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Welcome to LASERMAN, a utility program to print
text files on a laser printer in a variety of styles!
LASERMAN will print unformatted ASCII files (those without printer
control characters) on a laser printer in any one of sixteen styles. These
styles include the normal portrait or landscape orientation with either 10,
12 or 16 characters per inch (cpi). Multiple passes may be made, printing
on both sides of each sheet. Additionally, using the landscape orientation
at 16 cpi, two pages may be printed on each side of a sheet. This allows up
to four pages each with 72 lines to be printed on a single sheet of letter
size paper. The program also has the ability to print individual files where
each is in the form of a booklet or a group of files may be printed together
as chapters of a book in the form of a manual. Configuration files are
included to allow printing on both letter and legal size paper.
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L A S E R M A N U T I L I T Y M A N U A L
LASR-MAN Version 2.10
Released May 10, 1991
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Copyright (C) 1990-1991
by Micrometric
All rights reserved.
LASERMAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied
and shared on a private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified
form. Liability is limited to replacing the software for registered users.
There is no liability for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly
or indirectly.
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Please send comments, manual corrections, enhancement suggestions and
configuration files for other printers that you want to share to:
David Groome
Micrometric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34232
Voice/FAX (813) 377-2515
REGISTRATION SERIAL NUMBER
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PKZIP, PKUNZIP and KKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
LaserJet is a trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
IBM PC, XT, AT and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Manual Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Page layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . 7
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . 7
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
■■■■-MAN programs. . . . . . . . . . . 8
Shareware distributed documentation manual 8
Shareware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HELP-MAN OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RUNNING LASERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ESCAPE Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Actions and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Disk Not Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Printer Not Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
DIRECTORY FUNCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Data path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Config file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Restore Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
restore coNf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
OPTIONS FUNCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Change menu colors . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Style of output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
spaces for Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
page Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
file pagE start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Reload the defaults . . . . . . . . . . . 38
FILE SELECT FUNCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Archive bit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Wildcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
File selection/tag . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PRINT FUNCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reverse 2nd pass output. . . . . . . . . . 46
Print these selected files . . . . . . . . 46
EXIT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Return to DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE. . . . . . . . 55
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
INTRODUCTION
LASERMAN will print unformatted ASCII files (those without printer
control characters) on a laser printer in any one of sixteen styles. These
styles include the normal portrait or landscape orientation with either 10,
12 or 16 characters per inch (cpi). Multiple passes may be made, printing
on both sides of each sheet. Additionally, using the landscape orientation
at 16 cpi, two pages may be printed on each side of a sheet. This allows up
to four pages each with 72 lines to be printed on a single sheet of letter
size paper. The program also has the ability to print individual files where
each is in the form of a booklet or a group of files may be printed together
as chapters of a book in the form of a manual. Configuration files are
included to allow printing on both letter and legal size paper.
Other options include menu colors, selection of only files that have been
changed, customizable page header, starting new files on the next or the
next odd page and substitution of spaces for tabs.
Options may be specified on the command line or by menu selection while
the program is running. Files to be printed may be selected in the same
manner.
LASERMAN prints only unformatted ASCII files. If you use it to print a
.COM file or a document generated by a word processor such as
WordPerfect, the output will look strange. The only control characters that
are passed to the printer are carriage return (13), line feed (10) and form
feed (12). The tab character (9) is converted to spaces.
All other control characters (0-31) are replaced by a '■' or another user
selected character. Valid characters (32-255) are printed 'as-is'. To print a
document generated from a word processor, first have the word processor
program store it in unformatted 'ASCII' form.
The default printer commands are set for use with several Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet printer models. However all printer commands are available in the
configuration file and each may be changed for use with other printers. See
the section "Editing the Configuration File" for information on changing the
printer commands and messages. Major Features
■ Eight different major printing styles:
Single and double sided standard portrait orientation.
Single and double sided standard landscape orientation.
Single and double sided landscape orientation with 2 pages printed per
sheet.
Booklet.
Manual (a merge of multiple files into one document).
■ Menus follow the IBM SAA/CUA (System Application Architec-
ture/Common User Access) guidelines.
■ Three character pitch options with standard portrait and landscape
orientation: 10, 12, or 16.7 characters/inch.
■ Optional page header that may be customized to include the file name,
its last date and time updated, current date and time, and the page
number.
■ Ability to substitute from zero to ten spaces for tabs.
■ Ability to select only files whose archive bit is on and then turn it off
after printing.
■ Specify most options on the program's command line and then override
them with the program's menus.
■ Configuration files allow all printer command codes and printer mes-
sages to be user customized.
■ User interface is with pop-up window menus whose colors are user
selectable.
■ Automatic color display on systems so equipped.
■ No need to type the paths and names of files to be printed.
■ Specify the file names to be displayed and then tagged for printing with
DOS wildcard characters.
■ Tag individual or groups of files on a directory for printing.
■ Will print up to seventy-five files of 1000 pages in one program pass.
■ Determine the required number of printed pages for any file before its
print selection.
■ Preview how a file's pages will look when printed before selecting a
file.
■ Preview each sheet before it is printed.
■ May be set for reverse printing of the second print pass to allow use
of any input tray.
■ Change program options and save the changes as the defaults.
■ Context sensitive help available for all actions. ■The ability to change any of the printer command strings and informa-
tional messages with a configuration file.
■ A special document file to assist in determining the proper operating
procedures for the various printing styles.
■ Installation/upgrade program that has context sensitive help.
■ Manual of more that seventy pages may be printed with this program.
System Requirements
LASERMAN will run on an IBM PC, XT, AT or true compatibles. It has
benn tested with PC-DOS/MS-DOS operating systems version 3.0 through
5.0. The program will determine what type of display monitor is available
and adjust itself accordingly. The program was developed using a Hewlett-
Packard LaserJet IIP, and should work with any LaserJet compatible print-
er. The program may also be used with other laser printers after defining
their printer command codes in the optional configuration file.
Manual Format
This manual is divided into several introductory chapters followed by a
chapter for each LASERMAN menu option. The format of these chapters
and the information presented therein has been standardized using the fol-
lowing conventions.
Page layout - Each page has a header detailing the chapter and the pro-
gram version covered. A footer displays the manual page number.
Brackets and parentheses - Brackets, [...], are used in the manual and in the
help screens to specify what should be entered in response to the current
prompt. If a character string is to be entered, the type of character is not-
ed, such as ALPHA, NUMERIC, ANY, etc. Parentheses, (..), are used for
comments.
Computer key conventions - Keys specified in the manual text that are not
in entry brackets are shown as reversed, such as ■ESCAPE■. All key referenc-
es are in capital letters for clarity.
Action steps - Some procedures may require selection from a menu of op-
tions, inputting data or following a sequence of steps. Most manual sections
will first give an overview of the function or task under discussion and then
detail the various action operating procedures. In order to make this manu-
al easier to use a symbol, ■ , marks the beginning of each of these action
operating procedures.
■■■■-MAN programs - The general group of shareware programs by Mic-
rometric is referred to by the name ■■■■-MAN. It may also be used in
reference to a specific program in that group.
Shareware distributed documentation manual - The documentation file in-
cluded on the shareware distribution diskette contains the same information
as the printed and bound manual supplied as part of registration with three
exceptions, the result of the word processor, formatting and printer used.
The first is that the page headers and footers are NOT present in the
shareware version (If LASR-MAN is used to print the documentation, use
of its page header option will supply the page numbers). The second is that
all of the control display characters (ASCII 1-31) and the reverse print
keyboard codes are NOT shown properly. Finally, bolding, underlining and
special symbols are NOT present.Shareware
LASERMAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE. The SHAREWARE
concept allows users to examine a program on a trial basis at no (or mini-
mal) charge before purchasing it. In addition, by decreasing marketing costs,
professional quality software may be distributed for a fraction of the cost
of a comparable commercial product. Regardless of whether you register
the program, please help distribute LASERMAN by sharing unmodified
copies of it and its files with others. If you find LASERMAN of value, you
must register your program use. This will provide you with:
■ A 7" x 8 1/2" printed and bound manual.
■ LASERMAN phone or mail support for one year.
■ Notification of the next LASERMAN release.
■ Sharing and exchange of LASERMAN configuration files.
■ Ability to suppress the shareware message display randomly dis-
played at the end of the program.
■ Sincere thanks for your support of the SHAREWARE concept.
Program Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.
Latest Version Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.
Package (All the above). . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.
ADDRESS: Micrometric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota FL 34232
PHONE: Voice/FAX (813) 377-2515
For ease in program registration, the INST-MAN program may be used to
generate an order form.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal
works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able
to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem
with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members'
products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Musk-
egon, MI 49442-9427, or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP
Ombudsman 70007,3536.
HELP-MAN OPERATION
When either INSTALL or LASERMAN are executed, a resident help
manager is first loaded. This terminate and stay resident (TSR) help
manager program displays help pages when the help manager hot key, ■F1■,
is pressed. These help pages, which are in addition to the help line of data
at the bottom of the screen, are designed to answer questions about the
operation of the programs currently being used. To return to the program
that was running before the help manager was called, press ■ESCAPE■.
During execution of either INSTALL or LASERMAN, pressing the help
manager hot key, ■F1■, displays a help pages window such as shown below.
The help page shown is the first one available as shown by the page
number 0 in the upper right corner. Page 0 acts as a help page menu for
this program. The help page actually displayed when the hot key is pressed
depends on the actions of the current program and will be the most
appropriate for the program at that point.
