>> THE LABELLER - V.4.0 <<¢ by: Ken Watson¢ Elsa, Yukon, CANADA¢ [73157,3100]¢ ¢ * Use DOS 'C' to copy this DOC file to printer *¢ ¢ This program will allow you to make mailing and disk labels¢ using single row tractor feed labels on any NEC8023A/ Prowriter¢ or Epson compatible printer. You can use either 15/16" or 1¢ 7/16" width labels, the two most common sizes. The program is¢ fully menu driven and easy to use. Features of the program¢ include the ability to save mailing label files to disk, to 'tag'¢ files for multiple label printouts and to do multiple copies of¢ labels.¢ ¢ *** MAIL LABELS ***¢ ¢ - Create a new label: This option will allow you to make a mailing¢ label. You will be able to enter 5 or 6 lines of text depending¢ on the label width you have chosen.¢ The program will switch your Atari to lower case letters. You¢ can switch back to upper case or use inverse video for italics¢ printing on Epson printers.¢ Once the label is complete you will be asked if it looks okay.¢ A No response will give you a new input screen. A Yes will move¢ you to the printout screen. Here you will be asked for how many¢ copies you want. Responding with a 0 will move you to the next¢ menu. Enter the number of copies you want done and press START.¢ If you aren't sure whether your labels are properly set up, make¢ 1 copy to see what it looks like. The next menu will allow you¢ to make additional copies. During printout, pressing OPTION will¢ abort the printout and take you to the next menu.¢ The next menu gives you 4 options. The More copies option¢ will return you to the printout screen. The Save to disk option¢ will allow you to save your label to disk. You will be asked for¢ a filename, the program will automatically add the extender .LAB.¢ After the file is saved you will be returned back to this menu.¢ The other two options are End the program and Rerun the program.¢ ¢ - View labels on disk: This option will show you all the files on¢ disk that have the extender .LAB. The files will be arranged¢ alphabetically. Pressing START will return you to this menu.¢ ¢ - Load a label: This option will load a label of your choice. You¢ will be asked for a filename and then the file will be loaded and¢ displayed. You will get the same Y/N prompt as in the Create a¢ label option, a Y response will move you on to the printout¢ section.¢ ¢ - Erase a file from disk: This is a function that will allow you¢ to delete a label file from disk.¢ ¢ - Tag Labels for printing: This option will allow you to go¢ through all the label files on a disk and tag those you want to¢ printout. If you choose not to tag any files you will be¢ returned to this menu.¢ After you have tagged your files you will be taken to the¢ printout option. Choose the number of copies you want, the¢¢¢ -1-¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ program will print this number of copies of each file you have¢ tagged. The program will automatically load and print each file¢ you have tagged. On completion you will end up at the¢ post-printout menu where you can make more copies or rerun the¢ program.¢ ¢ - Goto disk label section: This will take you to the disk label¢ section --> see below.¢ ¢ - Drive #: This will toggle you between drive 1 and 2 for the view¢ and tag file options. The load, save, and erase options have¢ their own drive input (1-4).¢ ¢ ¢ *** DISK LABELS ***¢ ¢ This section will print a disk label with up to 3 lines, a¢ disk title line, a side A line and a side B line¢ ¢ - The disk title line is where you can put in a disk name or¢ number, user group name, type of disk, boot instructions, etc.¢ This line will print out in condensed print and be underlined.¢ You can exceed a screen line during input, most labels have space¢ for about 45 to 50 characters. Pressing <RETURN> as the input¢ for this line will leave this line blank on the label.¢ ¢ - Side A and Side B: These are printed out in enlarged condensed.¢ If you input both side A and B the printout will be prefaced with¢ an A) and B). If you only input side A and hit <RETURN> for side¢ B you will get a single line printout without the A) or B).¢ Experiment with upper/lower case and inverse print (italics)¢ on the Epson. Don't exceed the indicated line length.¢ ¢ - The printout section is the same as that for the mail labels.¢ However you will not be able to save your disk labels to disk.¢ ¢ ¢ *** HINTS ***¢ ¢ A companion file to this program, LOADL4.XMO is a file that¢ will autorun your label file. Take a new disk with DOS.SYS on it¢ and rename LOADL4.XMO to AUTORUN.SYS (LOADL4.AR1 if using¢ SMARTDOS). Place the file LABEL4.XMO on this disk and rename it¢ to LABEL4.BAS. The disk will now autoboot the label program.¢ Save your label files to this disk and this will make the program¢ easier and more convenient to use.¢ Be creative, center address labels and type the address in¢ lower case with the city and province/state in upper case to¢ attract more attention at the post office. For parcel labels,¢ preface the address label with a To:, and your return address¢ label with a From:.¢ Use inverse video to access italics print on Epson printers or¢ the special character set in the NEC/Prowriter printers.¢ ¢¢¢¢¢ -2-¢¢¢¢¢╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱╱
