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AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER (tm) -- Version 2.1 Page 1
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Attention AutoCAD users!
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AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER (tm)
Version 2.1
AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER is a fast, easy to use utility program that allows
AutoCAD users to print or plot as many drawings as needed in a single
batch run. Full screen menus display prompts that allow the user to
quickly accept or change defaulted settings. AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER then
automatically operates the printer or plotter unattended during the
entire printing process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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This is a Shareware Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How to get ADPA Systems to mail you $500 in cash! . . . 2
Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How NO OPTION will relieve you from GUILT! . . . . . . 3
Special License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System Requirements and Getting Starting . . . . . . . 5
How to use AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
How to Execute your New Script Files . . . . . . . . . 6
Custom Programming and Comments Form . . . . . . . . . 7
ADPA Systems
Post Office Box 7990-AP
Fremont, CA 94537
February 1988
Copyright (c)1988 ADPA Systems
All rights to AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER reserved worldwide by ADPA Systems
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AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER is a SHAREWARE PROGRAM
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ADPA Systems encourages you to freely give away copies of this program
to all your friends and business associates. If, after using this
program, you find it to serve a useful purpose, please consider
registering your copy with us. To register, simply fill in the
Registration Form on the next page and return it to us with a check or
money-order for the amount shown in the option you select:
OPTION #1 ... $10 ... you will receive the latest version of
AutoPRINTER, a quality printed copy of the manual, and we'll add your
name to our mailing list for current and future product releases.
OPTION #2 ... $35 ... you will receive everything in OPTION #1, a Full
Working Version of AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER, and you will qualify as a
REGISTERED OWNER with your own registered serial number.
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How to get ADPA Systems to mail you $500 in cash!
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We will individually register a serial number to your copy of this
program when you select OPTION #2 and become a REGISTERED OWNER. Then,
when you give away copies of this program to your friends, and your
friends give away copies to their friends, and their friends give away
copies to everyone's friends ... we will always know it was your
serial number that descended ... and reward you with a $10 commission.
So, if you could possibly use some extra money ... select OPTION #2
and mail us your Registration Form ... then give this program to every
human being you see, upload it to every BBS system you can find a
phone number for, and include it in any club libraries you know about.
We will mail you $10 for each copy of this program that is registered
with us that has your serial number on it! After only 10 people, you
will have received an easy $100 in cash! 50 people ... $500 in cash!
The shareware concept of distributing software is based on the belief
and trust that the best way for a person to determine the value of a
software program is for that person to use the software program in a
real environment for a given period of time.
If, after a week or two, you are still using this software program,
THEN IT IS CLEARLY OF VALUE TO YOU !!! ... and you should mail us your
Registration Form and your contribution!
Regardless of whether or not you make a contribution, we encourage you
to freely give away copies of this program to all of your friends.
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ADPA Systems SOFTWARE REGISTRATION FORM
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YES! ... I have found AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER to be a very useful program!
Please RUSH my order to me for the Option number I have checked below:
[ ] NO OPTION ... $5 ... I have found the program to be very useful
and I don't want to feel guilty about using the program by NOT
making an honest contribution. I understand that I will receive
nothing from you ... but I will have a clear conscious!!
[ ] OPTION #1 ... $10 ... I will receive the latest version of Auto
PRINTER, a quality printed copy of the manual, and my name will
be added to your mailing list for first information on current
and future product releases. I understand that by selecting this
option, I DO NOT qualify as a REGISTERED OWNER to receive my own
registered serial number OR the $10 commissions.
[ ] OPTION #2 ... $35 ... I will receive everything in OPTION #1, a
Full Working Version of AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER, and I qualify as a
REGISTERED OWNER !!! My new copy of this program will have my
own registered serial number. I understand I should freely give
away copies of this program, upload it to all the BBS's in my
area, and include it in all club libraries that I know about. I
further understand I will immediately receive a $10 commission
for EACH COPY of this program that is registered with my serial
number on it. So please RUSH my registered copy to me today!
[ ] OPTION #3 ... $55 ... I will receive everything in OPTION #1 & 2
plus you will CUSTOMIZE the program to fit my own personal needs
EXACTLY as explained on the attached Custom Programming Form.
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ADPA Systems Post Office Box 7990-AP Fremont, CA 94537
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[ ] Enclosed is my Check or Money-Order for the amount of $ _________
[ ] Please charge to my: [ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard for $ _________
Credit Card No. __________________________________ Exp. Date _________
SERIAL NUMBER _______________________________ Version Number _________
Print Name ____________________________________________ Date _________
Print Address ________________________________________________________
Print City __________________________________ State _____ Zip ________
Signature ___________________________________ Date ___________________
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ADPA Systems SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Copyright (c)1988 ADPA Systems, Fremont, CA, United States of America.
All rights to AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER reserved worldwide by ADPA Systems.