The help display will pop down after approximately one minute with no
keyboard activity. This is so that there is no conflict with some screen
blankers that clear the display after a set period of no keyboard activity.
╔═════════════╡ LASER-print MANagement Program - Help Module ╞═════════════0╗
║ Introduction..........1 │ Pitch...............G │ End pass-Double.....T █
║ ╒═════════════════════╕ │Spaces/tab...........H │ End pass-Quad.......U ║█
║ MAIN MENU.............4 ╘Page header..........I ╘═End pass-Manual.....V ║█
║ ╒═════════════════════╕ ╒═════════════════════╕ ╒═════════════════════╕ ║█
║ DIRECTORY.............5 FILE SELECT...........K EXIT..................W ║█
║ │Drive................6 │Wildcard.............L │Save Option changes..X ║█
║ │Subdirectory.........7 │File tagging.........M ╘═Enter Reg. number...Y ║█
║ ╘Configuration file...9 ╘═Page preview........O ╒═════════════════════╕ ║█
║ ╒═════════════════════╕ ╒═════════════════════╕ Disk/Printer error....Z ║█
║ OPTIONS...............A PRINT.................P ╒═══════════════════╕▄ ║█
║ │Change menu colors...B │Print these files....Q │ TABLE OF CONTENTS │█ ║█
║ │Style of output......F │ Sheet preview.......S ╘═══════════════════╛█ ║█
║ [HelpPage]-Display help information ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█
█ESCExitHelp [char]PgupPgdnHomeEndDel███████████████████████████████████████
■ To display context sensitive help information while the program is
waiting for a response to a prompt, press ■F1■. The help window con-
trol keys are covered below.The border of the help page window contains a summary of the action keys
that are functional when the help window is displayed. A full description of
these keys is given below.
■ESC■ ■ENTER■. . Remove Help Window & return to the program
■DELETE■ . . . . Remove Help Window & return to the program. In
addition, this key toggles the Help Key Summary
blinking. The Help Key Summary on the border of
the help window is set to blink when the help pro-
gram is initially loaded. By popping down the help
window with this key, the blinking is toggled on and
off.
■HOME■ ■F10■ ■0■ Display Help Page Menu, Page 0
■END■. . . . . . Display last Help Page
■PAGE■UP■. . . . Display previous Help Page
■PAGE■DOWN■. . . Display next Help Page
■UP■ARROW■ . . . Move Help Window one row up
■DOWN■ARROW■ . . Move Help Window one row down
■LEFT■ARROW■ . . Move Help Window one column left
■RIGHT■ARROW■. . Move Help window one column right
■1-9■ ■F1-F9■ ■A-Z■Display the corresponding Help Page
If either INSTALL or LASERMAN are terminated improperly, the TSR
help manager is not removed. When ■F1■ is then pressed, the help manager
will continue to pop up the help window.
■ To remove the window and pass the ■F1■ keystroke to the program that
is running, press ■F1■ again.
■ To remove the help manager from memory, at the DOS prompt type-
HELP-MAN REMOVE
and press ■ENTER■.
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
For the general overall procedures for installing LASERMAN and to print
this documentation, see the README file on the shareware distribution
diskette.
For the detailed installation operating instructions, see the INST-MAN
UTILITY MANUAL.
FOR PROPER OPERATION, ALL REQUIRED LASERMAN
FILES *MUST* BE PLACED ON PATH REFERENCED SUB-
DIRECTORIES!
RUNNING LASERMAN
The syntax to execute the LASERMAN utility program is:
LASERMAN [option a] [option b] [...]
The command line options provide information to LASERMAN that will
override the default options that are in effect at the beginning of the pro-
gram. Additionally, all of these options except GRAPHICS may be changed
within the program.
OPTION FORMAT:
═════════════ [/]{X}[text, ':' or '-']{option value}
X is the option code which may be either lower or upper case. A
value of '*' will select the default for that option.
Each of these options is the same and is valid:
"/s=manual" "S=Manual" "/smanual" "/SMANUAL" "sm"
"style=m" "SM" "/style=manual" "Style/manual-m"
To conserve space, use the option form - "sm"
For best readability use the form - "/style=manual"
The options may appear in any order on the command line. If
there is more than one option, they MUST be separated by
at least one space.
OPTIONS- VALUE-
A [archive]The ARCHIVE OPTION specifies which files will be dis-
played for selection: all files or only those that have changed
and have their archive bit set on. Additionally, if only changed
files are selected, the archive bit may be reset after the file is
printed. The default archive option is Either on/off.
■O■n, leave Only files with their archive bit on will be avail-
able for selection. The archive bit WILL NOT be
changed after the file is printed. on, ■C■lear Only files with their archive bit on will be avail-
able for selection. The archive bit WILL BE set to off
after the file is printed.
■E■ither on/off All files regardless of their archive bit status
will be available for selection. The archive bit WILL
NOT be changed after the file is printed.
C [configuration] The CONFIGURATION FILE OPTION allows the
printer and display color parameters to be modified. To use
modified parameters, first change the desired ones using the
default parameter file. This file may be copied and renamed.
The syntax to specify the path of a parameter file using this
option is:
<[drive:][directory path]file name and extension>
An example configuration file specification is -
/configuration-D:\UTILITY\LASR-MAN\HP2-LET.LMC
D [drive-directory] The DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH OPTION may be
used to specify printing files from a drive and directory other
than the current ones.
The syntax to specify a drive and directory for the files to be
printed other that the current one using this option is:
<[drive:][directory path]>
An example drive-directory specification is -
/directory-D:\COMPILER\SOURCE
F [file] The FILE OPTION may be used to select a single file for
printing. Using this option, the file selection process is by-
passed if the file specified is located on the selected
drive/directory.
The syntax to specify a single file to be printed using this
option is:
<filename.extension>
An example file specification is -
/file-LASR-MAN.C
G [graphics]The GRAPHICS OPTION specifies how fast the graphic
animation will be displayed during the wait for option verifica-
tion. The default graphics option is 5.
■nnn■ Display the animation graphics at this relative speed
where nnn is a one to three digit number (1 is slow, 999
is fast).
H [header]The HEADER OPTION selects whether the last two lines on
each page will be used for a page header or for file text. The
default header option is Page Header with underline.
■P■age Header with underline A blank line and a page head-
er that is underlined are printed at the bottom of each
page. This header is divided into three sections (Left,
Center and Right). Any of the header data fields noted
below may be used in any of the header sections & they
may also be repeated. The defaults are Left=F, Cen-
ter=P, Right=A. To specify a page header with the de-
faults, use only the option character ■P■. To use header
data fields other than the defaults, use the header option
letter ■P■ followed by the three header section data field
options, shown in the table below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ <F>ILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm. FILE NAME, DATE, TIME │
│ f<I>LE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy....... FILE NAME, DATE │
│ fi<L>E: nnnnnnnn.eee................ FILE NAME │
│ <P>RINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm........ CURRENT DATE, TIME │
│ p<R>INTED: mm-dd-yy.............. CURRENT DATE │
│ p<A>GE: ppp................... OUTPUT PAGE NUMBER │
│ pa<G>E: ppp [ff-nnn].......... OUTPUT PAGE #, FILE #, FILE PAGE # │
│ <N>othing.................. BLANK │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
To use a header with page number on the left and file
name only on the right, specify (PANL).
page header ■W■ithout underline Same as above, but the
page header is not underlined.
■N■o page header No page header is printed at the bottom
of each page. Instead, two more lines of text are printed
on each page.
M [monitor]The MONITOR OPTION can force the display to be set for
a monochrome monitor. This is of primary use where a mon-
ochrome monitor is used with a color card or where both
color and monochrome monitors are used with a system. The
default monitor option is do not force monochrome.
■N■o . Do not force a monochrome display.
■Y■es. Force a monochrome display.
NOTE: In order to force use of a monochrome monitor for
both LASERMAN and HELP-MAN, this parameter
MUST be of the form ■/m-y■ and MUST be the first op-
tion following the program name LASERMAN.
O [odd page] The ODD PAGE OPTION selects whether new files will be
started on the next odd page when printing in Quad, Booklet
or Manual style. The default odd page option is yes, start
each file on the next odd page.
■N■o . Start printing the next file on the next available page.
■Y■es. Start printing the next file on the next odd numbered
page skipping any even numbered page.
P [pitch]The PITCH OPTION is available only for the Single (1-Up)
and Double STYLE OPTIONS. All other styles use the con-
densed Line printer font. The default pitch option is Line
printer.
■P■ica 10 characters per inch. This nominally allows 57 lines
of 80 characters each per page.
■E■lite 12 characters per inch, nominally allowing 57 lines of
90 characters each per page.
■L■ine printer 16.67 characters per inch. This allows 93 lines
of 125 characters each per page.
R [reverse 2nd pass output] The REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT OP-
TION selects the order in which the output is printed during
the second printing pass. The normal method is to print the
back of the first sheet printed during the first pass and contin-
ue to printing the back of the last sheet. This option allows
printing the back of the last sheet printed during the first pass
first and continuing to the back of the first sheet. The default
reverse 2nd pass output option is no.
■N■o . On the second printing pass, print the back of the
first sheet first and the last sheet last.
■Y■es. On the second printing pass, print the back of the
last sheet printed during the first pass first and continue
to the back of the first sheet.
