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- INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE
- BANNERIFIC PROGRAM
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- Version 2.1
- (C) Alan C. Elliott 1984-92
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- WHAT BANNERIFIC DOES
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- BANNERIFIC is a program which lets you produce large banners on
- virtually any printer. All IBM PC keyboard characters may be
- used. The size of the characters produced on the printer is
- variable, and may be as large as the width of your computer
- paper. Banners can be printed horizontally or vertically.
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- HOW BANNERIFIC IS PROVIDED TO YOU
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- The BANNERIFIC program is brought to you as a shareware program.
- You are free to make copies of this program, and pass it on to a
- friend. If you like the program, you are encouraged to become a
- registered user by sending in $15. You will be notified of
- updates, and other user supported programs. You will receive a
- disk with the latest update of this program PLUS OTHER PROGRAMS.
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- This is a copyrighted program. Distribution must be made only
- under the conditions mentioned here. You may not alter the
- program or documentation, and documentation must be provided with
- the program, on disk. Disks containing the program may be sold by
- computer user's groups, and by those distributing shareware
- programs. The program may be placed on electronic bulletin boards
- for free distribution. Thank you for helping provide software in
- this manner.
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- HOW TO RUN BANNERIFIC
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- The program BANNERIFIC is stored on disk as the file BANNER.EXE.
- To begin the program, enter the command BANNER from the DOS
- prompt, and press the Enter key. After the initial messages are
- shown on the screen, you will be given the opportunity to choose
- the size of your banner. Default values for the size and
- placement of the letters may be chosen by pressing ENTER at the
- prompts. Otherwise, enter an appropriate number for the
- questions:
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- 1. The height of the letters.
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- 2. The width of the letters.
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- 3. The left margin on the printer.
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- IMPORTANT: I would suggest that you first print an example banner
- with the default values, and then experiment with what the
- height, width, and margin options do.
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- BANNERIFIC PROGRAM Version 2.1
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- PRINTER OPTIONS
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- BANNERIFIC will operate on any printer. However, most printers
- have the ability to change from one style of printing to another.
- To let you to choose these printer options BANNERIFIC allows you
- to send the printer control commands based on ASCII codes. For
- example, the control command to change an EPSON printer into
- compressed mode is ASCII number 15 (decimal). By using such
- codes, you can find a printing style that fits your needs. To
- send the computer a command which is more than one number, simply
- place a plus "+" sign between numbers. For example, the control
- codes to place an EPSON printer into 7/72 inch line spacing is
- 27+49. This action makes the printed lines closer together and
- makes a nicer looking banner.
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- DECIPHERING ASCII CODES
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- Many printer manuals give control codes in terms other than
- decimal ASCII numbers. For instance, ESC 1 (escape one) is
- translated into decimal ASCII codes by looking at the ASCII chart
- in the BASIC manual (appendix G). The ASCII code for ESC is 27,
- and for 1 (one), it is 49. Thus ESC 1 is 27+49 for the purposes
- of the BANNERIFIC program.
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- SOME EPSON CODES (Also IBM dot matrix printer)
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- Function Decimal ASCII Codes
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- Wide Print 14
- Compressed 15
- 1/8" line spacing 27+48
- 7/72" line spacing 27+49
- Emphasized 27+69
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- To clear a printer of commands, turn it off, and turn it back on.
- During the printing of a banner, you may end printing by pressing
- the ESC key.
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- HAVE FUN WITH BANNERIFIC
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- I hope you get plenty of good use out of BANNERIFIC. If you feel
- that this method of providing programs is worthwhile, I
- appreciate your support by becoming a registered user.
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- BANNERIFIC PROGRAM Version 2.1
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- REGISTRATION FOR TEXASOFT GAMES
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- By becoming a registered user, you not only help promote
- Shareware, you will also receive a disk of the latest copy of
- the game or games your order.
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- BANNERIFIC -
- Vertical & Horizontal Banners ($15) $____________
- SPELL GAMES ($19) $____________
- MATH GAMES ($19) $____________
- TYPE GAMES ($19) $____________
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- BEST BUY!!! - ORDER THE ENTIRE GAMES TRILOGY!!!
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- ALL THREE GAMES - SPELL, MATH & TYPE ($29) $____________
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- SUB TOTAL $____________
- Texas Residents add 7.25% sales tax $____________
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- ALL ORDERS:Add $2.00 Postage and Handling or
- PO, COD, Rush: add $4, Overseas add $5.00 $____________
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- TOTAL ENCLOSED $
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- Check Disk Size Needed: ___ 5.25 inch ___ 3.5 inch
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- Payment method:check one
- ___ Check or M.O. ___ Credit Card (MC, VISA or Am. Exp.)
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- IF CREDIT CARD:
- Name on Card:_____________________________________________
- Type Card is __________________ Exp Date is:_____________
- Card Number is:___________________________________________
- Authorized Signature:_____________________________________
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- Mail order to:____________________________________________
- Address:__________________________________________________
- City:___________________ St_______ ZIP ___________________
- Phone ( )______________________________________________
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- Where did you get this program?_____________________________
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- Please mail to:TexaSoft, PO 1169, Cedar Hill, TX 75104
- Phone orders:214-291-2115 or 1-800-955-TEXAS.
- Fax: 214-291-3400. Compuserve:70721,3145.
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- MAIL TODAY! THANKS!
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