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Welcome to LASR_MAN, a utility program to print text files on a laser or ink jet
printer in a variety of styles!
U S E R M A N U A L
Version 7.0 Copyright 1990-1995 by MicroMetric.
All rights reserved.
Document Last Edited: July 31, 1995
LASR_MAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied and shared on a
private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified form. Liability is
limited to replacing the software for registered users. There is no liability
for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly or indirectly.
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If you have problems with this program, or want to send comments, manual correc-
tions, configuration files for other printers that you want to share, or en-
hancement suggestions, you may call or mail them to:
MicroMetric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
Technical Support 941.377.2515
FAX . . . . . . . 941.377.2091
Support BBS . . . 941.371.2490
The MicroMetric Software Support BBS provides availability of and technical
support for the MicroMetric ■■■■_MAN series of shareware programs. First time
callers have access to the board and can leave messages or download re-
plies/current shareware releases. Registered users may also download the latest
Beta test software releases, when available.
Additionally, you can send routed E-Mail via the RIME(tm) network to David
Groome at the ->MICROMETRIC (5662) node in the ASP, Laser, Batch, Common, or
Shareware conferences. I can also be reached on the Internet or CompuServe -
71631.744@compuserve.com.
PKZIP, PKUNZIP, and PKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
LaserJet and DeskJet are trademarks of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
IBM PC, XT, AT, and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft
Corporation.
ii LASR_MAN Version 7.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
QUICK INSTALL/OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
■■■■_MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
INDX-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installation on Non-Path Referenced Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
From a Diskette Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RUNNING LASR_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Program Operation with Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Command Line/Environment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Summary of All Available Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARCHIVE BIT STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
COVER FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
FILE - FILE MASK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
LINE/PAGE LIMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MONITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MOUSE PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
OPTION FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
OPTION SWITCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
OUTPUT TO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PAPER SOURCE BIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PRINTER TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PRINT FONT TO USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PROGRAM MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
STAMP-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
STYLE OF OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
TITLE (HEADER/FOOTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TYPEFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
USER DISPLAY LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
USER MENU LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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HELP Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
UTILITY MENU Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ESCAPE Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
File View Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Actions, Notes, and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disk Not Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Printer Not Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mouse Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PROGRAM MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
MENU MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
COACH MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
TUTOR MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AUTO MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Background Information Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Main Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Learning to use LASR_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SETUP FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Program Mode [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
User level [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Save Setup [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Printer [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Default Print Fonts to Use [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Monitor [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mouse [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Change menu colors [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Date Format [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Language [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Change Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
New Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Update Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
OPTIONS FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Set Style [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Edit Current Style [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
General - Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General - Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Horizontal - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Horizontal - Chars/Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - hMar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - hDiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Vertical - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vertical - Lines/Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Vertical - vMar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - vDiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Accept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Select Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Option File [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Change Option File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Save Option File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Restore Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Change confg [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Page Title [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Font File [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cover file [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Select for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Option Switches [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
File Page Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switch Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Title Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Print Form Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Border Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Page Dividers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Page Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Blank Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
No Left Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Spaces/Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tab Print Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Text Word Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Print Ctrl Chrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Line/Page Limit [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Stamp-it! [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
FILES SELECT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Data Path [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
File Selection/Tag [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
File Mask [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Archive bit [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
PRINT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Paper Source Bin [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Print these Selected Files [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Reverse 2nd Pass Output [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Output To [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Generate Key Word Index [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
INDX-IT! [Expert] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Folding Sheets for Pamphlets and Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pamphlets/Books Printed using Portrait Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pamphlets/Books Printed using Landscape Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Stapling Pamphlets and Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
EXIT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
eXit to DOS [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cancel [Normal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
v TABLE OF CONTENTS LASR_MAN Version 7.0
Save Setup [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Save Options [Advanced] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
APPENDIX - DESKJET PRINTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
APPENDIX - EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
APPENDIX - CREATING NEW LANGUAGE FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
APPENDIX - LASR_MAN FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
APPENDIX - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
APPENDIX - GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
vi LASR_MAN Version 7.0 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks first and foremost to all of the LASR_MAN users, who have made the pro-
gram popular.
A belated thanks to the many early Beta testers, who gave the program its
foundation and direction.
A heartfelt thanks to all the users who have called and written, saying " Could
LASR_MAN ....."? As many of you know, the initial reaction is usually "No ...",
but upon reflection most of these enhancement suggestions have been incorpo-
rated, making it a better product.
And finally, I want to give a very special thanks to Hans Stadlmeier of Munich,
Germany, the best and most through Beta tester it has ever been my good fortune
to know. Through mail and electronic trials and tribulations, he has kept me on
the straight and narrow. As I've said at the end of so many messages, letters,
and Fax's, "Thanks again, Hans".
David Groome
vii LASR_MAN Version 7.0 QUICK INSTALL/OPERATION
QUICK INSTALL/OPERATION
This chapter is presented for, and dedicated to, those that are "Advanced"
computer users, who feel that use of the manual is a "LAST RESORT" and only want
to find out how to install LASR_MAN quickly and get the program running.
To QUICK INSTALL LASR_MAN, first copy the distribution file(s) to a directory on
your hard disk, preferably empty. For example, create a directory named such as
"\LASR" and then copy the files from the distribution diskette to it.
Next, unpack these files, either by typing the name of the distribution file if
it is of the self-extracting type - denoted by an extension of "EXE" - or decom-
press the files using the PKUNZIP program, version 2.
To run the LASR_MAN program, first change the current drive and directory to
that on which you have installed the program, type [LASR_MAN] and press [Enter].
All of the command line parameters are optional and none are normally required
to run the program. If you experience display problems, such as display blink-
ing, replace this with [LASR_MAN Space /MM] for monochrome monitor systems or
[LASR_MAN Space /MC] for those using CGA monitors.
The shareware documentation may be printed using the program's TUTOR MODE.
1 INTRODUCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
INTRODUCTION
LASR_MAN prints ASCII text files (those without format control characters) on a
laser or ink jet printer in any of several hundred styles. Available style
options include:
* Normal portrait or landscape orientation
* Five font sizes ranging from ten to thirty-three characters per inch
* Multiple text pages per paper sheet - from one to two hundred
* Individual files, where each is printed in the form of a pamphlet
* Groups of files printed together, each file as a chapter, in the form of a
book
See the chapter "PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW" for a more complete description of all of
the available print style options.
LASR_MAN can dramatically decrease the amount of paper required to print many of
your documents - by more than 94%, based on printing 18 text pages - each 80
columns wide by 60 lines - on a single sheet of paper. It can also save laser
toner (except for the Pica pitch, the characters are smaller) and wear and tear
on the printer (less paper passing through). It's great for use with draft
documents, program listings and manuals, wide spreadsheets, database listings,
legal documents, address lists and labels, etc. You can select the print pitch
size based on usage: normal and medium sizes for everyday use, small and tiny
print for draft, occasional, and archival purposes.
LASR_MAN has four possible MODES of operation:
* MENU Selection menus, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, are presented
in the order requested by the user.
* COACH Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level options, are
automatically presented in a preset order, based on the current USER
MENU LEVEL.
* AUTO Menus presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but a time limit
is allowed for user response.
* TUTOR A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most important
LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail.
LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text information, including
the help file, in any language - using a LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION FILE. The de-
fault LANGUAGE has its menus and text in English.
Many options are available including custom header/footer page titles, cover
files, a halftone "rubber stamp", and menu option/file(s) selection. Among the
other options are user levels, sheet and text page borders/dividers, menu col-
ors, customizable page header, print fonts to use, and substitution of spaces
for tabs. The configuration file includes commands for printing on letter,
legal, and A4 size paper.
2 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INTRODUCTION
LASR_MAN options may be specified in an environment variable, on the program's
command line, from a file of saved options, or by menu selection while the
program is running. Files to be printed may be selected in the same manner.
One option of especial importance is that of USER LEVEL. There are three user
menu levels available within the system: "Normal", "Advanced", and "Expert".
Also ther are four user display levels. These user levels control the number of
available options presented and the background information displays.
LASR_MAN prints only unformatted ASCII files. If you use it to print a .COM file
or a document generated by a word processor and stored in that word processor's
format, the output will look strange. To print a document generated from a word
processor and normally stored in it's format, first have the word processor
program store the document in the unformatted "ASCII" form.
The only control characters that are passed from the text file to the printer
are carriage return (13), line feed (10), and form feed (12). The tab character
(9) is converted to spaces. All other control characters (0-31) are either
printed "as is" or replaced by a '■' - or optionally, another user selected
character. Valid characters (32-255) are printed "as-is".
The default printer commands are configured for use with several Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet and DeskJet printer models. However all printer commands are available
to the user in the configuration file and each may be changed for use with other
printers. See the Appendix chapter "EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE" for informa-
tion on changing the printer commands and messages.
LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text messages in any language.
Available language can be viewed in the SETUP function. See the Appendix chapter
"Creating New Language Files
" for further information on this subject.
LASR_MAN will support both Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and DeskJet printers and
those that emulate them. Users with DeskJet printers should read the chapter
"DESKJET PRINTERS" for a list of printing limitations.
Major Features
NOTE '+' denotes New or Enhanced feature this release.
Printing
* Selectable/editable Style files with these options:
o Style of output - normal, book (each file is treated as a chapter within
the book), or pamphlet (each pamphlet contains a single file).
o Paper size; letter, legal, A4, or executive paper sizes.
o Sheet orientation - portrait or landscape.
o Five character pitch options; ten, twelve, seventeen, twenty-three, or
thirty-three characters per inch (cpi).
o Forty-three choices of text pages per side; from 1 to 100. Selections
range from one to ten text pages horizontally/ one to ten vertically.
o Any size binding margin - either horizontal or vertical.
o User set margins and character/line spacing.
3 INTRODUCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
* Soft downloadable fonts available for all pitch options - or use internal
fonts for fastest print speed. Multiple typefaces are supported. Included
with the shareware version are Letter Gothic fonts for 17, 23, and 33 cpi
pitch options, and sample Helvic and Times Roman fonts for 17 cpi.
* Supports Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and DeskJet (with some limitations) print-
ers, and compatibles.
* + Print up to 2048 files of 5000 text pages in one program pass.
* Ability to select and print cover files before other selected files.
* Select and print halftone "rubber stamps", with either of two styles, on each
text page.
* Two paging options for Book styles: sheets may be folded either vertically or
horizontally.
* Optional three segment page header/footer title that may be customized to
include user entered data, the file name, its last date and time updated,
current date and time, and the page number.
* Variety of option switches for output formatting including:
o Page title left and right segments may be reversed on even pages.
o Four options for sheet/text page borders.
o Menu selection from eight page divider styles for multiple text pages per
side.
o Horizontal or vertical text page flow for multiple text pages per side.
o Options to suppress form feeds, blank lines, and/or left margins on out-
put.
o Define how many spaces text tabs represent; how many space wide they will
print.
o Print control characters directly or substitute another character for
them.
Operation
* + Four selectable program modes of operation:
o MENU - Selection menus, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, are pre-
sented in the order requested by the user.
o + COACH - Selection menus, for NOVICE/ADVANCED level options, are automat-
ically presented in preset order, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL.
o + AUTO-XX - Menus presented in the same manner as PROMPT mode, but a time
limit, XX (0-99 seconds), is allowed for user response.
o + TUTOR - A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most impor-
tant LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail and then executed.
* + A language configuration file contains all of the program messages and
menus and allows switching from one language to another. Multiple language
Help files are also supported.
* + Multiple user menu levels - Normal, Advanced, and Expert - and display
levels - None, Minimal, Partial, and Full.
* Menu selection of paper size and paper source bin uses a configuration file
that is user-editable; override any parameter(s) with selectable change con-
figuration files.
* Output may be directed to any LPT1-3 or COM1-4 port, or to a disk file.
* No need to type the paths and names of files to be printed.
* Specify any of three display formats and the date separator character for all
dates.
* Determine the required number of printed pages for any file before its print
selection.
4 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INTRODUCTION
* Change the program options and save the changes in named setup, option, and
style files. These options may then be reloaded any time that the program is
run.
* Ability to select only files whose archive bit is on and then turn it off
after printing.
* Specify the file names to be displayed and then tagged for printing with DOS
wildcard characters.
* Tag individual files or groups of files on the selected directory for print-
ing.
* Preview how a file's pages will look when printed before selecting the file
or before printing it.
* Determine the pages/sheets required for the currently marked files during
selection.
* Single pass printing of both sides of a paper sheet with duplex printers.
* Second pass print messages may be user-edited.
* May be set for reverse printing of the second print pass to allow for the use
of any input tray.
* A utility menu, accessed with [F10], allows closing the printer file and en-
able/disable blinking when used with multi-tasking operating systems.
* Generates index words from any document(s) being printed, for processing by
INDX-IT! - seamless interface to INDX-IT! to process, sort and generate index
word reports. These features are ONLY displayed and available if the commer-
cial program INDX-IT! is present.
Structure
* User interface is with pop-up window menus whose colors are user- selectable.
* Menus follow the IBM SAA/CUA (System Application Architecture-Common Usage
Access) guidelines. File names are ISO compliant.
* Automatic color display on systems so equipped - user may set menu colors.
* Specify most options in the Environment and/or on the program's command line
and then be able to over-ride them with the program's menus.
* Context sensitive help available for all actions.
* Special document files to assist in determining the proper operating proce-
dures for the various printer setups and printing styles.
* Operates under DOS, Windows, or OS/2.
* Indexed manual may be printed with this program - an included batch file,
PRINTDOC, assists in documentation printing setup, using either LASR_MAN or
DOS.
* Registered users may suppress the shareware reminder message displays and
receive a printed/bound manual along with a brand program that will register
the program. Additional downloadable soft font typefaces, Helvic, Times
Roman, and Letter Gothic, for all five pitches will be included.
+ A set of tools, along with language dictionaries, is included for those
users wanting to modify the program language files or to translate them to
other languages.
5 INTRODUCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
System Requirements
LASR_MAN will run on an IBM PC, XT, AT, or a true compatible. It has been tested
with PC-DOS/MS-DOS operating systems version 3.0 through 6.2 and requires 320K
of available memory. The program will determine what type of display monitor is
available and adjust itself accordingly. The program was developed using
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIP/IID and DeskJet 500 printers, and should work with
any LaserJet/DeskJet compatible printer. The program may also be used with other
laser or ink jet printers that use the Printer Control Language (PCL), after
defining their printer command codes in a configuration file. The configuration
file supplied was set up for a laser printer with PCL4 support and an ink jet
printer with PCL3+ capability.
Manual Format
This manual is divided into several introductory chapters followed by a chapter
for each LASR_MAN function menu. The format of these chapters, and the informa-
tion presented therein, has been standardized using the following conventions.
Page layout - Each page has a header detailing the chapter and the program ver-
sion covered. A footer displays the manual page number.
Brackets and parentheses - Brackets, [...], are used in the manual and in the
help screens to specify what should be entered in response to the current
prompt. If a character string is to be entered, the type of character is noted,
such as ALPHA, NUMERIC, ANY, etc. Parentheses, (..), are used for comments.
Computer key conventions - Keys specified in the manual text that are not in
entry brackets are shown in a descriptive font, such as [Escape]. All key refer-
ences are in capital letters for clarity.
Action steps - Some procedures may require selection from a menu of options,
inputting data, or following a sequence of operations. Most manual sections will
first give an overview of the function or task under discussion and then detail
the various action operating procedures. In order to make this manual easier to
use, a symbol, -> , marks the beginning of each of these action operating proce-
dures.
■■■■_MAN programs - The general group of shareware programs by MicroMetric is
referred to by the name ■■■■_MAN. It may also be used in reference to a specific
program in that group.
Shareware distributed documentation manual - The documentation file included on
the shareware distribution diskette contains the same information as the printed
and bound manual, supplied as part of registration, with two exceptions, the
result of the word processor, formatting, and printer used. The first is that
all of the control display characters (ASCII 1-31) are NOT shown properly.
Finally, bolding, underlining, and special symbols are NOT present.
6 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INTRODUCTION
Shareware
LASR_MAN is being distributed as SHAREWARE. The SHAREWARE concept allows users
to examine a program on a trial basis, at no (or minimal) charge, before
purchasing it. In addition, by decreasing marketing costs, professional quality
software may be distributed for a fraction of the cost of a comparable commer-
cial product. Regardless of whether you register the program, please help dis-
tribute LASR_MAN by sharing unmodified copies of it and its files with others.
You are hereby granted the right to use the LASR_MAN program for a thirty (30)
day evaluation period. If you find LASR_MAN of value, and continue to use it
after this evaluation period, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR PROGRAM USE. This will
provide you with:
* A 7" x 8 1/2" printed and bound manual.
* LASR_MAN phone or mail support for one year.
* Notification of the next major LASR_MAN release.
* A diskette containing the latest version of the program along with supple-
mental files that include additional soft font typefaces.
* A QUICK REFERENCE card, summarizing the program operations and displaying
the MAXIMUM TEXT PAGE SIZES.
* A set of tools, along with language dictionaries, for those users wanting
to modify the program language files or to translate them to other lan-
guages.
* Removal of the shareware registration reminder message displayed at the
end of the program, and on each sheet of output.
* An installation/update/registration branding program.
* Our sincere thanks for your support of the SHAREWARE concept.
A Single System Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
LASR_MAN program on a single computer. Discounts are available when registering
multiple systems.
A Site License Program Registration entitles the user to unlimited use of the
LASR_MAN program on all computers, including networks, at a single corporate
location.
Program Registration, Single System . . . . . $40.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Program Registration, Site License . . . . $200.
Includes latest version diskette and manual
Latest Version Diskette only . . . . . . . . $5.
Shipping - Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.
Shipping - Air (outside of USA/Canada only) . $12.
COD orders (USA only), add $5.
Florida residents, add 7% sales tax.
COD and Credit Card orders may be placed by calling the toll free order line.
You should specify diskette size and density desired. If none is specified, 3½"
DSHD will normally be supplied.
ADDRESS: MicroMetric
98 Dade Avenue
7 INTRODUCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
PHONE: Technical Support 941.377.2515
FAX . . . . . . . 941.377.2091
Support BBS . . . 941.371.2490
Order Line . . . 800.929.0184
For ease in program registration, a registration order form may be printed at
the program exit or there is a quick registration form that is available with
the program [F1] help key.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Profession-
als (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal works for you. If
you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427, send a CompuServe message via easyplex
to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536, or by FAX to the ASP FAX number: (616) 788-2765. In
communications with the Ombudsman please include a telephone number and/or FAX
if available.
INDX-IT!
INDX-IT! is a commercial software product that works in conjunction with
LASR_MAN, as a companion program to produce document indexes and lists of key
words in formatted reports.
There are LASR_MAN PRINT function options to both allow generation of a disk
file with key words extracted from documents as they are printed and to inter-
face with INDX-IT!, to generate indexes and reports.
These options ARE ONLY AVAILABLE in LASR_MAN if the INDX-IT! program is present.
If INDX-IT! is not present, you should ignore all references to it in this
manual.
8 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
There are a variety of factors that affect the appearance of printed output
produced by LASR_MAN. The majority of these are set using a single menu screen
and then stored in a named STYLE FILE. They include:
* Type of output - normal, book, or pamphlet.
* Size of paper - letter, legal, A4, or executive.
* Orientation - portrait or landscape.
* Pitch, characters per inch - 10, 12, 17, 23, or 33.
* Text pages per side - 1 to 100.
* Sides to print - single or both.
* Binding margin - horizontal or vertical, any size.
* Horizontal and vertical information:
* Text pages across (or down) - 1 to 10.
* Characters/line and lines/text page.
* Sheet margins.
* Text page margins.
* Width of each character.
* Height of each character.
All of these style factors will be discussed in this section, along with several
other style options, that are set by OPTION SWITCHES, including:
* Sheet borders.
* Dividers.
* Text page flow.
LASR_MAN will print text documents in either portrait or landscape orientation
on a laser printer. PORTRAIT orientation is where the long side of the paper is
on the left and right edge, and the short side is on the top and bottom edge of
the paper sheet, as shown below.
NOTE The style diagrams in this section denote one side of a paper sheet with a
single closed boxed line. A text page, which may have any size - charac-
ters per line and lines per page - is depicted using the '░' character.
9 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait │ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 1 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 10, 12, 17, 23, or 33 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ long side ──>│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
LANDSCAPE TYPE orientation has the long side as the top and bottom edge and the
short side on the left and right edge, as shown below.
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 1 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 10, 12, 17, 23, or 33 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ short side ──>│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Additionally, more that one text page may be printed on one side of the paper
sheet. The style summaries depicted above show only one text page per side.
Multiple text pages, of varying size, may be printed on each side of the sheet,
with a maximum of 100, as shown below. The limits, in either PORTRAIT or LAND-
SCAPE, are ten text pages across horizontally and ten text pages down verti-
cally.
10 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐ ║
║ TYPE: Normal │░░1│░░2│░░3│░░4│░░5│░░6│░░7│░░8│░░9│░10│ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 100 │░11│░12│░13│░14│░15│░16│░17│░18│░19│░20│ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 100 or 200 │░21│░22│░23│░24│░25│░26│░27│░28│░29│░30│ ║
║ PITCH: 10, 12, 17, ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ 23, or 33 │░31│░32│░33│░34│░35│░36│░37│░38│░39│░40│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ │░41│░42│░43│░44│░45│░46│░47│░48│░49│░50│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ │░51│░52│░53│░54│░55│░56│░57│░58│░59│░60│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ │░61│░62│░63│░64│░65│░66│░67│░68│░69│░70│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ │░71│░72│░73│░74│░75│░76│░77│░78│░79│░80│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ long side ──>│░81│░82│░83│░84│░85│░86│░87│░88│░89│░90│ ║
║ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ║
║ │░91│░92│░93│░94│░95│░96│░97│░98│░99│100│ ║
║ └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Shown below are various orientations with two, four, and eight text pages per
side. Each of these text pages, which are referred to in this manual as STANDARD
TEXT PAGES, is 80 columns by 60 lines.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 2 or 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 17 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:2 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 4 or 8 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 23 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGE FLOW: Horizontal │ ░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░ PAGE:2 │ ║
║ │───────────┼───────────│ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░ PAGE:3 │ ░░ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 8 │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 8 or 16 │ PAGE:1 │ PAGE:2 │ PAGE:3 │ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ PITCH: 33 │────────┼────────┼────────┼────────│ ║
║ PAGE FLOW: Horizontal │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:5 │ PAGE:6 │ PAGE:7 │ PAGE:8 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
On sheets printed with four or more text pages per side, the page flow may be
either horizontal (from left to right), as shown above, or vertical (from top to
bottom), as shown below.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 4 or 8 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 23 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGE FLOW: Vertical │ ░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░ PAGE:3 │ ║
║ │───────────┼───────────│ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░ PAGE:2 │ ░░ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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║ TYPE: Normal ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 8 │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 1 or 2 │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 8 or 16 │ PAGE:1 │ PAGE:3 │ PAGE:5 │ PAGE:7 │ ║
║ PITCH: 33 │────────┼────────┼────────┼────────│ ║
║ PAGE FLOW: Vertical │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:2 │ PAGE:4 │ PAGE:6 │ PAGE:8 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Text files may also be printed in either the form of a PAMPHLET or a BOOK.
