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  1.  
  2.                            Notes & Updates
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  4.  
  5.  
  6.         Note: If your screen is blank when running IMAGEPRINT or IE
  7.         then use the DOS MODE command to put your screen into the
  8.         proper text mode. For example:
  9.  
  10.           MODE CO80
  11.  
  12.         *********************
  13.  
  14.         To print the documentation, copy IPV4.DOC to your printer
  15.         with the DOS COPY command:
  16.  
  17.           COPY IPV4.DOC PRN:
  18.  
  19.         The documentation is formatted for 8 x 11 inch fan-fold paper.
  20.         Make sure your printer starts at the top of a page.
  21.  
  22.         Do NOT print IPV4.DOC with IMAGEPRINT. There are many examples
  23.         of IMAGEPRINT backslash commands contained in it, which would be
  24.         interpreted as commands, rather than examples, causing the
  25.         documentation to print incorrectly.
  26.  
  27.         *********************
  28.  
  29.         The IMAGEPRINT files are:
  30.  
  31.           README                Introduction, directions
  32.           ORDER.FRM             IMAGEPRINT order form
  33.           IPV4.DOC              The IMAGEPRINT User Manual
  34.           IP.EXE                IMAGEPRINT program
  35.           FONT0...FONT24        25 font files
  36.           TUTOR_1.TXT           Simple IMAGEPRINT demonstration
  37.           TUTOR_2.TXT           Detailed IMAGEPRINT demonstration
  38.           FONT13.SHP            Text file that displays FONT13's characters
  39.           ALLFONTS.TXT          Text file that demonstrates all 25 fonts
  40.           IE.EXE                Simple IMAGEPRINT text editor
  41.           IE.DOC                Text editor documentation
  42.           CONTROL.DOC           CONTROL program documentation
  43.           CONTROL.EXE           Utility to control printer, boiler-plate text
  44.           REM-CTRL.EXE          Program to remove CONTROL from memory
  45.           CONTROL.DAT           Epson control code data file - use with CONTROL
  46.           SAMPLE.DAT            Text string data file - use with CONTROL
  47.  
  48.         *********************
  49.  
  50.         IMAGEPRINT History:
  51.  
  52.         Version         Comments
  53.         -------         --------
  54.  
  55.         1.00            Original version of IMAGEPRINT.
  56.         1.01            Added CTRL-C abort.
  57.         1.20            Added micro-justification if formatting.
  58.                         Added Roman font.
  59.                         Cut sheet feeder support.
  60.                         Added "/O" print head movement optimization.
  61.                         Soft "\-" and hard hyphen line break if formatting.
  62.         1.22            Underlined proportional bug fixed.
  63.                         Recognize form feeds if not formatting.
  64.                         Bug with ".SW" fixed - correct header column count
  65.         1.30            Upgraded documentation, general cleaning up.
  66.                         Support for PC-Write 2.6.
  67.                         ".NW" outputs literal line, no space removal.
  68.         1.32            Added ".RR" ragged right margin if formatting.
  69.         1.33            Fixed bug - blank lines following 80 column line
  70.                          or justified header/footer not discarded.
  71.                         No longer output ESC "4" if draft italic - conflict
  72.                          with Proprinter escape sequences.
  73.                         added page pause for cut sheet feeders.
  74.         1.40            DOS 2.0 and up compatibility - input text file can
  75.                          be on another directory.
  76.                         Faster screen writing.
  77.         1.50            Explicit printer port selection no longer necessary
  78.                          on command line for DOS 3.2.
  79.                         Fixed bug with justified headers and footers - some
  80.                          backslash commands were being lost.
  81.                         When justifying lines, add a space following "?.:;!",
  82.                          not ",".
  83.                         Fixed bug with page length when using a very large
  84.                          number of headers or footers.
  85.                         Compatibility with many Epson MX series printers.
  86.                         Revised manual.
  87.                         Use dash (-) switches instead of slash (/) switches
  88.                          on command line for less confusion.
  89.         1.6 ... 2.9     Interim versions
  90.         3.0 ... 3.1     Commercial versions of ImagePrint
  91.         3.2             Released as User-Supported Software. Enhancements
  92.                         include:
  93.                         - Printed manual now included with registered version.
  94.                         - 10 fonts now included with registered version.
  95.                         - Support for wide-carriage printers built into program.
  96.                         - ImagePrint can be run from any directory.
  97.                         - Switch to Microsoft C for faster code.
  98.                         - A new front-end menu.
  99.                         - Ability to choose font from command line.
  100.                         - Ability to output to file for later printing.
  101.                         - Much faster loading of fonts. New font file
  102.                           format. Several fonts have improved shapes.
  103.                           Older fonts still work.
  104.                         - Single and double line graphics characters
  105.                           now print in high quality.
  106.                         - Ability to print selected pages when using
  107.                           dot formatting commands.
  108.                         - New utility: CONTROL. CONTROL gives printer
  109.                           control and boiler-plating of text.
  110.                         Misc. bug fixes:
  111.                           Occasional left margin shift on line preceded
  112.                            by line with only backslash command(s) on it.
  113.                           Irregular soft-hyphen (\-) action.
  114.         3.3             ImagePrint now includes:
  115.                         - 25 fonts (FONT0 ... FONT24)
  116.                         - Support for characters up to 34 points in size.
  117.                         - Support for Epson or compatible 24 pin printers.
  118.         4.0             ImagePrint enhancements:
  119.                         - A new screen preview mode for Hercules, CGA, EGA,
  120.                           and VGA screens.
  121.                         - All fonts, including the large headline fonts,
  122.                           can be centered with the ".CE" command.
  123.                         - A new command line option "-G" causes IMAGEPRINT
  124.                           to group all three print passes into one for
  125.                           faster proofing.
  126.                         - IE, the (I)MAGEPRINT (E)DITOR is now included.
  127.                           It is a simple "ASCII" editor that can be used
  128.                           to clean up non-ASCII files. IMAGEPRINT can be
  129.                           run directly from within it.
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  132.                       ***** END OF README FILE *****
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