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DWPrint V1.2 - Written by Simon John Raybould. (sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk)
This program is for people who have single sheet printers and don't own an
automatic sheet feeder. It will pause the printing of a file after each
page to allow you to feed a new sheet into place.
I personally own a VERY cheap Daisy Wheel printer, hence the DW in the
program name, but this program will be of use to anyone in the same position.
It may also be of use to laser printer owners who wish to print both sides
of the paper, allowing them to catch the last page and manually re-feed the
sheet the other way up (Yes I know this is not really the way to do this,
alternate pages and all that, but it will work).
USAGE FROM CLI
==============
dwprint <filename> [n]
Where <filename> is the path to the file you wish to print.
[n] is optional and is the number of lines per page, the default is 66 if
this is not explicitly specified.
The rest of the usage is shown below as USAGE COMMON TO BOTH.
USAGE FROM WORKBENCH
====================
1. Click once on the DWPrint icon.
2. Hold SHIFT and double click on the file to print.
To alter the number of lines per page when using from the workbench :
1. Click once on the DWPrint icon.
2. Select 'info' from the WORKBENCH 'Workbench' menu.
3. Alter the 'LINESPERPAGE' value in the TOOLTYPES field.
4. Click 'SAVE'.
The new value will now be used as the number of lines printed on each page.
The rest of the usage is shown below as USAGE COMMON TO BOTH.
USAGE COMMON TO BOTH
====================
When DWPrint prints the file, it will send the first page to the printer.
It will display current page number and current line number. The program
will pause from time to time to allow the printer to catch up if it lags
behind.
When it has sent the first page, a message will be displayed to say that
you should click 'NEXT PAGE' to send the next page. You should now wait for
the page to complete printing, change the sheet or turn the sheet over for
double sided prints, and click on the 'NEXT PAGE' gadget.
When all of the file has been sent, the program will exit.
FIXES FROM V1.1
===============
1. Now sends the correct number of spaces instead of TABS as some
printer drivers don't support TABS correctly. The only problem
with this is that DWPrint will cause tabstops to be at eight
character intervals.
COMMENTS
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Any comments, bug reports, advice, suggestions, e.t.c. will be very
gratefully received at any of the contact points below. Feedback
is the best way to get the program you really need.
I would also appreciate any fixed source code to be sent back to
me in any format (uuencoded, zoo, lharc, lhwarp, arc, e.t.c) to
any of the addresses below. The preference is the USENET address
as I read my email every day without fail.
Cheers,
SJR - 22nd March 1990
PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO PD VERY SOON
====================================================================
1. GNU C Port for the AMIGA
2. Curses library + header file.
3. Eprom programmer.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON
=====================
USENET : sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk
MABBS : ENGLAND 021-444-8972 id: SIMON RAYBOULD
ID2 : ENGLAND 0905-700-771 id: SIMON RAYBOULD
AMLINK : ENGLAND 021-778-5868 id: SIMON RAYBOULD
PLUG OLE : ENGLAND 021-472-0256 id: SIMON RAYBOULD
LATTICE BBS : USA (708)-916-1200 id: SIMON RAYBOULD
OR BY POST AT
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SIMON RAYBOULD
30 St Pauls Crescent,
Pelsall,
Walsall,
West Midlands,
WS3 4EP.
ENGLAND.