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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.
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