S [style]The STYLE OPTION select the orientation of the printed
output and whether each sheet will be printed on one or both
sides. The default style option is 2-Up. Sheet orientation and
maximum page width and length are shown in the figures
below.
╔═══════════════════╗
║ PORTRAIT ║ LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION
║ ORIENTATION ║ ╔═════════════════════════════╗
║ ║ ║ FULL or ║
║ ║ ║ └long side │ ║
║ ─long side ║ ║ LEFT │ RIGHT ║
║ ║ ║ │ ║
║ HEADER PAGE# ║ ║ HEADER PAGE# │ HEADER PAGE# ║
╚═══════════════════╝ ╚═════════════════════════════╝
╔══════════════════════╤════════════════════════╤══════════════════════╗
║ │ LETTER SIZE PAPER │ LEGAL SIZE PAPER ║
║ ORIENTATION ├──────────────┬─────────┼─────────────┬────────╢
║ │ MAX WIDTH │ LENGTH │ MAX WIDTH │ LENGTH ║
║ Characters per inch │ Characters │ Lines │ Characters │ Lines ║
╟──────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────╢
║ Portrait, 10 cpi │ 80 │ 57 │ 80 │ 77 ║
║ Portrait, 12 cpi │ 90 │ 79 │ 90 │ 104 ║
║ Portrait, 16 cpi │ 125 │ 93 │ 125 │ 121 ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ Landscape, 10 cpi │ 102 │ 45 │ 132 │ 45 ║
║ Landscape, 12 cpi │ 123 │ 60 │ 159 │ 60 ║
║ Landscape, 16 cpi │ 171 │ 72 │ 221 │ 72 ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ Landscape, 2-up, 16cpi 81 │ 72 │ 106 │ 72 ║
╚══════════════════════╧══════════════╧═════════╧═════════════╧════════╝
■1■-Up Each page is printed in portrait orientation on one
side only of a single sheet of paper. (A single pass read-
ing the selected file(s) is required.)
■D■ouble Same but on both sides of each sheet of paper:
page 1 front, page 2 back. (Two passes are required.)
■L■andscape Each page is printed in landscape orientation on
one side only of a single sheet of paper. (A single pass
reading the selected file(s) is required.)
do■U■ble sided landscape Same but on both sides of each
sheet of paper: page 1 front, page 2 back. (Two passes
are required.)
■2■-Up Two pages are printed in landscape orientation on
one side of each sheet: page 1 left, page 2 right. (Two
passes)
■Q■uad Same but on both sides of each sheet of paper: page
1-2 front, 3-4 back. (Two passes) ■B■ooklet Each selected file is printed Quad, with page 1 on
the right of the first sheet and the last page on the left.
(Two passes)
■M■anual All selected files are printed Quad as one docu-
ment. The first sheet has file1, page1 on the right, last
file last page on the left. (Three passes of the files, two
passes of the printer.)
T [tabs] .The TABS OPTION specifies the number of spaces to use for
tab characters in the selected files that are printed. Addition-
ally, leading spaces of more than 8 characters will be short-
ened as if they were tab characters: for example, 24 leading
spaces=3 tab characters. The default tabs option is 8 spaces
per tab.
■0■ to ■9■, ■T■en Substitute the selected number of spaces for
each tab character.
W [wild] .The WILDCARD OPTION may be used to specify a group
of files to be displayed for printing selection. The normal
DOS wildcard characters of '?' and '*' may be used.
The syntax to specify a wildcard for file printing selection
using this option is:
<filename.extension>
An example wildcard specification is -
/wildcard-w?l?c?r?.*
ESCAPE Key
Pressing the ■ESCAPE■ key at any point while the program is waiting for the
response to a prompt cancels the current action and generally causes the
program to display the previous menu. The specific function of the ■ESCAPE■
key at the present time is shown on the bottom help line.Actions and Messages
Various actions that occur during the execution of LASERMAN are noted
by an action display similar to that shown below. This action display is only
shown while the given action is occurring and does not require any response
from the user.
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ ACTION ╞═══════════╗ │
│ ║ Read data and format ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════╝█ │
│ ████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────┘
Messages from LASERMAN are displayed is a similar manner and do
require a user response. The valid responses to the displayed message are
given on the bottom help line.
Disk Not Ready
If a disk drive is not ready, such as a floppy diskette drive door being open,
an informational message will be displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ MESSAGE ╞════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Disk not ready. Correct & continue. ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel this disk operation and exit from the program, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To continue, make the drive ready and press any other key.
Printer Not Ready
If the printer is not ready, an informational message will be displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ MESSAGE ╞════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Printer not ready. Correct & continue. ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel this printer operation and exit from the program, press ■ES-
CAPE■.
■ To continue, make the printer ready and press any other key.
MAIN MENU
The LASERMAN screen display has been designed for ease of use while
providing the maximum amount of information on the current operation of
the program. A sample of this initial screen display is shown below.
The MAIN MENU with its five functions is on the second line. The fourth
and fifth lines provide data on the current drive-directory and the printer
configuration file in use. The sixth through the sixteenth lines summarize the
printing options now in effect. The bottom line of all displays describes the
currently available action keys and their function.
╒═╡ LASER-print MANagement Program ╞═══════════╡ Started at═03-18-91 08:00 ╞═╕
│ Directory Options Files select print eXit │
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░Data path═H:\TC\EXE\LM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░Configuration═C:\BAT\DEFAULT.LMC░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Style of Output═Quad (2/2) 16cpi░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Spaces/Tab═8 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Page Header═Page_Header░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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│░░Left═FILE: NNNNNNNN.EEE MM-DD-YY HH:MM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Center═PRINTED: MM-DD-YY HH:MM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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╘╡ Copyright(c) 1990-1991 Micrometric All Rights Reserved Version 2.10 ╞╛
F1Help ESCeXit ENTER/[char]Select TABDisplayClear HomeEnd
■ To obtain context sensitive help at any point in the program, press
■F1■. For more information on this feature, see the chapter
"HELP-MAN OPERATION".
■ To begin the process of exiting from the program when none of
the function menus are displayed, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To clear the background display of the directory and option data
when it is being displayed, press ■TAB■. The same key acts as a
toggle and will again display this data when the display is clear.
Note that this key only works when the program is at the MAIN
MENU display.The general operation of LASERMAN to follow for printing a file or files
is:
* Select the DIRECTORY on which the file(s) to be printed reside.
* Set the printing OPTIONS desired if different from the currently
set options.
* Perform FILES SELECT to tag the file(s) for printing.
* PRINT the selected files.
* EXIT the program.
The MAIN MENU consists of five Function, one of which (PRINT) is
dependent on at least one file being selected. The print function is enabled
when a file or files has been selected for printing and its first letter in the
MAIN MENU is then capitalized and highlighted.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Directory Options Files select print eXit │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To select a MAIN MENU Function, press its highlighted letter or
move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the desired Function with
the cursor control keys and press ■ENTER■. When a MAIN MENU
Function is selected, the appropriate Function menu is displayed.
To switch from one function menu to another, press the highlight-
ed letter of the desired Function. For example, if at the MAIN
MENU you pressed ■D■ for directory displaying the DIRECTORY
Function menu and you now want to go to the FILES SELECT
Function, press ■F■.
DIRECTORY FUNCTION
The DIRECTORY FUNCTION is used to specify the drive/subdirectory
from which to select files to be printed and to change the printer configura-
tion of printer model - size paper.
■ To select the DIRECTORY Function when the display is at the MAIN
MENU, press ■D■ or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the
DIRECTORY Function using the cursor control keys and press ■EN-
TER■. The DIRECTORY Function menu will then be displayed, as
shown below.
╒═╡ LASER-print MANagement Program ╞═══════════╡ Started at═03-18-91 08:00 ╞═╕
│ Directory Options Files select print eXit │
│░╔══════════════╗░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░║ Data path ║█H:\TC\EXE\LM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░║ Config file ║█C:\BAT\DEFAULT.LMC░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░║ Restore Path║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░║ restore coNf║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░╚══════════════╝█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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│░ ▒▒ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄░│
│░ ▒Ç─* ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█░│
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F1Help ESCMainMenu [D/O/F/P/X]MMFunction ENTER/[char]Select HomeEnd
■ To return to the MAIN MENU, press ■ESCAPE■. To switch to an-
other Function, press its highlighted letter.
■ To select a DIRECTORY option, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor con-
trol keys and press ■ENTER■.
■D■ ata path
The DATA PATH option sets the drive and subdirectory from which files
may then be selected for printing.
■ To change the drive and/or directory path from which to select files to
print, select the DATA PATH option by pressing ■D■. The drive is first
selected and then the path to the desired subdirectory is set. The drive
selection menu is shown below. Available drives are capitalized.