A PAMPHLET is defined within LASR_MAN as the text contents of a SINGLE file
printed on a set of paper sheets, such that it can be folded in the form of a
pamphlet. Multiple PAMPHLETS may be printed at one time, each of which will
contain a single file.
A BOOK is printed in the same manner as the PAMPHLET, except each file is
treated as a chapter in the book, and these files are printed one after another
on a single set of sheets.
PAMPHLETS and BOOKS are printed so that they are formed by folding each page of
output either horizontally or vertical. The horizontal fold is used with POR-
TRAIT orientation and the vertical fold used with LANDSCAPE orientation.
When PORTRAIT orientation, with a horizontal fold, is specified, an EVEN number
of text pages must be specified vertically.
In a similar manner, when LANDSCAPE orientation, with a vertical fold, is speci-
fied, and EVEN number of pages must occur horizontally.
Sample depictions of the output from either PAMPHLET TYPE or BOOK TYPE style of
a single file each, containing only the number of pages that will fit on a sin-
gle sheet of paper, are shown below. The first and third have a VERTICAL fold,
while the second has a HORIZONTAL fold. Note that each "Book Page" contains one-
half of the text pages per side. For example, if the TEXT PAGES PER SIDE option
is set to six, each BOOK PAGE will contain three text pages.
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║ TYPE: Pamphlet or Book PAGES/SHEET: 4 ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape TEXT PAGES/ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 2 BOOK PAGE: 1 ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 2 PITCH: 17 ║
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:4 ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ PAGE:1 │ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:2 ║ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:3 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ FRONT BACK ║
║ ▓▓ ═>BOOK PAGE 1 (Double line signifies to FOLD the sheets here) ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────┐ ║
║ TYPE: Pamphlet │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ or Book │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 8 │ ░░ PAGE:7 │ ░░ PAGE:8 │ │ ░░ PAGE:5 │ ░░ PAGE:6 │ ║
║ TEXT PAGES/ │═══════════╪═══════════│ │═══════════╪═══════════│ ║
║ BOOK PAGE: 2 │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ PITCH: 23 │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓ PAGE:1 │ ▓▓ PAGE:2 │ │ ░░ PAGE:3 │ ░░ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────┘ ║
║ FRONT BACK ║
║ ▓▓ ═>BOOK PAGE 1 (Double line signifies to FOLD the sheets here) ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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║ TYPE: Pamphlet or Book PAGES/SHEET: 16 ║
║ ORIENTATION: Landscape TEXT PAGES/ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 8 BOOK PAGE: 4 ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 2 PITCH: 33 ║
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:13│ PAGE:14║ PAGE:1 │ PAGE:2 │ │ PAGE:5 │ PAGE:6 ║ PAGE:9 │ PAGE:10│ ║
║ │────────┼────────╫────────┼────────│ │────────┼────────╫────────┼────────│ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:15│ PAGE:16║ PAGE:3 │ PAGE:4 │ │ PAGE:7 │ PAGE:8 ║ PAGE:11│ PAGE:12│ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ FRONT BACK ║
║ ▓▓ ═>BOOK PAGE 1 (Double line signifies to FOLD the sheets here) ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
All three of the last styles are useful when printing out large documents, the
last two especially for occasional use.
PAMPHLET TYPE output always prints individual files on separate sets of output
sheets. If two files are printed in PAMPHLET TYPE style at one time, the output
will consist of TWO separate sets of paper sheets, each one with the text con-
tents of only ONE of the two files.
A BOOK TYPE is printed in the same manner as the PAMPHLET TYPE, except there is
only one set of paper sheets of output, regardless of the number of files
printed at one time. Each file is treated as a chapter in the book, and these
files are printed one after another.
NOTE Printing a single file with either PAMPHLET TYPE or BOOK TYPE style will
result in the same output.
The same two files are depicted below, first in PAMPHLET TYPE style, and then in
BOOK TYPE style.
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║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ TYPE: Pamphlet │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait or │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ├─┐ ║
║ Landscape │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ├────┐ ║
║ PITCH: 10, 12, 17, │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │░░░ │ ║
║ 23, or 33 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │░░░ ├─┐ ║
║ │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:8 │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:1 │ │░░░ │ │ ║
║ └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │░░░ │ ├─┐ ║
║ │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:6 │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:3 │░░░ │ │ │ ║
║ └────┬──────────────────────────────┘░░░ │ │ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ ║
║ NOTE: Only the front of │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ ║
║ these pamphlet sheets │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:12│ FILE:2░░░PAGE:1 │ │ │ ║
║ is shown here. └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ║
║ The remaining text pages │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:10│ FILE:2░░░PAGE:3 │ │ ║
║ would be printed on the └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║
║ back. │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:8 │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:5 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ TYPE: Book │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ ORIENTATION: Portrait or │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ├─┐ ║
║ Landscape │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ║
║ PAGES/SIDE: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ├─┐ ║
║ SIDES/SHEET: 2 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ ║
║ PAGES/SHEET: 4 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ├─┐ ║
║ PITCH: 10, 12, 17, │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ │ ║
║ 23, or 33 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ ├─┐ ║
║ │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:12│ FILE:1░░░PAGE:1 │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:10│ FILE:1░░░PAGE:3 │ │ │ │ ║
║ NOTE: Only the front of └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ║
║ these book sheets │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:8 │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:5 │ │ │ ║
║ is shown here. └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ║
║ The remaining text pages │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:6 │ FILE:1░░░PAGE:7 │ │ ║
║ would be printed on the └─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║
║ back. │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:4 │ FILE:2░░░PAGE:1 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
There are five pitch font sizes supported. This paragraph is printed with the
largest of those sizes - Pica Helvic. This font is normally printed at ten
characters per inch horizontally and six lines per inch vertically.
There are five pitch font sizes supported. This paragraph is printed with the
second largest of those sizes - Elite Helvic. This font is normally printed at
twelve characters per inch horizontally and eight lines per inch vertically.
16 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
There are five pitch font sizes supported. This paragraph is printed with the
middle of those sizes - Line Printer Helvic. This font is normally printed at
16.67 characters per inch horizontally, 9.34 lines per inch vertically, and is
used when printing two text pages per side.
There are five pitch font sizes supported. This paragraph is printed with the
next to the smallest of those sizes - Small Helvic. This font is normally
printed at twenty-three characters per inch horizontally, 12.67 lines per inch
vertically, and is used when printing four text pages per side.
There are five pitch font sizes supported. This paragraph is printed with the
smallest of those sizes - Tiny Helvic. This font is normally printed at thirty-
three characters per inch horizontally, sixteen lines per inch vertically, and
is used when printing eight text pages per side.
The following tables, generated by LASR_MAN in the STYLE EDIT section, present
summaries of the text page sizes available for Hewlett-Packard IID/IIP/III/IV
printers and compatibles. The first four are for PORTRAIT ORIENTATION and the
last four are for LANDSCAPE.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - LETTER PORTRAIT ╞══════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 80 40 26 20 16 13 11 10 8 8 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 95 47 31 23 19 15 13 11 10 9 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 132 66 44 33 26 22 18 16 14 13 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 185 92 61 46 37 30 26 23 20 18 │█ │
│ │ 33 261 130 87 65 52 43 37 32 29 26 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 62 31 20 15 12 10 8 7 6 6 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 84 42 28 21 16 14 12 10 9 8 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 97 48 32 24 19 16 13 12 10 9 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 132 66 44 33 26 22 18 16 14 13 │█ │
│ │ 33 168 84 56 42 33 28 24 21 18 16 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
17 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - LEGAL PORTRAIT ╞═══════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 80 40 26 20 16 13 11 10 8 8 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 95 47 31 23 19 15 13 11 10 9 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 132 66 44 33 26 22 18 16 14 13 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 185 92 61 46 37 30 26 23 20 18 │█ │
│ │ 33 261 130 87 65 52 43 37 32 29 26 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 80 40 26 20 16 13 11 10 8 8 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 108 54 36 27 21 18 15 13 12 10 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 125 62 41 31 25 20 17 15 13 12 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 170 85 56 42 34 28 24 21 18 17 │█ │
│ │ 33 216 108 72 54 43 36 30 27 24 21 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - A4 PORTRAIT ╞══════════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 77 38 25 19 15 12 11 9 8 7 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 92 46 30 23 18 15 13 11 10 9 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 128 64 42 32 25 21 18 16 14 12 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 180 90 60 45 36 30 25 22 20 18 │█ │
│ │ 33 253 126 84 63 50 42 36 31 28 25 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 66 33 22 16 13 11 9 8 7 6 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 89 44 29 22 17 14 12 11 9 8 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 103 51 34 25 20 17 14 12 11 10 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 141 70 47 35 28 23 20 17 15 14 │█ │
│ │ 33 179 89 59 44 35 29 25 22 19 17 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
18 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - EXECUTIVE PORTRAIT ╞═══════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 67 33 22 16 13 11 9 8 7 6 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 80 40 26 20 16 13 11 10 8 8 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 111 55 37 27 22 18 15 13 12 11 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 156 78 52 39 31 26 22 19 17 15 │█ │
│ │ 33 220 110 73 55 44 36 31 27 24 22 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 59 29 19 14 11 9 8 7 6 5 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 80 40 26 20 16 13 11 10 8 8 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 92 46 30 23 18 15 13 11 10 9 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 126 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ │ 33 160 80 53 40 32 26 22 20 17 16 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - LETTER LANDSCAPE ╞═════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 106 53 35 26 21 17 15 13 11 10 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 126 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 176 88 58 44 35 29 25 22 19 17 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 245 122 81 61 49 40 35 30 27 24 │█ │
│ │ 33 346 173 115 86 69 57 49 43 38 34 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 47 23 15 11 9 7 6 5 5 4 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 63 31 21 15 12 10 9 7 7 6 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 73 36 24 18 14 12 10 9 8 7 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 100 50 33 25 20 16 14 12 11 10 │█ │
│ │ 33 127 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
19 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - LEGAL LANDSCAPE ╞══════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 136 68 45 34 27 22 19 17 15 13 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 162 81 54 40 32 27 23 20 18 16 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 226 113 75 56 45 37 32 28 25 22 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 315 157 105 78 63 52 45 39 35 31 │█ │
│ │ 33 444 222 148 111 88 74 63 55 49 44 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 47 23 15 11 9 7 6 5 5 4 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 63 31 21 15 12 10 9 7 7 6 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 73 36 24 18 14 12 10 9 8 7 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 100 50 33 25 20 16 14 12 11 10 │█ │
│ │ 33 127 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - A4 LANDSCAPE ╞═════════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 112 56 37 28 22 18 16 14 12 11 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 134 67 44 33 26 22 19 16 14 13 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 187 93 62 46 37 31 26 23 20 18 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 261 130 87 65 52 43 37 32 29 26 │█ │
│ │ 33 368 184 122 92 73 61 52 46 40 36 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 45 22 15 11 9 7 6 5 5 4 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 61 30 20 15 12 10 8 7 6 6 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 71 35 23 17 14 11 10 8 7 7 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 97 48 32 24 19 16 13 12 10 9 │█ │
│ │ 33 123 61 41 30 24 20 17 15 13 12 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
20 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE - EXECUTIVE LANDSCAPE ╞══════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 101 50 33 25 20 16 14 12 11 10 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 120 60 40 30 24 20 17 15 13 12 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 167 83 55 41 33 27 23 20 18 16 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 233 116 77 58 46 38 33 29 25 23 │█ │
│ │ 33 329 164 109 82 65 54 47 41 36 32 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 39 19 13 9 7 6 5 4 4 3 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 53 26 17 13 10 8 7 6 5 5 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 61 30 20 15 12 10 8 7 6 6 │█ │
│ │ └┤PAGE├─┘ 23 84 42 28 21 16 14 12 10 9 8 │█ │
│ │ 33 107 53 35 26 21 17 15 13 11 10 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The next figure shows a LASR_MAN output sheet with four text pages per side,
along with the definitions for many of the style measurements.
21 PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ │ ■ B │ ║
║ │─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│ ║
║ │ │ ^ │ ║
║ │ │ I │ ║
║ │ │ v │ ║
║ │ │ ┌──────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ^ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │<─A─>│<─E─>│ G │ │ │<──F──>│ ║
║ │ │ │ v │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │<─C─>▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓<─C─>│ │<─C─>▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓<─C─>│ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓<───────D───────>▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ^ ^ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ G │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ v │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ └─────────────│────────┘ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ H │ ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ ┌─────────────│────────┐ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ^ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ G │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ v v │ │ │<────K───>│___ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ^ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ L │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓_v_ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ ^ │ │ ^ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ G │ │ └──Text Pages │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ v │ │ │ │ ║
║ │ │ └──────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║
║ │ │ ^ ^ │ ║
║ │ │ J └──Text page/sheet border │ ║
║ │ │ v │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ A Vertical binding margin G Vertical text page margin ║
║ B Horizontal binding margin H Vertical text page divider ║
║ I Top sheet margin ║
║ C Horizontal text page margin J Bottom sheet margin ║
║ D Horizontal text page divider ║
║ E Left sheet margin K Characters per text page line ║
║ F Right sheet margin L Lines per text page ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
22 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
Installation on Non-Path Referenced Directories
If the LASR_MAN files are not located on PATH referenced directories, then, when
executing LASR_MAN, either:
1. The drive-directory on which they are located must be made the current
one, or
2. The drive-directory on which they are located must be specified on the
command line.
See the chapter "Running LASR_MAN" for more complete details on operation if the
files are not located on path directories.
From a Diskette Vendor
If the LASR_MAN program has been obtained from a diskette vendor, you should
follow any of their instruction on unpacking/installing the programs (if indeed
they have separate instructions.) The program, and its files, can be supplied as
a self extracting file whose name is "LMANvvvA.EXE" (vvv is the version, such as
"LMAN100A").
This file should first be copied to a directory on your hard disk. This direc-
tory may be a new one, such as one named "LP", and created specifically for
LASR_MAN, or a current one, such as "UTILITY", that has other programs/files.
For information on creating a separate directory, see your DOS manual.
Once the file is copied to the desired hard disk directory, at the DOS prompt
change to this drive directory, and then type the EXE file name (such as
"LMAN100A") and press [Enter]. This will unpack all of the LASR_MAN files.
From a BBS
If the LASR_MAN file was downloaded from a Bulletin Board, it should first be
copied to a directory as defined above, and then unpacked, using whatever pro-
gram is specified by the Bulletin Board. It is normally distributed with a name
of "LMANvvvA.ZIP" (vvv is the version) or "LMANvv.ZIP" and requires PKUNZIP,
version 2, to unpack the files.
The user manual (this document) may be printed out by LASR_MAN, but only after
it is installed. (Sort of like the chicken and egg problem, isn't it!)
Registered Version
Registered users should use the program "INSTALL", that is supplied upon regis-
tration. This program will create a registration file which will, in turn,
suppress the shareware registration reminders. If the system is already in-
stalled, and only "BRANDING" the system with the registration information is
desired, you can run the program "LASR_MAN", and when exiting, select the
"BRAND" option by pressing [F4].
23 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM LASR_MAN Version 7.0
-> To INSTALL LASR_MAN on your hard disk, or to upgrade to a new release, follow
the steps detailed below:
1. Place the LASR_MAN distribution diskette in your floppy diskette drive.
2. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive in which the distribution diskette is
located. For example, if the diskette was placed in drive A, type [A:] and
press [Enter].
3. Type [INSTALL] and press [Enter]. The installation program will then be
loaded, and its display should be as shown below.
╒■╡ INSTallation MANagement Program ╞══════════╡ Started at═>12-31-99 08:00 ╞═╕
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│░═┴═┴═░░█ ░░█ ░░█░░░░░░░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄ ░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█░│
│░ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀░│
╘╡ INST_MAN Version 4.40 Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞╛
F1>Help│ESC>Exit│<┘/[char]>Select│^vHomeEnd│
NOTE Context sensitive help is available from this point in the installation
program on, by pressing the [F1] key. For more information on the help
available, see the "Help Key" section in the "Running LASR_MAN" chap-
ter.
NOTE INST_MAN is "mouse" aware, and, if a mouse driver is detected, mouse
support will be provided. Availability of this mouse support is dis-
played by a solid block added on the top line at the left for all
affected menus. Rather than a mouse cursor, mouse movement is displayed
by moving the highlight bar of the currently active menu. Pressing the
LEFT mouse button is equivalent to pressing the [Enter] key. The RIGHT
mouse button is equivalent to the [Escape] key. The CENTER button is
the same as the [F1] key.
4. If a color video card is detected, the following prompt will be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ Color Monitor Card Detected ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Use the color display ║█ │
│ ║ Force a monochrome display ║█ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
-> If your system has a COLOR MONITOR, press [U].
-> If your system has a MONOCHROME or LCD display, press [F].
5. A selection list of all path referenced directories is next displayed.
24 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
NOTE Although LASR_MAN will run from a non-path directory, placing its files
on any path-referenced directory(s) allows the directory from which
files are to be printed to be set as the current directory, before
executing the program.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Select the INSTALLATION DIRECTORY ├─┐ │
│ │ C:\BAT │█ │
│ │ C:\DOS-500 │█ │
│ │ C:\UTILITY │█ │
│ │ C:\ZIP │█ │
│ │ C:\ │█ │
│ │ User Defined Drive-Directory Path │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL the installation program at this point, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT one of the path referenced directories on which to install
LASR_MAN, move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter].
-> To SPECIFY a non-path referenced directory on which to install LASR_MAN,
press [U] and then press [Enter]. A data entry window for the installation
path will then be displayed, as shown below (with an example path already
entered). Enter the desired drive and directory path on which to install
LASR_MAN, using the control keys described on the bottom help line.
NOTE INSTALL can only create directories one level deeper than that which
currently exists. If the directory C:\ABC exists, the directory
C:\ABC\XYZ may be created; if C:\ABC does not already exist, an
error will occur.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Enter Path ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LP │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL defining the path, press [Escape]. The program will return to
directory selection.
-> To ACCEPT the path as entered and edited, press [Enter]. If the speci-
fied directory does not currently exist, the following message will be
displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ The drive-directory path as entered DOES NOT currently exist. │█ │
│ │ This directory WILL NOW BE created. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL creation of this directory, press [Escape].
-> To CREATE it, press [Enter]. If the specified drive is invalid or
the requested installation directory's parent does not exist, an
error message will be displayed.
25 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ The drive-directory path as entered CANNOT BE CREATED. │█ │
│ │ Please edit and CORRECT this path. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Press any key, and then re-edit the installation path.
6. A TYPE OF INSTALLATION selection menu will next be displayed. INSTALL will
process either ■■■■_MAN SYSTEMS or their SUPPLEMENTAL FILES.
SYSTEMS consist of the files necessary for basic program operation.
SUPPLEMENTAL FILES contain additional information needed to accomplish added
support or increased functionality.
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ TYPE OF INSTALLATION ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Systems - Programs ║█ │
│ ║ supplemental Files ║█ │
│ ║ eXit Installation ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────┘
-> To INSTALL one or more SYSTEMS at this time, press [S]. A menu of avail-
able SYSTEMS will then be displayed. For further installation instruc-
tions, go to Step 7.
-> To INSTALL one or more SUPPLEMENTAL FILES at this time, press [S]. A menu
of the available SUPPLEMENTAL FILES will then be displayed. For further
installation instructions, go to Step 11.
-> To EXIT the INSTALL program at this time, press [Escape].
7. If more than one system is available for installation, a SYSTEM TO INSTALL
selection menu will be displayed, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ TAG ╞╡ Select the SYSTEM(S) TO INSTALL ╞═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ DMAN100 SINGLE SCREEN data/graphical summary all disk drives ║█ │
│ ║ EMAN100 Environment data summary, environ. space remaining ║█ │
│ ║ FMAN100 Menu driven DOS file manager, directory tree ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN100A Print text files on a laser printer in many styles ║█ │
│ ║ MMAN100 Display custom user selection menus from batch files ║█ │
│ ║ PMAN100 Determines if a file is on a PATH directory ║█ │
│ ║ VMAN100 Display and edit files in both ASCII and Hex ║█ │
│ ║ ------ eXIT SELECTION AND INSTALL ALL TAGGED (√) ------ ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To TERMINATE the installation program at this point, press [Escape].
-> To TOGGLE the INSTALL TAG for a given SYSTEM, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to in with the arrow keys and press [Enter]. A
'√' character to the left of the SYSTEM name denotes that this SYSTEM will
be installed.
-> To CONCLUDE the SYSTEM selection process, press [Escape]. The INSTALLATION
26 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
FUNCTION menu for each selected system will then be displayed.
8. A list of all of the selected SYSTEMS files is next displayed, along with an
INSTALLATION FUNCTION menu. The normal sequence of operations is to first
"Install" the SYSTEM program and files, and then "Brand" the SYSTEM with your
name and serial number.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Select the INSTALLATION FUNCTION ╞═══════════════════╕ │
│ │ Install system Brand system eXit │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡ File Name Status Hard Disk Path/File Description LMAN700A FILES ╞═╕ │
││ System═>LASR_MAN Prints text files on a laser printer in many styles │█│
││ LASR_MAN.EXE PROCESS Laser printer utility program │█│
││ LASR_MAN.LMG PROCESS Printer control parameters configuration file │█│
││ *.lmc PROCESS Change configuration files │█│
││ *.lmf PROCESS Basic soft fonts for all styles, all printers │█│
││ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . │█│
││ pages_*.doc PROCESS Documents for test printing │█│
││ readme*.lm PROCESS Readme file(s) │█│
│╘══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ INSTALLATION PATH═>C:\LP ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To INSTALL the SYSTEM on the hard disk, insure that the highlight bar is
on the "INSTALL SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press [Enter]. Each of the file(s)
will be copied to the selected installation drive-directory.
NOTE A happy face symbol after any of the SYSTEM's file names denotes
that this file is already on the hard disk. During installation it
will be replaced, on the directory where it currently resides, not
the INSTALLATION DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH.
NOTE Installation may be semi-automatic from this point, in that if no
user response is made to any prompt within ten seconds of it's
display, the program will continue as if the highlighted or default
response was made.
If any of the files to be installed is already present, a ACTION menu will
be displayed during its installation.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Highlighted file(s) already present. ACTION? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase current file(s) and update │█ │
│ │ erase and update this and All later file(s) │█ │
│ │ Leave current file(s) 'as is' │█ │
│ │ leave current and Skip the remaining file(s) │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To PROCESS the current file, select the proper ACTION to take by press-
ing its highlighted letter or moving the highlight bar to it and press-
ing [Enter].
