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- HiSpeed ------------------------------------------------ (c)Dietmar Eilert
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- Dietmar Eilert
- Mies-v-d-Rohe-Str. 31
- D-5100 Aachen (Germany)
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- Tel. (0241) 81665
- (02525) 7776
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- CONTENTS
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- HiSpeed v2.7 ...... A high speed printing utility for DeskJet printers
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- Hardware/software requirements
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- o Amiga with at least 512K RAM, OS2.04
- o DeskJet WITH RAM CARTRIDGE
- o the reqtools.library (libs-directory)
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- Licence
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- All rights reserved. The author won't be responsible for any damages
- resulting from the use of this program (or the inability to use it).
- This software is provided "as is", without any further warranty. This
- shareware version is freely distributable (but limited to a max. file
- size of 20K).
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- Copyright 1992 Dietmar Eilert.
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- What is HiSpeed ?
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- HiSpeed is a printing utility for DeskJet printers. It is quite similar
- to Matt Melcher's HDPrint programs ("4 pages of text to one A4 side").
- It is _fast_ (4 pages/minute if you switch to HiSpeed mode). It should
- be a nice utility for people who have to do a lot of printing.
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- What do you need to use this program ?
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- Any Amiga will do if OS2.04 is available. Your DeskJet has to be equipped
- with a softfont cartridge (i.e. a RAM expansion card). Additionally,
- you need the reqtools library (FD, by Nico Francois).
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- How does HiSpeed work ?
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- It is quite difficult to get high output rates with your DeskJet if
- you use "normal" methods (e.g. output bitmaps). This program uses
- softfonts to increase speed. The text is scanned for required typefaces
- (e.g. upright, italics), the softfonts are downloaded, the text is
- printed. The softfonts have been optimized (no hold time delay). Softfonts
- are printed with maximum printhead speed. Due to reduced font size, less
- time is spend for paper advance.
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- Features
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- - easy to use workbench interface
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- - single ore double sided printing (descending, if you want it this
- way)
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- - free layout - e.g. 4*4 blocks of text (= 4 A4-pages) or 2 columns, ..
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- - blocks are seperated by demarcation lines (optional)
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- - important ESC-sequences are supported: Italics, LQ/EDV, Tabs, Underlines,
- FF, ... (ESC sequences = device independend ANSI ESC codes)
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- - Linefeed is adjustable: 1, 1.5 or 2
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- - you can print more than one file ("job") simultanously - just set
- up the job list
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- - HiSpeed mode: ESC sequences are recognized and removed. Output is
- performed as fast as possible.
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- - PreScan is available
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- - Two font sizes are available for output
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- - optional page headers are possible as well as numbering of lines
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- - ....
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- How to operate HiSpeed
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- PRINTING
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- The files ("jobs") you want to get printed are displayed as "job list"
- (bottom left). You can scroll through the list using the arrow gadgets
- or keyboard's cursor keys. Click at the list to add new jobs. A file
- requester will appear. You can add more than one file by holding the
- shift-button down during selection. Select "SORT A" if you want have
- the list sorted alphabetically. Use "sort #" to sort by size.
-
- CLEAR will clear the list (surprise, surprise). Please keep in mind
- that jobs aren't removed automatically after printing.
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- Start the printing job by clicking at the printer's symbol. Jobs are
- processed from top to bottom. You can stop printing by closing the
- progress-window (download mustn't be interrupted for this would confuse
- the printer).
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- If you want a page header (file name, page number), just activate "PAGE
- HEADER".
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- SETTINGS & UNITS
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- Usually, you won't have change the paper dimensions. Default settings
- are valid for output to A4. The left border should be sufficient for
- perforating. Hit "RESET ALL" go get the defaults. All settings are
- written to HiSPeed's config-file by SAVE-CONFIG (even the position of
- the sleep-icon).
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- Units are 'mm' with exeption of the block size display (the latter one
- informs you about the text blocks' size; units are characters).
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- ESC-SEQUENCES
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- Switch to HiSpeed mode or turn PERFROM ESC off if you want to ignore
- ESC-Sequences (and thus speed up output). If you enable FFs (form feeds),
- every detected FF-code (12 dez) will result in a new text block. You better
- have a pre-scan to estimate paper needs !
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- CHARACTER HEIGHT
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- Two heights are available. You should use the "small" font if the average
- line width of your text files is greater than 80 characters. The "big" font
- looks better but block width might become too small (e.g. 80 characters if
- you choose a layout of two columns).
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- SINGLE-/DOUBLE SIDED, PORT GADGETS
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- Just have a try. Shouldn't be too difficult to understand.
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- Registration
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- The shareware fee - if you aren't a registered user already - is 10 DM (Europe)
- respectively 10 US-$ (outside Europe).
-
- My address (might change 12/92):
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- Dietmar Eilert
- Mies-v-d-Rohe-Str. 31
- D-5100 Aachen (Germany)
- Phone (0241) 81665
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- My home address is:
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- Dietmar Eilert
- Kampstraße 28
- D-4720 Beckum 2 (Germany)
- Phone (02525) 7776
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