┌────────────┐
│ ╒═DRIVE═╕ │
│ │ A n │█ │
│ │ B o │█ │
│ │ C p │█ │
│ │ D q │█ │
│ │ E r │█ │
│ │ F s │█ │
│ │ G t │█ │
│ │ H u │█ │
│ │ I v │█ │
│ │ J w │█ │
│ │ K x │█ │
│ │ L y │█ │
│ │ M z │█ │
│ ╘═══════╛█ │
│ █████████ │
└────────────┘
■ To leave the data path as it was before selection of this option,
press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To select a DRIVE, press the desired letter or move the highlight
bar to the desired drive using the cursor control keys and press
■ENTER■. The selected drive will then be displayed to the right of
the DIRECTORY option and a SUBDIRECTORY menu will next
be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔══════════════╗ │
│ ║ Data path ║█G:\························································ │
│╒═╡ Select the NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH ╞══════════════════════════════╕ │
││ accept path BOWL-MAN DISTDISK FILE-MAN HELP-MAN │█│
││ LASR-MAN MENU-MAN MISC SALE-MAN TEMP │█│
│╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To leave the data path as it was before selection of this op-
tion, press ■ESCAPE■.■To select the next SUBDIRECTORY to add to the data path,
move the highlight bar to the desired subdirectory using the
cursor control keys and press ■ENTER■. Pressing a letter will
move the SUBDIRECTORY highlight to the first subdirectory
whose name starts with that letter. The selected subdirectory
name is added to the path display and the next SUBDIREC-
TORY menu is displayed.
■ To accept the path as it is currently set and displayed, move
the highlight bar to the "accept path" item and press ■ENTER■.
The program returns to the DIRECTORY Function menu.
■ If this is not the root directory of the selected drive, two additional
items are displayed, ". <root>" and "..<parent>".
■ To reset the path to the root directory of the selected drive,
move the highlight bar to the ". <root>" item using the cur-
sor control keys and press ■ENTER■.
■ To remove the last subdirectory added to the path, move the
highlight bar to the ".. <parent>" item using the cursor con-
trol keys and press ■ENTER■.
■C■ onfig file
The configuration files are used to specify the make and model of laser
printer along with defining the size of paper on which to print. The files
may be customized, a procedure described in the chapter "EDITING THE
CONFIGURATION FILE". This option can select a configuration file
containing all of the parameters or one that changes one of the parameters
such as the maximum number of lines per page or the print character used
to separate pages.
NOTE: When LASERMAN executes, it attempts to load a configuration
file named "DEFAULT.LMC". This default file may be generated by
LASERMAN whenever a configuration file is selected from those avail-
able using this option. If no default configuration file is found, the
DIRECTORY Function, CONFIG FILE option is automatically select-
ed and the message shown below is displayed.┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█ │
│ │ There is currently no LASERMAN DEFAULT.LMC configuration file.│█ │
│ │ A default configuration file SHOULD be defined. │█ │
│ │ A configuration file MUST be selected now before proceeding. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To exit from the program at this point, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To continue and select a configuration file, press any other key.
Either the PATH LIST or CONFIGURATION FILE menu will
next be displayed, as shown below.
■ To change the LASERMAN configuration file, select the CONFIG
FILE option by pressing ■C■. A PATH LIST menu will only be display-
ed if there are configuration files on more than one of the PATH
subdirectories.
┌────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Path List ╞═╕ │
│ │ C:\BAT │█ │
│ │ C:\UTILITY │█ │
│ │ C:\ │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└────────────────────┘
■ To cancel selection of the configuration file at this point, press ■ES-
CAPE■.
■ If the PATH LIST menu is displayed, select the desired PATH
directory by moving the highlight bar to it using the cursor control
keys and pressing ■ENTER■.
The CONFIGURATION FILE menu is next displayed. It contains all
of the files on the selected (or only) directory that have an extension
of ".LMC".
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔══════════════╗ │
│ ║ Data path ║█ │
│ ║ Config file ║█C:\BAT····················································· │
│╒═╡ Select the CONFIGURATION FILE ╞═════════════════════════════════════════╕ │
││ DEFAULT.LMC HP2-LEG.LMC HP2-LET.LMC HP2-LGC.LMC HP2P-LEG.LMC │█│
││ HP2P-LET.LMC HP2P-LGC.LMC HP3-LEG.LMC HP3-LET.LMC HP3-LGC.LMC │█│
││ X_PC-BLN.LMC _MLL-66.LMC │█│
│╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel selection of the configuration file at this point, press ■ES-
CAPE■.
■ To select a configuration file to load, move the highlight bar to the
desired one using the cursor control keys and press ■ENTER■. The
selected configuration file name is displayed to the right of the
CONFIG FILE option. The file will then be read, with valid pa-
rameters replacing any configuration parameters now in effect.
NOTE: If a default configuration file has not yet been loaded, this
configuration file MUST contain all of the required parame-
ters. If it does not, the message shown below is displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█ │
│ │ This configuration file does not contain all of the parameters. │█ │
│ │ Select another configuration file. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To continue, press any key. The program will start the
configuration file selection process again.
A selection menu is next presented to allow the current configu-
ration data to be saved as the default for subsequent program
executions.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═Use this as the NEW configuration DEFAULT?═╕ │
│ │ No │█ │
│ │ Yes │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To leave the current configuration DEFAULT file unchanged,
press ■N■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ To save this data as the new default configuration file, press
■Y■. The current default configuration file is first saved to a
file named "DEF-BACK.LMC" (if that file does not already
exist) and then the current configuration data is written to the
file "DEFAULT.LMC".
■R■ estore Path
At any time during the execution of LASERMAN, the original data drive
and directory path may be restored.
■ To restore the drive and directory path to that which was in effect
when the program was first loaded, select the RESTORE PATH option
by pressing ■R■. A verification menu is then presented.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ╔══════════════╗ │
│ ║ Data path ║█ │
│ ║ Config file ╒═Sure?═╕ │
│ ║ Restore Path│ No │█ │
│ ║ restore coNf│ Yes │█ │
│ ╚══════════════╘═══════╛█ │
│ █████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel this action and leave the data path as it currently is set,
press ■N■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ To continue and restore the data path, press ■Y■.
restore co ■N■ f
Likewise, in general, the configuration parameters may also be restored to
those that were in effect when the program began. The exception is that,
if the default configuration file has been modified and re-written during this
execution of the program, it is this re-written configuration file that will be
restored.
■ To restore the configuration data to the defaults, select the RESTORE
CONFIG option by pressing ■N■. A verification menu is then presented.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ╔══════════════╗ │
│ ║ Data path ║█ │
│ ║ Config file ║█ │
│ ║ Restore Path╒═Sure?═╕ │
│ ║ restore coNf│ No │█ │
│ ╚══════════════│ Yes │█ │
│ ██████████████╘═══════╛█ │
│ █████████ │
└───────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel this action and leave the configuration data as it cur-
rently is, press ■N■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ To continue and restore the default configuration data, press ■Y■.
OPTIONS FUNCTION
Options are used by LASERMAN to define how the program displays
appear and how the printed output will look. All options specified on the
command line are set before the options menu is first displayed. The
OPTIONS FUNCTION menu allows changing and over-riding of those
options.
As shown below, the major option values are displayed. The output style
shows the major style type selected, the number of passes reading the files
that will be required along with the number of passes for printing and the
pitch of the output. The number of spaces that will be substituted for any
tab characters is defined. If the header option is selected it is shown with
an underline character if this sub-option has been selected along with the
header data for the three header sections.
■ To select the OPTIONS Function when the display is at the MAIN
MENU, press ■O■ or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the
OPTIONS Function using cursor control keys and press ■ENTER■. The
OPTIONS Function will then be displayed, as shown below.
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│ Directory Options Files select Print eXit │
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╔═════════════════════╗░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Monitor COLOR ║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Change menu colors ║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Style of output ║█Quad (2/2) 16cpi░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ spaces per Tab ║█8 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ page Header ║█Page_Header░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ file pagE start ODD ║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Reload the defaults║█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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╘╡ Copyright(c) 1990-1991 Micrometric All Rights Reserved Version 2.10 ╞╛
F1Help ESCMainMenu [D/O/F/P/X]MMFunction ENTER/[char]Select HomeEnd
■ To return to the MAIN MENU, press ■ESCAPE■. To switch to an-
other Function, press its highlighted letter.
■ To select an OPTIONS option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys
and press ■ENTER■.
■M■ onitor
The MONITOR OPTION specifies whether the display will be done in
color or monochrome. The default is that if a color graphics card is present,
the display will be in color. This may be over-ridden with this option.
■ To toggle the LASERMAN program display between monochrome and
color, press ■M■.
■C■ hange menu colors
The LASERMAN menus and windows have been divided into eight types.
The color of each type may be changed independently and then saved so
that these colors will be used the next time the program is run.
■ To change the colors of any of the menu types, select the COLOR op-
tion by pressing ■C■. A menu to select the Menu Type for which a
color change is to be made is next displayed.
┌────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Menu Type ╞═╕ │
│ │ Options │█ │
│ │ Main │█ │
│ │ Background │█ │
│ │ Actions │█ │
│ │ messaGes │█ │
│ │ Preview │█ │
│ │ file Info │█ │
│ │ file Select │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└────────────────────┘
■ To cancel changing a Menu Type's color at this point, press ■ESC-
APE■.
■ To select the Menu Type whose color is to be changed, press its
highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to the desired Menu
Type using the cursor arrow keys and press ■ENTER■. A sample
menu with this Menu Type's current colors is next displayed.┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Menu Type ╞═┌─┤ Menu Border ├─┐ │
│ │ Options │ Selected │█ │
│ │ Main │ Non-selected │█ │
│ │ Background └─────────────────┘█ │
│ │ Actions │███████████████████ │
│ │ messaGes │█ │
│ │ Preview │█ │
│ │ file Info │█ │
│ │ file Select │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel changing this Menu Type's color at this point, press
■ESCAPE■.
■ To change this Menu Type's background color, use the ■UP■
and ■DOWN■ arrow keys to step through the eight background
color combinations.
