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H P P version 1.03 (12 July 1992) Jurgen A. Doornik 1. Introduction. ___________________________________________________________________ HPP is a print utility for Hewlett Packard (tm) compatible laser printers. It facilitates printing of more than one column of text, either in landscape, or in portrait orientation. As a default it will print two columns in landscape, using the small internal lineprinter font. HPP can also print PCX files in four different resolutions. HPP does not support gray levels, but can print many PCX files on one page. As a first action, you might wish to print this file using the following Dos command HPP hpp.doc If you have any suggestions for improvement, or find any bugs, please report them to me, via email: INTERNET: ECONZ@UK.AC.OX.VAX or by mail: Jurgen Doornik Institute of Economics and Statistics St Cross Building, Manor Road Oxford OX1 3UL United Kingdom FAX +44 - 865 - 271094 Special thanks are due to Marius Ooms and Arjen Merckens for comments on earlier releases of HPP. Arjen is author of the popular program called ACD (ChDir FAST; more features than LCD/NCD and free). 2. HPP help screen ___________________________________________________________________ If you just type HPP, the following help screen is shown (the square brackets indicate that the argument is optional, the braces show the default): HPP version 1.00 (C) J.A. Doornik, 1991,1992. Hewlett Packard (tm) printer utility Usage: HPP filemask [range] [#] [&outfile] [@cmndfile] [/options] filemask: {} valid file mask range: {1..-1} #-#, print file from line # to #, -1=EOF line numbering:{} #, #=number lines outfile: {&LPT1} redirect to file or device cmndfile: file with options /options printer setup: {hpp.ini} NOINIT NORESET NOEXIT printer code: ESC..... paper type: {A4} EXECUTIVE LEGAL LETTER paper source: {} DECK LOWERTRAY MANUAL TRAY paper side: {} DUPLEX, SHORT LONG, both invoke double sided printing paper layout: {L2} P# L#, P=portait L=landscape #=no of columns font select: {FI10U FH16.67} F# FI# FH# FV# FS# FB# FT# print side: {} ODD EVEN print size: {CPI16.67}, CPI# LPP#, of characters per inch in font and no of printed lines per page print margin: {ML4 MR3 MT2 MB1}, in rows/columns box layout: {FILE7 PAGE9} NOBOX FILE# PAGE# PRESCAN USA, #=7891230,-7913 various: {} NOFF, ignore form feeds pcx print: {MONO4} MONO#, #=1..4 1=smallest,4=largest; REVERSE 3. Some general notes ___________________________________________________________________ - It is advised, when using command line arguments, to keep them in the same order as on the help screen. - Older printers like the Laserjet, Laserjet+ and Laserjet 500 do not have the upper ascii characters in their font. - Older printers like the Laserjet, Laserjet+ and Laserjet 500 do not support PCX printing in landscape orientation. - Only recent printers like the IIId support duplex printing. For other printers each side of the page has to be printed separately. 4. HPP command line arguments ___________________________________________________________________ HPP supports the following command line arguments: filemask [range] [#] [&outfile] [@cmndfile] [/options] The square brackets indicate that the argument is optional. - filemask The file(s) to be printed. Wildcards are allowed. So HPP *.doc will print all files with the doc extension; and HPP pic??.pcx will print all the PCX files matching the mask (each on a separate page). It is possible to print more than one image on a page, e.g. HPP pic1.pcx+pic2.pcx /mono2 /p1 Now you will get two graphs on the page. This feature is discussed under the /MONO# option. No spaces are allowed in the filemask. - range Only print the selected lines. To just print lines 100 to 200 of hpp.doc: HPP hpp.doc 100..200 - # Number the lines, e.g. HPP hpp.doc # - &outfile Sets the destination to outfile, where outfile is either a file or a device. Devices are LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2, COM3, PRN. HPP writes to LPT1..LPT3 through bios function, enabling it to detect whether the printer is ready. To the other four devices it writes in the normal way. This will lead to a message saying that the files already exist, if the device is indeed a printer, just press Y to overwrite. Finally you can print to a file, and send the file to a printer later. To print hpp.doc on LPT2, type: HPP hpp.doc &lpt2 to print hpp.doc to a file, e.g. hpp.prn, type: HPP hpp.doc &hpp.prn Then you can send it to the printer as follows: COPY hpp.prn /B PRN: Of course you cannot use HPP to send hpp.prn to the printer. - @cmndfile Instead of passing arguments to HPP on the command line, you can type them in a file, and then pass the file on to HPP. This is useful if you use a certain format often. - /options These are discussed below. 