27 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM LASR_MAN Version 7.0
As files are copied or replaced, an action message with the individual
file name will be displayed, as shown below.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ ACTION ├───────────┐ │
│ │ Copy LASR_MAN.EXE │█ │
│ └──────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────┘
When all files have been copied to the hard disk, a copy complete message
is displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ FILE COPY COMPLETED. │█ │
│ │ All of the required LASR_MAN files are on the hard disk. │█ │
│ │ ═══> LASR_MAN IS READY TO RUN. <═══ │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL the installation at this point, press [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE with the installation, press any other key. The highlight
bar will then be on the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION.
9. To brand the system with your name and serial number, move the highlight bar
to the "BRAND SYSTEM" FUNCTION and press [Enter]. A REGISTRATION INFORMATION
data entry window will be displayed, as shown below, with sample data already
entered.
NOTE This step is REQUIRED for LASR_MAN to be registered. Also, if you move
the LASR_MAN files to another drive-directory you will need to "BRAND"
the system again.
Enter your company and/or your name, and then the system registration
number. Your registration number is located on the back cover of this
manual.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ├────────┐ │
│ │ Name ABC COMPANY, George Jones │█ │
│ │ Registration number 12345678 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To ACCEPT either the name or registration number after entry and edit-
ing, press [Enter]. A message will be displayed after the registration
number is entered. It's contents are dependent on whether the registra-
tion number is valid. Both messages are shown below.
28 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ LASR_MAN serial number entered is VALID. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ LASR_MAN serial number entered is INVALID! │█ │
│ │ Please try again. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE with the installation program, press any key. If the
registration number was valid, the "EXIT" option is highlighted. If
it was invalid, select the "BRAND SYSTEM" option again.
10. To exit from this SYSTEMS installation function, move the highlight bar to
the "EXIT" FUNCTION and press [Enter]. If the SYSTEM has been properly
branded, it is ready for use, and the program will either install the next
selected SYSTEM, Step 8, or return to the TYPE OF INSTALLATION MENU, Step
6. If the system has not been branded, an error message is displayed, as
shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ This system has not been 'BRANDED'. │█ │
│ │ In order to be registered, it must first be 'BRANDED'! │█ │
│ │ To exit without BRANDING, press ESCAPE. │█ │
│ │ To continue with the INSTALL program, press any other key. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
11. The INST_MAN program allows any of several SUPPLEMENTAL FILES to be in-
stalled. If more than one SUPPLEMENTAL FILE is available for installation
a SUPPLEMENTAL FILE(S) TO INSTALL selection menu is displayed. Only SUP-
PLEMENTAL FILES that are available for installation are displayed in the
"Select a SUPPLEMENTAL FILE(S) TO INSTALL" menu.
29 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ TAG ╞╡ Select the FILE(S) TO INSTALL ╞════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ LMAN1_4E Type 1 MM Helvic font files, LaserJet + ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN1_5F Type 1 MM Times Roman font files, LaserJet + ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN1_0F Type 1 MM Times Roman font files, LaserJet + ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN1_6G Type 1 MM Letter Gothic font files, LaserJet + ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN2L4H Type 2 MM Helvic Landscape, LaserJet II ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN2L5I Type 2 MM Times Roman Landscape, LaserJet II ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN2L6J Type 2 MM Letter Gothic Landscape, LaserJet II ║█ │
│ ║ √ LMAN2P4K Type 2 MM Helvic Portrait, LaserJet 2/3/4 ║█ │
│ ║ √ LMAN2P5L Type 2 MM Times Roman Portrait, LaserJet 2/3/4 ║█ │
│ ║ √ LMAN2P6M Type 2 MM Letter Gothic Portrait, LaserJet 2/3/4 ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN3_4N Type 3 MM Helvic font files, DeskJet ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN3_5O Type 3 MM Times Roman font files, DeskJet ║█ │
│ ║ LMAN3_6P Type 3 MM Letter Gothic font files, DeskJet ║█ │
│ ║ LMANLANQ Language Utilities ║█ │
│ ║ ------ eXIT SELECTION AND INSTALL ALL TAGGED (√) ------ ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To EXIT from the INST_MAN program at this point without installing a
SUPPLEMENTAL FILE, press [Escape].
-> To TOGGLE the INSTALL TAG for any SUPPLEMENTAL FILE (noted by a '√' char-
acter to the left of the FILE name), press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar using the cursor control keys to the desired SUPPLEMEN-
TAL FILE and then press [Enter].
-> To TERMINATE the SUPPLEMENTAL FILE selection process, press [Escape].
12. A list of all of the selected files of the SUPPLEMENTAL FILE(S) is next
displayed, along with an INSTALLATION FUNCTION menu.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Select the INSTALLATION FUNCTION ╞═══════════════════╕ │
│ │ Install files eXit │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡ File Name Status Hard Disk Path/File Description LMAN2P4K FILES ╞═╕ │
││ Files═>LASR_MAN Type 2 MM Helvic Portrait, LaserJet 2/3/4 │█│
││ *.LMF PROCESS LASR_MAN font description and soft font files │█│
│╘══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ INSTALLATION PATH═>C:\LP ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To INSTALL the selected SUPPLEMENTAL FILE on the hard disk, insure that
the highlight bar is on the "INSTALL FILES" FUNCTION and press [Enter].
Each of the file(s) will be copied to the selected installation drive-
directory.
NOTE A happy face symbol after any of the SUPPLEMENTAL FILE's file names
denotes that this file is already on the hard disk. During installa-
tion it will be replaced, on the directory where it currently re-
sides, not the INSTALLATION DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH.
30 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM
NOTE Installation may be semi-automatic from this point, in that if no
user response is made to any prompt within ten seconds of it's
display, the program will continue as if the highlighted or default
response was made.
If any of the files to be installed is already present, a ACTION menu will
be displayed during its installation.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Highlighted file(s) already present. ACTION? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase current file(s) and update │█ │
│ │ erase and update this and All later file(s) │█ │
│ │ Leave current file(s) 'as is' │█ │
│ │ leave current and Skip the remaining file(s) │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To PROCESS the current file, select the proper ACTION to take by press-
ing its highlighted letter or moving the highlight bar to it and press-
ing [Enter].
When all files have been copied to the hard disk, a copy complete message
is displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ FILE COPY COMPLETED. │█ │
│ │ All of the required LASR_MAN files are on the hard disk. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL the installation at this point, press [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE with the installation, press any other key.
13. To exit from this SUPPLEMENTAL FILE installation function, move the high-
light bar to the "EXIT" FUNCTION and press [Enter]. The program will
either install the next selected SUPPLEMENTAL FILE, Step 11, or return to
the TYPE OF INSTALLATION MENU, Step 6.
31 RUNNING LASR_MAN LASR_MAN Version 7.0
RUNNING LASR_MAN
The easiest and quickest way to run LASR_MAN is to change the current drive and
directory to that on which you installed it, and just type the program's name,
"LASR_MAN". None of the options detailed below are normally required to run the
program - they (sometimes) just make it easier!
The complete syntax for running LASR_MAN is:
[d:][directory_path]LASR_MAN [option_a][option_b][...]
where: d: is the drive on which LASR_MAN.EXE is located.
directory_path is the path to the subdirectory on which the program
is located.
option_x are various program options whose functions and
format are described below.
NOTE Drive and directory path are not required if "LASR_MAN.EXE", and its
associated files are located on PATH referenced directories.
Normally, command line options ARE NOT necessary to run LASR_MAN.
-> To RUN LASR_MAN properly one of the following three conditions must be
met:
1. LASR_MAN is located on a path referenced directory.
2. LASR_MAN is located on the current drive and directory. This is the
normal and most common use of LASR_MAN.
3. The drive and directory on which LASR_MAN is located are specified
on the command line before the program name.
The command line options can provide information to LASR_MAN that will override
the default options in effect at the beginning of the program. They are not
normally required.
These options may also be specified by use of an environment variable, "LASER".
For example, to set tabs equal to four spaces and the STYLE OF OUTPUT for PAM-
PHLET TYPE - 2 pages/side, the following DOS command can be used:
set LASER=/WA4/SPLLL221
Additionally, all of these options, except for GRAPHICS, may be changed within
the program. The order in which the LASR_MAN options are set is:
1. Program stored default settings.
2. Environment variable "LASER".
3. Command line options.
4. Program menus.
Program Operation with Microsoft Windows
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LASR_MAN may be run as a DOS application under Windows. To aid in its operation,
an icon file, "LASR_MAN.ICO", and a program information file, "LASR_MAN.PIF",
have been included. These should be installed into a Windows program group. See
your Microsoft Windows manual for specific installation details.
NOTE To run LASR_MAN under windows and use a Microsoft compatible mouse, load
the DOS mouse driver BEFORE loading Windows.
NOTE LASR_MAN is not a Windows program and uses its own fonts. When it is run
under Windows, it should be the only program sending output to the
printer.
Command Line/Environment Options
The format of the LASR_MAN program options is:
/{X}{option_value}
where: X is the option code which may be either lower or upper case.
option_value is the data required for setting this specific op-
tion. A value of '*' will select the default for that
option.
NOTE The options may appear in any order in the environment variable or on
the command line. Each option must be preceded by a '/'. Spaces may be
used after any option string for clarity but they are not required.
An example of two options used to set LASR_MAN for the BOOK STYLE OF OUTPUT
with two pages per side and legal paper size and ignore form feeds in the
text file:
/SBGLL221/WFN
Summary of All Available Options
The individual LASR_MAN command line/environment options are listed below, and
then detailed in the following sections in alphabetical order. The letter in
parenthesis after the option denotes which type of file the option is normally
stored in: (O), option file, or (U), program setup file.
Archive Bit Status (O)
Which files will be displayed for selection
Change Configuration File (O)
Modify the printer command parameters for this execution only
Cover File (O)
Specify a cover file to print before other selected files
Drive-Directory Path (O)
The drive-directory from which files will be selected/printed
File - File Mask (O)
The file to be printed or the file mask to use for selection
Graphics (U)
How fast the logo animation will be displayed
Language (U)
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Language used for menus and help file
Line/page limit (O)
Maximum lines per page for the selected files
Monitor (U)
Can force a monochrome display
Mouse (U)
Mouse parameters of sensitivity and button assignment
Option File
Option file of saved setting to load
Option Switches (O)
Individual option switch settings
Output To (O)
Port or file to which output is to be directed
Paper Source Bin (U)
Paper source bin of paper to print
Printer Type (U)
Type of printer to be supported
Print Font Usage (U)
Specify which pitch(es) should load soft fonts
Program Mode (U)
Program Mode
STAMP-IT! (O)
STAMP-IT! halftone "rubber" stamp
Style of Output File (O)
Selected style of output options file
Title (O)
Text page header/footer
Typeface (O)
Selected typeface to use
User Display Level (U)
Background information display
User Menu Level (U)
Function menu options that will be available
ARCHIVE BIT STATUS
A The ARCHIVE OPTION specifies which files will be displayed for se-
lection: all files or only those that have changed and that have their
archive bit set on.
Additionally, if only changed files are selected, the archive bit may
be reset after the file(s) is printed.
C on, Clear Only files with their archive bit on will be available
for selection. The archive bit WILL BE set to off after
the file is printed.
E Either on/off (Default) All files regardless of their archive bit
status will be available for selection. The archive
bit WILL NOT be changed after the file is printed.
O On, leave Only files with their archive bit on will be available for
selection. The archive bit WILL NOT be changed after the
file is printed.
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An example archive option to use only changed files:
/AO
CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE
C The CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE OPTION allows the printer parameters to
be modified for the current program execution only.
-> To USE modified parameters, create a parameter file with an exten-
sion of ".LMC". For an example of the format of this file, see
"NONOPAGE.LMC". See the chapter "EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE" for
information on changing the printer commands and creating change
files.
-> The SYNTAX to specify the path of a change configuration parameter
file is:
[file_name[.extension]]
NOTE The file extension, ".LMC", is optional and is not required.
The Change Configuration file must be located in the same
directory as the program or in the appropriate directory off
of the program directory.
An example change configuration file specification is:
/CE:\UTILITY\LP\NEW1-CONT.LMC
COVER FILE
V The COVER FILE OPTION specifies a cover file, one with an extension of
".LMV" normally located on a path referenced directory, to be printed
before the selected files(s). For more details on cover files, see the
section "COVER FILES" in the "OPTIONS FUNCTION" chapter.
-> The SYNTAX to specify the path of a cover file is:
[file_name[.extension]]
NOTE The file extension, ".LMV", is optional and is not required.
The Cover file must be located in the same directory as the
program or in the appropriate sub-directory off of the program
directory.
An example cover file specification is:
/VE:\UTILITY\LASR_MAN\LISTINGS.LMV
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DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH
D The DRIVE-DIRECTORY PATH OPTION may be used to specify the drive and
directory from which files are to be selected and printed.
-> The SYNTAX to specify a drive and directory for the files to be
printed other than the current one is:
[{drive:}{directory_path}]
-> To SPECIFY use of the drive and directory that were the current ones
when the program was loaded, use:
[*]
This will also over-ride any drive-directory specified in an ini-
tially loaded option file. For instance, if the default option file
"LASR_MAN.LMO" contains a drive-directory option, but the command
line option "/D*" is used, the drive-directory in effect when the
program is loaded will be used.
An example drive-directory specification is:
/DE:\COMPILER\SOURCE
FILE - FILE MASK
F The FILE OPTION may be used to select a single file for printing or to
specify a group of files to be displayed for printing selection. The
default value is "*.*".
-> The SYNTAX to specify a single file to be printed is:
[filename[.extension]]
NOTE Using this option, the file selection/tag process is automatic
if the file specified is located on the selected
drive/directory.
-> The SYNTAX to specify a file mask for file printing selection is:
[filename[.extension]]
NOTE The normal DOS wildcard characters of '?' and '*' may be used.
An example file specification is:
/FLASR_MAN.DOC
An example file mask specification of w?l?c?r?.* is:
/FW?L?C?R?.*
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GRAPHICS
G The GRAPHICS OPTION specifies how fast the logo graphics animation will
be displayed during the wait for Function/Option selection. The default
graphics option is 25.
nnn Display the animation logo graphics at this relative speed where
nnn is a one to three digit number (2 is faster, 999 is slower).
NOTE Registered users have two additional GRAPHICS OPTIONS available -
1 Display the logo graphics but suppress the animation.
0 Suppress the logo graphics display and animation.
An example graphics option to speed up the animation is:
/G15
LANGUAGE
# The Language OPTION may be used to select the language to be used for
displaying the program's menus, messages, text strings, and help pages.
The default language is ENGLISH.
-> The SYNTAX to specify the display language to be use is:
[language_name.extension]
NOTE Use of the language file name extension is required.
An example language specification for German is:
/#DEUTSCHE.LAN
LINE/PAGE LIMIT
I The LINE/PAGE LIMIT OPTION specifies the maximum lines per page for the
selected text files. It is especially useful where the input file does
not use form feed characters, and the output page length is longer that
the nominal input file page length. An example would be an input file
with a sixty-six line page length, and an output page length of 72
lines. The default value is 999.
nnn Use this number as the maximum lines per page on output.
An example of a line/page limit option for forcing a 60 line input page
limit is:
/I60
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MONITOR
M The MONITOR OPTION can force the display to be set for a monochrome
monitor. This is of primary use where a monochrome monitor is used with
a color card or where both color and monochrome monitors are used with
a system.
V GA
E GA (Default) Do not force a monochrome display. Use the type of
monitor detected, and, if color, sixteen background colors.
C GA If a color monitor is detected, limit the number of background
colors to eight.
M onochrome Force a monochrome display.
An example of a monitor option for forcing a monochrome monitor is:
/MM
MOUSE PARAMETERS
M The MOUSE OPTIONS define how sensitive the mouse will be and which
mouse buttons will perform what actions. Mouse speed and sensitivity
are controlled by the number of mouse "mickeys" per screen pixel in
both the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) directions. The larger these
values are, the slower the mouse speed and the less sensitive it will
be. The default values are X=128 and Y=64.
Xnnn Horizontal mouse sensitivity in mickeys per screen pixel.
Ynnn Vertical mouse sensitivity in mickeys per screen pixel.
Ln Left button assignment (1=Left button acts as left, 2=Left button
acts as right button.
1nn Left button keystroke assignment (default= 13, CR). Keystroke
assignments are the ASCII code for normal characters and the
negative extended ASCII code for special characters.
2nn Right button keystroke assignment (default= 27, ESCAPE).
4nn Center button keystroke assignment (default= -59, F1).
An example of a mouse parameter option reassigning the center button to
the F2 key would be -
/M4-60
OPTION FILE
O The OPTION FILE OPTION will load previously saved option setting sets.
-> To USE modified options, first change the desired ones while running
the program and then, before exiting, save them (EXIT Function).
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This file may then be loaded either through the command
line/environment option file parameter or via the program menus.
-> The SYNTAX to specify the name of a option file is:
[option file name[.extension]]
NOTE The file extension, ".LMO", is optional and is not required.
Option files must be located on the same directory as the
program or in the appropriate sub-directory off of the program
directory.
An example option file specification is:
/OSOURCE1.LMO
NOTE If the option file "LASR_MAN.LMO" exists, it will be automati-
cally loaded, if an OPTION FILE OPTION is not specified on the
command line.
OPTION SWITCHES
W The OPTION SWITCH OPTIONS are used to set the various option switches.
Each switch must be specified completely for it to be set (all three -
or more - characters).
P file Page start OPTION SWITCH determines whether new files will be
started on the next odd page when printing in multiple pages per
side, PAMPHLET TYPE or BOOK TYPE styles.
A ny (Default) Start printing the next file on the next avail-
able page.
O dd Start printing the next file on the next odd numbered page
skipping any even numbered page.
s I de Start the next file on the next paper sheet side.
s H eet Start the next file on the next paper sheet.
An example of specifying that each file start on an odd numbered
page is:
/WO
T switch Titles OPTION SWITCH will switch the left and right title
section data fields on even numbered pages.
Y es Switch left and right title section data fields on even num-
bered pages.
N o (Default) Do not switch title sections on even numbered pages.
An example of specifying that left and right title section will be
swapped every page is:
/WTY
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F print Form feeds OPTION SWITCH specifies how text form feed charac-
ters will be handled during printing.
Y es (Default) Print all text form feed characters.
N o Ignore all text form feed characters.
- Substitute a line of special characters for the form feed
character on output. This special character is defined in the
configuration file and may be changed.
An example of ignoring form feed characters is:
/WFN
H title Headers OPTION SWITCH is used to remove the headers from title
section data fields. Each title section data field, except the cus-
tom field, has a header, such as "PAGE:" for the page data field.
Y es (Default) Display and print all title headers.
N o Do not display or print all title headers.
An example of removing the title headers is:
/WHN
B Border type OPTION SWITCH is used to define the type of border, if
any, to be drawn around all of the text pages printed on one side of
the paper sheet, or, optionally, around each of the individual text
pages. The thickness of the lines used for printing the page borders
are defined in the configuration file and may be changed.
N one Do not draw any page borders.
L ine Draw a page border using a thin line.
B lock Draw a page border using a thick line.
S hadow (Default) Draw a page border using a shadow effect.
An example of specifying a page border with a thick line is:
/WBB
D page Dividers OPTION SWITCH is used to define the page dividers that
are normally included when multiple text pages are printed on one
side of a paper sheet. The horizontal divider is first defined
followed by the vertical divider. The thickness of the lines used
for printing the page dividers are defined in the configuration file
and may be changed.
L ine Print a thin line page divider between text pages.
B lock Print a thick line page divider.
I ndividual (Default) Print a page border around each individual
text page.
N one Do not print a page divider in this direction.
NOTE If the individual option is specified in either direction, it
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is the one used for both directions.
An example of specifying a thin line horizontal divider and a thick
line vertical divider is:
/WDLB
W page floW OPTION SWITCH specifies the layout for sheets that contain
more than two text pages vertically per side.
H orizontal (Default) Text pages will be printed from left to right
along the top of the sheet, and then left to right along
the bottom.
V ertical The first text page will be printed on the upper left of
the sheet, with the next one directly below it.
An example of specifying vertical page flow is:
/WWV
K blanK lines OPTION SWITCH can be used to suppress printing blank
text lines on output.
Y es (Default) Print blank text lines.
N o Do not print blank lines.
An example of suppressing blank lines in the output is:
/WKN
L no Left margin OPTION SWITCH can be used to suppress printing blank
spaces on the left of each text line. Normally these spaces will be
printed. This option switch is primarily used to decrease the line
length to allow use of a different STYLE OF OUTPUT.
nnn Suppress the specified number of blank spaces at the beginning
of each text line.
NOTE Only SPACES up to the first text character will be suppressed.
Any text characters in this area will be printed.
An example of specifying suppression of the ten left most spaces is:
/WL10
S Spaces/tab OPTION SWITCH specifies the number of spaces to use for
tab characters in the selected files that are printed. Additionally,
leading spaces of more than this number of characters will be pro-
cessed as if they were tab characters: for example, if spaces/tab=8,
24 leading spaces=3 tab characters. The default option is 8 spaces
per tab.
nnn Substitute the specified number of spaces for each tab charac-
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ter.
An example of setting five spaces per tab:
/WS5
A tAb print width OPTION SWITCH specifies the number of spaces to
substitute for tab characters on output. The default option is a tab
print width of 8 spaces.
nnn Print the specified number of spaces for each tab character.
An example of setting a tab print width of three spaces is:
/WA3
X teXt word wrap OPTION SWITCH specifies how text lines longer than
the output line width are to be handled.
+ (Default) Continue the text on the next line, preceded by a
line continuation character string. The line continuation
character string is defined in the configuration file and may
be changed.
C ut Truncate the text line on output.
Y es Word wrap long text lines with the text from the next line.
NOTE The "YES" option works well with paragraph type text (para-
graphs separated by two line feeds) but does not work with
graphical or tabular data which has lines longer the output
allowed.
An example of truncating all long text lines is:
/WXC
R print ctRl chrs OPTION SWITCH specifies how control characters
(ASCII 1-31) will be printed on output. This switch has two states.
N o Substitute a '■' character, or other user-defined character,
for all control characters.
Y es Print ASCII 1-31 characters "as is".
An example of specifying not to print control characters is:
/WRN
E datE display format OPTION SWITCH can be used to define the format
to be used for all dates.
1 (Default) MM DD YY, Month Day Year.
2 DD MM YY, Day Month Year.
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3 YY MM DD, Year Month Day.
The format code may be followed by the desired character to use to
separate the date elements. The default character is '-'. To use the
'/' character, also used to separate options, specify '\'.
NOTE Although listed with all of the other options switches that
are normally stored in the option file, this option is part of
the program setup and is stored in the setup file.
An example of a european display date is:
/WE2.
This would produce date displays of "31.12.93" on the last day of
1993.
Y key word generation OPTION SWITCH can be used to produce a file with
key words and their locations when printing documents.
Y es (Default) Generate key word file data when printing documents.
N o Do not generate key word file data.
NOTE This option is ONLY valid if the program INDX-IT! is present.
If it is not present, this option switch will be ignored.