■ To change this Menu Type's foreground color, use the ■LEFT■
and ■RIGHT■ arrow keys to step through the sixteen foreground
color combinations.
■ To accept the sample menu's colors currently displayed for
the highlighted Menu Type, press ■ENTER■.
■S■ tyle of output
The STYLE OF OUTPUT selection menu is used to specify the orientation
of the printed output and whether each sheet will be printed on one side
of the paper or on both sides.
Sheet orientation and maximum page width and length are shown in the
figures below.
╔═══════════════════╗
║ PORTRAIT ║ LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION
║ ORIENTATION ║ ╔═════════════════════════════╗
║ ║ ║ FULL or ║
║ ║ ║ └long side │ ║
║ ─long side ║ ║ LEFT │ RIGHT ║
║ ║ ║ │ ║
║ HEADER PAGE# ║ ║ HEADER PAGE# │ HEADER PAGE# ║
╚═══════════════════╝ ╚═════════════════════════════╝
╔══════════════════════╤════════════════════════╤══════════════════════╗
║ │ LETTER SIZE PAPER │ LEGAL SIZE PAPER ║
║ ORIENTATION ├──────────────┬─────────┼─────────────┬────────╢
║ │ MAX WIDTH │ LENGTH │ MAX WIDTH │ LENGTH ║
║ Characters per inch │ Characters │ Lines │ Characters │ Lines ║
╟──────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────┼─────────────┼────────╢
║ Portrait, 10 cpi │ 80 │ 57 │ 80 │ 77 ║
║ Portrait, 12 cpi │ 90 │ 79 │ 90 │ 104 ║
║ Portrait, 16 cpi │ 125 │ 93 │ 125 │ 121 ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ Landscape, 10 cpi │ 102 │ 45 │ 132 │ 45 ║
║ Landscape, 12 cpi │ 123 │ 60 │ 159 │ 60 ║
║ Landscape, 16 cpi │ 171 │ 72 │ 221 │ 72 ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ Landscape, 2-up, 16cpi 81 │ 72 │ 106 │ 72 ║
╚══════════════════════╧══════════════╧═════════╧═════════════╧════════╝
■ To change the style of output or its pitch, select the STYLE OF OUT-
PUT option by pressing ■S■. A menu to select the Major Print Style is
next displayed, with the current style highlighted.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Major Print Style ╞═══╕ │
│ │ 1-Up │█ │
│ │ Double sided 1-Up │█ │
│ │ Landscape │█ │
│ │ doUble sided landscape │█ │
│ │ 2-Up 16cpi │█ │
│ │ Quad(2 side,2-Up) 16cpi │█ │
│ │ Booklet 16cpi │█ │
│ │ Manual 16cpi │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
■ To leave the Major Print Style as it is currently set, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To leave the Major Print Style as it is currently set and change its
pitch, press ■ENTER■.
■ To select a different Major Print Style, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to the desired Major Print Style with the arrow
keys and press ■ENTER■. The various values for this option are detailed
below.
■1■-Up or ■S■ingle - Each page is printed in portrait orientation on one
side only of a single sheet of paper. (A single pass reading the
selected file(s) is required.)
■D■ouble - Same but on both sides of each sheet of paper: page 1
front, page 2 back. (Two passes are required.)
■L■andscape -Each page is printed in landscape orientation on one side
only of a single sheet of paper. (A single pass reading the selected
file(s) is required.) do■U■ble sided landscape - Same but on both sides of each sheet of
paper: page 1 front, page 2 back. (Two passes are required.)
■2■-Up - Two pages are printed in landscape orientation on one side
of each sheet: page 1 left, page 2 right. (Two passes)
■Q■uad - Same but on both sides of each sheet of paper: page 1-2
front, 3-4 back. (Two passes)
■B■ooklet - Each selected file is printed Quad, with page 1 on the right
of the first sheet and the last page on the left. (2)
■M■anual - All selected files are printed Quad as one document. The
first sheet has file1, page1 on the right, last file last page on the
left. (Three passes of the files, two passes of the printer.)
The Pitch selection menu is displayed when any of the first four Major
Print Style styles are selected. All other styles use the condensed Line
printer font.
┌─────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Pitch ├──┐ │
│ │ Pica-10 cpi│█ │
│ │ Elite-12 │█ │
│ │ Line-16.67 │█ │
│ └────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████ │
└─────────────────┘
■ To leave the Pitch as it is currently set, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To change the Pitch from that highlighted, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to the desired Pitch using the
arrow keys and press ■ENTER■.
spaces for ■T■ abs
The SPACES FOR TABS selection menu is used to determine the number
of spaces to substitute for tab characters in the selected files that are print-
ed. Additionally, leading spaces of more than 8 characters will be shortened
as if they were tab characters: for example, 24 leading spaces = 3 tab
characters.
■ To change the number of spaces to be substituted for tab characters,
select the SPACES PER TAB option by pressing ■T■. A menu to select
the number of spaces is next displayed.┌────────┐
│ ╒═══╕ │
│ │ 0 │█ │
│ │ 1 │█ │
│ │ 2 │█ │
│ │ 3 │█ │
│ │ 4 │█ │
│ │ 5 │█ │
│ │ 6 │█ │
│ │ 7 │█ │
│ │ 8 │█ │
│ │ 9 │█ │
│ │Ten│█ │
│ ╘═══╛█ │
│ █████ │
└────────┘
■ To leave the SPACES PER TAB as it is currently set, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To select a different SPACES PER TAB, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to the desired SPACES PER TAB with the
arrow keys and press ■ENTER■.
page ■H■ eader
The PAGE HEADER selection menu is used to determine whether the last
two lines on each page will be used for a page header or for file text and,
if there is a header, its format. The header, when printed consists of three
segments - left, center, right - each of which may be independently set to
one of eight different formats.
■ To change the page header option or edit the header, select the PAGE
HEADER option by pressing ■H■. A menu to select the Header Type
is next displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Header Type ╞════════════╕ │
│ │ underlined Page Header │█ │
│ │ page header W/o underline │█ │
│ │ No Page Header │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
■ To leave the page header option as it is currently set, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To select a different Header Type, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired Header Type with the arrow keys and
press ■ENTER■. If either of the types that display the header are select-
ed, a header format selection menu is next displayed for the LEFT seg-
ment of the header. This will be followed by menus for the CENTER
and RIGHT header segments.
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ For the LEFT header, use ├────┐ │
│ │ FILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm │█ │
│ │ fILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy │█ │
│ │ fiLE: nnnnnnnn.eee │█ │
│ │ PRINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm │█ │
│ │ pRINTED: mm-dd-yy │█ │
│ │ pAGE: ppp │█ │
│ │ paGE: ppp [ff-nnn] │█ │
│ │ Nothing │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To leave this and the other header segments with their current set-
tings, press ■ESCAPE■. The program will return to the OPTIONS
Function menu.
■ To leave this header segment data as it is currently set, press ■EN-
TER■.
■ To change the format to be displayed in this header segment from
that highlighted, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight
bar to the desired header segment format using the arrow keys
and press ■ENTER■.
The newly defined header segment formats temporarily are displayed
during selection on the next to the last line of the background display.
When all of the data has been defined, these definitions are shown in
the mid portion of the background display. The display below would be
seen after the LEFT and CENTER header segments have been defined
and while waiting for the RIGHT segment to be selected.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│FILE: NNNNNNNN.EEE MM-DD-YY PRINTED: MM-DD-YY HH:MM │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
file pag ■E■ start
The FILE PAGE START OPTION may be used when printing multiple
files using the Quad, Manual and Booklet STYLES to force each new file
to begin on an odd page. The normal default is to start all files on ODD
pages. When this option is changed to ANY page, blank pages will not be
inserted, if necessary, between files so that the next file starts on an odd
page.
■ To toggle the type of page on which each file starts between ODD and
ANY, press ■E■.
■R■ eload the defaults
All of the options may be reset to the values that were in effect when the
program was first loaded.
■ To reset all of the options to their original values, select the RELOAD
THE DEFAULTS option by pressing ■R■. A verification menu is next
displayed.
┌────────────┐
│ ╒═Sure?═╕ │
│ │ No │█ │
│ │ Yes │█ │
│ ╘═══════╛█ │
│ █████████ │
└────────────┘
■ To cancel resetting the option values, press ■N■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ To reset the options to their original values, press ■Y■.
NOTE: Selection of this option WILL LOSE any options changes that
were specified on the command line.
FILE SELECT FUNCTION
File selection and tagging is the cornerstone of LASERMAN operations. It
is the process of specifying which file or files, located on the current
drive-directory, are to be printed. Only the files from one directory at a
time may be printed with LASERMAN. Only after a file or files are
selected and tagged may printing occur.
The file names displayed for file selection are those files on the current
drive-directory as defined by the Data Path. If the files from a different
drive-directory are desired, select the DIRECTORY Function and change
the data path prior to selecting the FILE SELECT Function. Additionally,
the files must meet criteria defined by ARCHIVE BIT STATUS & WILD-
CARD.
LASERMAN will handle directories with up to 512 files, displaying them
seventy-file at a time. Files in excess of this number will be bypassed and
an error message will be displayed.
■ To select the FILES SELECT Function when the display is at the
MAIN MENU, press ■F■ or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to
the FILES SELECT Function using the cursor control keys and press
■ENTER■. The FILES SELECT option menu will then be displayed, as
shown below.
