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D.C.README!
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Just a quick word about what this does...
This is best used by people who have only one drive-but it can be used by
multidrive users too.(No disk access is needed so 2 disk applications can
be used in comfort ie no swapping!).
If you have got a disk that you want to print from but cannot for one
reason or another then you'll need this.(Slight indications of confusion
in the crowd...).Perhaps an example will explain it better-a classic
example is that of the utility compilation where you want to get a print
out of a doc file.When you click on `print' (on the text viewer-probably
PPmore) you come up with the message `cannot open printer.device' and your
lovely new printer just sits there looking pathetic.What do you do?
Waste money on books? Ask the science tutor for help? Die? YES! err...
NO! you just click on the icon,wait for it to do it's stuff and then shove
your disk in the drive.Now load up the doc file from workbench (it HAS got
an icon hasn't it?),click on `print' and <gasp> your mean machine printer
gives up in disgust and spits your doc file out!
Seriously,this is not just limited to text files;You can also print
from paint packages (such as DPaint) and it reaches the parts that manuals
cannot reach.It also means no fretting in the CLI for beginners-You don't
have to waste time copying files from disk to disk just to get a print-out.
IMPORTANT! The system is set up to print using the EPSON driver.If you wish
to print using a different driver (PERMANANTLY) then just follow these simple
steps BEFORE clicking on `Disk Change`:
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Do this BEFORE clicking on `Disk Change`
1) Use PPrefs to highlight your driver and SAVE to the (backup) disk.
2) Next load `Disk Change` into QED.
3) Without touching anything else,replace EPSON with <NEWDRIVERNAME>
and save as `Disk Change`.
4) Now you can click on `Disk Change` and proceed as normal.
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After you have done the first 3 steps you can reset the computer
knowing that next time you click on `Disk Change` you can print from
any disk using your printer driver.
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By the way if you want to print doc files that don't have icons
then use PPmore,View80 or PPtype after clicking on `Disk Change`.
Enough waffle-This is getting dangerously close to a full blown doc
file,and theres a shortage of 10ps for the electricity meter.Hold on...It's
stopped turning.Oh ...