An example of generating key word data is:
/WYY
OUTPUT TO
T The OUTPUT TO OPTION specifies where the printed output will be di-
rected. Options include:
0 (Default) LPT1
1 LPT2
2 LPT3
3 COM1
4 COM2
5 COM3
6 COM4
7 Disk file, "LASR_MAN.PRN".
An example of directing the printer output to COM3 is:
/T5
PAPER SOURCE BIN
B The PAPER SOURCE BIN OPTION specifies from which paper source the
printer will feed paper to be printed. Options include:
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5 DeskJet Tray (DeskJet Default) DeskJet Tray
D uplex Duplex, HP IID/IIID lower paper cassette
E pson Front Epson front paper cassette
F ront Cassette HP front paper cassette
L ower Cassette (LaserJet Default) HP lower paper cassette
T ray, Multi-Purpose Tray, HP IIP/IIIP
NOTE When either paper cassette is selected, the "REVERSE SECOND PASS
PRINTING OPTION" is set to "YES": when the tray or Duplex is
selected, it is set to "NO".
An example of specifying use of the LaserJet front paper cassette is:
/BF
PRINTER TYPE
J The PRINTER TYPE OPTION specifies what type of printer, laser or ink
jet, is to be used. Options include:
D DeskJet printer or compatible.
L (Default) LaserJet printer or compatible.
An example of supporting a LaserJet printer is:
/JL
PRINT FONT TO USE
N The PRINT FONT TO USE OPTION has two functions: general font type to
use, and individual font to use for a specific pitch.
G GENERAL The GENERAL FONT TYPE specifies what type of soft font will
normally be used. The default, for laser printers, is Type
2 Portrait only. The default, for ink jet printers, is
none.
0 Letter Gothic Type One soft font (ASCII characters 32-127) Por-
trait and Landscape normally used by LaserJet + printers. (Laser-
Jet Only)
1 Letter Gothic Type Two soft font (ASCII characters 32-255) Por-
trait and Landscape normally used by LaserJet II printers. (La-
serJet Only)
2 (Default) Letter Gothic Type Two soft font (ASCII characters 32-
255) Portrait only normally used by LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV
printers. (LaserJet Only)
3 (Default) No soft fonts normally used by DeskJet printers without
additional memory. (DeskJet Only)
4 Letter Gothic Type Three soft font (ASCII characters 32-255)
Portrait and Landscape normally used by DeskJet printers with
additional memory. (DeskJet Only)
INDIVIDUAL DEFAULT FONTS
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The DEFAULT typeface to use when printing each of the five available
pitches may also be specified. The default, is to use the DEFAULT
typeface for the selected printer specified in the CONFIGURATION
file.
The five available pitches are:
P Pica 10 characters per inch.
E Elite 12 characters per inch.
L Line printer 17 characters per inch.
S Small 23 characters per inch.
T Tiny 33 characters per inch.
An example of specifying use of the Letter Gothic soft font typeface
(characters 32-255) for the Line Printer pitch is:
/NL06
An example of specifying the fonts for a LaserJet + printer or
compatible is:
/NG0
PROGRAM MODE
X The PROGRAM MODE OPTION specifies what mode the program will be started
with. The default is the MODE saved in the SETUP file - initially
TUTOR. PROGRAM MODES include:
AZZ AUTO - Menus presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but a
time limit, ZZ (0-99), is allowed for user response.
NOTE The only user response timer values that may be used by
unregistered users are thirty (30) seconds or longer.
C COACH - Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level op-
tions, are automatically presented in a preset order, based on
the current USER MENU LEVEL.
M MENU - Selection menus, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, are
presented in the order requested by the user.
T TUTOR - (Default) A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine
of the most important LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail.
An example of Automatic program operation, using a five second user
response timer, is:
/XA5
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STAMP-IT!
E The STAMP-IT! OPTION specifies the method to use for printing a half-
tone "rubber stamp" on each printed text page and the stamp text to
print, up to forty upper case characters (ASCII 32-90). The default is
no rubber stamp half-tone.
N one No "rubber stamp" will be printed.
H orizontal Print the specified text as a half-tone horizontally across
the center of each printed text page.
V ertical Print the specified text as a half-tone centered vertically
across each printed text page from the top to the bottom.
An example of specifying a "rubber stamp", to be printed horizontally
across the center of each text page, is:
/EHCOPY
STYLE OF OUTPUT
S The STYLE OF OUTPUT OPTION selects a STYLE FILE containing the desired
STYLE options to use for output.
-> The SYNTAX to specify the name of a STYLE FILE is:
[option_file_name[.extension]]
STYLE FILES are named by the program using a code that allows quick
identification of the file's options. The name code is "TZOPSHV":
T Type of output - Normal, Pamphlet, or Book.
Z Size paper - Letter, leGal, A4, or Executive.
O Orientation - Portrait or Landscape.
S Sides to be printed - 1 or 2.
H Text pages horizontally - 1 to 10 (0).
V Text pages vertically - 1 to 10 (0).
NOTE The STYLE FILE consists of many style options that could be over-
ridden by other command line options. However, this procedure is
not recommended, and therefore the codes for those style options
are not documented here. The Style file must be located on the
program directory or in the appropriate sub-directory off of the
program directory.
An example of setting the STYLE OF OUTPUT for printing a BOOK TYPE,
Letter paper, Landscape, with two pages per side:
/SBLLL221
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TITLE (HEADER/FOOTER)
H The TITLE OPTION selects whether the first/last two lines on each page
will be used for a page header/footer or for file text.
H title Header
(Default) A page title and a blank line are printed at the top of
each text page.
F title Footer
A blank line and a page title are printed at the bottom of each text
page.
E title hEader/footer
On sheets with one or two text pages, a page title and a blank line
are printed at the top of each text page. On sheets with four and
eight text pages per sheet, for the top text pages a page title and
a blank line are printed at the top of each text page: for the
bottom pages a blank line and page title are printed at the bottom
of each page.
O title fOoter/header
On sheets with one or two text pages, a blank line and a page title
are printed at the bottom of each text page. On sheets with four and
eight text pages per sheet, for the top text pages a page title and
a blank line are printed at the top of each text page: for the
bottom pages a blank line and page title are printed at the bottom
of each page.
N No page title header
No page title is printed at the top or bottom of each text page.
Instead, two more lines of text are printed on each page.
NOTE It the selected title option character is followed by the
underline character, '_', the title will be underlined.
This title, if selected, is divided into three sections (Left, Center,
and Right). Any of the title data fields noted below may be used in any
of the title sections, and they may also be repeated. The defaults are
Left=F, Center=P, Right=A.
-> To SPECIFY a page title with the defaults, use only the title type
option character, such as H.
-> To USE title data fields other than the defaults, additional title
options with the title section data field identifier:
L Left
C Center
R Right
followed by desired title section option identifier, shown in the
table below.
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [F]ILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm. FILE NAME, DATE, TIME │
│ f[I]LE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy....... FILE NAME, DATE │
│ fi[L]E: nnnnnnnn.eee................ FILE NAME │
│ [P]RINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm........ CURRENT DATE, TIME │
│ p[R]INTED: mm-dd-yy.............. CURRENT DATE │
│ p[A]GE: ppp................... OUTPUT PAGE NUMBER │
│ pa[G]E: ppp [ff-nnn].......... OUTPUT PAGE #, FILE #, FILE PAGE # │
│ [C]ustom................... USER ENTERED TEXT DATA │
│ [N]othing............... BLANK │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE If the Custom user entered text data field option is selected,
it should be followed immediately by the desired text data,
preceded and terminated by single quote characters.
NOTE The page number printed, "ppp", is normally the sequential
text page number of the output, not the page number of the
file. This can be changed so that each file of a multi-file
output will be " reset" to 1, by chnaging the value of the
parameter "page_number_file_reset" in the configuration file.
An example of an underlined title header with page number on the left
and file name only on the right is:
/HH_
/HLA
/HCN
/HLL
An example of a title footer without an underline, and with only a
center text field of [Sample Report] is:
/HF
/HLN
/HCC'Sample Report'
/HRN
An example of a title footer without an underline, and with the default
title segments is:
/HF
TYPEFACE
P The TYPEFACE OPTION determines which of the available typefaces will be
used to print the output. The default is to use the DEFAULT typeface.
nn Number of the desired typeface.
An example of specifying use of the Courier Internal font is:
/P3
48 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 RUNNING LASR_MAN
USER DISPLAY LEVEL
Y The USER DISPLAY LEVEL OPTION specifies the BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DISPLAY status. For a complete description of what information can be
displayed while waiting for menu selection, see the section "USER
LEVELS" in the "OPTIONS FUNCTION" chapter. The available options are:
FUNCTION MENU DISPLAY ONLY
0 NO(NE) background display
1 (Default) MINIMAL option data
2 PARTIAL option data
3 FULL option data
MAIN AND FUNCTION MENU DISPLAY
4 NO(NE) background display
5 (Default) MINIMAL option data
6 PARTIAL option data
7 FULL option data
An example of specifying a background information display to be shown
while waiting for all menus with the expert option data is:
/Y7
NOTE The USER DISPLAY LEVEL may also be toggled during program opera-
tion at either the MAIN or FUNCTION menus by pressing the [F9]
key.
USER MENU LEVEL
U The USER MENU LEVEL OPTION specifies what FUNCTION MENU OPTIONS will be
available. For a complete description of what menu options are avail-
able at each user level, see the section "USER LEVELS" in the "OPTIONS
FUNCTION" chapter. The available options are:
1 (Default) Normal options
2 Advanced options
3 Expert options
An example of specifying the advanced user level of menus is:
/U2
NOTE The USER DISPLAY LEVEL may also be toggled during program opera-
tion at either the MAIN or FUNCTION menus by pressing the [F8]
key.
49 RUNNING LASR_MAN LASR_MAN Version 7.0
HELP Key
Pressing the help key, [F1], displays a context sensitive help page window such
as shown below. The help page shown below is the first one available as shown by
the page number 0 in the upper right corner. Page 0 acts as a help page menu for
this program. The help page actually displayed when the help key is pressed
depends on the actions of the program and will be the most appropriate for the
program at that point. The bar shown on the right edge of the help window de-
picts the position of this screen with regard to the total text of the current
help page.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡ Help Section 0 ═> HELP INDEX ╞═╕ │
││ CHAPTER FUNCTION Option USER LEVEL HELP SECTION ^█│
││ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒█│
││ INTRODUCTION and TUTOR.............................................. 1. ▒█│
││ MAIN MENU........................................................... 2. ▒█│
││ SETUP FUNCTION MENU........................................ 3. v█│
││ Program Mode.......................(N).......... 4. │█│
││ User Level.........................(N).......... 5. │█│
││ Save SETUP.........................(N).......... 6. │█│
││ Printer............................(A).......... 7. │█│
││ Print Fonts to Use.................(A).......... 7. │█│
││ Monitor............................(E).......... 3. │█│
││ Mouse..............................(E).......... 8. │█│
││ Change Menu Colors.................(E).......... 9. │█│
││ Date Format........................(E).......... A. │█│
││ Language...........................(E).......... B. │█│
││ OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU...................................... C. │█│
││ Set Style..........................(N).......... D. │█│
││ Edit Current Style.................(A).......... E. │█│
││ Option file........................(A).......... F. │█│
││ Page Title.........................(A).......... G. │█│
│╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ MORE - PAGE 1/5 ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
│F1>HelpIndex│<┘/ESC>ExitHelp│[1■9 A■Z]/[CTRL─Pu/Pd]>Section│^vPuPdHomeEnd>Page│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To DISPLAY context sensitive help information while the program is waiting
for a response to a prompt, press [F1]. The help window control keys are
covered below.
[F1] [0] Display Help Page Index Menu, Page 0
[Escape] [Enter] Remove Help Window & return to the program
[Home] Display first screen of the current Help Page
[End] Display last screen of the current Help Page
[PageUp] Display previous screen of the current Help Page
[PageDown] Display next screen of the current Help Page
[1]-[9] [A]-[Z] Display the corresponding Help Page
50 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 RUNNING LASR_MAN
UTILITY MENU Key
A Utility Menu may be accessed at any LASR_MAN prompt, by pressing [F10]. This
Utility Menu provides access to various functions, such as the ability to close
the print file in a network environment, in order that the first printer pass
may be accomplished.
NOTE This menu may be changed frequently to add functionality. Pressing the
HELP Key, [F1], after the Utility Menu has been activated, will display
information on the currently available utility functions.
ESCAPE Key
Pressing the [Escape] key at any point while the program is waiting for the
response to a prompt cancels the current action and generally causes the program
to display the previous menu. The specific function of the [Escape] key at the
present time is shown on the bottom help line.
File View Key
Many of the LASR_MAN option menus allow viewing the highlighted file, either in
total, or, when ready to print - the first page that will print on a sheet. For
the purpose of viewing a highlighted file, the [F2] key is always the one to
press. When file viewing is available, it will be so noted on the bottom help
line.
NOTE Any occurrence of the '~' character in the viewed text will be replaced by
the '≈' character. This is due to the use of the '~' character as an end-
of-line indicator in the viewing window.
Actions, Notes, and Messages
Various actions that occur during the execution of LASR_MAN are noted by an
action display similar to that shown below. This action display is only shown
while the given action is occurring, and does not require any response from the
user. Messages from LASR_MAN are displayed is a similar manner, and do require a
user response. The valid responses to the displayed message are given on the
bottom help line.
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ ACTION ╞═══════════╗ │
│ ║ Read data and format ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════╝█ │
│ ████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────┘
Disk Not Ready
If a disk drive is not ready, such as a floppy diskette drive door being open,
an informational message will be displayed, as shown below.
51 RUNNING LASR_MAN LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ MESSAGE ╞════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Disk not ready. Correct & continue. ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this disk operation and exit from the program, press [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE, make the drive ready and press any other key.
Printer Not Ready
If the printer is not ready, an informational message will be displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ MESSAGE ╞════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Printer not ready. Correct & continue. ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this printer operation and exit from the program, press [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE, make the printer ready and press any other key.
Mouse Support
LASR_MAN is "mouse" aware, and, if a mouse driver is detected, mouse support is
provided. Availability of this mouse support is displayed by a solid block added
on the top line at the left for all affected menus.
Rather than a mouse cursor, mouse movement is displayed by moving the highlight
bar of the currently active menu. The sensitivity of this movement may be ad-
justed by changing the MOUSE PARAMETERS in the SETUP FUNCTION menu.
Pressing the LEFT mouse button is equivalent to pressing the [Enter] key. The
RIGHT mouse button is equivalent to the [Escape] key. The CENTER button is the
same as the [F1] key. All of these button assignments may be changed, along with
swapping the actions of the LEFT and RIGHT mouse buttons. See the section "MOUSE
PARAMETERS" earlier in this chapter for details.
52 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PROGRAM MODES
PROGRAM MODES
LASR_MAN has multiple MODES under which it can operate. Each of the four MODES
are described below. The active PROGRAM MODE is shown at the bottom of the
display, after "Mode".
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│ │
╘╡ ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuNORMAL │F9>DisplayMINIMAL │F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>eXit│<┘/[char]>Select│<>HomeEnd│
-> To CHANGE the PROGRAM MODE, press [F7]. A MODE selection menu will then be
displayed, as shown below.
┌────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ MODE ╞══════╕ │
│ │ Menu │█ │
│ │ Coach │█ │
│ │ Tutor │█ │
│ │ Auto v│█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this selection process and leave the PROGRAM MODE as it is
currently set, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT a PROGRAM MODE, press it's highlighted letter or move the high-
light bar to it and press [Enter]. Each of these PROGRAM MODES is de-
scribed in detail in the sections below. If the selected PROGRAM MODE is
AUTO, a TIMER selection menu will next be displayed. A timer, from 0 to 99
seconds, is available in the LASR_MAN AUTOMATIC MODE to allow user re-
sponse.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Select the user keyboard timer (seconds) ├─┐ │
│ │ 0 2 5 10 30 │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To complete SPECIFYING AUTOMATIC MODE and set the response timer, press
the first digit of the response timer value desired or move the high-
light bar to it and press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL this selection process and leave the PROGRAM MODE as it is
currently set, press [Escape].
NOTE Only a single value is available to unregistered users.
When any MODE, other than MENU, is selected, a timed informational message is
displayed, as shown below.
53 PROGRAM MODES LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ To change the PROGRAM MODE at any time, │█ │
│ │ press [F7]. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To continue with the program before it automatically continues, press any
key.
MENU MODE
Selection menus are available, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, and are
presented in the order requested by the user. This is the most flexible PROGRAM
MODE, allowing the user to select only those options that he wants to
change/run.
The MENU MODE Functions are covered in detail in the following chapters.
COACH MODE
Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level options, are automatically
presented in a preset order, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL. After an
option from one menu is selected, the next menu is displayed. (NO EXPERT LEVEL
OPTIONS ARE DISPLAYED - other than LANGUAGE). This MODE applies a structured
method to changing/running the program options.
Each of the major LASR_MAN program prompts is displayed in the following order.
FUNCTION OPTION
SETUP (Change)
Language (E)
Mode (N)
User Level (N)
Printer (A)
Printer Font (A)
OPTIONS Option File (A)
Style of Output (N)
Title (A)
Font (A)
Option Switches (A)
FILES SELECT Data Path (N)
Mask (A)
File Selection (N)
PRINT Print Source (N)
Output to (A)
Print These Selected Files (N)
EXIT Save Setup (N)
Save Options (A)
Exit to DOS (N)
NOTE Only options normally available at the currently selected USER MENU LEVEL
will be displayed, with the exception of the SETUP Function, where ALL of
54 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PROGRAM MODES
the options will be displayed, regardless of the current USER MENU LEVEL.
A COACH prompt selection menu is displayed before each LASR_MAN prompt to be
displayed. This menu allows the LASR_MAN prompt to be bypassed or other program
branching to be taken. The normally selected option will always be highlighted.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ Change the PROGRAM SETUP? ╞═════════════╗ │
│ ║ No ║█ │
│ ║ Yes ║█ │
│ ║──press [F1] for Help Information──────────║█ │
│ ║ Return to the last prompt ║█ │
│ ║ Skip to the next prompt ║█ │
│ ║ change to the program Menu Mode ║█ │
│ ║ eXit the program ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To SELECT the desired COACH option, press it's highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. If the selection made is "No", the
program will then display the next COACH prompt. If the selection made is
"Yes", the desired program prompt will be displayed.
TUTOR MODE
A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most important LASR_MAN
tasks being explained in detail. Printed output from the TUTOR session can be a
test document or the LASR_MAN documentation.
As distributed, the default PROGRAM MODE is TUTOR. This MODE is similar in
nature to the COACH MODE, with additional information being displayed.
Several introductory screens are first displayed. Follow the instructions at the
bottom of each of these screens. Next, a TUTOR OUTPUT selection menu, with
options for this session, is displayed, as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ Select the TYPE OF TUTOR OUTPUT ╞═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Normal sample - Output for unfolded use, 4 pages/side ║█ │
│ ║ Book sample - Fold each output sheet once to form a book ║█ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To select the desired TUTOR OUTPUT, press it's highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter].
Each of nine major LASR_MAN program options will then be displayed, in the
following order.
FUNCTION OPTION
SETUP Language (E)
Printer + Printer Font (A)
OPTIONS Style of Output (N)
FILES SELECT Data Path (N)
File Selection (N)
55 PROGRAM MODES LASR_MAN Version 7.0
PRINT Print Source (N)
Print These Selected Files (N)
EXIT Save Setup (N)
Exit to DOS (N)
For each option, a TUTOR information screen will be displayed. A sample of such
a screen is shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡ Help Section 1 ═> INTRODUCTION ╞═╕ │
││ LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - CHANGE PRINTER │█│
││ │█│
││ LASR_MAN may be used by any printer that supports the Hewlett-Packard │█│
││ Printer Control Language (PCL), including these printers & compatibles: │█│
││ │█│
││ LaserJet +. │█│
││ LaserJet II. │█│
││ LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV. │█│
││ DeskJet, no additional memory (Soft fonts may NOT be used.). ^█│
││ DeskJet, 256K memory. v█│
││ │█│
││ The LASR_MAN default printer is the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet │█│
││ IID/IIP/III/IV or compatible. If this is the type of printer that you │█│
││ have, and you have not changed the printer to be used by LASR_MAN, just │█│
││ skip this section - by pressing [<┘] at the next selection menu. │█│
││ │█│
││ To change the printer from that currently selected, press the "Yes" │█│
││ highlight letter at the next selection menu. │█│
││ │█│
││ TO SPECIFY THE PRINTER TO USE, PRESS [<─┘]. │█│
│╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ MORE - PAGE 8/16 ╞═╛█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
After the [Enter] key is pressed, the TUTOR prompt selection menu will then be
displayed. This menu is the same as described above for the COACH MODE.
If the selection from the TUTOR prompt menu is "Yes", the HELP screen that is
normally displayed for this LASR_MAN option when the [F1] key is pressed is
shown.
After this HELP screen has been viewed, press [Enter]. The selected LASR_MAN
option menu will be displayed. When the desired option(s) have been selected,
the next TUTOR information screen will be displayed.
AUTO MODE
Menus are presented in the same manner as for the COACH mode, but a time limit,
XX, from 0 to 99 seconds is allowed for user response. If no user response is
made, the default option is automatically taken. A timer, from 0 to 99 seconds,
is available in the LASR_MAN AUTOMATIC MODE to allow user response. When AUTO-
MATIC MODE is specified during LASR_MAN operation, rather than on the command
line, a fixed number of timer values is available. When in AUTOMATIC MODE, the
current user response timer value is shown at the right of the bottom help line:
a block denotes that more than ten seconds remain.
56 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PROGRAM MODES
This MODE is useful when a specific file/files is to be printed on a routine
basis.
57 MAIN MENU LASR_MAN Version 7.0
MAIN MENU
The LASR_MAN screen display has been designed for ease of use while providing
the maximum amount of information on the current operation of the program. As
distributed, the screen display initially shows only the main function menu. It
can optionally be configured to display information on the current directory and
the option settings, as shown on the next page. This allows an uncluttered
screen for the new user while allowing the advanced user to display the full
program information for review.
As the program is being loaded, the location of many of the program files is
checked. If these files are on the program directory, they are moved to sub-
directories off of the program directory, and an action message will be dis-
played during this move. If they do not exist, the sub-directories are created.
This move occurs only once: after they are moved to the appropriate sub-direc-
tory, they are not moved back to the program directory. These files, and their
working locations, are:
FILE TYPE EXTENSION SUB-DIRECTORY LOCATION
Language .LAN/.LA! .\LAN
Language Build .BLD .\LAN
Help .HLP .\LAN
Dictionary .DIC .\LAN
Config. Change .LMC .\LMC
Font .LMF .\LMF
Option .LMO .\LMO
Style .LMS .\LMS
Cover .LMV .\LMV
A sample of the initial entry level screen display is shown below. The next-to-
last line depicts the current program mode, status of the user menu and display
levels, and the current date/time. The MAIN MENU with its five functions is on
the second display line. The bottom line of this, and all other LASR_MAN screen
displays, describes the currently available action keys and their functions.