╒═╡ LASER-print MANagement Program ╞═══════════╡ Started at═03-18-91 08:00 ╞═╕
│ Directory Options Files select Print eXit │
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╘╡ Copyright(c) 1990-1991 Micrometric All Rights Reserved Version 2.10 ╞╛
F1Help ESCMainMenu [D/O/F/P/X]MMFunction ENTER/[char]Select HomeEnd
■ To return to the MAIN MENU, press ■ESCAPE■. To switch to an-
other Function, press its highlighted letter.
■ To select an FILES SELECT option, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor con-
trol keys and press ■ENTER■.
■A■ rchive bit
The ARCHIVE BIT STATUS may be used to determine which files will be
displayed for selection: only those that have changed and have their archive
bit set on or all files. Additionally, if only changed files are selected, the
archive bit may be reset after the file(s) is printed.
The three states that the ARCHIVE BIT STATUS may be set to are:
EITHER - Files will be displayed whether their archive bit status is on
or off.
ON - Files will be displayed only if their archive bit is on.
CLEAR - Files will be displayed only if their archive bit is on. Addi-
tionally, any files that are selected and then printed will have their
archive set off after being printed.
■ To toggle the ARCHIVE BIT STATUS, press ■A■.
■W■ ildcard
The WILDCARD option can be used to limit the number of files that are
displayed during the file selection process. The current wildcard value is
displayed to the right of the option, as shown below, with the default of
"*.*".
■ To edit this file name/wildcard, select the WILDCARD option by pres-
sing ■W■. The action keys that may be used during editing are shown
on the bottom help line. The DOS wildcard characters of '*' and '?'
may be used. A '.' must separate the file name specifier from the ex-
tension.┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Archive bit EITHER ║█ │
│ ║ Wildcard *.doc·······║█ │
│ ║ File selection/tag ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════╝█ │
│ ████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel changing the WILDCARD and restore its former value,
press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To accept the edited WILDCARD, press ■ENTER■.
■F■ ile selection/tag
File selection/tag is the process of specifying which file or files, located on
the current drive-directory, are to be printed.
■ To select and tag files from the current drive-directory for printing,
select the FILE SELECTION/TAG option by pressing ■F■. A FILE
TAG MENU is next displayed.
┌────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ FILE TAG MENU ╞═╕ │
│ │ All───────────TAG │█ │
│ │ Toggle file tag │█ │
│ │ Skip file │█ │
│ │Count pages │█ │
│ │View page │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────┘
Additionally, three other windows are also displayed. The FILES TO
PRINT selection menu displays the current drive-directory's files in alpha-
betical order. A maximum of seventy-files may be displayed at one time: if
this directory contains more than seventy-file, a prompt is added to the
bottom help line to allow viewing the remainder. Tagged file names are
preceeded by a "√" character.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒═╡ FILES TO PRINT [' '=Not to Print, '√'=To be Printed, '█'=Printed] ╞═╕ │
││ HP2-LGC.LMC HP2P-LEG.LMC HP2P-LET.LMC HP2P-LGC.LMC HP3-LEG.LMC │█│
││ HP3-LET.LMC HP3-LGC.LMC INSTALL.BAT INSTALL.HPL LASERMAN.BAT │█│
││ LASERMAN.DOC LASERMAN.HPL LASR-MAN.EXE LM-INST.EXE LM-INST.HPL │█│
││ README _MLL-66.LMC _PC-BLNK.LMC │█│
│╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The FILE INFORMATION window displays data on the currently highlight-
ed file and will, when they are selected, provide additional information with
the COUNT and VIEW PAGE options. The right-most abbreviations stand
for maximum characters per line and maximum lines per page. These are
a function of the currently selected Major Print Style.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ FILE INFORMATION ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name 8-PAGES.DOC Date 11-17-90 10:28 MaxC/L │█ │
│ │ Size 22055 Page MaxL/P │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The next to the last line of the display is a PRINT SUMMARY DATA
window, displaying information of the files selected and printed. The file
and size fields will be updated as files are tagged and untagged.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Pass═■/2 File═ 1/■ Size═ 22055/■ Page═ ■/■ Sheet═ ■/■ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To terminate FILE SELECTION, press ■ENTER■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ If this directory contains more seventy-file files, to view the rem-
ainder of the files, use the ■PAGEUP■ and ■PAGEDOWN■ keys.
■ To tag ALL of the displayed files from printing, press ■A■. All of
the displayed files will be tagged and the ALL option will change
to "CLEAR".
■ To clear the print tag on all of the displayed files, press ■A■.
NOTE: This option acts as a toggle and will change from
"CLEAR" to "TAG".
■ To toggle the print tag on the currently highlighted file, press ■T■
or ■SPACE■. This file's tag is changed and the file highlight will
move to the next file.
■ To skip the currently highlighted file without changing is print tag,
press ■S■. The file highlight will move to the next file.
■ To tag the currently highlighted file, press ■INSERT■. The file high-
light will move to the next file.
■ To clear any print tag on the currently highlighted file, press ■DE-
LETE■. The file highlight will move to the next file.■To determine the number of printed pages to be generated by the
currently highlighted file, press ■C■. The FILE INFORMATION
window will be updated with this data along with the maximum
line width and page length for this file, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ FILE INFORMATION ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name 8-PAGES.DOC Date 11-17-90 10:28 MaxC/L 78 │█ │
│ │ Size 22055 22051 Page 8 MaxL/P 57 │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To preview how the text data from the currently highlighted file
will look when printed, press ■V■. Information from the first page
of this file will be displayed in the PAGE PREVIEW window. The
page number and maximum number of characters per line and
lines per page for this page are shown in the FILE INFORMA-
TION window. Each page will be displayed as it will appear when
printed. As much of the text that will appear in the upper left
corner of the page is shown along with a shadow outline of the
full pages text as shown below.
(For this manual the page preview is shown as two separate dis-
plays, text first followed by the outline, due to overprinting limits.
As displayed by the program, the two are combined.)
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌────────────────────────┤ PAGE PREVIEW ├────────────────────────┐ │
│ │PPPPPPPP | │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPPPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPP PPP | │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPPPP | │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPP | │█ │
│ │PPP aaa aaa ggg | │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌────────────────────────┤ PAGE PREVIEW ├────────────────────────┐ │
│ │█████ | │█ │
│ │█ ██ | │█ │
│ │█████ | │█ │
│ │████████ █████ ████ | │█ │
│ │█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ | │█ │
│ │█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ | │█ │
│ │█ █████ █████ ████ | │█ │
│ │ ███ | │█ │
│ │ ███ | │█ │
│ │ █ | │█ │
│ │ █ | │█ │
│ │ █ | │█ │
│ │ █████ | │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To preview the next page of this file, press ■ENTER■.
■ To cancel the page preview of this file and return to the
FILE TAG MENU, press ■ESCAPE■.
PRINT FUNCTION
Printing, the reason for LASERMAN, may only be accomplished after one
or more files have been selected and tagged. Until this occurs, the PRINT
Function is not available.
■ To select the PRINT Function when the display is at the MAIN
MENU and the "P" in print is uppercase and highlighted (signifying
that file(s) have been selected for printing), press ■P■ or move the
MAIN MENU highlight bar to the PRINT Function using the cursor
control keys and press ■ENTER■. Two windows are then displayed, the
PRINT option menu for selection of print options and the FILES TO
PRINT information window showing all of the selected and tagged files
from the current directory.
╒═╡ LASER-print MANagement Program ╞═══════════╡ Started at═03-18-91 08:00 ╞═╕
│ Directory Options Files select Print eXit │
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╔═════════════════════════════╗│
│░░░░░░░Data path═G:\LASR-MAN\RELEASE░░░░░░░░░║ Reverse 2nd pass output NO ║█
│░░░Configuration═C:\BAT\DEFAULT.LMC░░░░░░░░░░║ Print these selected files ║█
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Style of Output═Quad (╚═════════════════════════════╝█
│╒═╡ FILES TO PRINT [' '=Not to Print, '√'=T███████████████████████████████
││√8-PAGES.DOC √HP2-LET.LMC √README │█
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╘╡ Pass═■/2 File═ ■/3 Size═ ■/30280 Page═ ■/■ Sheet═ ■/■ ╞╛
F1Help ESCMainMenu [D/O/F/P/X]MMFunction ENTER/[char]Select HomeEnd
■ To return to the MAIN MENU, press ■ESCAPE■. To switch to an-
other Function, press its highlighted letter.
■ To select a PRINT option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press ■ENTER■. ■R■ everse 2nd pass output
The REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT option sets the print order for the
second printing pass. The normal method is to print the back of the first
sheet printed during the first pass and continue to printing the back of the
last sheet. Changing this option allows printing the back of the last sheet
printed during the first pass first and continuing to the back of the first
page.
■ To toggle the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT OPTION between
"YES" and "NO", press ■R■.
■P■ rint these selected files
Selection of the PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES open the gateway to
printing of the selected files using the currently defined options.
■ To select the PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES option, press ■P■. If
the Major Print Style is "BOOKLET" or "MANUAL" the program will
first take one pass through the selected files determining page loca-
tions. The next to the last line of the display is a PRINT SUMMARY
DATA window, displaying information of the files selected and printed.