5. HPP options ___________________________________________________________________ This section explains the options. They must always be preceeded by a forward slash (/) or a minus sign (-). - printer setup: {hpp.ini} NOINIT NORESET NOEXIT HPP operates as follows: 1. printer reset command, unless /noreset issued 2. do commands in hpp.ini, unless /noinit issued. HPP wil first look for hpp.ini in the current directory, if it cannot find it, HPP will look in the directory where HPP.EXE resides. 3. print the files 4. printer reset command, unless /noexit issued So to skip 1,2, and 4: HPP hpp.doc /noreset /noinit /noexit - printer code: ESC..... Send an escape code to the printer, use e.g. HPP hpp.doc /ESC&l2X to print two copies of hpp.doc. - paper type: {A4} EXECUTIVE LEGAL LETTER Tells HPP what format paper is being used. - paper source: {} DECK LOWERTRAY MANUAL TRAY Used if the paper has to come from another source than the default. - paper side: {} DUPLEX SHORT LONG Both short and long invoke double sided printing. If you also issue the duplex command (before either short or long), HPP will assume that the printer supports double sided printing (eg. the Hewlett Packard IIId). Otherwise the paper has to be fed in twice, odd sides first. After this, HPP will ask you to put the odd pages back into the printer tray, advising you on the positioning (hpp at top, or hpp at bottom; hpp is the print logo in the bottom right of the printed page). This advice works for printers which print on the downward facing side. Short and long relate to the type of binding: ┌──────╥──────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │long ║ │ │long landscape│ │por- ║ │ │ -2- │ │trait ║ │ ╞══════════════╡ │ ║ │ │ │ │ -2- ║ -3- │ │ -3- │ └──────╨──────┘ └──────────────┘ ┌──────┐ ┌──────────────╥──────────────┐ │short │ │ short ║ landscape │ │por- │ │ -2- ║ -3- │ │trait │ └──────────────╨──────────────┘ │ │ │ -2- │ ╞══════╡ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ -3- │ └──────┘ - paper layout: {L2} P# L#, P=portait L=landscape #=no of columns This is one of the core commands, indicating to HPP the number of columns to use, and whether to print in portrait or landscape orientation. ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ xxxxx │ │ xx xx │ │ xxxxxxxxxxxx │ │ xxxxx xxxxx │ │ xxxxx │ │ xx xx │ │ xxxxxxxxxxxx │ │ xxxxx xxxxx │ │ xxxxx │ │ xx xx │ │ xxxxxxxxxxxx │ │ xxxxx xxxxx │ │ xxxxx │ │ xx xx │ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ │ xxxxx │ │ xx xx │ landscape landscape └───────┘ └───────┘ one column two columns portrait portrait one column two columns The default is two columns, landscape (/l2), to change this to one column portrait: HPP hpp.doc /p1 Using all default settings, you will get two columns of 66 lines by 86 characters; using /P1 you get 98 lines by 118 characters. - font select: {FI10U FH16.67} FI# FH# FV# FS# FB# FT# F# These commands tell the PRINTER which font to use, you need to tell HPP the size of the font, using the print size commands. They translate into primary font select escape codes: FI# - symbol set 10U = PC8 FH# - pitch (horixontal size) Characters per inch of the fixed spaced font FV# - height (point size, vertical size) The height of the font. A point is 1/72 inch. FS# - style 0 = upright, 1 = italic. FB# - stroke weight -3 = light, 0 = medium, 3 = bold FT# - typeface selection 0 = line printer, 3 = Courier, etc. F# - font selection by ID. # is the ID The printer will select a font according to the specified characteristics, here listed in decreasing priority. If only one font matches the first characteristic, that will selected, otherwise the second characteristic will be used to decide, etc. Consult your printer reference manual for further details. - print side: {} ODD EVEN Instruct HPP to only print odd or even sides. - print size: {CPI16.67}, CPI# LPP#, of characters per inch in font and no of printed lines per page In order to decide on a proper page layout, hpp needs to now how many characters to print in an inch, and how many lines to put on a page. If LPP is not specified, lines per inch is set to LPI = 0.57 * CPI. From this LPP is then derived, using the physical page size and the print margins. The printer is instructed to set a vertical motion index corresponding to LPP. This implies that LPP does not need to match the height of the font. On the other hand, CPI must match the font pitch exactly. No horizontal motion index instruction is sent to the printer. - print margin: {ML4 MR3 MT2 MB1} These are soft margins: they are maintained internally by HPP. (Hard margins would be maintained by the printer.) The units are characters for left and right (ML#, MR#), and lines for top and bottom (MT#, MB#). The minimum for each margin is 1. - box layout: {FILE7 PAGE9} NOBOX FILE# PAGE# PRESCAN USA, #=7891230,-7913 NOBOX instructs HPP not to draw a box around every page. FILE# and PAGE# position the file name/date/time and page number on the page: -7 7 8 9 -9 ┌─────────────────┐ These numbers are easy to