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DOCSMASH (v2.93) By David W. Rettger REGISTRATION ($05.00)
(Highlights taken from the documentation)
Have you ever downloaded a complicated program that came with its own
manual and, when you printed the manual, you ended up using what seems
like your whole box of paper to get hard copy? If you have this
problem, then DOCSMASH is for you! It will print a normal 100 page
document on a maximum 25 sheets of paper. You do not lose any text,
but you may need glasses to read it. Anyway, it is good at what it
does.
The DOCSMASH program is designed to reduce the size of the printed
output of any text or document file. It uses EPSON control codes to
reduce the print size and adjust line width to enable the printer to
place four pages of normal documentation on a single sheet of paper.
(Each of these 4 pages equals one DOCSMASH page for purposes of
describing things below.) New with this version is the ability to use
other than Epson printers. See the instructions below for this
feature.
A few users have tried to DOCSMASH documents created by a word
processor. Word processors usually insert "soft" codes into their
files for tabs, pagination, etc. These codes do a great job of
confusing DOCSMASH. Only smash files which are pure ASCII text! If
you want to smash a file from, say, WordPerfect you should first
resave the file as ASCII text.
The program's operation is pretty straight forward. Run the
DOCSMASH.EXE program by typing the program name at the DOS prompt.
Just follow the menus and prompts throughout the program and you
should not have too many problems. At any time, hit F10 (and perhaps
<RETURN>) to terminate DOCSMASH. Some machines refuse to quit when
this command is issued. If all else fails, when asked to enter the
name of a document to print, you may now type the word END to quit the
program.
Printer rarameters can be customised by entering the phrase "RESET
PARAMS" . You can adjust the print width, number of lines per DOCSMASH
page, the line feed width, and the paper length (in inches). Defaults
are:
Print Width = 164
Page Length = 58
Line Feed = 17
Paper Len. = 11
Left Margin = 0
I included page length and line-feed height adjustments due to
complaints from users with 24 pin printers. These printers do not seem
to function the same as 9 pin printers when emulating Epson commands.
They tend to run over to the next page with my default settings. If
the defaults wrap to the next page on your printer, try adjusting line
height, # of lines to print, etc. RESET PARAMS menu includes the left
margin adjustment.
DOCSMASH will create a file called DOCSMASH.CFG in the root directory
of whatever the current drive is. This file will contain any
parameters you choose to enter, or the defaults.
Hardware Requirements : IBM compatible computer. Dot matrix printer 9
or 24 pin.