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- EP437.EXE KERMIT DISTRIBUTION JANUARY 1990
-
- EP437 is a program that translates files from IBM PC code page 437 (the most
- commonly used code page for the PC) into the character set used by the Epson
- FX and RX series printers. Since the Epson printer does not have many of the
- characters that the PC has, many of them are simulated by overstrike. Greek
- characters which have no Epson lookalike are printed as Roman characters
- (alpha as a, sigma as s, etc). Box- and line-drawing characters are drawn
- using the Epson single-width set, even if the original PC characters are
- double-width.
-
- There are several ways to use the program:
-
- ep437 < file1 > file2
- Translates file1 into file2, which may later be printed using the
- DOS PRINT command.
-
- ep437 < file > prn
- Translates the file and prints it on the printer.
-
- ep437 file > prn
- Translates the file and prints it on the printer.
-
- ep437 file file file file... > prn
- Translates the files and prints them on the printer, each file separated
- by a formfeed.
-
- command | ep437 > prn
- The output of the command is translated by ep437 and printed on the printer.
-
- epson > prn
- The characters you type, up to Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Z, are translated and
- printed on the printer.
-
- epson -t > prn
- Prints two tables on the Epson printer. The first shows the Epson's
- built-in repertoire of national characters. The second shows this
- program's rendition of IBM code page 437 on the Epson printer.
-
- EP437 is written in the C language. Users are encouraged to adapt it for
- use with other code pages and with other kinds of printers.
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- End of EP437.HLP.
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