ADPA Systems grants you without charge the right to freely reproduce,
distribute and use copies of this SHAREWARE version of the
AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER software product, including all documentation, on
the express condition that you DO NOT receive any payment, commission,
commercial benefit, or other consideration for such reproduction or
distribution, or change this license agreement or copyright notice, or
remove the ADPA Systems credits from this manual and documentation.
The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to
modify or change this product or its components, are reserved
exclusively by ADPA Systems ... EXCEPT for the following condition:
Clubs may freely copy and distribute this program providing they
include ALL FILES ... for a nominal distribution fee not to exceed $7.
Support from users like yourself allows us to develop additional
features and improved future versions of AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER. If you
find this software useful, your contribution of $35 will help us to
continue development of this software and others. Mail contribution to
ADPA Systems
Post Office Box 7990-AP
Fremont, CA 94537
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND IS LICENSED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OF PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, OR
OTHERWISE ... ALL WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED BY ADPA SYSTEMS. BY USING
THE AUTOPRINTER/PLOTTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER ADPA
SYSTEMS NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, OWNERS, OR OTHER
RELATED PARTIES WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY SECOND OR THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY USE OF ... OR THE INABILITY TO USE ... THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT, OR
FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ... EVEN IF ADPA SYSTEMS IS APPRISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING.
ADPA Systems, AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER are trademarks of ADPA Systems
AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER (tm) -- Version 2.1 Page 5
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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HARDWARE ... requires an IBM-PC or compatible, supported printer,
supported plotter, supported printer plotter.
SOFTWARE ... AutoCAD.
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GETTING STARTED
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Throughout this manual you will see the characters <RETURN>. This
refers to the return key on your computers keyboard. When you see the
<RETURN> used, press your return key ... do not type the word "return"
You will also see characters such as < E >xit, < M >ain Menu, etc.
To execute these functions, press the character inside the < >. For
example ... when you see < E >xit ... press "E" and you will Exit.
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How to use AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER
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1. Copy the AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER file AP.EXE to the subdirectory that
has your AutoCAD drawing files. (copy a: ap.exe c:\autocad\dwgs).
2. From your AutoCAD subdirectory, type: AP <RETURN>
3. From the Main Menu of AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER, type: 1
4. The first prompt asks you for the "NAME of Script File to Create"
You may enter any name you like ... 8 characters MAXIMUM. DO NOT
include the extension ".SCR". This is done for you automatically.
5. The second prompt asks you for the "DRAWING NUMBER to be Printed"
You can enter the drawing number in any format you like. If you
wanted to print your drawing number: 123456. Then you would
answer this prompt with: 123456 <RETURN>
6. Answer the remaining questions per your requirements for the
drawing to be printed. If you want to accept the defaulted
settings, then press <RETURN>. If you input a bad entry, then
type: X <RETURN>, and the program will start from the beginning.
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How to use AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER ... continued
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When you have answered each of the questions for your drawing, the
next prompt asks if you want to "Input Another DRAWING NUMBER?". The
default is: Y (Yes). Press <RETURN> to accept the default and input
your next drawing number. When you have answered each of the questions
for this drawing, you are again asked if you want to "Input Another
DRAWING NUMBER?". This process continues until you answer: N (No).
There is no set limit to how many drawings you can print in a single
file. You may enter as many drawings as you need to print.
When you answer: N (No), to "Input Another DRAWING NUMBER?", your
script file is automatically created by AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER for use to
automatically print your drawings. The created file will have the name
you gave it, with the extension ".SCR". Example: FILENAME.SCR.
You will then be prompted with: < A >nother Script File < M >ain Menu
< E >xit to DOS. The default is: M, press <RETURN> to accept the
default and return you to the Main Menu. If you want to Exit the
program, type: E <RETURN>, and you will return to DOS. If you would
like to create a new script file, type: A <RETURN>, and you will be
ready to create your new script file.
For each new script file you create, use a DIFFERENT FILENAME. If a
filename already exists, and you give that SAME FILENAME to the new
script file you want to create ... then AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER will
OVERWRITE that existing file with your new file.
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How to EXECUTE YOUR NEW SCRIPT FILES
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To automatically print your drawings, unattended on your printer,
using the files created with AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER, follow these steps:
From your AutoCAD subdirectory, type: ACAD PRINT FILENAME ... where
FILENAME is the name you gave your script file.
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CUSTOM PROGRAMMING and COMMENTS FORM
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Your comments about AutoPRINTER/PLOTTER are most welcome. Please take
a few minutes and tell us what you HONESTLY think. OR, if you selected
OPTION #4, and want us to custom program this software for you, then
use this sheet to explain EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT THE PROGRAM TO WORK!!!!
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ADPA Systems Post Office Box 7990-AP Fremont, CA 94537
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SERIAL NUMBER _______________________________ Version Number _________
Print Name ____________________________________________ Date _________
Print Address ________________________________________________________
Print City __________________________________ State _____ Zip ________