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ │
│ PRESS A KEY TO BEGIN THE PROGRAM │
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ This Single PC copy is LICENSED to: ABC Corp., George F. Jones ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL │F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>Cancel│ANY OTHER KEY>Continue│
-> To OBTAIN context sensitive help at any point in the program, press [F1].
For more information on this feature, see the section "HELP KEY" in the
58 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 MAIN MENU
"RUNNING LASR_MAN" chapter.
-> To CONTINUE execution of the program, press any key. (This prompt only
occurs on the shareware evaluation version.)
-> To BEGIN the process of EXITING from the program when none of the function
menus are displayed, press [Escape].
Background Information Display
The BACKGROUND INFORMATION DISPLAY, available at both MAIN MENU and FUNCTION
MENU selection, may contain a variety of information. The BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DISPLAY status is shown on the next-to-last line after "Display>" (The user
status is shown after "Menu>"). The DISPLAY modes are:
FUNCTION MAIN AND FUNCTION
MENU DISPLAY ONLY MENU DISPLAY
═══════════ ═══════════
NONE - No background display NONE + - No background display
MINIMAL option data MINIMAL + option data
PARTIAL option data PARTIAL + option data
FULL option data FULL + option data
For the least cluttered displays, use either NONE or MINIMAL. To display the
most information, use either PARTIAL or FULL.
-> To TOGGLE the USER MENU LEVEL, press [F8]. The USER MENUS have three levels,
any of which may be set by repeatedly pressing the [F8] key.
-> To TOGGLE the BACKGROUND INFORMATION DISPLAY, press [F9]. This INFORMATION
DISPLAY has eight levels, any of which may be set by repeatedly pressing the
[F9] key.
A sample of the "FULL" display, with the initial program defaults, is shown
below.
59 MAIN MENU LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╒■╡ Currently there are NO FILES TAGGED for printing. ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│ │
│DATA═>G:\LP 4│
│ FILES═>Style═>NLLL221 NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v 5│
│┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐ Option═>LASR_MAN Initial Options 6│
││ Lines═>67 Change═>None 7│
││ Pitch═>Line█│═══════════════╗ 8│
│└─Chars═>80 ■─┘ ║╗┌───────────┤ Option Switches ├─────────────┐│
│ TYPE:Normal ║║│ file Page start>ANY blanK lines════>YES ││
│ SIZE:Letter ║║│ switch Titles══>NO no Left margin═>0 ││
│ORIEN:Landscape ║║│ title Headers══>YES Spaces/tab═════>8 ││
│ ╚╡2 pgs/SIDE╞═══════════════╝║│ print Formfeeds>YES tAb print width>8 ││
│ ╚╡BOTH SIDES╞════════════════╝│ Border type════>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ ││
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES ││
│ │ text page floW═>HOR ││
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ This Single PC copy is LICENSED to: ABC Corp., George F. Jones ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL +│F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>eXit│<┘/[char]>Select│<> Home End│
The fourth through the seventh lines (the line numbers on the right side of
the display have been added for clarity) of this display provide data on the
current drive-directory, and the change printer configuration, option, and
style files in use, if any. The Option Switches box gives the current values
of the various option switches.
The selected paper size and STYLE OF OUTPUT are displayed along with a
graphical depiction of how text data will be printed on the left side of the
screen.
In the example shown, text will be printed on standard letter size paper in
landscape orientation, with two text pages per side of paper, and each piece
of paper will be printed on both sides. Each text page will be printed using
the seventeen character per inch font. Lines on each page will have a maximum
length of eighty characters, and a page may contain up to sixty-nine lines.
The option switches have been set with the default values as displayed.
NOTE To display the directory/option information automatically when the
program is executed, set the display to the desired level and then
exit, saving the current setup.
60 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 MAIN MENU
Operation Sequence
The general sequence of operations to follow for printing a file or files is:
* SETUP the drive-directory on which the file(s) to be printed reside.
* Set the printing OPTIONS desired if different from the currently set op-
tions.
* Perform FILES SELECTion to tag the file(s) for printing.
* PRINT the selected files.
* EXIT the program.
Main Menu Functions
The MAIN MENU consists of five Function, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ setUp Options Files select print eXit │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To SELECT a MAIN MENU Function, press its highlighted letter or move the
MAIN MENU highlight bar to the desired Function with the cursor control
keys and press [Enter].
When a MAIN MENU Function is selected, the appropriate Function menu is
displayed. The options displayed on the Function menu are dependent on the
USER MENU LEVEL selected.
-> To CHANGE the USER MENU LEVEL, press [F8] or select the "setUp" Func-
tion by pressing its highlighted letter or moving the highlight bar to
it and pressing [Enter]. Select the "User level" option and change it
to the desired level.
-> To SWITCH from one Function menu to another, press the highlighted
letter of the desired Function. For example, if, at the MAIN MENU, you
pressed [U], for "setUp", displaying the SETUP Function menu, and you
now want to go to the "Files select" Function, press [F].
The following chapters describe the Function menus and their available options.
The Function menu at the beginning of each chapter is the one displayed when at
the Expert USER MENU LEVEL. The BACKGROUND INFORMATION DISPLAY shown is also
that available at Expert FULL DISPLAY LEVEL. Each option section header includes
the USER LEVEL at which that option is available. All Function options are
presented in the same order in which they occur on the Expert level menu.
Learning to use LASR_MAN
One of the best methods of becoming familiar with the operation of LASR_MAN is
to print some sample output. Included with the system are five sample documents:
PAGES_01.DOC, PAGES_02.DOC, PAGES_04.DOC, PAGES_08.DOC, and PAGES_16.DOC. Each
of these files contains a number sample pages of text equal to the number in
their name.
The TUTOR and COACH program modes are both excellent learning tools, used to
help in understanding the basic program operation.
61 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
SETUP FUNCTION
The SETUP Function is used to specify the drive/subdirectory from which to
select the files that are to be printed and to change the program setup items
such as the user levels, printer configuration information, monitor and menu
colors.
The options displayed on the SETUP FUNCTION menu, and the other four FUNCTION
menus, depend on the selected USER MENU LEVEL. The FUNCTION menu displayed below
is set to the Expert level.
-> To SELECT the SETUP Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press [U]
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the SETUP Function using the cursor
control keys and press [Enter]. The SETUP Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│╔■═══════════════════════╗ │
│║ modE: MENU>║ │
│║ useR: EXPERT>║ │
│║ saVe setup >║ │
│║ prinTer: LJet>║ │
│║ print foNts >║ │
│║ Monitor: EGA+ ║ │
│║ moUse >║ │
│║ menu Colors >║ │
│║ Date format >║ │
│║ Language >║ │
│╚════════════════════════╝ │
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL +│F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00
F1>Help│ESC>Main Menu│[UOFPX]<>>Function│<┘/[char]>Select│^vHomeEnd│
-> To RETURN to the MAIN MENU, press [Escape].
-> To SWITCH to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To SELECT a SETUP Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press [Enter].
Program Mode [Normal]
LASR_MAN has multiple MODES under which it can operate. The active PROGRAM MODE
is shown at the bottom of the display, after "Mode". Each of the four MODES are
described in the chapter "Program Modes.
When this option is selected, a MODE selection menu will be displayed, as shown
62 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
below.
┌────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ MODE ╞══════╕ │
│ │ Menu │█ │
│ │ Coach │█ │
│ │ Tutor │█ │
│ │ Auto v│█ │
│ ╘═══════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████ │
└────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this selection process and leave the PROGRAM MODE as it is
currently set, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT a PROGRAM MODE, press it's highlighted letter or move the high-
light bar to it and press [Enter]. Each of these PROGRAM MODES is de-
scribed in detail in the sections below. If the selected PROGRAM MODE is
AUTO, a TIMER selection menu will next be displayed. A timer, from 0 to 99
seconds, is available in the LASR_MAN AUTOMATIC MODE to allow user re-
sponse.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Select the user keyboard timer (seconds) ├─┐ │
│ │ 0 2 5 10 30 │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To complete SPECIFYING AUTOMATIC MODE and set the response timer, press
the first digit of the response timer value desired or move the high-
light bar to it and press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL this selection process and leave the PROGRAM MODE as it is
currently set, press [Escape].
NOTE Only a single value is available to unregistered users.
User level [Normal]
The USER LEVEL OPTION consists of two parts: the USER MENU LEVEL and the USER
DISPLAY LEVEL. The USER MENU LEVEL controls what options will be available for
each of the Function menus. The available USER LEVELS and their available op-
tions are:
63 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│╔■═══════════════════════╗ │
│║ modE: MENU>║█ │
│║ useR: NORMAL>║█ │
│║ saVe setup >║█ │
│╚══════════════╔■═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████████║ set stYle: NLLL221v║█ │
│ ╚══════════╔■══════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████║<Data path ║█ │
│ ║ File selection v║█ │
│ ╚════════╔■╡ LASERJET IID/IIP,III,IV ╞══════╗ │
│ ████████║ paper Source: DUPLEX ║█ │
│ ┌───────────────┐ ║ Print these selected files v║█ │
│ │ NORMAL USER │░ ╚════════════════════╔■═══════════════════╗
│ │ LEVEL MENUS │░ ████████████████████║ eXit to DOS ║█
│ │ (DEFAULT) │░ ║ Cancel ║█
│ └───────────────┘░ ║<saVe setup ║█
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ╚════════════════════╝█
│ ██████████████████████
╘╡ ╞╛
64 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│╔■═══════════════════════╗ │
│║ modE: MENU>║█ │
│║ useR: ADVANCE>║█ │
│║ saVe setup >║█ │
│║ prinTer: LJet>║█ │
│║ default foNts >║█ │
│╚══════════════╔■═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████████║ set stYle: NLLL221v║█ │
│ ║ Edit current style v║█ │
│ ║ Option file: LASR_MAN>║█ │
│ ║ page Title: _FOOTER_>║█ │
│ ║ foNt: MM HELVIC>║█ │
│ ║ option sWitches >║█ │
│ ╚══════════╔■══════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████║<Data path ║█ │
│ ║ File selection v║█ │
│ ║ Mask: *.* ║█ │
│ ╚════════╔■╡ LASERJET IID/IIP,III,IV ╞══════╗ │
│ ████████║ paper Source: DUPLEX ║█ │
│ ║ Print these selected files v║█ │
│ ║ output To: LPT1 ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════╔■═══════════════════╗
│ ┌───────────────┐ ████████████████████║ eXit to DOS ║█
│ │ ADVANCED USER │░ ║ Cancel ║█
│ │ LEVEL MENUS │░ ║<saVe setup ║█
│ └───────────────┘░ ║<Save options ║█
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ╚════════════════════╝█
│ ██████████████████████
╘╡ ╞╛
65 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│╔■═══════════════════════╗ │
│║ modE: MENU>║█ │
│║ useR: EXPERT>║█ │
│║ saVe setup >║█ │
│║ prinTer: LJet>║█ │
│║ default foNts >║█ │
│║ Monitor: EGA+ ║█ │
│║ moUse >║█ │
│║ menu Colors >║█ │
│║ Date format >║█ │
│║ Language >║█ │
│╚══════════════╔■═════════════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████████║ set stYle: NLLL221v║█ │
│ ║ Edit current style v║█ │
│ ║ Option file: LASR_MAN>║█ │
│ ║ page Title: _FOOTER_>║█ │
│ ║ foNt: MM HELVIC>║█ │
│ ║ option sWitches >║█ │
│ ║ chanGe file: NONEv║█ │
│ ║ coVer file: NONEv║█ │
│ ║ Line/page limit: 999 ║█ │
│ ║ STAMP-IT!: NONE>║█ │
│ ╚══════════╔■══════════════════════╗ │
│ ██████████║<Data path ║█ │
│ ║ File selection v║█ │
│ ║ Mask: *.* ║█ │
│ ║ Archive: EITHER ║█ │
│ ╚════════╔■╡ LASERJET IID/IIP,III,IV ╞══════╗ │
│ ████████║ paper Source: DUPLEX ║█ │
│ ║ Print these selected files v║█ │
│ ║ output To: LPT1 ║█ │
│ ║ Reverse 2nd pass output: NO ║█ │
│ ║ Generate key word index: NO ║█ │
│ ║ INDX-IT! ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════╔■═══════════════════╗
│ ┌───────────────┐ ████████████████████║ eXit to DOS ║█
│ │ EXPERT USER │░ ║ Cancel ║█
│ │ LEVEL MENUS │░ ║<saVe setup ║█
│ └───────────────┘░ ║<Save options ║█
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ╚════════════════════╝█
│ ██████████████████████
╘╡ ╞╛
The USER DISPLAY LEVEL controls what program data will be displayed in the
background when the Main or Function menus are active.
-> To CHANGE the user level, select the USER LEVEL option by pressing [R]. The
USER MENU LEVEL selection menu will next be displayed.
66 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
┌───────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Menu ╞═════════╕ │
│ │ Normal v│█ │
│ │ Advanced v│█ │
│ │ Expert v│█ │
│ ╘══════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the USER LEVEL at it current setting, press [Escape].
-> To CHANGE to a different USER MENU LEVEL, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The USER DISPLAY LEVEL
menu will next be shown. The highlighted DISPLAY LEVEL will be the same as
the selected MENU LEVEL. The selected USER DISPLAY LEVEL will determine
the option data that will be displayed while waiting for a selection from
the Function menus, and optionally the MAIN menu also.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Display ╞═════════╕ │
│ │ None │█ │
│ │ Minimal v│█ │
│ │ Partial v│█ │
│ │ Full v│█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the USER LEVEL at it current setting, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT a USER DISPLAY LEVEL, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The "Background Display?"
selection menu is next displayed for all option except "Suppress". This
menu selection will determine whether to display the selected USER
DISPLAY LEVEL BACKGROUND INFORMATION at only the Function menus or at
both the MAIN and Function menus.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Background Display? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the USER LEVEL at it current setting, press [Escape].
-> To DISPLAY the selected BACKGROUND INFORMATION display at the Func-
tion menus only, press [N].
-> To DISPLAY the selected BACKGROUND INFORMATION display at both the
MAIN and Function menus, press [Y].
Save Setup [Normal]
The SETUP values, as selected in this function, may be saved to a program SETUP
file that will be used to reset them every time that the program is loaded.
Additionally, the values of the FILE SELECT ENTER/EXIT TOGGLE SWITCH and the
PRINTER PAPER SOURCE are also saved in the SETUP file.
When this option is selected, a verification prompt is displayed, as shown
below.
67 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Sure? ╞═══════════╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this action and leave the SETUP data as it currently is, press
[N] or [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE and save the current SETUP data, press [Y]. The SETUP informa-
tion will be saved and an informational message is displayed with the name
and path of the SETUP file.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LM\LASR_MAN.LMU setup file updated. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key.
Printer [Advanced]
LASR_MAN supports printers that use the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
(PCL), Level 4. This includes all models of the LaserJet family of laser print-
ers.
In addition, support is provided for the DeskJet series, ink jet printers that
use an enhanced version of PCL, Level 3. There are some limitation with the
DeskJet support and they are detailed in the chapter "DeskJet Printer Support".
A variety of program parameters are affected by the choice of printers. These
include PAPER SIZE, PAPER SOURCE and PRINT FONT TO USE, both for the individual
fonts and globally.
The SETUP Function option menu shows what family of printers is being supported;
"LJet" for LaserJet and "DJet" for DeskJet.
-> To SELECT the family and model of printer to be supported, press [T]. A
PRINTER menu will the be displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ PRINTER ╞════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ laserJet + │█ │
│ │ laserjet II │█ │
│ │ LaserJet IID/IIP,III,IV │█ │
│ │ DeskJet, no extra memory │█ │
│ │ deskjet, 256K memory │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
The LaserJet + option will load Type One soft fonts - a 192 character soft
font set (ASCII 32-127 and 160-255), in both portrait and landscape, which is
required by some of the early LaserJet models and their compatibles. In
general, use Type 1 fonts only if your printer will not work with Type 2.
68 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
The LaserJet II option will load Type Two soft fonts - ASCII characters
32-255, in both portrait and landscape, which are required for LaserJet II
and compatibles that cannot rotate a portrait font to landscape. (HP IID/IIP
can rotate fonts)
The LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV option will load Type Two Portrait soft fonts
only, since these printers can rotate them to Landscape.
The DeskJet, with internal fonts only, required for DeskJet, DeskJet +, and
DeskJet 500 and compatibles. These printers, without additional memory, are
not capable of accepting soft fonts.
The DeskJet with 256K extra memory option will load Type Three soft fonts
(ASCII 32-255).
-> To SELECT a PRINTER series/model, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. A print change message will then be
displayed.
This PRINTER selection function will not change these program parameters
until a different printer is selected. At that time, all of the affected
parameters are set to their default values.
-> To LEAVE the PRINTER as currently configured, press [Escape].
-> To CHANGE the PRINTER to that highlighted, press any other key. The
printer program parameters of PAPER SIZE, PAPER SOURCE and PRINT FONT
TO USE are then set to their default values. The program will next
display the DEFAULT FONT TYPE selection menu, covered in the next
section.
Default Print Fonts to Use [Advanced]
Five different print fonts are used by the various Styles of Output, ranging
from the largest at ten characters per inch to the smallest of thirty-three
characters per inch. The specific characteristics of each of these fonts are
defined in the printer configuration file, "LASR_MAN.LMG". Samples of each are
also printed in the section "Print Style Overview".
When the printer scans for a requested font, it checks the font sources in the
following order:
1. Soft font.
2. Cartridge font.
3. Internal font.
The fonts requested by LASR_MAN specify the defined default Typeface. Typeface
is the least significant of the font selection characteristics, and if no car-
tridge or soft fonts are available, most HP laser printers and compatibles will
use their corresponding internal Courier or Line Printer Typeface fonts for the
Pica, Elite and Line Printer pitch fonts. There are no corresponding internal
fonts for the Small and Tiny pitch fonts.
NOTE Early LaserJet printers and some compatibles DO NOT have an internal Line
69 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
Printer pitch font.
In order to print using the Styles of Output with Small and Tiny pitch fonts,
either cartridge or soft fonts with corresponding characteristics must be pres-
ent.
LASR_MAN can download soft fonts for any or all of the five supported pitch
sizes. There are separate fonts for each pitch size in both landscape and por-
trait orientation. Additionally each pitch size is available with either a
limited character set - 192 characters - or the full 256 character set.
NOTE Early LaserJet printers and some compatibles CAN NOT accept the full 256
character set download fonts. If problems are encountered when attempting
to print with the 256 character download font, try the 192 character set.
There is a price to be paid for using soft fonts, in place of either the printer
internal fonts or those in a printer cartridge: that price is the time needed to
transfer the soft font data from the computer to the printer. With LASR_MAN, a
given soft font is only downloaded to the printer once, no matter how many files
may be printed in a single program execution. The following table shows how much
time is required for soft font downloading to a laser printer for the various
pitches - these times should be relatively independent of the brand or model of
either computer or printer.
FONT SOFT FONT DOWNLOAD TIME (APPROXIMATE)
Pica, 10 cpi 29 seconds
Elite, 12 21
Line, 17 18
Small, 23 13
Tiny, 33 11
NOTE These times are for Type 2 soft fonts, having 256 characters. Type 1 soft
fonts with 192 characters normally take several seconds less to download.
Based on this information, you should estimate that it would take about a half
minute longer to print a group of files with the Pica Letter Gothic soft font,
than printing the same files with the Pica Courier internal font.
The default PRINTER FONTS used for the five possible output pitches may be
selected by use of this option. When selected, a DEFAULT FONT TYPEFACE menu is
displayed, as shown below. The current DEFAULTS are shown for each of the
printer pitches. Those shown with a '*' are internal typefaces.
70 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Default Font Typeface ╞══════════╕ │
│ │ Pica-10 CPI: * Courier │█ │
│ │ Elite-12: * Courier │█ │
│ │ Line-17: * Line Printer │█ │
│ │ Small-23: MM LetterGothic │█ │
│ │ Tiny-33: MM LetterGothic │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CHANGE the DEFAULT FONT TYPE for an OUTPUT PITCH, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to the desired PITCH and press [Enter]. A
menu of AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES will be displayed. The AVAILABLE FONT TYPE-
FACES list displays, for the selected PITCH, the FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic
order, along with their description and the date on which they were last
modified. Those fonts that are internal or cartridge are starred, '*'.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES - PITCH = Small ╞══════════════╡ 3╞═^ │
│ ║ 2P2304.LMF MM Helvic 07-31-94 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2P2305.LMF MM Times Roman 07-31-94 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2P2306.LMF MM LetterGothic 07-31-94 ■█ │
│ ╚═════════════════╡ *=Internal Font [char]^vPgupPgdnHomeEnd>Move ╞═v█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the DEFAULT PRINT FONT as it was, press [Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST LETTER
of the FONT name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first FONT
name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT
LETTER of the FONT name. Continue this procedure until the desired FONT is
highlighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no
FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To select a DEFAULT FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[Enter].
NOTE Requested soft fonts are NOT downloaded to the printer at this time.
Downloading will only occur when the Print Function is selected and
the Style of Output specifies a soft font that has not been previ-
ously downloaded.
NOTE The 192 character soft font set (Type One) is required by some of
the early LaserJet models and their compatibles. In general, use
Type 1 fonts only if your printer will not work with Type 2.
NOTE Not all of the FONT TYPES are available for all printer models. Only
those available for the currently selected PRINTER will be dis-
played.
-> To view the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the
desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2].
-> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [De-
71 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
lete]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight
letter to DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file; the "No" highlight
letter or [Escape] to cancel the operation.
-> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file,
press [Insert]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be dis-
played, which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE name and de-
scription.
WARNING DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR
THE SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST!
Monitor [Expert]
The MONITOR option specifies whether the display will be done in color or mono-
chrome. The default is that, if a color graphics card is present, the display
will be in color: if the card is for a CGA monitor eight background colors will
be used while EGA/VGA cards will use sixteen background colors. This procedure
may be overridden with this option.
-> To TOGGLE the LASR_MAN program display between monochrome and the two color
levels, press [M].
NOTE There are two levels of color: CGA will use eight background levels of
color while EGA+ disables blinking and uses sixteen background levels of
color. THIS LATTER METHOD MAY NOT WORK WELL WITH ALL MONITOR TYPES.
Mouse [Expert]
The MOUSE MENU allows the mouse parameters to be modified. Mouse speed and
sensitivity are controlled by the number of mouse "mickeys" per screen pixel in
both the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) directions. The larger these values
are, the slower the mouse speed and the less sensitive it will be. The default
values are X=128 and Y=64.
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Mouse Parameters ╞══╕ │
│ │ X Mickeys/Pixel: 128 │█ │
│ │ Y Mickeys/Pixel: 64 │█ │
│ │ Left Button: 1 │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────┘
-> To CHANGE the HORIZONTAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [X]. Now edit the
MICKEYS/PIXLE as desired. Press [Enter] to accept the edited value or [Es-
cape] to restore the previous value.
