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████ ████ ▄████▄ ███████▄ ████ TM ██ ██ ▐▀ ▐█▌ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▄▄▄▄ ██ ▄██▀ ██ ▐█▌▄▄▄▄ ██ ██ ▄▄ ██ ██ ▄█▀ ██ ██ ██ ██ ████████ ███████ ███████▌ ███████▀ ███████ LaserJet To DeskJet Soft Font Conversion Package Version 2.2 (C) Copyright 1991 by TaxWare, PO Box 2014, Provo, UT 84603-2014 All rights reserved. ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER August 1991 Edition LJ2DJ v2.2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Copyright Notice LJ2DJ is Copyright 1991 by TaxWare and its author. All rights reserved. This document and all accompanying documentation is Copyright 1991 by TaxWare. All rights reserved. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Trademarks LJ2DJ is a trademark of TaxWare and its author. All trademarks and registered trademarks referenced within this document are the property of their respective holders. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Warranty Disclaimer TAXWARE MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TAXWARE DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE BEYOND THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS SOFTWARE. IN NO EVENT WILL TAXWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF TAXWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. i LJ2DJ User's Manual LJ2DJ v2.2 Table of Contents ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Chapter One 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registered and Shareware Version Differences . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LJ2DJ System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LJ2DJ Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LJ2DJ Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 LJ2DJ Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter Two 3 LJ2DJ Usage and Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 LJ2DJ Help Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 File Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter Three 5 LJ2DJ Option Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 /A automatic response to user prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 /E[ext] specify file extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 /M create fonts only for original DeskJet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 /O overwrite existing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 /W[#] create character width table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Combining LJ2DJ Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Appendix A 7 LJ2DJ Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Appendix B 8 Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Index 9 LJ2DJ User's Manual ii LJ2DJ v2.2 Chapter One ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Introduction The LJ2DJ program prints text files in landscape orientation on any HP LaserJet and 100% compatible printer. Other than your personal computer and printer, nothing else is needed to use LJ2DJ. The program is extremely versatile. See the options that follow. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Registered and Shareware Version Differences LJ2DJ is distributed as both a shareware product and as a retail product. The shareware version and the retail version are identical, except that the shareware version displays reminders to order a registered copy of LJ2DJ, and it allows you to print the Order Form. If you are using the retail version, purchased from TaxWare, Thank You. If you are using the shareware version, we hope you find it to be useful. This manual is used with both the shareware and registered versions of LJ2DJ. If you are using the shareware version, refer to the following documents for additional information: SHAREW.DOC, REGISTER.DOC, ORDER.FRM. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ System Requirements LJ2DJ requires the following: o A personal computer (PC) running DOS version 2.1 or higher and having at least 40K of free RAM o An HP DeskJet, DeskJet Plus, DeskJet 500 or 100% compatible printer ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Installation Installing LJ2DJ is very simple: o Create a subdirectory for LJ2DJ o Copy the files from the LJ2DJ distribution diskette to the new subdirectory For example, Create a subdirectory called LJ2DJ and change directory to it: C:> MD LJ2DJ C:> CD LJ2DJ Next, place the LJ2DJ distribution diskette in the floppy drive and copy all its files to the newly created subdirectory: C:> COPY A:*.* 1 LJ2DJ User's Manual LJ2DJ v2.2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Quick Start If you have not installed LJ2DJ, please do so by following the instructions in the Installation section. If you have completed installation, you are ready to begin using LJ2DJ. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Examples LJ2DJ C:\FONTS\AE0060RH.SFP 6PTFONT.DJP will convert a font file named AE0060RH.SFP located in the FONTS subdirectory of the C: drive. The resulting DeskJet font file will be created in the current directory and be named 6PTFONT.DJP. LJ2DJ C:\FONTS\AE0060RH.SFP will convert the same font, but the resulting DeskJet font file will be AE0060RH.DJP (assuming portrait orientation), created in the C:\FONTS directory. LJ2DJ C:\FONTS\*.SFP will create DeskJet fonts for all fonts that match the pattern *.SFP in the C:\FONTS directory. The resulting files will also be in the C:\FONTS directory, and will have the same file name with extensions of either DJP or DJL, depending upon the fonts' orientation. LJ2DJ C:\FONTS\*.SFP C:\FONTS\DJ will create DeskJet fonts for all fonts that match the pattern *.SFP in the C:\FONTS directory. However, the resulting files will be created in the C:\FONTS\DJ directory, which must already exist. LJ2DJ User's Manual 2 LJ2DJ v2.2 Chapter Two ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Usage and Syntax The syntax of LJ2DJ is: LJ2DJ [options] LaserJetFontFilePath [DeskJetFontFilePath] In its simplest form, LJ2DJ is used like this: LJ2DJ LaserJetFontFilePath where LaserJetFontFilePath is the name of a LaserJet soft font file. The steps for converting LaserJet soft fonts to DeskJet format are: 1 - locate the LaserJet soft font(s) that you want to convert to DeskJet format. You must know the file path of the LaserJet soft font file(s). 