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- PRINTING
-
- There are three basic modes for printing with PC-TYPE+:
-
- (1) Printing the current file you are editing -
-
- In this mode, while the file is being printed, the characters are
- displayed on the screen AS THEY ARE BEING SENT. You cannot do any
- normal editing functions while in this mode. You may abort the
- printing process by pressing Ctrl\.
-
- (2) Printing a file which resides on disk -
-
- In this mode, while the file is being printed, you may continue
- your normal editing session. Everything is normal except that you
- will not be able to change defaults. You may abort the printing
- process by pressing Ctrl\. PC-TYPE+ will inform you when the
- printing is completed.
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- PRINTING (Continued)
-
- (3) Printing a file without actually being inside PC-TYPE+. This mode
- is similar to mode (1) above, except that you specify /PRINT in
- the command you issue to DOS when calling PC-TYPE+. This mode is
- included so that you may print files from Batch files.
-
-
- In modes (1) and (2) above, you will always enter the "PRINT
- OPTIONS" panel described below. In mode (3), you will not enter
- this panel unless additional information is needed. All print
- options will normally be picked up from the defaults.
-
- A sample command for mode (3) would be to type
-
- pctype /print sample.file
-
- after the DOS prompt.
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- The PRINT OPTIONS Panel
-
- You may get to the PRINT OPTIONS Panel in two ways:
- (1) Press Shift F3
- (2) Go to the Command Line - type "PRINT" - and press the Enter key.
-
- Press Shift F3, and then press Esc.
-
- Most of the time you will make very few changes, if any, to the
- screen. Any changes to the fields on this panel may be set
- permanently through the MODIFY DEFAULTS sub-panel labelled "Printer
- Output Options". (See HELP file DFLTS_SV).
-
- When you have filled in any changes to the printing information, and
- you are ready to go, then press the F10 key to commence printing.
-
- We will discuss briefly each field in the PRINT OPTIONS Panel below.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- FILE to PRINT
-
- The first field on the panel looks as shown below.
-
- Enter Complete FileSpec of input file to print (Blank = THIS FILE)
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-
- If you are going to print the file you are currently editing, just
- leave this field blank. If you are going to print a file which
- resides on disk so you can continue your editing while the file is
- being printed, then you should enter the total path and filename,
- e.g.,
- d:\pctyp2\doc\chapter.one
-
- If you are printing a file from a batch file, then the default for
- this field should be blank.
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- WHERE to SEND OUTPUT
-
- You will normally be sending your printed output to your printer.
- Sometimes, however, it is convenient to print the file to a disk file.
- For example, you may have a printer at work which you want to use for
- printing but you are at home.
-
- If you want to send the information immediately to the printer, then
- the second field, shown below, should be left blank. If you want to
- save the printed information to a disk file, then enter the full path
- and filename in this field.
-
- Enter Complete FileSpec of print output file (Blank = TO PRINTER)
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-
- If you print the file to a disk file, all the printer escape codes
- WILL BE INCLUDED in the file.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- PRINTING PART of a FILE
-
- If you want to print a few lines or pages, then tab to the first field
- shown below and press the Up or Down arrow to change the "T" displayed
- to a "P" for partial file. Then Tab to the next field and use the Up
- or Down arrows to define if you want to print by line or by page.
-
- Based on the line or page selection you make, enter the first line or
- page number in the next field. If you leave this field blank, then
- printing will start at the beginning of the file. In the next field
- enter the number of pages or lines to print, or leave it blank to
- print to the end of the file.
-
- Print Total File or Part of File? Select "T" or "P": T
- If Part of File, locate by Line or Page? Select "L" or "P": L
- First Line/Page to print (Blank=Bgn): 0
- Number of Lines/Pages to print (Blank=To End): 0
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- GENERAL OPTIONS
-
- If you want to print more than one copy, enter the number you want to
- print in the field:
- Number of Copies: 1
-
- If you want to Single, Double, or Triple Space, move to the field
- below and press the Up or Down Arrow till you get the selection you
- want.
- Spacing: Sng
-
- If you are feeding sheets in one at a time and you want the printing
- to stop at the end of each page, then move to the field below and
- press the Up or Down Arrow until the word "Yes" appears.
-
- Pause at end of each page: No
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- "Headers/Footers: On/Off"
-
- The information in the header and footer definitions will be displayed
- if this field is ON, and will not be displayed if this field is turned
- OFF. However, the number of lines defined for the Header and Footer
- in the "Vertical Print Page Format" sub-panel of MODIFY DEFAULTS
- will always be printed.
-
- If you defined 6 header lines and 5 footer lines per page, then if you
- turn this field OFF, you will get 6 blank lines at the top of each
- page and 5 blank lines at the bottom.
-
- "FormFeed at End of Print: Yes/No"
-
- PC-TYPE+ will ALWAYS print the TOTAL page. If you want an additional
- page ejected when ALL the printing is completed to make it easier to
- tear off, then turn this option ON.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- "Number Extra Spaces at Left: 0"
-
- ┌─┬──────────┐ Suppose you had your Margins set at column one
- │ │xxx │ inside PC-TYPE+, and when you print your file
- │ │xxxxx │ it is way over to the left of the page. You can
- │ │xxxxxx │ add "n" extra spaces to each line as shown at the
- │ │ │ left by tabbing to the field above and entering
- │ │ │ the number of extra spaces ("n") you want placed
- │ │ │ at the beginning of each printed line.
- │ │ │
- ├─┼──────────┤
- -│n│- │
- │---page---│
- "MAIL Merge: On/Off"
-
- (See the HELP file MAILMERG for details about this option). Suffice
- it to say here that all the above options apply to Mail-Merge.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- TRY PRINTING THIS FILE
-
- Press Shift F3 and leave the first field blank to print this file.
- You may as well save the printing to a file, it's faster that way, so
- enter some file specification where you have room on a disk in the
- second field. Then press F10 and watch how PC-TYPE+ will print your
- file.
-
-
- NOTE: If the "Number of Copies" option is greater than one, or if the
- Mail Merge Option is ON, then PC-TYPE+ will need some additional
- disk space to store some temporary files. After you press F10
- and either (or both) of these options are as mentioned, you will
- be asked to supply the disk drive designator where sufficient
- room exists to hold the file being printed before printing will
- begin.
-
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-