************************************************** * * * PP - the perfect Printout on Epson LQ * * by * * Hans-Joachim Siebert * * 14.08.88 * * * ************************************************** This program was a real necessity with the commands "type to prt:" and "copy to prt:" not working properly with my Epson LQ-850. Even the new LQ-driver isn't just the thing. What I think is most important is the missing FormFeed at the end of the textfile to enable the automatic separating of the LQ. Together with the options I built in this program enables me to forget all about the printer buttons. The long and the short of it - use it: PP [bcdeijlmpqrsux] The meaning of the chars: b bold c condensed d doublestrike e Elite ( 12 CPI) i italics j fully justified l letter quality m micro printing p proportional spacing q Sans Serif ( works only with l = letter quality) r margins : left 5, right 75 s skip perforation u unidirectional printing x expanded Examples: PP vd0:myText.asc lqrp (* the text is printed in Sans Serif propor- tional with left and right margins *) PP df1:Source.asc be (* the text is printed in draft-mode with 12 CPI (Elite) and bold *) Tips for M2Amiga-Users: Other printers can be handled with this program as well. You have to change the printer-codes within the CASE-statement in the procedure "Auswertung" ( i.e. evaluation ): put the decimal code into the para- meters of the Send( , , )-command ( if you have less than three para- meters then fill the rest with -1 !). To send other special characters than the German ones just change and/or extend the characters within the CASE-statement in the proce- dure "Umlaute" (i.e. mutated vowels). Or if you don't need special characters at all simply cut the procedure "Umlaute" and its call. You didn't understand a word of this ? Then it's high time to have a look at the source code ! Tschüüüss Achim