2 - decide whether you need all of the characters from the original font or a limited character set. 3 - decide whether you need a character width table (also known as a spacing table). See the /W option for more information. 4 - decide whether your new fonts must work with the original DeskJet, or if they are to work with both the original DeskJet and DeskJet Plus. (The DeskJet Plus can accept any font the original DeskJet can, but the original DeskJet cannot accept all fonts that the Plus can.) See the /M option for more information. 5 - type LJ2DJ followed by any options (see Options below), followed by the path of your LaserJet font(s) and answer the prompts. A typical conversion session might look something like this: ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║C>LJ2DJ TR120RPN.USP<Enter> ║ ║ ║ ║LJ2DJ Version 2.2 ║ ║(C) Copyright TaxWare 1989, 1990. All Rights Reserved. ║ ║LaserJet To DeskJet Soft Font Conversion Utility ║ ║ ║ ║Converting C:\FONTS\TR120RPN.USP ║ ║ To C:\FONTS\TR120RPN.DJP ║ ║ ║ ║Are You Entering A List Of Characters To [I]NCLUDE Or [E]XCLUDE E ║ ║Enter The ASCII Value Of Each Character To Be Excluded ║ ║Enter A Period (.) When Done ║ ║>. ║ ║ ║ ║! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F║ ║G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l║ ║m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1 Font(s) Converted. ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ 3 LJ2DJ User's Manual LJ2DJ v2.2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Help Screen If you need help using LJ2DJ, simply type LJ2DJ at the DOS prompt and press Enter. The following screen will appear: ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Usage: LJ2DJ [options] LaserJetFontFilePath [DeskJetFontFilePath] ║ ║ where LaserJetFontFilePath and DeskJetFontFilePath are valid DOS ║ ║ paths for (respectively) an HP format LaserJet soft font file, ║ ║ and for the DeskJet soft font file to be created. DeskJetFontFilePath ║ ║ is optional. If it is not specified, the resulting filename will ║ ║ be the same as the LaserJetFontFilePath, except for the extension, ║ ║ which will be DJP for portrait fonts and DJL for landscape fonts. ║ ║ ║ ║ Options ║ ║ /A automatically answer user prompts. ║ ║ /E[extension] specify extension for converted DeskJet font files. ║ ║ /M create fonts for the original DeskJet only. ║ ║ /O overwrite DeskJetFontFilePath, if it already exists. ║ ║ /W[#] create character width table(s). ║ ║ ║ ║ Refer to the README.DOC file for detailed information. ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The help screen will also be shown when an invalid option is detected. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── File Specifications LJ2DJ expects one file specification on the command line, after any options. Wildcards (*,?) are supported in the file specification. For example, LJ2DJ C:\FONTS\HV*.USP will convert all LaserJet soft font files matching the wildcard pattern HV*.USP. LJ2DJ User's Manual 4 LJ2DJ v2.2 Chapter Three ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Option Summary Listed below are the options that will allow you to override the default settings. /A automatic response to user prompts This option allows you to perform unattended "batch" conversions. The following assumptions are made with this option: o Existing DeskJet font files will be overwritten. o All characters contained in the LaserJet fonts that are not too large for the DeskJet *Plus printer will be selected. (*original DeskJet if the /M option is also specified) /E[ext] specify file extension This option allows you to specify the extension for the resulting DeskJet filename(s). (Do not use brackets.) The following example will convert all LaserJet files in the current directory and whose extension is .SFP. The names of the resulting DeskJet fonts will end with .SFD. LJ2DJ /ESFD *.SFP /M create fonts only for original DeskJet Without this option, LJ2DJ attempts to make fonts that will work with either the original DeskJet or the DeskJet Plus printer. Soft fonts created for the original DeskJet printer are compatible with the DeskJet Plus, but soft fonts created for the DeskJet Plus printer will not necessarily work with the original DeskJet. If a font to be converted has characters too tall for the original DeskJet, or is being created from a landscape font with fixed spacing, the user will be informed that only a DeskJet Plus font can be created. The user will then have the option to continue creating the DeskJet Plus font, to reselect a new character set, or to abort the creation of the current font. The following example will create fonts to work with both the DeskJet and the DeskJet Plus from all LaserJet soft font files in the LJFONTS subdirectory of the F: drive. LaserJet fonts whose conversion would result in DeskJet Plus fonts are ignored. This option is a time saving option usually used when specifying wildcard conversions. (Why call it /M? DeskJet Plus, DeskJet [M]inus!) LJ2DJ /M /A F:\LJFONTS\*.