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| BOTH.COM (c) 1986 by Peter Feldmann |
| P.O. Box 902 * Santa Barbara * CA * 93102 |
| Prints file listings to BOTH sides of paper. Saves trees! |
| Release 1.50 July 1986 |
| Release 2.00 October 1986 |
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=== SUMMARY ===
BOTH sends text files to your printer in odd or even
page format, permitting you to print the files on
both sides of a page. Rudimentary text formatting,
single sheet printers and checking for embedded line
feed characters are supported.
N O T I C E !
All commercial rights to this program are reserved by
the author. Permission for private individuals to use
this program is hereby given, with the proviso that no
fee be charged for the copying of this program. Dealers
or other commercial users will need to register with
the author before re-selling this software.
=== DESCRIPTION ===
The idea of operation is very simple: Rather than waste
paper printing 1-sided text files or program listings,
BOTH scans the file and prints all the odd-numbered pages
on one side of the paper. The paper is removed from the
printer, flipped over and re-inserted for the even-numbered
pages to be printed. BOTH's output resembles a regular book
with only half the number of sheets used for a one-sided
listing. I'd suggest using at least 20 pound paper for
the best results (thin paper allows the print on the reverse
side to show through). BOTH permits the use of either cont-
inuous form or single sheet paper and does a limited amount
of page formatting if called upon. For program listings, etc.
a line-numbering utility is available. Those of you with
80 - column printers should take note that adding the line
numbers increases the width of each line by five characters.
BOTH will warn 80 column printer users if line lengths exceed
that limit.
Instructions:
Place BOTH.COM in your utilities subdirectory or diskette,
then just type:
BOTH <Enter>.
or
BOTH [Drive:][\Path]Filename.ext <Enter>
If you simply type BOTH,
you will be prompted for the filename. Drive:\Path\Filename.ext
are all supported. BOTH will check the file before printing to
determine # of lines, line width and if form feeds are embedded
in the text. Text files with and without form feeds can be
printed with BOTH.
Page formatting
Many .DOC or other text files (such as those produced by the
print to file facility in WordStar) use blank lines to format
the document. If you wish to print one of these files using the
original formatting, be sure to specify the TOTAL page size
(normally 66 lines for 8-1/2 x 11 paper with the printer set
to six lines/inch) and then answer "N" to the "AutoFormat" prompt.
One very handy use of BOTH is to create reports generated by
various word processors printed on both sides of the paper.
To do this, use the word processor to "print" the document to
a disk file, then invoke BOTH to print the file to a paper
document.
BOTH does contain a utility which performs limited page formatting
on a file if requested. If "AutoFormat" is selected, BOTH sub-
tracts two lines from each page to be printed and replaces these
lines with a blank line, then a line containing the page number and
file name. This is why there are two document sizes given in
the file analysis screen (the first showing # of pages without
"AutoFormat", the second with).
If your document contains embedded line feeds (CHR$ 12), BOTH
will assume the file is pre-formatted and will print the file
"As-Is". To change the page layout in this type of file, you
will need to remove the line feed characters (this is one
place where EDLIN comes in handy!).
Be sure your printer is on-line before running BOTH. Due to
the vast number of printer types, no printer settings are handled
by this program. Defaults are shown in capital letters. BOTH will
return an error message if a "printer busy" signal is detected.
NOTE: Unless you specify to BOTH that your printer is limited
to an 80-char column width, BOTH will move the text 3 chars to
the right when printing the odd-numbered pages to allow for
binding space. If you do specify an 80-column maximum width,
BOTH will NOT shift text but WILL truncate any lines that exceed
80 characters in width! Check the statistics shown for your file
before printing.
Under normal operation, use BOTH to print the odd pages first,
then reverse the paper and feed it through the printer again to
print the even pages on the other side.
Any comments, bug reports or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
A $15.00 donation is requested from users of this program.
BOTH200 enhancements:
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Enhancements to BOTH150 include better I/O checking, faster screen
output, new warning messages about 80 column line width, the option
to abort printing at any time by pressing any key while printing,
faster file checking and a "printer not ready" error message.
Peter Feldmann
I.C. Consultants
P.O. Box 902
Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA
(OXGATE BBS 805/964-4115) * MCI MAIL 248,9063
The SOURCE BDV785 * Compuserve 75156,2535
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I.C. Consultants
P.O. Box 902
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
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Thanks for your support.
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