-> To CHANGE the VERTICAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [Y]. Now edit the
MICKEYS/PIXLE as desired. Press [Enter] to accept the edited value or [Es-
cape] to restore the previous value.
-> To SWAP the functions of the LEFT and RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONS, press [L].
NOTE The mouse button assignments may be changed by editing the configura-
tion file. See the sections "Mouse Parameters" and "Editing the Config-
uration File".
72 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
Change menu colors [Expert]
The LASR_MAN menus and windows have been grouped into eight types. The color of
each type may be changed independently and these color settings can then be
saved when exiting so that the same colors will be used the next time the pro-
gram is run.
The menu borders are usually white, except when the background menu color is
white, the menu borders are black. The menu highlight bar is the same color as
the unhighlighted menu text.
NOTE The context sensitive help displays use the same colors as "Messages".
NOTE Menu colors can also be partially controlled by the MONITOR option, which
can select either eight or sixteen background colors.
-> To RESET the menu colors to those available at initial installation, press
[D].
-> To CHANGE the colors of any of the menu types, select the CHANGE MENU COLORS
option by pressing [C]. A menu to select the Menu Type for which a color
change is to be made is next displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Menu Type ╞══════════════╕ │
│ │ Options v│█ │
│ │ Main/Function v│█ │
│ │ Background v│█ │
│ │ Actions v│█ │
│ │ messaGes v│█ │
│ │ preView v│█ │
│ │ Information v│█ │
│ │ file Select v│█ │
│ │ Default colors-White/Blue │█ │
│ │ default colors-Pastel │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL changing a Menu Type's color at this point, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT the Menu Type whose color is to be changed, press its highlight-
ed letter or move the highlight bar to the desired Menu Type using the
cursor arrow keys and press [Enter]. A sample menu with this Menu Type's
current colors is next displayed.
┌──────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Menu Border ├─┐ │
│ │ Selected │█ │
│ │ Non-selected │█ │
│ └─────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████ │
└──────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL changing this Menu Type's color at this point, press [Es-
cape].
-> To CHANGE this Menu Type's background color, use the [UpArrow] and
[DownArrow] arrow keys to step through the sixteen background color
combinations.
73 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
-> To CHANGE this Menu Type's foreground color, use the [LeftArrow] and
[RightArrow] arrow keys to step through the sixteen foreground color
combinations.
-> To ACCEPT the sample menu's colors currently displayed for the high-
lighted Menu Type, press [Enter].
Date Format [Expert]
All dates, such as file and print dates, may be shown in any of three formats.
These are the normal default American one of "MM-DD-YY", the European style of
"DD-MM-YY", and the Japanese style of "YY-MM-DD".
In addition the date field separator character, whose default is a dash, '-',
may be set to any character.
When this option is selected, a SET DATE DISPLAY FORMAT menu is displayed, as
shown below. This menu serves to toggle the date display style, edit the date
ELEMENT SEPARATOR character, and accept the modified DATE DISPLAY FORMAT.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Set DATE DISPLAY FORMAT ╞═══════════╕ │
│ │ √ American - MM DD YY │█ │
│ │ European - DD MM YY │█ │
│ │ Japanese - YY MM DD │█ │
│ │ element Separator char:- │█ │
│ │ accept this date display Format │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CHANGE the style of DATE DISPLAY, move the highlight bar to the desired
one and press [Enter]. The selection check mark will then move to that style.
-> To CHANGE the date ELEMENT SEPARATOR character, press [S]. The current char-
acter may then be edited, on the same line as the option. When editing is
complete, press [Enter].
-> To ACCEPT the DATE DISPLAY FORMAT as edited, press [F]. Check that date
display format is correct, as shown with the current date, in the lower right
portion of the display.
Language [Expert]
LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text information in any lan-
guage, using a LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION FILE. The default LANGUAGE has its menus
and text in English. When the LANGUAGE option is selected, a task menu with
three options is displayed, as shown below.
The CHANGE option allows selection of a different LANGUAGE file for display of
menus and text.
The NEW option creates a named LANGUAGE file, based on the English LANGUAGE
file. This file contains two text strings for each parameter; one comment string
in English, and the other for translation into the target language.
The UPDATE option, normally not needed since updates are automatic, will apply
the current UPDATE LANGUAGE file to any other LANGUAGE file.
74 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 SETUP FUNCTION
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■═══════════════════╕ │
│ │ Change v│█ │
│ │ New: │█ │
│ │ Update >│█ │
│ ╘════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To return to the FUNCTION menu, press [Escape].
-> To select the desired LANGUAGE TASK, press the highlighted letter of the
desired TASK or move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The
operational details of each of these tasks are give in the following section.
Change Language
A menu of all currently available LANGUAGE files will be displayed. The list
displays, in alphabetic order, the available languages, along with their size
and the date/time on which they were last modified.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■════════════════════════════════════╡ 3╞═^ │
│ ║ DEUTSCHE.LAN 127,379 05-27-95 22:32 ■█ │
│ ║ ENGLISH.LA! 27,301 05-29-95 20:11 ▒█ │
│ ║ ENGLISH.LAN 72,394 05-26-95 8:10 ▒█ │
│ ╚════════════╡ [char]^vPgupPgdnHomeEnd>Move ╞═v█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the LANGUAGE as it currently is, press [Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific LANGUAGE, press the FIRST
LETTER of the LANGUAGE name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first LANGUAGE name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the LANGUAGE name. Continue this procedure until
the desired LANGUAGE is highlighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no
FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To view the contents of any LANGUAGE FILE, move the highlight bar to the
desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2].
-> To select a LANGUAGE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. This
LANGUAGE will now be loaded and the display will be changed accordingly.
The corresponding help file, if present, will also become active.
New Language
The program has the ability to generate a new LANGUAGE file from the ENGLISH
LANGUAGE file. This file will have two records for each parameter: the first, a
comment line showing the English version, and the second with the English text
for translation. Generating a NEW LANGUAGE file does not do any translation; it
only generates the necessary file on which the translation can then be done.
-> To GENERATE a NEW LANGUAGE file, first select this TASK. An eight character
field for the LANGUAGE name is displayed. Enter and edit the files name using
the edit action keys shown on the bottom help line.
75 SETUP FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
-> To accept the NEW LANGUAGE name as edited, press [Enter]. A file, with this
name and an extension of ".BLD", will be created. It must then be translated
and the extension then changed to ".LAN" before use.
-> To cancel this TASK and return to the FUNCTION menu, press [Escape].
Update Language
As changes are made to the program, changes may also be necessary to the associ-
ated LANGUAGE files. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATES, if present, are automatically made
to all current LANGUAGE files when the program is loaded. They are also made to
a file named "UPDATE", which contains a list of all text changes since the last
major release.
If a LANGUAGE file is added to the system that has not been updated, it may be
brought up to the current level with this task.
-> To UPDATE a LANGUAGE, select the desired LANGUAGE FILE to update, using the
procedure described in the "Change Language" section above. If the selected
language file is not at the current level, it will be updated using the
UPDATE LANGUAGE file. If the LANGUAGE file is at the current level, a verify
menu will be displayed. Select the appropriate option from this menu.
-> To cancel UPDATING A LANGUAGE file, press [Escape].
76 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
OPTIONS FUNCTION
Options are used by LASR_MAN to define how the program displays will appear, and
how the printed output will look. All options specified in the environment vari-
able "LASER" and on the command line are set before the options menu is first
displayed. The OPTIONS Function menu allows changing and over-riding those
option settings.
The options displayed by the OPTIONS FUNCTION menu, and the other four FUNCTION
menus, depend on the selected USER MENU LEVEL. The FUNCTION menu displayed below
is set to the Expert level.
-> To SELECT the OPTIONS Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press
[O] or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the OPTIONS Function using cursor
control keys and press [Enter]. The OPTIONS Function menu will then be dis-
played, as shown below.
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│ ╔■═════════════════════════════╗ │
│DATA═>G:\LP ║ set stYle: NLLL221v║ │
│ ║ Edit current style v║ormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v│
│┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐║ Option file: LASR_MAN>║...............Initial Options│
││ Lines═>67 ║ page Title: _FOOTER_>║Suppresses the no page message│
││ Pitch═>Line█│║ foNt: MM HELVIC>║ │
│└─Chars═>80 ■─┘║ option sWitches >║ption Switches ├─────────────┐│
│ TYPE:Normal ║ chanGe file: NONOPAGEv║rt>ANY blanK lines════>YES ││
│ SIZE:Letter ║ coVer file: NONEv║══>NO no Left margin═>0 ││
│ORIEN:Landscape║ Line/page limit: 999 ║══>YES Spaces/tab═════>8 ││
│ ╚╡2 pgs/SIDE╞║ STAMP-IT!: NONE>║ds>YES tAb print width>8 ││
│ ╚╡BOTH SIDES╞╚══════════════════════════════╝══>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ ││
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES ││
│ │ text page floW═>HOR ││
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL +│F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>Main Menu│[UOFPX]<>>Function│<┘/[char]>Select│^vHomeEnd│
-> To RETURN to the MAIN MENU, press [Escape].
-> To SWITCH to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To SELECT an OPTIONS Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press [Enter].
Set Style [Normal]
77 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
The STYLE OF OUTPUT is used to specify the type of output, the size of the paper
to be printed,orientation of the printed output, whether each sheet will be
printed on one side of the paper or on both sides, how many pages of text will
be printed on a side of the paper, the pitch of the output and the various
margin sizes. For a complete description of the various STYLE TYPES, see the
section "PRINT STYLE OVERVIEW" in the "INTRODUCTION" chapter.
The STYLE parameters are saved in STYLE FILES. These files may be selected and
loaded by this option. At the ADVANCED and EXPERT user levels, this option will
also allow editing of the individual parameters. At the NORMAL user level,
editing of the individual STYLE parameters is not available.
STYLE FILES may automatically be named, based on the major style option set-
tings, or descriptively named. Each STYLE FILE may contain a description summa-
rizing the settings.
Both the file's name and description can be computer generated, based on the
STYLE's general options. The format followed is:
T Output type
Z Paper size
O Sheet orientation
F Font pitch
S Sides of the sheet printed
h Text pages horizontally
v Text pages vertically
A default STYLE FILE is loaded if no STYLE FILE option is specified. The default
STYLE FILE name is the same as the program's. All STYLE FILES have an extension
of the program's initials along with the letter 'S'.
-> To SELECT a different STYLE FILE select the SET STYLE option. A menu of
available STYLE FILES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed. The STYLE
FILES menu displays all of the available STYLE FILES, along with their de-
scriptions and the date that they were last edited. Note that the first one
listed is that which is CURRENTLY in effect. If this "file" is selected, the
file WILL NOT be re-read, in order to preserve any editing changes that have
been made but not saved. If a '*' precedes the description, this file's
parameters have not been edited.
78 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ STYLE FILES ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════╡ 40╞═╗ │
│ ║ >NLLL221 NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v CURRENT< ║█ │
│ ║ BLLL221.LMS *BookLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ BLLT242.LMS *BookLetterLandscapeTiny2s4h2v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ BLPS222.LMS *BookLetterPortraitSmall2s2h2v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ LAB-3X10.LMS *Labels - 30 chars x 6 lines 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.LMS NormalLetterLandscapeLine1s2h1v 12-31-99 ■█ │
│ ║ NLLE111.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeElite1s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLE211.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeElite2s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLL111.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeLine1s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLL121.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeLine1s2h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLL211.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLL221.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLP111.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapePica1s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLP211.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapePica2s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLS111.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeSmall1s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLS211.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeSmall2s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ NLLT111.LMS *NormalLetterLandscapeTiny1s1h1v 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════════════════╡ *=Unedited Distribution File ╞═╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this operation and leave the STYLE setting options unchanged, press
[Escape].
-> To SELECT a STYLE FILE to load, move the highlight bar to the desired STYLE
FILE and press [Enter]. The STYLE parameters of the selected STYLE FILE will
be loaded. If the USER LEVEL is set to either ADVANCED or EXPERT, the program
will continue with the STYLE EDIT.
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of
the file's name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name
that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER
of the file's name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is high-
lighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file
exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To VIEW the contents of a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[F2]. The first part of the highlighted file will be displayed, as shown
below.
79 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌■┤ VIEW - File NLLL221.LMS Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐│
││/*NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v ^│
││/.700 ▒│
││/ZGBV ▒│
││/ZGPL ▒│
││/ZGM0 ▒│
││/ZGOL ▒│
││/ZGS2 ▒│
││/ZGTN ▒│
││/ZGUC ▒│
││/ZGX2 ▒│
││/ZGZL ▒│
││/ZHC80 ▒│
││/ZHD258 ▒│
││/ZHL387 ▒│
││/ZHM86 v│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>┘│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To RETURN to the STYLE FILE menu, press [Escape].
-> To VIEW MORE of this file, use the active control keys as defined on the
bottom help line.
-> To DELETE a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Delete]. A
confirmation prompt will then be displayed.
┌───────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Delete File? ╞═╕█ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────┘
-> To DELETE this STYLE FILE, press [Y].
Edit Current Style [Advanced]
The EDIT STYLE FILE MENU is a complex one and consists of four sections - GEN-
ERAL, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, and the unlabeled COMPLETION/EXIT.
The GENERAL section contains the definitions of the major STYLE options.
The HORIZONTAL section defines the various horizontal margins and options.
The VERTICAL section defines the various vertical margins and options.
The COMPLETION section allows accepting and/or saving of the edited STYLE op-
tions or selection of a different STYLE FILE.
Additionally, the STYLE FILE name is given on the top menu line and it's de-
scription is shown on the bottom line.
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■═════════╡ Edit Style File - NLLL221 ╞═╕█ │
││┌────────────────────────────┤ GENERAL ├┐│█ │
│││tYpe [■]Normal [ ]Book [ ]Pamphlet││█ │
│││siZe [■]Letter [ ]leGal [ ]A4 [ ]Exec││█ │
│││Orientation [ ]Portrait [■]Landscape││█ │
│││Pitch [ ]10cpi [ ]12 [■]17 [ ]23 [ ]33││█ │
│││Text pages/side─>2 Sides [ ]1 [■]2││█ │
│││Binding [■]Vert [ ]Horiz Margin 0 ││█ │
││└measUre [ ]In [ ]Mm [■]Chr [ ]Dot [ ]dP┘│█ │
││┌─────────────────────────┤ HORIZONTAL ├┐│█ │
│││Text pages──────>2 Chars/line 80 ││█ │
│││hMar 2 Left 9 Right 9 ││█ │
││└hDiv 6 ──────────────────Width 1 ┘│█ │
││┌───────────────────────────┤ VERTICAL ├┐│█ │
│││Text pages──────>1 Lines/page 71 ││█ │
│││vMar 0 toP 3 ││█ │
││└vDiv 1 ───Bottom 3 ──heIght 1 ┘│█ │
││ Accept eXit select aNother savE │█ │
│╘════════╡NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v╞╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT an existing STYLE FILE or to create new one, first begin with the
GENERAL section and change the various options in the order in which they are
presented.
Next, after all GENERAL parameters have been set, you can assure the maximum
sized TEXT PAGE(S) by pressing [F4]. Then, optionally, adjust the desired
HORIZONTAL CHARACTERS PER LINE and the VERTICAL LINES PER PAGE values.
Now the various margins may be equalized by pressing [F5].
Finally, adjust the individual margin parameters as desired.
-> To EDIT the parameters of any section, first press the section's highlighted
letter, [G], [H], or [V].
-> To DISPLAY the available TEXT PAGE SIZES, based on the currently selected
PAPER SIZE and ORIENTATION, press [F6]. A MAXIMUM TEXT PAGE SIZE table will
be displayed, with the highlighted values based on the currently selected
TEXT PAGE and PITCH selections.
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE ╞════════════════════════════╕ │
│ │HORIZONTAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 106 53 35 26 21 17 15 13 11 10 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤CHARACTERS├┐ 12 126 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ │ │ ────────── │ 17 176 88 58 44 35 29 25 22 19 17 │█ │
│ │ └───┤LINE├───┘ 23 245 122 81 61 49 40 35 30 27 24 │█ │
│ │ 33 346 173 115 86 69 57 49 43 38 34 │█ │
│ │ VERTICAL PAGES═══════> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 │█ │
│ │ PITCH═> 10 47 23 15 11 9 7 6 5 5 4 │█ │
│ │ ┌┤LINES├┐ 12 63 31 21 15 12 10 9 7 7 6 │█ │
│ │ │ ───── │ 17 73 36 24 18 14 12 10 9 8 7 │█ │
│ │ └├PAGE├─┘ 23 100 50 33 25 20 16 14 12 11 10 │█ │
│ │ 33 127 63 42 31 25 21 18 15 14 12 │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
In addition to the EDIT STYLE FILE MENU, graphical displays of both the TEXT
PAGE and the SHEET information are shown. During EDIT STYLE menu selection, the
various STYLE options, such as LEFT MARGIN, will be shown on this diagram.
┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ Lines═>69 █│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ Pitch═>Line │█│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░└─Chars═>80 ■─┘█│
│┌────────┤ Sheet─> TYPE:Normal████│
││ SIZE:Letter ░│
│S ┌────────────ORIEN:Landscape░│
│H │ ║ │ │░│
│O │ ▓▓▓▓▓<┐ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓ │ │░│
│R │ ▓▓▓▓▓ ├────>▓▓▓▓▓ │ │░│
│T │ │ ║ │ │░│
│ │═════════│═╬═══════════│ │░│
│S │ │ ║ │ │░│
│I │ ▓▓▓▓▓<┤ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓ │ │░│
│D │ ▓▓▓▓▓ ├────>▓▓▓▓▓ │ │░│
│E │ 2 Text Page(s) │ │░│
││ └───────────────────────┘ │░│
│└───────────LONG SIDE──────────┘░│
└──────────────────────────────────┘
General - Type - This option toggles the STYLE TYPE. The THREE available options
include:
NORMAL Text pages are printed on the paper sheet with the first text
page in the upper left corner and the last text page to this side
in the lower right of the sheet. This type will also produce a
"book" when set to one text page per side and printing is done on
both sides.
BOOK PORTRAIT Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages; one on
the top portion of the sheet and the other on the bottom portion of
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the sheet. Each book page contains half of the text pages per side.
LANDSCAPE Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages;
one on the left side of the sheet and the other on the right side
of the sheet. Each book page contains half of the text pages per
side.
PAMPHLET Same as BOOK, except each single file is printed on it's own set of
sheets - a book with a single chapter, if you will.
-> To TOGGLE the STYLE TYPE, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
General - Size - This option toggles the STYLE SIZE of PAPER to use. The FOUR
available options include:
LETTER - 8.5" x 11" 216mm x 279mm
LEGAL - 8.5" x 14" 216mm x 356mm
A4 - 8.25"x 11.7" 210mm x 297mm
EXEC, Executive - 7.25"x 10.5" 184mm x 267mm
NOTE When manually feeding any size paper, use a paper tray of equal or
GREATER length, to assure printing the full length of the paper. Exam-
ple, printing A4 paper manually from a Letter tray may result in not
printing the bottom part of the sheet. Printing A4 from a Legal tray
will occur properly.
-> To TOGGLE STYLE SIZE, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
General - Orientation - This option toggles the STYLE ORIENTATION to use. The
TWO available options include:
PORTRAIT Each sheet is printed in portrait orientation, with the printing
being parallel with the SHORT side of the sheet.
LANDSCAPE Each sheet is printed in landscape orientation, with the printing
being parallel with the LONG side of the sheet.
-> To TOGGLE STYLE ORIENTATION, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
General - Pitch - This option toggles the STYLE PITCH to use. The FIVE available
options include:
10 10 characters per inch (cpi)
12 12 cpi
17 16.67 cpi
23 23 cpi
33 33 cpi
-> To TOGGLE STYLE PITCH, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
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General - Text Pages - This option selects the STYLE TEXT PAGES per side of the
output printed sheet to use. This option uses a selection menu that is tailored
to the selected STYLE TYPE.
NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination of from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - for a total of from 1 to 100 text pages per
side.
BOOK or PAMPHLET TYPE styles must have an even number of text pages in one
direction - they may then have from one to ten in the other direction.
-> To SELECT the STYLE TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid selection for
the current STYLE TYPE highlighted, as shown below.
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■───────────────────────┐ │
│ │ 1 21 41 61 81 │█ │
│ │ 2 22 42 62 82 │█ │
│ │ 3 23 43 63 83 │█ │
│ │ 4 24 44 64 84 │█ │
│ │ 5 25 45 65 85 │█ │
│ │ 6 26 46 66 86 │█ │
│ │ 7 27 47 67 87 │█ │
│ │ 8 28 48 68 88 │█ │
│ │ 9 29 49 69 89 │█ │
│ │ 10 30 50 70 90 │█ │
│ │ 11 31 51 71 91 │█ │
│ │ 12 32 52 72 92 │█ │
│ │ 13 33 53 73 93 │█ │
│ │ 14 34 54 74 94 │█ │
│ │ 15 35 55 75 95 │█ │
│ │ 16 36 56 76 96 │█ │
│ │ 17 37 57 77 97 │█ │
│ │ 18 38 58 78 98 │█ │
│ │ 19 39 59 79 99 │█ │
│ │ 20 40 60 80 100│█ │
│ └────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────┘
Move the highlight bar to the desired TEXT PAGES and press [Enter].
NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is selected, an arbitrary decision is made as to
how many TEXT PAGES will be printed horizontally and how many verti-
cally. If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either one
to the correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per
side, the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or
6.
General - Sides - This option toggles the STYLE SIDES to use. The TWO available
options are:
1 Single sided printing. Only the front side of each paper sheet will be
printed. (Only valid for NORMAL STYLE TYPE)
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2 Double sided printing. Requires either the use of a Duplex printer, or
the first side must be printed in one pass through the printer and then
this output must be printed again on the other side - a second pass
through the printer. (Required for BOOK or PAMPHLET STYLE TYPE)
-> To TOGGLE STYLE SIDES, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
General - Binding - This option toggles the STYLE type of BINDING to use. The
TWO available BINDING options include:
VERT Vertical binding margin to either the left or right of the printed
text pages.
HORIZ Horizontal binding margin to either the top or the bottom of the
printed text pages.
NOTE If the MARGIN for binding is zero, it makes no difference what this
option is set to.
-> To TOGGLE STYLE BINDING, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
General - Margin - This option allows input/editing of the STYLE MARGIN to use.
The size of the margin may range from none to the difference between the current
margin settings (LEFT-RIGHT for VERT BINDING, TOP-BOTTOM for HORIZ BINDING) and
the corresponding minimum margins.
-> To ENTER/EDIT STYLE MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
NOTE This option is NOT available for BOOK and PAMPHLET TYPES of output.
