DocDump V3.6  by  Robert Grob  reviewed by Steve Bolton  || 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||  Do you do a lot of printing? Are you tired of wasting paper? Have you run out of room to put all those documents you have printed? Then DucDump is the perfect solution. Basically DocDump is a very good printing utility which saves paper by printing four imes as much text on a page. It does this by printing in condensed fine mode and using its own special drivers.  A Driver For Every Occassion DocDump only comes with a couple of printer drivers (ANSIX3.64, EpsonFX80, EpsonX and OldDocDump2.1) but if you don't have a compatable printer you can modify any one of the drivers or create a new driver from scratch with the supplied documentation. The printer drivers are actually just text files containing all the information about the printer. The DocDump manual supplied contains all the information you need to create your own printer driver.  GUI Replaces Prefs When you start up DocDump (from either CLI or WB) it brings up its program window with all its options easily accessible. When you have your options all set up the way you want them you can have them saved in a configuration file. Some of the options you can choose from are the following: Superscript/subscript - this chooses whether to use the top 5 pins or the lower 5 pins on the print head. This will mean that the printer ribbons life can be extended because only a thin strip of the ribbon is being used an when your print becomes too light you can switch to the other strip. Wordwrap - there are 3 choices for the control of word wraps. The first choice will just cut the word at the end of the line and put the remainder on the next line. The second will move whatever won't wholly fit down to the next line. The third will wordwrap and reformat the text so that instead of any words not fitting on a line taking up a line of their own this mode will continue the text on the same line as the wordwrap cutoff. Paper type - choose from single or fanfold paper. Chars/line - how many characters you want per line. Title/Author/Date - these are used in booklet mode for a title page.  The Real Power The real power that sets this program far above others is how it prints. There are three print modes to choose from: Dump - prints 4 pages on a single sheet of paper in 4 separate areas. The top two pages on the sheet are 1 & 2 with 3 & 4 underneath. Column - prints 2 column on the page. Great for program listings. Booklet - this works out the number of pages and arranges in such a way that when you print on both sides of the paper you can cut out the pages and staple them in the middle to make a 5.5" x 4" booklet. The resultant booklet is clear and easy to read and has a professional look to it. Once you have chosen the settings for the program and printed a document you will be impressed with the quality and not want to go back to your old way of printing.  A Readable Manual! The manual (on disk) that comes with DocDump is very well laid out and very comprehensive. About a third of the manual is taken up with instructions on creating your own printer drivers. There are details on how the printed text will look when finished and also how to create a finished booklet. This is a very high quality program and even if you are sceptical and think may be biased then go ahead and try it out. You can find DocDump on Megadisc Extras disk 32 and on Fish 800. So have a go and try it, you will not be disappointed. - Steve  || 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||| 33 ||