You can now set what directory your default settings ,Plus4.dat, resides in.
1. Load your autoexc.bat file into your file editor,WP, etc.
2. Enter the following, adding it to your Autoexec.bat file.
set PLUSDATA=\util
Where util would be the directory that you want Plus4.dat to occupy.
Change 'util' to whatever path you want.
PLUSDATA must be in upper case (Caps) and make sure theres's no spaces.
Do not include a drive letter.
3. Save AUTOEXEC.BAT back to your Root Directory.
4. Now your data file will load and be save to your chosen path.
You don't even have to reboot. just run PrintPlus.
[ O ] SETTINGS
--------
Press 'S' for the Settings Menu.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔═══╝ ╚═══════════════╗
. ROOT ║ .. ║ME.BAT AUTOLINK ║ ║
P41.EXE ■ P41.ASM ■RPARM.DAT PF.EXE ║ [S]ettings ║
P33.ASM B-LIST P35.ASM P36.ASM ║ ║
P4R.ASM P4R.EXE PP.ASM ║ [Esc] Abort ║
║ ║
╚══════════════════════════╝
Press 'S' again to change your settings.
[Esc] to abort.
[ P] DELETING FILES
----------------------------
[Alt-D] to 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.
[ Q ] 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.
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2════════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF ╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
║ ╚════════════════╗
. ROOT ║ .. ║ ║S4.DAT MC.BAT
P41.EXE ■ P41.ASM ║ [C]hange default colors ║EXE BLANK
P33.ASM B-LIST ║ ║.ASM LAB.EXE
P4R.ASM P4R.EXE ║ [Esc] Abort ║
║ ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════╝
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-B] 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 as
plus4.dat.
[ R ] TIPS
-----------------------
After you change your default settings ,if for some reason you want to
use the original colors do this at the dos prompt.
---------------------------------------------
First if you want to save your present default colors
copy plus4.dat plus4.sav
then when you ever want to get them back
copy plus4.sav plus4.dat
---------------------------------------------
To get back the [ORIGINAL Default] Simply
erase plus4.dat
Make sure you are in the correct directory.
Then re-run the program
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
There's a file 'Plus4.try'. If you have a VGA monitor you might want to try
out these settings.
Before you do if you already change some of your settings you may want to
save them first as described above. Then...
copy plus4.try plus4.dat
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ S ] IMITATE
---------------------------------
[I] toggles Imitate mode on/off.
With this set on simulated formfeeds and perforation skips will be produce.
This will benefit people with printers that can't handle the control codes.
Setting Imitate mode off will send a character 12 for formfeeds and skip
perforations by sending the codes [27,78,6] and [27,67,66].
This will give a smoother performance and is recommended if your printer
supports it.
[ T ] Quitting PrintPlus
---------------------------------------
╔ PRINTPLUS V4.2═══════PATH:\ASM═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ DIRECTORY ║ Drive: C ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Imitate Skip/Feed OFF═╝
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║ Change Color ║ X Drive ║ Dir ║ Set ║ Help ║ Quit ║
╔═══════════╝ ╚══╗
. ROOT ║.. ║ME.BAT AUTOLINK PLU║ Quit PrintPlus? ║
P41.EXE ■P41.ASM ■RPARM.DAT PF.EXE PN.║ ║
P33.ASM B-LIST P35.ASM P36.ASM LAB║ [Y]es ║
P4R.ASM P4R.EXE PP.ASM ║ ║
║ [N]o ║
║ ║
╚═════════════════════╝
Press [Esc] or [Q] to quit.
At the prompt Press 'Y' to quit or 'N' to abort.
===============================================================================
[ U ] REGISTERING INFORMATION
---------------------------------------------
Remember this program is Shareware!
Please register after a reasonable evaluation period.
The registration fee of $12.00 will give you
1. Telephone support for 3 months.
Mail or Email.
2. A disk with the REGISTERED version and Docs. (5 1\4)
or 3 1\2 per request.
3. CIS IntroPak $39.95 value
A free CompuServe IntroPak, which 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.
4. 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.
REGISTERED OWNERS:
Registered owners may upgrade to the current version for $5.00
You must include the name you registered with and serial number.
Lambert Klein PHONE: 313-326-1583
3853 Grace
Wayne Mich.
48184
CompuServe Lambert Klein
ID: 72010,624
GEnie Address: L.Klein1
Delphi LKlein
Please send me feedback!
For a reply don't forget to leave your address.
Also let me know where you acquired PrintPlus.
=========================================================================
[ V ] DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
=========================================================================
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
differ on details -- some request registration while others
require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
specific group. For example, some authors require written
permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it.
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