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1STPRINT.DOC
Documentation for
1STPRINT.PRG
Version 1.82
07/04/89
In the early days of the ST, 1st Word was its only GEM based word
processor. Since it also came bundled with the machine, these
factors tended to make 1st Word a universal item among ST owners.
Now days however that has all changed. 1st Word is no longer
bundled with the ST and other more feature laden word processors
have taken its place for many users. Still, since it once was so
popular many documents are, and continue to be, written in 1st
Word and its big brother 1st Word Plus. This has presented a small
problem for those without them to print 1st Word documents.
1stprint.prg was written to solve this problem.
1stprint prints 1st Word or 1st Word Plus documents to a printer
or captures them in text files for later use. The output that is
printed is not just an ascii translation but a fully formatted
document printed just as if the 1st Word word processor had been
used.
1stprint is easy to use and can be run on either a color or
monochrome ST system. There are no special memory requirements
but at the moment the output to the printer is limited to EPSON
or near EPSON compatible type printers.
To run:
Make sure that 1stprint.prg and 1stprint.rsc are located in
the same directory.
Double-Click with the mouse on 1stprint.prg .
A Gem menu will then be displayed with prompts for the
following items:
1. Which file to print
2. The starting and ending page numbers.
3. The left margin offset.
4. The number of copies to be made.
5. The output directed to a file,to a printer, or both.
6. Which Printer Type
7. Whether or not to print in Near Letter Quality (NLQ).
Change items 2 through 4 by clicking within the appropriate
box and typing in the desired value.
Change item 5 by clicking on the boxes marker 'FILE' or
'PRINTER'. If you wish both, just make sure that both boxes
are selected.
Next click on 'PRINT WHICH FILE ?'. The file selection menu
will be displayed and allow you to select the file you wish
processed. Once the file has been selected the selection
menu will disappear and a message telling you that the file
has been selected will be displayed.
If you have selected the output to go to a disk file, that
file will be named 'your file '.txt and be saved in the same
directory as the input file. For example:
if the input file is \WP\1STPRINT.DOC
the output file will be \WP\1STPRINT.TXT.
If the input file has a '.txt' suffix the output file will
have a '.tx2' suffix. For example:
if the input file is \WP\1STPRINT.TXT
the output file will be \WP\1STPRINT.TX2
At the moment only 2 printer types are supported, the
PANASONIC 9 pin and 24 pin printers. For most cases these are
simply EPSON compatible printers. The main exception is in
the NLQ (Near Letter Quality) mode. The PANASONIC 9 pin NLQ
selection is not the same as a EPSON 9 pin printer. I suspect
this is so because when the PANASONIC 109X series of printers
was first produced, Epson did not have a 9 pin printer that
supported NLQ.
If the printer you are using is a PANASONIC 9 pin printer or
most any EPSON compatible 24 pin printer, you may choose Near
Letter Quality mode by clicking on the 'NLQ' box. (Other
printers will be added at a later date.)
Once all the selections have been made simply click on the
box marked 'OK' and the file will be processed as requested.
AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROCESSING OF THE FILE THE OPERATOR
MAY PRESS ANY KEY TO STOP OR PAUSE THE OPERATION.
Once the file has been processed, a new file can be selected
or the user can end the program by clicking on the button
marked 'QUIT'.
That's all folks.
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Revision history:
08/19/88 - Original - Version 1.0
This is the 1st version of this program. At the moment this
program does NOT support:
1. Printers other than EPSON compatibles.
2. Near Letter Quality print.
3. Graphics
4. Multiple ruler tabs.
Everything else about the 1st Word and 1st Word Plus
document format is supported.
If this program shows itself to be useful to users, updates
to add the non-supported features will be added at a later
date.
12/14/88 - Version 1.1
NLQ printing added for Panasonic 9 Wire printers.
Minor Documentation corrections added.
01/04/89 - Version 1.6
Correction of several bugs in program.
Better compatiblity with all versions of 1st Word and 1st
Word Plus.
Compatiblity with Version 3.0 of 1st Word Plus (most
important feature of this revision).
Still not supported:
1. 1.5 line spacing as opposed to single, double or
other whole number spacing.
2. Graphics - I have not been able to come up with the
file format for GEM PAINT (.IMG) type files. If you
have information on this format please let me know
so I can improve the program.
01/21/89 - Version 1.7
Correction of multiple default button bug.
01/21/89 - Version 1.8
Correction of NLQ release bug and compressed print bug.
07/04/89 - Version 1.82
Bug fix and better font control.
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Please let me know if you have problems or need additional
features. I can be reached by letter or by electronic mail on
GENIE at address M.Albo .
Michael Albo
S. 1418 Bluff Dr.
Spokane, Washington 99206