remember: │ │ they correspond to the positioning │ │ on your numeric keypad. └─────────────────┘ A 0 indicates not to write. -1 1 2 3 -3 So to add as little as possible use: /file0 /page0 /nobox . PRESCAN tells HPP to scan the file before printing it. Then HPP will know the number of pages, and the page count will read Page ## of ##. USA tells HPP to write the date and time in American format (mm-dd-yy hh:mm am/pm), instead of European format (dd-mm-yy hh:mm 24 hour clock). - various: {} NOFF Can be used to ignore form feeds (character 12) embedded in the file. - pcx print: {MONO4} MONO#, #=1..4 1=smallest,4=largest; REVERSE If the file to be printed has the PCX extension, HPP assumes it is a raster image, saved in the PCX format. HPP prints these files efficiently, but with loss of colour information. Every colour apart from the background is translated to black. /Reverse will reverse the colours. The actual size of the image depends on the graphics mode in which it is was saved. Some common sizes are: Graphics mode Graphics card 720 x 348 Hercules 320 x 200 CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA 640 x 200 CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA 640 x 350 EGA/VGA/SVGA 640 x 480 VGA/SVGA 800 x 600 SVGA Four sizes are supported: MONO1 - 300 dots/inch, corresponds to 1 dot for each pixel. This gives the smallest graphs. A 640 x 480 image will be tiny. MONO2 - 150 dots/inch, corresponds to 2 x 2 dots for each pixel. MONO3 - 100 dots/inch, corresponds to 3 x 3 dots for each pixel. MONO4 - 75 dots/inch, corresponds to 4 x 4 dots for each pixel. This gives the largest graphs. A 640 x 480 image will only just fit on an A4 page in portrait mode. On printers which don't support raster graphics printing along the logical side of the page, you will have to issue the /p1 command. Landscape printing won't work, and without it your graph will be squashed up in a tiny area of the page. Another paper saving feature is the option to print more than one graph on a page. Two 800 x 600 super VGA pictures will fit nicely in portrait mode: HPP svga1.pcx+svga2.pcx /mono2 /p1 If your printer supports landscape graphics printing, you can fit four 640 x 480 images on a page, e.g. HPP pic1.pcx+pic2.pcx+pic3.pcx+pic4.pcx /mono2 assuming the number of columns is two (which is the default). It is your responsibility to select appropriate scaling (hence the /mono2). If you wish to push it further, you can e.g. fit 15 images of resolution 640 x 480 on a page using /p3 /mono1 /file0. Now the command line argument might get too long, so that you will have to rename the pcx files to 1.pcx, 2.pcx etc. 6. License, warranty and disclaimer. ___________________________________________________________________ HPP is written by Jurgen A. Doornik for the IBM PC using DOS 3.0 or later. The following restrictions apply to the use of HPP: o Private Use The use of HPP on privately owned machinery is classified as private use. Private use of HPP is free of charge. HPP may be distributed for private use given these two restrictions: o the program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified form, which includes this documentation; o no fee is charged; o Non-private Use Using HPP on a computer which is not privately owned, or to print on a printer which is not privately owned is classified as non-private use. This includes usage of HPP in government or educational institutions. o no fee is required if HPP has been received as part of another program (provided this is done with my permisison). HPP may then be used on the same computers as those for which use of the program with which HPP is supplied is legal. o non-private users may use HPP free of charge for a trial period of two weeks. After this period a fee is required. o in all other cases a fee is required, which depends on the number of computers on which HPP is installed. Pricing at the date of this document is: 1 - 5 $20 per computer 6 - 20 $10 per computer 21 and more $ 5 per computer So 30 computers work out as: 5 * $20 + 15 * $10 + 10 * $5 = $300 There is a 50% educational discount. These prices relate to electronically distributed copies of HPP, and do not include package, posting, VAT or local taxes. For network pricing, count the number of computers attached to the network. For any other use contact me. Jurgen Doornik INTERNET: ECONZ@UK.AC.OX.VAX Institute of Economics and Statistics St Cross Building, Manor Road Oxford OX1 3UL United Kingdom FAX +44 - 865 - 271094 DISCLAIMER: I shall not be responsible for any damages or inconveniences incurred due to the usage of HPP. More formally: IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL JURGEN DOORNIK BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES) THESE PROGRAMS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. 7. Revision history. ___________________________________________________________________ 2- 7-92: released version 1.03