* D: /O overwrite existing files 5 LJ2DJ User's Manual LJ2DJ v2.2 This option allows you to overwrite files with the same name as the DeskJet font files to be created, without having to confirm the overwriting each time. The following example will create DeskJet fonts for all files that match the pattern *.SFP in the C:\FONTS directory. If any of the files to be created already exist, they will be automatically overwritten. LJ2DJ /O C:\FONTS\*.SFP /W[#] create character width table This option allows you to a character width table (file) created that contains the information for each DeskJet font being created. The file name for the table is DJ_WIDTH.TAB and is created in the same directory as the new DeskJet fonts. Information includes the font file name, the font name, orientation, point size, baseline distance, cell width, cell height, and each character code in decimal and hexadecimal with their corresponding left pad, symbol width, right pad and cursor move. If a character width table already exists from previously running LJ2DJ, rename or copy it to another file if you need it. (Each time LJ2DJ is run with the /W option, a new width table is created.) /W or /W0 means create one width table called DJ_WIDTH.TAB /W1 means create a separate width table file for each font converted. Extension for such files is also .TAB. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Combining LJ2DJ Options Except where noted, options may be combined. The option letters do not need to be upper case. The options can be listed in any order, but all must be listed before the fileSpec. Remember to separate options by at least one space. LJ2DJ User's Manual 6 LJ2DJ v2.2 Appendix A ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LJ2DJ Error Messages The messages that you may encounter when running LJ2DJ are listed below with the reason(s) for the message. Character Not Found In LJ Font There is no character for the ASCII value you entered at the > prompt. You can continue where you left off. Error Printing Order Form To <printer> LJ2DJ was unable to print the file ORDER.FRM to the printer. This error can only occur with the unregistered evaluation version. Try printing the order form using the DOS PRINT command (PRINT ORDER.FRM). Invalid Input The input must be a digit or a period. Invalid DeskJet Font Path Specified. The DeskJet font path specified is invalid. Invalid LaserJet Font File Path Specified. The LaserJet font path specified is invalid. No Soft Font Files Found. The LaserJet soft font file you specified (wildcard or not) on the command line was not found. Number Out Of Range The number you enter must be between 0 and 255. Order Form File Not Found The unregistered evaluation version of LJ2DJ requires that the file ORDER.FRM be in the same directory in order to run. The following characters cannot be included in the new font because they are too tall and/or too wide: One or more characters in the soft font file are too tall and/or too wide for DeskJet printers to handle. The characters are listed and whether too tall or too wide. Unable To Write Width Table File <filename> The width table could not be created or written. Either you do not have sufficient rights to create the specified file, or there is no more room on the drive. Use only with the DeskJet Plus This message appears when you have created fonts that the original DeskJet cannot utilize. Only printers that are DeskJet Plus compatible (like the DeskJet 500 and maybe others) will be able to use these fonts. Warning: Only The DeskJet Plus Supports Landscape Fonts. Only printers that are DeskJet Plus compatible (like the DeskJet 500 and maybe others) will be able to use these fonts. 7 LJ2DJ User's Manual LJ2DJ v2.2 Appendix B ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Correspondence TaxWare is customer-driven. The evolution of our products is directly attributable to your feedback and intuitive suggestions. We can continue to serve you best when you let us know what you like and what you dislike about our products and services. Please talk to us. Reports of perceived bugs and requests for enhancements are also encouraged. Direct all communications to: TaxWare attn: LJ2DJ PO Box 2014 Provo, UT 84603-2014 Phone: (801) 373-0541 (Monday thru Friday, 10am-9pm MDT) LJ2DJ User's Manual 8 LJ2DJ v2.2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Index Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Automatic response to user prompts . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter One . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter Three . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter Two . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Character width table . . . . . . 6 Combining LJ2DJ Options . . . . . 6 Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . i Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . 8 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 7 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 File extension . . . . . . . . . . 5 File Specifications . . . . . . . 4 Fonts only for original DeskJet . 5 Help Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Option Summary . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overwrite existing files . . . . . 5 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Registered and Shareware Version Differences . . 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . 1 Table of Contents . . . . . . . ii Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . i Usage and Syntax . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty Disclaimer . . . . . . . i 9 LJ2DJ User's Manual