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- PCBOOK
-
- Jay Munro
- October 16, 1990 (Utilities)
-
- Purpose
- Prints README and similar ASCII files in booklet format on an
- HP LaserJet II, IIp, or III printer. Uses two-sided printing in
- landscape mode, with Line Printer font so that four standard pages of
- 80 characters/line, 66 lines/page are printed on each sheet without
- formatting changes.
-
-
- SYNTAX PCBOOK [D:] [path] filename [/F] [/P] [/D]
- [/C] [/2] [/A] [/W] [/S] [/R] [/I]
-
- Filename Name of the text file to print
- /F Print file name on every page
- /P Print page numbers
- /D Print date on every page
- /C Display page count and prompt for confirmation before
- starting
- /2 Output to LPT2 (default=LPT1)
- /A Print to a file rather than a printer
- /W Enable line wrap
- /S Turn sound on for user prompts
- /R Collate for rear paper tray
- /I Ignore printer errors
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- PCBOOK prints text files in book form on LaserJet printers. Output pages
- can be stacked together, folded at the center, and stapled at the spine
- to create a book. The first pass through the printer prints everything
- on one side; second pass through prints the opposite sides of the pages.
- Once the pages come out in the top output tray after the first pass, lay
- them back in the paper tray with text facing down to print the second
- side. Use the /F, /P, and /D switches to print file names, page numbers,
- and the current date at the top of every page if desired. If you want to
- know how many sheets of paper will be required, use the/C switch, PCBOOK
- will display a page count and ask you whether you want to proceed or
- quit. The /A switch lets you print to a file rather than a printer--
- convenient if you'll be doing the actual printing on someone else's PC.
- By default, lines tat are more than 80 characters long are truncated.
- The /W switch turns line wrap on so that lines will be printed in their
- entirety. The source code for PCBOOK is available on ZiffNet.
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- To print README.DOC in booklet form and number the pages, type
-
- PCBOOK README.DOC /P
-
-
- ** Special Note: This utility is also a mentioned in the Ziff-Davis Press
- book "PC Magazine's DOS 5 Techniques and Utilities" by Jeff Prosise. Both
- this DOCumentation file and in the book's utility reference stand as correct.