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PSX - PostScript Soft Font Downloader
Copyright 1991, Costas Kitsos
What's New in PSX 2.00
IMPORTANT: If you are new to PSX please read PSX.TXT. It
contains the information included in this file.
Speedier Font Selections:
Soft fonts are now sorted in ascending order and PSX also
includes support for PageUp/PageDown, Home, and End keys when in
a font selection submenu. In addition, you may press the first
letter of the font's filename to locate the file. For example,
to find GLR_____.PFB press "G" and PSX will place the selection
bar on the file. Pressing "G" again will highlight the next file
starting with the letter "G".
Batch Downloads:
PSX now supports batch downloads. When you are in a "Select Font
& Download" submenu, press the "Space Bar" to mark/unmark fonts
for downloading. Pressing "Enter" downloads your selections.
Abort Download:
The F10 key can also be used to Abort a soft font download. PSX
will ask you for confirmation.
Change Delay (Printer Control & Utilities):
You'll probably never have to adjust this but I thought I should
make this feature available, just in case. Because PSX now
supports batch downloads I added a feature that allows you to
specify a delay of a few seconds between each download. You only
need to adjust this if your printer seems uncomfortable during
batch downloading. You may try different values of 2 seconds up
to 10 seconds (which I'm sure you'll never need). When you
specify a delay, PSX will display: "Waiting... ", and pause for
the selected amount of delay. To check your current delay
setting, go to the Change Delay submenu. The delay you specified
will be highlighted. The delay will be saved in PSX.CFG next
time you select Save Configuration & Exit.
Using PSX as a Command Line Downloader:
New in this version of PSX, is the ability to use it as a command
line downloader. This feature is useful if you only have a
couple of fonts to download and you'd like to bypass the PSX Menu
interface. The syntax is very simple, at the DOS prompt type:
PSX FONTFILE.EXT OUTPUT
FONTFILE.EXT is the font's filename which should include the
drive and directory if different from the drive and directory PSX
was started from.
OUTPUT can be LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 or any legal filename. Do not
include a colon ":" after LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3 because PSX will
reject your Output selection. When downloading to a file you may
also specify a drive and directory.
You don't need to specify the type of font you wish to download.
PSX will figure it out for you.
Example:
To download GLBI___.PFB to LPT1, issue the command:
PSX GLBI___.PFB LPT1
To download CQCFO.PSF to a file called FONT1.PRN, issue the
command:
PSX CQCFO.PSF FONT1.PRN
The optional /B switch is not supported, nor is it needed for
command line downloads. If you use it, PSX will start in regular
mode.
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Product Support
If you have any questions or comments you may reach me through
CompuServe Mail at 73667,1755.
PSX - Copyright 1991, Costas Kitsos
All Rights Reserved