General - Measure - This option toggles the STYLE MEASURE to use when displaying
this menu. All of the data for the STYLE options will be displayed using this
selected MEASURE. The FIVE available options include:
IN Inches
MM Millimeters
CHR Characters
DOT Dots - 300 per inch.
DP Decipoints - 720 per inch (This is the measure that all of the data is
stored in)
-> To TOGGLE STYLE MEASURE, first highlight this option and then press
[LeftArrow], [RightArrow], [ Space ], or [Enter].
NOTE MEASURE may also be toggled by pressing [F3] at any STYLE MENU
prompt.
Horizontal - Text Pages - This option selects the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES
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per side of the output printed sheet to use. It uses a selection menu that is
tailored to the selected STYLE TEXT PAGES.
NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination of from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK and PAMPHLET TYPE styles
must have an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have
from one to ten in the other direction.
-> To SELECT the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and
then press [Enter]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid
selection for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted, as shown below.
┌─────────┐
│ ┌■───┐ │
│ │ 1 │█ │
│ │ 2 │█ │
│ │ 3 │█ │
│ │ 4 │█ │
│ │ 5 │█ │
│ │ 6 │█ │
│ │ 7 │█ │
│ │ 8 │█ │
│ │ 9 │█ │
│ │ 10 │█ │
│ └────┘█ │
│ ██████ │
└─────────┘
Move the highlight bar to the desired HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES and press
[Enter].
NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is selected, an arbitrary decision is made as
to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed horizontally and vertically.
If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the
correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side,
the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6.
Horizontal - Chars/Line -This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE
CHARACTERS PER LINE to use. The valid range of the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE
is from one to the maximum number of characters that will fit with the minimum
margin settings.
-> To EDIT the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE, first highlight this option and
then press [Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys
noted on the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press
[Enter] to accept it.
NOTE Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE CHAR-
ACTERS PER LINE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the horizon-
tal margins to their minimums.
Horizontal - hMar -This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN to
use. HORIZONTAL MARGIN will be placed on both sides of each text page. The
HORIZONTAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the start of the left
most text page and from right of each text page to the divider area. The valid
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range of the HORIZONTAL MARGIN is from zero to the value that will use all of
the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected
sheet less the width of all horizontal text pages.
-> To EDIT the HORIZONTAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Horizontal - hDiv - This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL DIVIDER
to use. HORIZONTAL DIVIDER will be placed between text pages. The HORIZONTAL
DIVIDER is measured from the right of one text page to the left of the next text
page. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER is from 2*HORIZONTAL MARGIN to
the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN
is the width of the selected sheet less the width of all horizontal text pages.
-> To EDIT the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Horizontal - Left - This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL LEFT
MARGIN to use. LEFT MARGIN will be placed from either the left edge of the sheet
or the right edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN, if specified, to the left edge
of the first text page. The valid range of the LEFT MARGIN is from the minimum
left margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the
available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet
less the width of all horizontal text pages.
-> To EDIT the HORIZONTAL LEFT MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Horizontal - Right - This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL RIGHT
MARGIN to use. RIGHT MARGIN will be placed from the right of the right-most text
page to the right edge of the sheet. The valid range of the RIGHT MARGIN is from
the minimum right margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use
all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the
selected sheet less the width of all horizontal text pages.
-> To EDIT the HORIZONTAL RIGHT MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Horizontal - Width - This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH
between adjacent characters to use. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL WIDTH is
from zero to the width of the sheet.
STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH is normally adjusted SLIGHTLY to accommodate a desired
number of CHARACTERS PER TEXT LINE.
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NOTE Practically, HORIZONTAL WIDTH SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS
DEFAULT VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR.
NOTE For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working with this
value.
-> To EDIT the HORIZONTAL WIDTH, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Vertical - Text Pages - This option selects the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES per
side of the output printed sheet to use. This option uses a selection menu that
is tailored to the selected STYLE TEXT PAGES.
NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination of from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK TYPE styles must have an
even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from one to
ten in the other direction.
-> To SELECT the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and
then press [Enter]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid
selections for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted, as shown below.
┌─────────┐
│ ┌■───┐ │
│ │ 1 │█ │
│ │ 2 │█ │
│ │ 3 │█ │
│ │ 4 │█ │
│ │ 5 │█ │
│ │ 6 │█ │
│ │ 7 │█ │
│ │ 8 │█ │
│ │ 9 │█ │
│ │ 10 │█ │
│ └────┘█ │
│ ██████ │
└─────────┘
Move the highlight bar to the desired VERTICAL TEXT PAGES and press [En-
ter].
NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is selected, an arbitrary decision is made as
to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed horizontally and vertically.
If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the
correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side,
the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6.
Vertical - Lines/Page - This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE LINES
PER PAGE to use. The valid range of the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE is from one to
the maximum number of lines that will fit with the minimum margin settings.
-> To EDIT the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE, first highlight this option and then
press 2. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
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the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
NOTE Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE LINES
PER PAGE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the vertical mar-
gins to their minimums.
Vertical - vMar - This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL MARGIN to
use. VERTICAL MARGIN will be placed on both the top and bottom of each text
page. The VERTICAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the top of the
top most text page and from the bottom of each text page to the divider area.
The valid range of the VERTICAL MARGIN is from zero to the value that will use
all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the
selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages.
-> To EDIT the VERTICAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Vertical - vDiv - This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL DIVIDER to
use. VERTICAL DIVIDER will be placed between text pages. The VERTICAL DIVIDER is
measured from the bottom of one text page to the top of the next text page. The
valid range of the VERTICAL DIVIDER is from 2*VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that
will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of
the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages.
-> To EDIT the VERTICAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Vertical - Top - This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL TOP MARGIN to
use. TOP MARGIN will be placed either from the top edge of the sheet or the bot-
tom edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN,if specified, to the top edge of the first
text page. The valid range of the TOP MARGIN is from the minimum top margin plus
the VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin.
AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of
all vertical text pages.
-> To EDIT the VERTICAL TOP MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Vertical - Bottom - This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL BOTTOM
MARGIN to use. BOTTOM MARGIN will be placed from the bottom of the bottom-most
text page to the bottom edge of the sheet. The valid range of the BOTTOM MARGIN
is from the minimum bottom margin plus the VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that
will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of
the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages.
-> To EDIT the VERTICAL BOTTOM MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
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press [Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Vertical - Height - This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT
between text lines to use. The valid range of the VERTICAL HEIGHT is from zero
to the height of the sheet.
STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT is normally adjusted SLIGHTLY to accommodate a desired
number of LINES PER TEXT PAGE.
NOTE Practically, VERTICAL HEIGHT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS DE-
FAULT VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR.
NOTE For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working with this
value.
-> To EDIT the VERTICAL HEIGHT, first highlight this option and then press
[Enter]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on
the bottom help line. When this field has been edited, press [Enter] to
accept it.
Accept - This option will set the STYLE options to those values that are cur-
rently displayed, and then return to the OPTION function menu. IT WILL NOT SAVE
THESE VALUES IN THE NAMED STYLE FILE.
NOTE To save the values as displayed, you should select the SAVE option
rather than the ACCEPT option.
-> To ACCEPT the currently displayed STYLE options and then return to the
OPTION function menu, highlight the ACCEPT option and press [Enter].
Exit - This option will restore the STYLE options to those that were in effect
before the STYLE menu was displayed, and then return to the OPTION function
menu.
-> To EXIT from the STYLE menu, restoring the STYLE options to their previous
values, and return to the OPTION function menu, highlight the EXIT option
and press [Enter].
Select Another - This option allows selection of another STYLE FILE without
returning to the OPTIONS function menu.
-> To SELECT ANOTHER STYLE FILE, highlight the SELECT ANOTHER option and
press [Enter]. The STYLE FILE selection menu will be displayed, as de-
tailed earlier in this chapter in the section "SET STYLE".
Save - This option will set the STYLE options to the currently displayed values,
allow saving of the STYLE FILE using either its current name or another, and
then return to the OPTION function menu.
-> To SAVE the currently displayed STYLE options, and then return to the
OPTION function menu, highlight the SAVE option and press [Enter]. A STYLE
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FILE data entry box will next be displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Style File TZOPShv = Name Code ├─────────┐ │
│ │ Name NLLL221· NLLL221 │█ │
│ │ Description NormalLetterLandscapeLine2s2h1v │█ │
│ └───────────┤ F3>Name=Program Name F4>SwapName/Desc ├─┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Any set of STYLE options may be saved to a user named file, for use later to
reset this output STYLE. The STYLE FILE data entry window display shows the
file's current name and description. The name and the description may be
edited prior to the file's being saved.
Both the file's name and description can be computer generated, based on the
STYLE's general options. The format followed is:
T Output type
Z Paper size
O Sheet orientation
F Font pitch
S Sides of the sheet printed
h Text pages horizontally
v Text pages vertically
This format allows the eighth file name character to be used to differentiate
between like general option styles - for example, one with a binding margin
and one without.
-> To SET the files' name to the program name, press [F3].
-> To SWAP the file's current name and description with a computer generated
name and description, based on the STYLE's general options, press [F4].
-> To CANCEL this operation, press [Escape].
-> Edit the file's name as desired. When done, press [Enter].
-> Edit the file's description as desired. When done, press [Enter]. If the
file, as named, exists, a confirmation prompt will be displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ This File Exists. Replace? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To SAVE the file, press [Y]. When the file has been saved, a confirma-
tion message will be displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LM\LMS\NLLL221.LMS style file updated. │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> Press any key to continue.
91 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
Option File [Advanced]
The OPTION FILE option will load an option file that contains preset values,
replacing any/all of the current option values. The main purpose of this option
is to allow setting the LASR_MAN options for a specific type of printing, such
as printing manuals with a fixed set of style options from a given directory.
These options may then be saved, with a file name and description, using this
option or the EXIT function, and then reloaded at a later time.
NOTE If the option file "LASR_MAN.LMO" exists, it will be automatically loaded,
if an OPTION FILE OPTION is not specified on the command line.
To work with the program's OPTION FILES, select this option. A TASK menu, as
shown below, will then be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ Change v│█ │
│ │ saVe v│█ │
│ │ Restore options v│█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
-> To return to the OPTION FUNCTION menu, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT an OPTION FILE TASK, press it's highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. For operational details of these
TASKS, see the following sections.
Change Option File
This TASK will change to a previously stored OPTION FILE. An OPTION FILES selec-
tion menu will be displayed, as shown below. The OPTION FILES menu displays all
of the available OPTIONS FILES in alphabetic order, along with their de-
scriptions and the date that they were last edited.
92 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ OPTION FILES ╞══════════════════════════════════════════╡ 18╞═^ │
│ ║ 1S2H1V.LMO One side, 2 pages hor, 1 page ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 1S2H2V.LMO One side, 2 pages hor, 2 pages ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 1S3H3V.LMO One side, 3 pages hor, 3 pages ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 1S4H2V.LMO One side, 4 pages hor, 2 pages ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2S2H1V.LMO Both sides, 2 pages hor, 1 page ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2S2H2V.LMO Both sides, 2 pages hor, 2 pages ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2S3H3V.LMO Both sides, 3 pages hor, 3 pages ver 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ 2S4H2V.LMO Both sides, 4 pages hor, 2 pages ver 05-29-95 ■█ │
│ ║ INITIAL.LMO Initial Program Options 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.LMO Initial Program Options 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ TUTOR-B.LMO LaserJet Tutor Option File - Book 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ TUTOR-BD.LMO DeskJet Tutor Option File - Book 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ TUTOR-D.LMO LASR_MAN Manual, 2pps, Letter size 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ║ TUTOR-DD.LMO LASR_MAN Manual, 2pps, Letter size, DJet 05-29-95 ▒█ │
│ ╚══════════════════════════════════╡ [char]^vPgupPgdnHomeEnd>Move ╞═v█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this operation and leave the OPTIONS setting as they are currently,
press [Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of
the file's name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name
that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER
of the file's name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is high-
lighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file
exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To SELECT an option file to load, move the highlight bar to the desired one
using the cursor control keys and press [Enter]. The file will then be read,
with valid parameters replacing any option parameters now in effect.
-> To VIEW the contents of an option file, move the highlight bar to the desired
one using the cursor control keys and press [F2]. The file view window will
be displayed, as shown below.
93 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ VIEW - File LASR_MAN.LMO Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐│
││/!2 pps, both sides ^│
││/.700 ▒│
││/AE ▒│
││/DC:\LM ▒│
││/EN ▒│
││/F*.* ▒│
││/HF_ ▒│
││/HLF'' v│
││/HCP'' ││
││/HRA'' ││
││/I999 ││
││/P0 ││
││/RN ││
││/SNLLL221 ││
││/T0 ││
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>┘│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page of the selected file, use the [PageUp]
[PageDown] [LeftArrow] [RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [Enter].
-> To END viewing this file, press [Escape].
-> To DELETE a OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Delete]. A
confirmation prompt will then be displayed.
┌───────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Delete File? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────┘
-> To DELETE this OPTIONS FILE, press [Y].
-> To SAVE an OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Insert]. For
operational details, see the following section.
Save Option File
A SAVE OPTIONS FILE data entry window will be displayed, as shown below, which
will allow editing of the OPTION FILE's name and description.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Option File ├──────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name LASR_MAN │█ │
│ │ Description 2 pps, both sides │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────┤ F3>Name=Program Name ├─┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT either the file name or description, use the control keys shown
on the help line.
NOTE The default option file name of "LASR_MAN" will cause the file to
94 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
be automatically loaded every time that LASR_MAN is run and does
not need to be specified on the command line.
The option file extension will be ".LMO" and should NOT be entered.
NOTE The description is optional and may be left blank, although it
can be quite helpful when viewing option files prior to loading.
-> To CANCEL this function, press [Escape].
-> To ACCEPT either the file name or description after editing is com-
plete, press [Enter].
After both name and description have been entered, a data path option
menu is displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Save the DATA PATH? ├─┐ │
│ │ Yes No │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
-> To INCLUDE the current drive-directory DATA PATH in the saved option
file, press [Y].
-> To EXCLUDE the DATA PATH from the saved option file, press [N]. This
method is useful for creating generic option files that can be used
for printing files from any drive-directory.
If the OPTIONS FILE currently exists, a verification prompt is displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ This File Exists. Replace? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this function, press [Escape].
-> To SAVE the file, press [Y]. The current options will be saved, and a
save complete message displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LM\LMO\LASR_MAN.LMO option file updated. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key. The program returns to the OPTION FUNCTION
menu.
NOTE The option files may be modified with an ASCII word proces-
sor/editor. For example, if you want to use the default option
file, "LASR_MAN.LMO", but want the data directory to be the
current drive-directory, you may edit the file and remove the
line that begins "/D...".
95 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
Restore Options
All of the program options may be reset to the values that were in effect when
the program was first loaded, and before the options from the environment vari-
able "LASER" and the command line were processed.
-> To RESET all of the options to their original values, select the RELOAD THE
DEFAULTS option by pressing [R]. A verification menu is next displayed.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Sure? ╞═══════════╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL resetting the option values, press [N] or [Escape].
-> To RESET the options to their original values, press [Y].
NOTE Selection of this option WILL LOSE any options changes that were
specified in the environment variable "LASER" or on the command
line.
Change confg [Advanced]
The configuration file is used to specify the printer parameters and commands.
There are two ways to make changes to the printer parameters that it contains.
The first is to customize the file itself, a procedure described in the chapter
"EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE".
The second is to create a change configuration file containing only the parame-
ters that are to be changed, and then read this file during the execution of
LASR_MAN. The procedures for creating a change configuration file are also
described in the chapter "EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE".
This option can select a change configuration file containing any of the printer
parameters such as the default typeface for each pitch and the width of lines
used to draw the sheet borders.
-> To CHANGE any of the parameters of the LASR_MAN configuration file for this
program execution only, select the CHANGE CONFG option by pressing [G]. The
CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILES list is displayed, listing these files in alpha-
betic order, along with their description and the date on which they were
last edited.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILES ╞════════════════════════════╡ 1╞═╗ │
│ ║ NONOPAGE.LMC Suppresses the no page message 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL selection of the change configuration file at this point, press
[Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER
of the file's name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file
96 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT
LETTER of the file's name. Continue this procedure until the desired file
is highlighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no
file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To SELECT a change configuration file to load, move the highlight bar to
the desired one using the cursor control keys and press [Enter]. The
selected change configuration file name is displayed to the right of the
CONFIG FILE option. The file will then be read, with valid parameters
replacing any configuration parameters now in effect.
-> To VIEW the contents of a change configuration file, move the highlight
bar to the desired one using the cursor control keys and press [F2]. The
file view window will be displayed, as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ VIEW - File NONOPAGE.LMC Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││ LASR_MAN PRINTER CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE ^█│
││ ▒█│
││ NAME: NONOPAGE.LMC ▒█│
││ : Suppresses the no page message ▒█│
││ : Copyright 1991-1994, MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved. ▒█│
││ SOURCE: 04-12-92 MicroMetric, Sarasota, FL. ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ 1001:version=700 ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ 1006:any_size_bin=Yes ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ 1011:print_no_page_message[80]= ▒█│
││ ▒█│
││ 1999:end=Yes v█│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page of the selected file, use the [PageUp]
[PageDown] [LeftArrow] [RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [Enter].
-> To END viewing this file, press [Escape].
Page Title [Advanced]
The PAGE TITLE selection menu is used to determine whether two of the lines on
each text page will be used for a page title or for file text and, if there is a
title, its format. The title, when printed, consists of three segments - left,
center, right - each of which may be independently set to one of eight different
formats, one of which allows user data entry. The title may be in the form of a
page header or footer, and it can be underlined. A depiction of the PAGE TITLE
is shown below.
97 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│<═══LEFT TITLE SEGMENT══> <══CENTER TITLE SEGMENT═> <══RIGHT TITLE SEGMENT══>│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CHANGE the PAGE TITLE option or edit its segments, select the PAGE TITLE
option by pressing [T]. A menu to select the TITLE Type is next displayed.
┌─────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ TITLE Type ╞═╕ │
│ │ Header >│█ │
│ │ Footer >│█ │
│ │ hEad/foot >│█ │
│ │ fOot/head >│█ │
│ │ None │█ │
│ ╘════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████ │
└─────────────────────┘
The "hEad/foot" option will generate a header title, and the "fOot/head"
option will generate a footer for output styles with one and two text pages
per side.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:2 │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:2 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ HEADER/FOOTER FOOTER/HEADER ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
For output styles with more than two text pages vertically per side, the
"hEad/foot" and "fOot/head" options generate title formats where the top text
pages will have the first, and the lower text pages will have the second.
98 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────┐<────4 Pages/Side ║
║ │ ░░ PAGE:1 │ ░░ PAGE:2 │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ PAGE:1 │ PAGE:2 │ PAGE:3 │ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │───────────┼───────────│ │────────┼────────┼────────┼────────│ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ PAGE:5 │ PAGE:6 │ PAGE:7 │ PAGE:8 │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ │ ░░ PAGE:3 │ ░░ PAGE:4 │ 8 Pages/Side ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ Both HEADER/FOOTER ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-> To LEAVE the PAGE TITLE option as it is currently set, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT a different TITLE Type, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to the desired TITLE Type with the arrow keys and press [En-
ter]. If one of the types that display the title is selected, an UNDERLINE
selection menu is displayed.
┌─────────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Underline? ╞═╕ │
│ │ Yes No v│█ │
│ ╘════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████ │
└─────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the page TITLE option as it is currently set, press [Escape].
-> To UNDERLINE the selected title, press [Y].
-> To PRINT the Title without an underline, press [N].
A TITLE format selection menu is next displayed for the LEFT segment of the
title. This will be followed by menus for the CENTER and RIGHT title seg-
ments.
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ For the LEFT title, use ├─────┐ │
│ │ FILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm │█ │
│ │ fILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy │█ │
│ │ fiLE: nnnnnnnn.eee │█ │
│ │ PRINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm │█ │
│ │ pRINTED: mm-dd-yy │█ │
│ │ pAGE: pppp │█ │
│ │ paGE: pppp [ff-nnnn] │█ │
│ │ Custom │█ │
│ │ Nothing │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE The page number printed, "ppp", is normally the sequential text page
number of the output, not the page number of the file. This can be
changed so that each file of a multi-file output will be " reset" to
99 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
1, by chnaging the value of the parameter "page_number_file_reset"
in the configuration file.
-> To LEAVE this and the other title segments with their current settings,
press [Escape]. The program will return to the OPTIONS Function menu.
-> To LEAVE this title segment data as it is currently set, press [Enter].
-> To CHANGE the format to be displayed in this title segment from that
highlighted, press the desired title segment format's highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press
[Enter].
If the "Custom" title segment option is selected, A Custom Title data
entry window is displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌──┤ Enter Custom Title ├───┐ │
│ │ ························· │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT this Custom Title segment, type or change the desired data,
using the action keys that are shown on the bottom help line.
-> To CANCEL changing this Custom Title segment, and restore its former
value, press [Escape].
-> To ACCEPT this edited Custom Title segment, press [Enter].
The newly defined title segment formats are temporarily displayed during
selection on the next to the last line of the background display. The dis-
play below would be seen after the LEFT and CENTER title segments have
been defined, and while waiting for the RIGHT title segment to be se-
lected.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│FILE: NNNNNNNN.EEE MM-DD-YY PRINTED: MM-DD-YY HH:MM │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Font File [Expert]
The FONT OPTION allows selection of the desired FONT TYPEFACE, either internal
or downloadable soft font, to use with the currently selected pitch.
-> To SELECT a different FONT TYPEFACE, select the FONT option. A menu of AVAIL-
ABLE FONT TYPEFACES will be displayed. The AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES list
displays, for the selected PITCH, the FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic order,
along with their description and the date on which they were last modified.
Those fonts that are internal or cartridge are starred, '*'.
100 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES - Line PITCH ╞═════════════════╡ 4╞═╗ │
│ ║ 2P1700.LMF *Line Printer 12-31-99 ■█ │
│ ║ 2P1704.LMF MM Helvic 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ 2P1705.LMF MM Times Roman 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ 2P1706.LMF MM LetterGothic 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ *=Internal Font ╞═╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To RETURN to the OPTIONS menu, press [Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST LETTER of
the FONT's name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first FONT name
that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER
of the FONT's name. Continue this procedure until the desired FONT is high-
lighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no FONT
exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To SELECT a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter].
-> To VIEW the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the desired
file name using the arrow keys and press [F2].
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌■┤ VIEW - File 2P1700.LMF Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐│
││W*Internal Font....................DESCRIPTION->[Line Printer ] ^│
││ ▒│
││ ▒│
││ v│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>┘│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page of the selected file, use the [PageUp]
[PageDown] [LeftArrow] [RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [Enter].
-> To END viewing this file, press [Escape].
-> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [Delete]. A
verify menu will be displayed next.
┌───────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Delete File? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────┘
-> To DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file, press [Y], or press [N] or
[Escape] to cancel the operation.
-> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file, press
[Insert]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be displayed,
which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE's name and description.
