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All rights reserved P R I N T - P L U S
Copyright 1990, 1991 Lambert Klein
File Printing Plus Program
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┌─────────┐
┌─────┴───┐ │ (R)
──│ │o │──────────────────
│ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
│ │ │─┘ Shareware
└───│ o │ Professionals
──────│ ║ │────────────────────
└────╨────┘ MEMBER
"This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that
the shareware principle 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 Muskegon MI 49442 or send a Compuserve
message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536."
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ C R E D I T & T H A N K S ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
To: All of the beta testers and others that supplied input,
comments, suggestions, et cetera.
Thanks to Bill Dickson for help with the
printed manual and more.
PrintPlus was written with Masm 5.1 in 100% Assembly language.
Tested on a 286, with hardcard and two HD floppies, and a
ramdrive.
With a Panasonic KX-P1091 9 pin and an Epson 24 pin 4000 AP
printers.
Kraft KC3 Trackball. µMouse.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Program description ........... page 4
Default data file ............. page 5
Running PrintPlus ............. page 5
Menu Bar ...................... page 6
Status Line ................... page 6
Moving around the screen ...... page 7
View files .................... page 7
Preview # of pages to print ... page 8
Picking the files to print .... page 8
Marking files ................. page 8
More about Marking files ...... page 8
(AutoMark Mark all)
Today files ................... page 9
Page down ..................... page 9
Renaming files ................ page 9
(and directories)
Make Directory ( MD ) ......... page 9
Printing the files ............ page 10
Changing printing modes (Pmode) page 11
Printing specified pages ...... page 12
Line numbering ................ page 12
File Menu ..................... page 13
(Tag & copy, move, delete)
Redirecting output to file .... page 14
Change drive .................. page 15
Changing directories .......... page 16
Choosing your printer (easy) .. page 17
Settings (parameters) ......... page 18
Changing default colors ....... page 19
Printer setup window .......... page 19
Printer codes ················· page 21
Other Information ............. page 22
(Lines per page)
Deleting single files ......... page 23
(and empty directories)
Newcopy ....................... page 23
Help Menu ..................... page 23
Quitting PrintPlus ............ page 24
Trouble Shooting (Q/A) ........ page 25
Registration information ...... page 27
Ordering info ( in US ) ....... page 28
Ordering info ( in UK ) ....... page 29
BBS Support for PrintPlus ..... page 30
On Line Registration .......... page 30
Places to find PrintPlus ...... page 31
Other programs ................ page 32
page 4
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
PrintPlus prints files with options to save paper by
skipping extra blank lines. File viewing, Tag and Copy, Move,
Delete. Redirection of output to an ASCII file. Also features
Pull-Down Menus and optional mouse support. Can print files
from specified page numbers, print line numbers, preview
number of pages to print, and replace IBM box characters with
User defined characters. Configurations are possible for
printer setup, screen colors mouse functions, text output,
e.t.c. Rename files
Can print filename, current date /time and File's date/time
at the top of the first page. Powerful yet easy to use.
With PrintPlus you can print or view files of any length!
PrintPlus has a function for choosing your printer from a
list. Just press a key and the codes for your printer are
set up. Many printers listed in menu.
NOTE: Some diagrams of PrintPlus screens has been shrunk to
fit into margins.
page 5
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ DEFAULT DATA FILE ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
You can now set what directory your default settings ,
data file, resides in.
1. Load your autoexec.bat file into your file editor,WP, etc.
2. Enter the following, adding it to your Autoexec.bat file.
set PLUSDATA=C:\util
Where C: is the drive. Change this to the drive you want.
Where util would be the directory you want your default data
to occupy. Change 'util' to whatever path you want.
PLUSDATA=C:\path
must have no spaces.
3. Save AUTOEXEC.BAT back to your Root Directory.
4. Now your data file will load and be saved to your chosen
path after you reboot.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ RUNNING THE PROGRAM: ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
You should make a copy of your disk first.
If you place PrintPlus on a hard drive, make sure to have
it within your path for easy access.
Files I would recommend to place on disk are these.
P585.exe Main program "PrintPlus".
P585.doc Documentation for PrintPlus.
Plus58.dat Data file for color monitors.
Plus58.mon Data file for monochrome monitors.
Check the file PACKING.LST for a complete list of files.
To get the program up and running simple type in the
name of the program at the Dos prompt.
P585
Then press [Enter]
At the top the path will be shown.
In the top box the file name will be displayed that's under
the cursor. The file size will be to the right.
If its a directory " DIRECTORY ║ " will be displayed
instead.
At the extreme right the amount of free bytes available will
be shown.
Using Alt-I you can toggle this on and off. This will speed
up the cursor on a slow floppy when this is toggled off.
page 6
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ MENU BAR ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Under this box the Menu Bar will be displayed. This will
show your options. Press the first letter of the menu
desired to pull down that menu. Example: Press 'V' for the
View menu. Once a menu is displayed you can use the
Left/Right arrow keys to move to the subsequent menus. The
Up/Down arrows will take you through the options of that
specific menu. [Enter] will either choose the option the
cursor is on or change the value. (Pmode,Header,Imitate)
You may also press the first letter of the desired option.
MOUSE USERS:
Pointing to and clicking on the desired menu will pull
down that menu.
When inside a menu point to the option desired and click
on it to either choose that option or change it.
Point to the extreme Left/Right and clicking will move
you to the subsequent menus. Right button escapes.
Below the Menu Bar the files in the current directory are
displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ STATUS LINE ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
At the extreme bottom the status line will show the following.
Pmode:II ║Header: ON ║TOGGLE ALL MARK║User Defined Box║
At the right symbols are shown ,highlighted when on.
These are Cursor Flash, Sound,Auto Mark, Line Numbering &
Filter.
MOUSE USERS:
You can point and click on all of these to toggle or change
them.
┌───╖
│F10║ For Mouse information.
╘═══╝
page 7
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Use the four cursor keys to move the cursor around the
screen to the files you want to print.
The [Home] key will bring you to the top left of the
screen. [End] key will take you to the bottom right.
MOUSE USERS:
Simply point to the desired directory or file and click on
it. Click again for Dir or View menu.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ~ VIEW FILES ~ ├─┐
└─┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
╔ PRINTPLUS V5.85 ══════ Pressing V
║ DIRECTORY ║ will bring down
╠═══════╦═══════╦══════╦ this View Menu
║ View ║ Print ║ File ║
║ ╚════════╗═════╩
║ ║