The fields of this window will be updated as files are read and printed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Pass═■/2 File═ 1/■ Size═ 22055/■ Page═ 1/■ Sheet═ 1/■ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Two additional windows are next displayed. The first is the FILE IN-
FORMATION window detailing data on the file currently being pro-
cessed, as shown here.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ FILE INFORMATION ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name 8-PAGES.DOC Date 11-17-90 10:28 MaxC/L │█ │
│ │ Size 22055 Page MaxL/P │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The second window is the PASS X PRINTING selection menu. The
top menu header of this window contains the current pass number and
instructions on how the printer output should be set.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ PASS 1 Printing. Set OUTPUT-TOP. ╞═══════╗ │
│ ║ Print this sheet ║█ │
│ ║ print all sheets of this File ║█ │
│ ║ print all sheets of All files for this pass ║█ │
│ ║ ─────────────────────────────────────────── ║█ │
│ ║ Skip this sheet ║█ │
│ ║ skip all sheets of this fIle ║█ │
│ ║ skip all sheets of aLl files for this pass ║█ │
│ ║ ─────────────────────────────────────────── ║█ │
│ ║preView this sheet ║█ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel printing at this point and return to the PRINT Function
menu, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To print the current sheet that starts with the data specified by the
FILE INFORMATION window, press ■P■. The current sheet will
be printed and the next sheet will be set up.
■ To print the current sheet and all remaining sheets of this file,
press ■F■.
NOTE: This option is NOT available if the Major Print Style is
"BOOKLET" or "MANUAL".
■ To print the current sheet and all remaining sheets for all files for
this pass, press ■A■. This is the normal default printing option.
■ To skip the current sheet that starts with the data specified by the
FILE INFORMATION window, press ■S■.
NOTE: EXTREME care should be taken with these skip options
on multipass output: if you skip anything on the first printing
pass you MUST skip the same thing on the second printing
pass, or your output will not line up. Normally, only use the
skip options to determine how many sheets will be required,
then go back and print it.
■ To skip the current sheet and all remaining sheets of this file,
press ■I■.
NOTE: This option is NOT available if the Major Print Style is
"BOOKLET" or "MANUAL".
■ To skip the current sheet and all remaining sheets for all files for
this pass, press ■L■.
■ To preview how this page will look when it is printed, press ■V■.
Each page will be displayed as it will appear when printed. The
text that will appear in the upper left corner of the page is shown
along with a shadow outline of the full pages text as shown below.
The last line of the page display denotes the page number and the
file from which this page came. Both left and right pages are dis-
played for multi-page sheets. (For this manual the sheet preview
is shown as two separate displays, text above and outline below,
due to overprinting limits. As displayed by the program, they are
combined.)
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌────────────────────────┤ SHEET PREVIEW ├────────────────────────┐ │
│ │PPPPPPPP |PPPPPPPP │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPPPP |PPPPPPPPPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPP PPP |PPP PPP │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPPPP |PPPPPPPPPP │█ │
│ │PPPPPPPP |PPPPPPPP │█ │
│ │PPP aaa aaa ggg |PPP aaa aaa ggg │█ │
│ │ FILE:8-PAGES.DOC PAGE: 1 | FILE:8-PAGES.DOC PAGE: 2 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌────────────────────────┤ SHEET PREVIEW ├────────────────────────┐ │
│ │█████ |█████ │█ │
│ │█ ██ |█ ██ │█ │
│ │█████ |█████ │█ │
│ │████████ █████ ████ |████████ █████ ████ │█ │
│ │█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ |█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ │█ │
│ │█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ |█ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██████ │█ │
│ │█ █████ █████ ████ |█ █████ █████ ████ │█ │
│ │ ███ | ███ │█ │
│ │ ███ | █████████ │█ │
│ │ █ | ██ ███ │█ │
│ │ █ | ████████ │█ │
│ │ █ | ██ │█ │
│ │ █████ | █████████ │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ │ | │█ │
│ │ FILE:8-PAGES.DOC PAGE: 1 | FILE:8-PAGES.DOC PAGE: 2 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To print this sheet and preview the next sheet, press ■P■.
■ To skip this sheet and preview the next sheet, press ■S■.
NOTE: EXTREME care should be taken with these skip
options on multipass output: if you skip anything on the
first printing pass you MUST skip the same thing on the
second printing pass, or your output will not line up.
Normally, only use the skip options to determine how
many sheets will be required, then go back and print it.
■ To take no action & return to the print menu, press ■ENTER■.
When the printing on one side of the sheet of paper is completed,
either the Printing Complete message or Pass Complete message will
be displayed.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────┐ │
│ │ Printing Complete. │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
■ To continue and return to the MAIN MENU, press any key.
The PASS X PRINTING COMPLETE message gives specific instruc-
tion on taking the PASS X OUTPUT and preparing it to use for IN-
PUT to PASS X+1.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ PASS 1 PRINTING COMPLETE. Remove Top Output & use for Pass 2 input. │█ │
│ │ HP IIP input should be: MP Tray, Printed side face up, Page 1 on top. │█ │
│ │ For Book Style output, feed should be: <<<<<<███, to the Output Tray. │█ │
│ │ For Flip Chart Style, feed should be: ███>>>>>>, to the Output Tray. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel the next printing pass at this point, press ■ESCAPE■.
■ To continue with the next printing pass after its input has been
properly placed, press any other key. The PRINT PASS X+1
option menu will next be displayed.
EXIT FUNCTION
The EXIT FUNCTION performs the task of leaving the LASERMAN
program and, optionally, saving the program options in their current state
for subsequent executions.
■ To select the EXIT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU,
press ■X■ or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the EXIT Func-
tion using the cursor control keys and press ■ENTER■. The EXIT FUNC-
TION menu is displayed, as shown below.
╒═╡ LASER-print MANagement Program ╞═══════════╡ Started at═03-18-91 08:00 ╞═╕
│ Directory Options Files select print eXit │
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│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ Save options ║█
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╘╡ Copyright(c) 1990-1991 Micrometric All Rights Reserved Version 2.10 ╞╛
F1Help ESCMainMenu [D/O/F/P/X]MMFunction ENTER/[char]Select HomeEnd
■ To return to the MAIN MENU, press ■ESCAPE■. To switch to an-
other Function, press its highlighted letter.
■ To select an EXIT option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press ■ENTER■.
■R■ eturn to DOS
■ To return to DOS, select the RETURN TO DOS option by pressing
■R■.
If no major option changes have been made, the program exits. If this
is an unregistered copy of LASERMAN, a shareware message may be
displayed.
If changes have been made to the type of monitor, menu colors or
reverse 2nd pass output options, it is assumed that the changes should
be saved and a SAVE OPTION CHANGES menu is displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Save Option changes? ╞═╕ │
│ │ Yes │█ │
│ │ No │█ │
│ │ Cancel │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────┘
■ To cancel the option saving and return to the EXIT FUNCTION
menu, press ■C■ or ■ESCAPE■.
■ To bypass saving the option changes and exit to DOS, press ■N■.
If this is an unregistered copy of LASERMAN, a shareware mes-
sage may be displayed.
■ To save the current option settings, press ■Y■. The current options
will be saved and a save complete message displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ LASR-MAN.EXE │█ │
│ │ Current LASERMAN Options saved as defaults. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To exit to DOS, press any key. If this is an unregistered
copy of LASERMAN, a shareware message may be dis-
played.
■C■ ancel
■ To cancel exiting from LASERMAN and return to the MAIN MENU,
select the CANCEL option by pressing either ■C■ or ■ESCAPE■. ■S■ ave options
The LASERMAN default program options may be changed to those cur-
rently in effect. These options include all of this set by the OPTION FUN-
CTION, the ATTRIBUTE BIT status of the FILE SELECT FUNCTION
and the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT of the PRINT FUNCTION.
■ To save the current option settings as the program default options,
select the SAVE OPTIONS option by pressing ■S■. The current options
will be saved and a save complete message displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ LASR-MAN.EXE │█ │
│ │ Current LASERMAN Options saved as defaults. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ To continue, press any key. The program returns to the EXIT
FUNCTION menu.
EDITING THE
CONFIGURATION FILE
The CONFIGURATION FILES are unformatted ASCII files which have an
extension of "LMC" that may be edited by any word processor. Use your
word processor's option for unformatted files when editing a configuration
file.
Configuration files with all of the default values for both printer commands
and display messages are included with the system. These files may be
edited and used, or better yet, copied and renamed before being edited.
A print test file, 8-PAGES.DOC, is included with LASERMAN. This file
consists of eight pages, each with a maximum of fifty-seven seventy-nine
character lines. This file may be printed using the various printing styles in
order to determine the proper procedure necessary to produce the correct
output. Results of this experimentation may then be used to modify the
configuration file to provide the proper printer commands and end of
printing pass messages for your printer and procedures.
To replace a printer command's default value, remove the '*' at the
beginning of its line and edit the command as desired. Any ASCII character
may be used in a command string EXCEPT for carriage return (13). All
characters are entered using their ASCII codes. (Hold the ■ALTERNATE■ key
down and enter the ASCII code using the numeric keypad only.)
Printer commands may appear in any order in the file and may be deleted
if they are not to over-ride their default values. Blank lines and those not
starting with a numeric code are ignored.
At the end of the printer commands are the messages that are displayed at
the end of the various printer passes. These messages may be customized
for your specific printer or installation in the same manner as the printer
commands.
To use a configuration file, specify its name and path on the command line
using the configuration option or select it using the program's DIRECTO-
RY Function.Two configuration files are shown on the following pages. The first is the
default values used by the program for a Hewlett-Packard IIP printer using
letter size paper and the second is used to change the character substituted
for control characters.
NOTE: CONTROL CODES ARE SHOWN IN THIS MANUAL IN BRA-
CKETS <> WITH THEIR DECIMAL VALUE SINCE THEY ARE
NON-PRINTING. THEY SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CONFIGU-
RATION FILE AS SINGLE ASCII CHARACTERS WITHOUT THE
BRACKETS. The maximum length of text data fields is given in brack-
ets [].
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ LASR-MAN PRINTER COMMAND CONFIGURATION FILE ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╝
NAME: HP2P-LET.LMC
PRINTER: Hewlett-Packard HP IIP printer
STYLE: Letter Size Paper
SOURCE: David Groome, Micrometric, Sarasota, FL
DATE: 03-05-91
To change a value from its default, remove the leading "*", if present, and
change the parameter after the equal sign to the desired value. All parame-
ters starting with a "*" will use the value previously loaded.
FOR DEFAULT CONFIGURATION FILES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
ALL PARAMETERS BE SET!!
(They should all be present with no leading "*")
01:chars_line_landscape=81
02:chars_line_portrait_10=80
03:chars_line_portrait_12=90
04:chars_line_portrait_16=125
05:chars_line_landscape_10=102
06:chars_line_landscape_12=123
07:chars_line_landscape_16=171
11:max_lines_landscape=72
12:max_lines_portrait_10=57
13:max_lines_portrait_12=79
14:max_lines_portrait_16=93
15:max_lines_landscape_10=45
16:max_lines_landscape_12=60
17:max_lines_landscape_16=72
21:print_landscape[24]=<27>&l1O
22:print_newsheet[24]=<12>
23:print_portrait[24]=<27>&l0O
24:print_reset[24]=<27>E
25:print_underlineoff[24]=<27>&d@
26:print_underlineon[24]=<27>&dD
31:print_landscape_bottomline[24]=<27>&a73R
32:print_landscape_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l75F
33:print_landscape_font[24]=<27>(10U
34:print_landscape_normal[24]=<27>(s0p16.66h8.5v0s0b0T
35:print_landscape_spacing[24]=<27>&l5.14C
36:print_landscape_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
41:print_centerpageleftmarg[24]=<27>&a88L
42:print_centerpagerightmarg[24]=<27>&a90M
43:print_center[24]=|
44:print_leftpageleftmarg[24]=<27>&a3L
45:print_leftpagerightmarg[24]=<27>&a83M
46:print_rightpageleftmarg[24]=<27>&a93L
47:print_rightpagerightmarg[24]=<27>&a173M
48:print_topline[24]=<27>&a0R
51:print_portrait_10_bottomline[24]=<27>&a58R
52:print_portrait_10_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l59F
53:print_portrait_10_font[24]=<27>(10U
54:print_portrait_10_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a0L
55:print_portrait_10_normal[24]=<27>(s0p10h12v0s0b3T
56:print_portrait_10_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a85M
57:print_portrait_10_spacing[24]=<27>&l8C
58:print_portrait_10_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
61:print_portrait_12_bottomline[24]=<27>&a58R
62:print_portrait_12_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l59F
63:print_portrait_12_font[24]=<27>(10U
64:print_portrait_12_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a5L
65:print_portrait_12_normal[24]=<27>(s0p12h10v0s0b3T
66:print_portrait_12_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a96M
67:print_portrait_12_spacing[24]=<27>&l6C
68:print_portrait_12_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
71:print_portrait_16_bottomline[24]=<27>&a94R
72:print_portrait_16_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l95F
73:print_portrait_16_font[24]=<27>(10U
74:print_portrait_16_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a5L
75:print_portrait_16_normal[24]=<27>(s0p16.66h8.5v0s0b0T
76:print_portrait_16_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a130M
77:print_portrait_16_spacing[24]=<27>&l5.14C
78:print_portrait_16_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
251:print_landscape_10_bottomline[24]=<27>&a46R
252:print_landscape_10_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l48F
253:print_landscape_10_font[24]=<27>(10U
254:print_landscape_10_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a0L
255:print_landscape_10_normal[24]=<27>(s0p10h12v0s0b3T
256:print_landscape_10_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a102M
257:print_landscape_10_spacing[24]=<27>&l8C
258:print_landscape_10_topmarg[24]=<27>&l2E
261:print_landscape_12_bottomline[24]=<27>&a61R
262:print_landscape_12_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l63F
263:print_landscape_12_font[24]=<27>(10U
264:print_landscape_12_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a5L
265:print_landscape_12_normal[24]=<27>(s0p12h10v0s0b3T
266:print_landscape_12_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a128M
267:print_landscape_12_spacing[24]=<27>&l6C
268:print_landscape_12_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
271:print_landscape_16_bottomline[24]=<27>&a73R
272:print_landscape_16_bottommarg[24]=<27>&l74F
273:print_landscape_16_font[24]=<27>(10U
274:print_landscape_16_leftmarg[24]=<27>&a5L
275:print_landscape_16_normal[24]=<27>(s0p16.66h8.5v0s0b0T
276:print_landscape_16_rightmarg[24]=<27>&a173M
277:print_landscape_16_spacing[24]=<27>&l5.14C
278:print_landscape_16_topmarg[24]=<27>&l3E
81:char_for_control=■
101:pass1double_line1[69]=PASS 1 PRINTING COMPLETE. Remove Top
Output & use for Pass 2 input.
102:pass1double_line2[69]=HPIIP input should be: MP Tray, Printed side
face up, Page 1 on top.
103:pass1double_line3[69]=Feed should be in this direction: ^^, to the
Output Tray.
104:pass1double_line4[69]= ██
111:pass1quad_line1[69]=PASS 1 PRINTING COMPLETE. Remove Top
Output & use for Pass 2 input.
112:pass1quad_line2[69]=HPIIP input should be: MP Tray, Printed side
face up, Page 1 on top.
113:pass1quad_line3[69]=For Book Style output, feed should be: <<<<<-
<███, to the Output Tray.
114:pass1quad_line4[69]=For Flip Chart Style, feed should be: ███>>>-
>>>, to the Output Tray.
121:pass2manual_line1[69]=PASS 2 PRINTING COMPLETE. Remove
Top output & use for Pass 3 input.
122:pass2manual_line2[69]=HPIIP input should be: MP Tray, Printed side
face up, Page 1 on top.
123:pass2manual_line3[69]=Feed should be in this direction: <<<<<<█-
██, to the Output Tray.
124:pass2manual_line4[69]=<32>
131:print_output_first_side[5]=TOP.
132:print_output_second_side[5]=TRAY.
133:reverse_2nd_pass=No╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ LASR-MAN PRINTER COMMAND CONFIGURATION FILE ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╝
NAME: _PC-BLNK.LMC
PRINTER: Any
STYLE: Print-center character = blank
SOURCE: David Groome, Micrometric, Sarasota, FL
DATE: 03-05-91
To change a value from its default, remove the leading "*", if present, and
change the parameter after the equal sign to the desired value. All parame-
ters starting with a "*" will use the value previously loaded.
FOR DEFAULT CONFIGURATION FILES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
ALL PARAMETERS BE SET!!
(They should all be present with no leading "*")
43:print_center[24]=<32>
GLOSSARY
1 UP . . .Printing style using portrait orientation and printing on one
side of a sheet. Prints one page on a sheet.
2 UP . . .Printing style using landscape orientation and printing on one
side of a sheet. Prints two pages on a sheet.
BOOKLET. .Printing style using landscape orientation and printing on both
sides of a sheet. Prints four pages on a sheet with the first
page on the right side of the first sheet and the second page
on the back of the first. Each file is printed on a separate
group of sheets. Booklet style prints each file on separate
sheets while manual style uses the same sheets for all files.
CPI. . . .Characters per inch.
CPL. . . .Characters per line.
DOUBLE . .Printing style using portrait orientation and printing on both
sides of a sheet. Prints two pages on a sheet.
DOUBLE SIDED LANDSCAPE Printing style using landscape orientation
and printing on both sides of a sheet. Prints two pages on a
sheet.
ELITE. . .Pitch of twelve characters per inch, printed at eight lines per
inch.
LANDSCAPE Orientation where the long side of the sheet is horizontal.
Also printing style using landscape orientation and printing on
one side of a sheet. Prints one page on a sheet.
LINE PRINTER Pitch of 16.67 characters per inch printed at 9.34 lines
per inch.
LPI. . . .Lines per inch.
MANUAL. .Printing style using landscape orientation and printing on both
sides of a sheet. Prints four pages on a sheet with the first
page on the right side of the first sheet and the second page
on the back of the first.
MAXC/L . .Maximum characters per line.
MAXL/P . .Maximum lines per page.
ORIENTATION The location of the printing on sheets, either portrait or
landscape.
PAGE . . .A logical block of text data terminated by a form feed charac-
ter or the maximum number of lines per page.
PASSES . .Number of times that the group of files to be printed must be
read.
PICA . . .Pitch of ten characters per inch printed at six lines per inch.
PITCH. . .Number of characters per inch.
PORTRAIT .Orientation where the long side of the sheet is vertical.
QUAD . . .Printing style using landscape orientation and printing on both
sides of a sheet. Prints four pages on a sheet.
SHEET. . .A physical piece of paper that may have more than one logi-
cal page of data printed on it. Sheets may be printed on one
side or on both sides.
STYLE. . .The orientation and method of printing (single-sided or dou-
ble-sided) sheets.