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7/11/87
Greetings!
This is Version 3.0 of TPOP, the printer control program.
TPOP has the following capabilities:
* Pops up over any application. (Press alt/p)
* Allows you to use your printer as a typewriter. Just type at the
initial screen.
* Allows you to send control codes to your printer. From the initial
screen, just type a backslash (\), followed by the three digit number
which represents the decimal equivalent of your control code. \027 =
ESCAPE, condensed mode on my Okidata ML 92 can be activated by \029.
One thing to keep in mind is that complicated control code sequences
can be recorded in a keyboard macro utility (I use Superkey) and then
played back through TPOP. Just call up TPOP over your application and
then press the key sequence on which you have recorded the control
sequence.
* Allows you to direct the output from TPOP to any port (parallel or
serial - LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, or COM2). Press ALT/F1, F2, or F3
for LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. Press CTRL/F1 or CTRL/F2 for COM1 or COM2.
This re-direction applies only to output from the TPOP program.
* Allows you to permanently swap the addresses of printer ports (F7).
This capability is great for those people who have more than one
printer (like me). Usually these people have a letter quality and a
dot matrix printer and would like to swap between them whenever they
want without having to return to the DOS prompt. This is a big
benefit of having resident program like TPOP to do this for you.
The "port swap" screen provides a printer description. You may want
to put descriptive gummed labels on your printers (i.e. Parallel 1,
Serial 1, etc.) to keep track of which port is which after you've
swapped them a few times. Or if you want to get fancy, use DEBUG to
patch TPOP.COM, changing the string "Parallel Port 1" to "Okidate ML
92" or the name for whatever printer you own. Anyway, it's easy to
determine which printer is at which address by simply typing a
carriage return at the initial screen and watching to see which
printer reacts.
* Allows you to edit a screen full of text, then mark off sections of
the text using the cursor keys and send the marked block to the
printer (F8). Note that the left margin for printing is wherever the
print head of the printer happens to be before printing starts. This
allows you to print an address on an envelope by simply positioning
the print head anywhere on your envelope. This capability is also good
for printing on label forms. Just type your text on the screen, then
mark off six lines, line your label up at the printer head, then print
(F8). (Sounds more complicated than it really is.)
Several editing keys are available in this mini-editor:
The cursor keys, the backspace key, HOME, END, DEL, INS,
and the return key.
CTRL/left and CTRL/right advance to the next word.
The resident portion of TPOP takes up 11,185 bytes (10.9 K). It was
developed with version 4.0 of the Microsoft Macro Assembler and with the
Periscope debugger. (both great products)
You don't need to read all of this before starting. Just try TPOP. I
hope you find it useful. If you do, send ten dollars to register your
copy. Then you'll be on my list and I'll notify you when the next
version of this handy utility is available.
Sincerely,
Big John
Big John Software
70 Key Street
Millis, Massachusetts 02054
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expressed or implied, with respect to the adequacy of this documentation
or the programs which it describes in regard to merchantibility or
fitness for any particular purpose or with respect to its adequacy to
produce any particular result. The computer programs and documentation
are sold "as is," and the entire risk as to quality and performance is
with the buyer. In no event shall Big John Software be liable for
special, direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from any
defect in the programs, documentation, or software.