101 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Font File ├────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name 2P1700·· │█ │
│ │ Description *Line Printer │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
WARNING DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR THE
SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST!
-> After editing the file name and description, the TYPEFACE DESCRIPTION FONT
file will be created and a completion message displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LP\LMF\2P1799.LMF font file updated. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key.
Cover file [Expert]
LASR_MAN has the ability to print a cover file, located on the appropriate sub-
directory off of the program directory, before printing the normally selected
files. This cover file, with a required extension of ".LMV", may be of any
length and can be created and/or edited by a word processor. When selected, it
will be printed before all of the other selected files.
Select for Printing - A COVER FILES selection menu, listing the available cover
files is next displayed, as shown above. It contains all of the files on the
selected (or only) directory that have an extension of ".LMV".
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ COVER FILES ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════╡ 4╞═╗ │
│ ║ NONE Do not use a cover file ■█ │
│ ║ LM_SOUR.LMV LASR-MAN SOURCE CODE LISTING 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ SAMPLE.LMV LASR_MANMANUAL DATE: FROM: TO: 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ║ SUMM_DOC.LMV MICRO- METRIC PROGRAM SUMMARY 12-31-99 ║█ │
│ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL selection of the cover file at this point, press [Escape].
-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER
of the file's name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file
name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT
LETTER of the file's name. Continue this procedure until the desired file
is highlighted.
NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no
file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard.
-> To SELECT a cover file to print before the selected files, move the high-
102 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
light bar to the desired one using the cursor control keys and press
[Enter]. The selected cover file name will be displayed to the right of
the COVER FILE option.
-> To VIEW the contents of a cover file, move the highlight bar to the de-
sired one using the cursor control keys and press [F2]. The file view
window will be displayed, as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ VIEW - File SAMPLE.LMV Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐█│
││▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ^█│
││▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒█ ▒█│
││▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒▄ ▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒█ ▒█│
││▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▒▒█▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▒▒█▀ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█▒▒▄▒▒█ ▒█│
││▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█▒▒█▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█│
││ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▒█│
││▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒█│
││▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ v█│
││▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ │█│
││▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▀▀▀▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ │█│
││▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│█│
││ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│█│
││▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ │█│
││▒▒█▀▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▀▀▒▒█▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀ │█│
││▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ │█│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>─────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page of the selected file, use the [PageUp]
[PageDown] [LeftArrow] [RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [Enter].
-> To END viewing this file, press [Escape].
-> To DELETE the highlighted COVER FILE, press [Delete]. A verification
prompt will be displayed.
┌───────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Delete File? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────┘
-> To DELETE the file, press [Y].
-> To LEAVE the cover file as is, press [N] or [Escape].
Option Switches [Expert]
A variety of option switches are available to control the printed output. Most
of these switches are of the toggle variety but several are more complex and
have selection or entry menus. The TOGGLE/CHANGE OPTION SWITCHES menu is dis-
played below.
-> To first DISPLAY the TOGGLE/CHANGE OPTION SWITCHES selection menu, press [W]
or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press [Enter].
103 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ TOGGLE/CHANGE OPTION SWITCH ├───────────┐ │
│ │ file Page start>ANY blanK lines════>YES │█ │
│ │ switch Titles══>NO no Left margin═> 0 │█ │
│ │ title Headers══>YES Spaces/tab═════> 8 │█ │
│ │ print Formfeeds>YES tAb print width> 8 │█ │
│ │ Border type════>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ │█ │
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES │█ │
│ │ text page floW═>HOR │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the TOGGLE/CHANGE OPTION SWITCHES menu, press [Escape].
-> To TOGGLE/CHANGE an option switch, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option switch using the arrow keys and
press [Enter].
File Page Start (Toggle) - Determines whether new files will be started on
the next text page when printing in multiple pages per side, or if text pages
will be skipped between files. This switch acts as a toggle and has four
states:
ANY Start the next file on the next text page.
ODD Start the next file on the next odd text page.
SID Start the next file on the next side page.
SHE Start the next file on the next sheet page.
Switch Titles (Toggle) - Will switch the left and right title segment data
fields on even numbered pages. If the option switch is "Yes", the left and
right title segment data fields will be switched on all even numbered pages.
If it is "No", the title will be the same on all pages.
Title Headers (Toggle) - Used to remove the headers from title section data
fields. Each title section data field, except the custom field, has a header,
such as "PAGE:" for the page data field. If this option is "Yes", these title
headers will be printed. If it is "No", they will be removed. As an example,
the first title segment data field would be printed as "'FILE:nnnnnnnn.eee
mm-dd-yy hh:mm" with the TITLE HEADERS switch set to "Yes", and as
"nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm" when set to "No".
Print Form Feeds (Toggle) - Specifies how text form feed characters will be
handled during printing. The available PRINT FORM FEEDS option include:
YES All text form feed characters will be printed.
NO Text form feed characters will be ignored.
*** Form feed characters are replaced with a text line of special char-
acters to denote the page break, and the form feed is NOT printed.
Using this method, the location of form feed characters will then be
visible in the output.
Border Type (Toggle) - Determines what type of a border, if any, will be
drawn around all of the text pages on a side, or, based on the PAGE DIVIDER
option switch, around each individual text page. This switch acts as a toggle
104 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
and has four states:
NO No border is drawn around the text pages.
LIN Draw a thin line border around the text pages.
BLK Draw a thick line border around the text pages.
SHW Draw a shadow border around the text pages.
Page Dividers (Menu) - Used to define the page dividers that are normally
included when multiple text pages are printed on one side of a paper sheet.
Two divider selection menus are displayed: first the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER and
then the VERTICAL DIVIDER.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Horizontal ├─────┐ │
│ │ None │█ │
│ │ Line │█ │
│ │ Block │█ │
│ │ Individual box │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the PAGE DIVIDER OPTION as it is currently set, press [Es-
cape].
-> To SELECT a HORIZONTAL PAGE DIVIDER OPTION, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press
[Enter]. The VERTICAL PAGE DIVIDER menu will then be displayed, unless
INDIVIDUAL BOX has been selected.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Vertical ├───────┐ │
│ │ None │█ │
│ │ Line │█ │
│ │ Block │█ │
│ │ Individual box │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the PAGE DIVIDER OPTION as it is currently set, press [Es-
cape].
-> To SELECT a VERTICAL PAGE DIVIDER OPTION, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press [Enter].
Page Flow (Toggle) - There are two options for page flow on output styles
that have multiple text pages per side. The first is HORIZONTAL, where text
pages are printed across the top of the sheet from left to right, and then
lower again till the bottom of the sheet. VERTICAL page flow prints the first
text page on the left side of the sheet, top first then bottom. The default
PAGE FLOW style output is horizontal, as shown below for four and eight text
pages per side styles, by the page numbers followed by "H". The PAGE FLOW
option switch may be toggled for vertical flow, resulting in the output de-
picted below with page numbers followed by "V".
105 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═══════════════╗<=PORTRAIT │
│ ║1V │3V ║ LANDSCAPE │
│ ║ or │ or ║ ╔═══════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ 1H│ 2H║ ║1V │3V │5V │7V ║ │
│ ║───────┼───────║ ║ 1H│ 2H│ 3H│ 4H║ │
│ ║2V │4V ║ ║─────┼─────┼─────┼─────║ │
│ ║ or │ or ║ ║2V │4V │6V │8V ║ │
│ ║ 3H│ 4H║ ║ 5H│ 6H│ 7H│ 8H║ │
│ ╚══4 Pages/Side═╝ ╚══════8 Pages/Side═════╝ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To TOGGLE the PAGE FLOW option switch, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlighted bar to it and press [Escape].
Blank Lines (Toggle) - Blank lines from the input file are normally printed
on the output. This option allows suppression of blank lines on the output,
and is useful in cases where the input file is double spaced and it's desired
to have the output single spaced. If the option switch is "Yes", the default,
blank lines will be printed. If the option is "No", blank lines will not be
printed.
No Left Margin (Entry) - Blank spaces on the left margin may be suppressed by
use of this option. The NO LEFT MARGIN option will remove leading blank
spaces on each text line. It DOES NOT remove text, only blank spaces.
For example, if a page has lines that are 85 characters long, but there are 5
blank spaces at the beginning of each line, setting the NO LEFT MARGIN to a
value 5 will allow the page to print properly, using a STYLE OF OUTPUT that
has 80 characters/line.
-> To CHANGE the NO LEFT MARGIN option setting, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlighted bar to it and press [Enter]. Its current value
will be displayed for editing.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ no Left margin═> 0· │
└───────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT the NO LEFT MARGIN data, use the cursor control keys shown on
the help line.
-> To ACCEPT the NO LEFT MARGIN data after editing, press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL changing the NO LEFT MARGIN data, press [Escape].
Spaces/Tab (Entry) - The SPACES PER TABS option is used to determine the
number of spaces used for tab characters in the selected files that are to be
printed. Additionally, leading spaces of more than the SPACES/TAB value will
be converted to tab characters: for example if SPACES/TAB is 8, twenty-four
leading spaces = three tab characters. Correct use of this option switch,
along with the next, TAB PRINT WIDTH, will assure proper alignment of the
final output.
The SPACES/TAB option switch should be set to the value used by the text
editor or word processor that generated the document to be printed. This
value is normally eight spaces per tab.
106 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
-> To CHANGE the SPACES/TAB option setting, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlighted bar to it and press [Enter]. Its current value will
be displayed for editing.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ Spaces/tab═════> 8 │
└───────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT the SPACES/TAB data, use the cursor control keys shown on the
help line.
-> To ACCEPT the SPACES/TAB data after editing, press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL changing the SPACES/TAB data, press [Escape].
Tab Print Width (Entry) - Although tabs may have been defined as a specific
width, such as eight spaces - the default value, they can be printed out with
a different width by use of this option switch.
-> To CHANGE the TAB PRINT WIDTH option setting, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlighted bar to it and press [Enter]. Its current value
will be displayed for editing.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ tAb print width> 8 │
└───────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, use the cursor control keys shown on
the help line.
-> To ACCEPT the TAB PRINT WIDTH data after editing, press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL changing the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, press [Escape].
Text Word Wrap (Toggle) - When the file text line is longer than the selected
STYLE OF OUTPUT print line, the part of the text that will fit on the first
line is printed. How the remaining text for that line is then handled depends
on the selected text word wrap option. Available TEXT WORD WRAP options
include:
+++ The first output text line is filled completely, and the remain-
ing text is then placed on the next output line preceded by charac-
ter continuation string, whose default value is " ═══>". This char-
acter continuation string is defined in the configuration file, and
may be changed. A text string of up to 1000 characters will be
handled properly, being broken into multiple lines.
Cut The first output text line is filled completely, and the remaining
text for that line is discarded.
Yes The first output text line is filled to the last full word, and the
remaining text is then placed on the next output line. Single
carriage returns are ignored, and double carriage returns are
processed as such. This is a "paragraph" approach to preparing the
output, and will not work well with tabular or graphical text
material.
-> To TOGGLE the TEXT WORD WRAP OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter].
Print Ctrl Chrs (Toggle) - Determines how control characters (ASCII 1-31)
107 OPTIONS FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
will be printed on output. This toggle has two states:
NO Substitute a '■' character for all control characters.
YES Print ASCII 1-31 characters "as is".
Line/Page Limit [Expert]
The LINES PER PAGE LIMIT option can be used to force a text file, that
does not use form feed characters, to properly paginate when it's lines per page
is different than the selected STYLE OF OUTPUT's lines per page.
For example, if a text file has 66 lines per page without any form feed charac-
ters and the selected STYLE OF OUTPUT prints 72 lines per page, setting the
LINES PER PAGE LIMIT to 66 will result in properly printed pagination.
-> To CHANGE the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. Edit the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT as
desired.
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ Line/page limit 999 │
└───────────────────────────┘
-> To ACCEPT the edited LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press [Enter].
-> To CANCEL editing and leave the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT as currently set,
press [Escape].
Stamp-it! [Expert]
A halftone "rubber stamp" can optionally be printed on each text page. The
character size of this stamp is fixed - about 3/8" high - and is the same for
all Styles of Output. Each letter has a thin outline and a lightly shaded
interior. The stamp may be printed horizontally across the center of the text
pageor vertically. Stamp text is first selected from a list of commonly used
stamps. The default is to NOT print a halftone "rubber stamp" on each text page.
-> To CHANGE the status of this STAMP-IT! option, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. A STAMP-IT! STYLE selec-
tion menu will then be displayed.
┌────────────────┐
│ ╒═╡ Style ╞═╕ │
│ │ None │█ │
│ │ Horizont >│█ │
│ │ Vertical >│█ │
│ ╘═══════════╛█ │
│ █████████████ │
└────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the STAMP-IT! STYLE as it was, press [Escape].
-> To SELECT a STAMP-IT! STYLE, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. A STAMP-IT! TEXT selection menu
will next be displayed.
108 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 OPTIONS FUNCTION
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ STAMP-IT! Text ╞═╗ │
│ ║ Copy ║█ │
│ ║ confidEntial ║█ │
│ ║ do Not copy ║█ │
│ ║ Draft ║█ │
│ ║ Urgent ║█ │
│ ╚════════════════════╝█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To SELECT a new or different STAMP-IT! text, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The selected
text, or at least the first portion of it, will appear on the "STAMP-
IT!" option line.
NOTE There is also a time cost to printing a "rubber stamp" on each text page:
the length of time required to initially download the "rubber stamp" soft
font to the printer is about fifty seconds. Printing the "rubber stamp" on
each text page normally requires little additional time.
109 FILES SELECT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
FILES SELECT FUNCTION
File selection and tagging is the cornerstone of LASR_MAN operations. It is the
process of specifying which file or files, located on the currently selected
drive-directory, are to be printed. Only the files from one directory at a time
may be printed with LASR_MAN. Only after a file or files are selected and tagged
may printing occur.
The file names displayed for file selection are those files on the current
drive-directory as defined by the Data Path. If the files from a different
drive-directory are desired, first select the SETUP Function and change the
data path prior to selecting the FILES SELECT Function.
Additionally, the files displayed must meet the criteria defined by ARCHIVE BIT
STATUS & FILE MASK options.
LASR_MAN will handle directories with up to 2048 files, displaying them seventy-
five at a time. Files in excess of this number will be bypassed, and an overflow
error message will be displayed.
NOTE To process directories containing more than 2048 files, use the ARCHIVE
BIT and FILE MASK options to decrease the number of selectable files to
less than 2048.
The options displayed on the FILES SELECT FUNCTION menu, and the other four
FUNCTION menus, depend on the selected USER MENU LEVEL. The FUNCTION menu dis-
played below is set to the Expert level.
-> To SELECT the FILES SELECT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU,
press [F] or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the FILES SELECT Function
using the cursor control keys and press [Enter]. The FILES SELECT Function
menu will then be displayed, as shown below.
110 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 FILES SELECT FUNCTION
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│ setUp Options Files select Print eXit │
│ ╔■══════════════════════╗ │
│DATA═>G:\LP ║<Data path ║ │
│ ║ File selection v║ │
│┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐ ║ Mask: *.* ║ │
││ Lines═>67 ║ Archive: EITHER ║ │
││ Pitch═>Line█│═══════════╚═══════════════════════╝ │
│└─Chars═>80 ■─┘ ║╗┌───────────┤ Option Switches ├─────────────┐│
│ TYPE:Normal ║║│ file Page start>ANY blanK lines════>YES ││
│ SIZE:Letter ║║│ switch Titles══>NO no Left margin═>0 ││
│ORIEN:Landscape ║║│ title Headers══>YES Spaces/tab═════>8 ││
│ ╚╡2 pgs/SIDE╞═══════════════╝║│ print Formfeeds>YES tAb print width>8 ││
│ ╚╡BOTH SIDES╞════════════════╝│ Border type════>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ ││
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES ││
│ │ text page floW═>HOR ││
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL +│F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>Main Menu│[UOFPX]{}>Function│<┘/[char]>Select│^vHomeEnd│
-> To RETURN to the MAIN MENU, press [Escape].
-> To SWITCH to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To SELECT a FILES SELECT Function option, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys
and press [Enter].
Data Path [Normal]
The FILE SELECT DATA PATH selection menu allows the DATA PATH to be restored to
that which was in effect when the program was loaded or selection of a new path
for the drive and directory from which files may first be selected/tagged and
then printed.
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■═══════════════════════╕ │
│ │ Change v│█ │
│ │ Restore path v│█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────┘
-> To leave the DATA PATH as it is currently set, press [Escape].
-> To RESTORE the DATA PATH to that which was in effect when the program was
loaded, press the "Restore" highlight letter. Selecting this option can reset
the data drive and directory to that which was in effect when LASR_MAN was
loaded. A verification prompt is first displayed and then, on a positive
response, the data drive and directory are reset.
111 FILES SELECT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Sure? ╞═══════════╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘═════════════════════╛█ │
│ ███████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────┘
-> To restore the initial drive/directory, press the "Yes" highlight letter.
-> To leave the drive/directory as they are currently set, press the "No"
highlight letter.
-> To CHANGE the DATA PATH, press the "Change" highlight letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The current DRIVE and DIRECTORY is
shown on the top display line. This display is updated during the selction
process.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡DataPath═>G:\LP ╞═╕│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The DRIVE Is first selected and then the path to the desired subdirectory is
set. The DRIVE selection menu is shown below. Available DRIVES are capital-
ized.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ DRIVE ╞═════════════════════════════════════════╕ │
│ │ A B C D E F G H I J K l m │█ │
│ │ n o p q r s t u v w x y z │█ │
│ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the data path as it was before selection of this option, press
[Enter].
-> To SELECT a DRIVE, press the desired DRIVE letter or move the highlight
bar to the desired DRIVE using the cursor control keys and press [Enter].
The selected drive will then be displayed, on the top line, and a
SUBDIRECTORY PICK LIST will next be displayed. The current directory for
this drive is initially displayed.
112 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 FILES SELECT FUNCTION
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ Select the NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH ╞╡ 14╞═^ │
│ ║ accept path ▒█ │
│ ║ .<root dir> ▒█ │
│ ║ ..<parent> ▒█ │
│ ║ BACKUP ■█ │
│ ║ DJET ▒█ │
│ ║ HOLD ▒█ │
│ ║ LAN ▒█ │
│ ║ LMC ▒█ │
│ ║ LMF ▒█ │
│ ║ LMO ▒█ │
│ ║ LMS ▒█ │
│ ║ LMV ▒█ │
│ ║ TEMP ▒█ │
│ ╚════════════════════╡ [char]^vPgupPgdnHomeEnd>Move ╞═v█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To LEAVE the data path as it was before selection of this option, press
[Escape].
-> To SELECT the next SUBDIRECTORY to add to the data path, move the high-
light bar to the desired subdirectory using the cursor control keys and
press [Enter]. Pressing a letter will move the SUBDIRECTORY highlight
bar to the first subdirectory whose name starts with that letter. When
selected, the subdirectory name is added to the path display, and the
next SUBDIRECTORY menu is displayed.
-> To ACCEPT the path as it is currently set and displayed, move the high-
light bar to the "accept path" item and press [Enter]. The program
returns to the SETUP Function menu.
If this is not the root directory of the selected drive, two additional
items are displayed, ". <root dir>" and "..<parent>".
-> To RESET the path to the root directory of the selected drive, move the
highlight bar to the ". <root dir>" item using the cursor control keys
and press [Enter].
-> To REMOVE the last subdirectory added to the path, move the highlight
bar to the ".. <parent>" item using the cursor control keys and press
[Enter].
113 FILES SELECT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
File Selection/Tag [Normal]
FILE SELECTION/TAG is the process of specifying which file or files, located on
the current drive-directory, are to be printed.
-> To SELECT and tag files from the current drive-directory for printing, select
the FILE SELECTION/TAG option by pressing [F]. Two, or three, additional
windows will now be displayed.
The TOP line of the display is a PRINT SUMMARY DATA window, showing informa-
tion about the files selected and printed. The "File" and "Size" fields will
be updated as files are tagged and untagged, and the "Page" and "Sheet"
fields will be updated when the COUNT PAGE/SHEET key is pressed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡Scan>■/1 File> ■/■ Size> ■/■ Page> ■/■ Sheet> ■/■ ╞═╕│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The FILE INFORMATION window, shown only if the USER DISPLAY LEVEL is set to
either PARTIAL or FULL, displays data on the currently highlighted file and
will, when they are selected, provide additional information with the ANALYZE
FILE and VIEW PAGE finction keys. The right-most abbreviations stand for
maximum characters per line and maximum lines per page. These are a function
of the currently selected STYLE OF OUTPUT.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ INFORMATION - File PAGES_01.DOC ├────────────────┐ │
│ │ Type Text Date 07-31-95 7:00 MaxC/L 80 │█ │
│ │ Size 3547 3545 Page 1 MaxL/P 60 │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
A FILE TAG SCROLL selection menu displays the current drive-directory's files
- as limited by the ARCHIVE BIT and FILE MASK options - in alphabetical
order. Its title shows the current FILE MASK, along with a reminder of how
TAGGED files are denoted.
114 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 FILES SELECT FUNCTION
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔■╡ MASK:*.* (√=TAG) ╞═══════════════╡ 18╞═^ │
│ ║ DESC.SDI 60 05-29-95 7:00 ■█ │
│ ║ FILE_ID.DIZ 441 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.DOC 421,613 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.EXE 196,882 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.ICO 766 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.LMG 8,334 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.LMU 222 05-29-95 9:45 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.LST 1,362 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.ORD 9,988 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.PIF 545 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ LASR_MAN.REG 50 05-29-95 9:45 ▒█ │
│ ║ PAGES_01.DOC 3,547 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ PAGES_02.DOC 7,147 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ PAGES_04.DOC 14,474 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ║ PAGES_08.DOC 28,895 05-29-95 7:00 ▒█ │
│ ╚════════════╡ [char]^vPgupPgdnHomeEnd>Move ╞═v█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To TERMINATE FILE SELECTION/TAG, press [Escape]. The program will proceed
to the PRINT Function if any files have been tagged.
-> To TOGGLE the print tag on the currently highlighted file, press [Enter]
or [ Space ]. This file's tag will be changed and the file highlight will
move to the next file.
-> To TAG the currently highlighted file, press [Insert]. The file highlight
will move to the next file.
-> To CLEAR any print tag on the currently highlighted file, press [Delete].
The file highlight will move to the next file.
-> To PREVIEW how the text data from the currently highlighted file will look
when printed, press [F2]. Information from the first page of this file
will be displayed in the VIEW window. The page number, maximum number of
characters per line, and lines per page for this page are shown in the
FILE INFORMATION window, if displayed. Each page will be displayed as it
will appear when printed, as shown below.
115 FILES SELECT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌■┤ VIEW - PAGES_08.DOC Page 4 ├────────────────────────────────────┐ │
││PPPPPPPP ^█│
││PPPPPPPPPP ▒█│
││PPP PPP ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────▒█│
││PPP PPP │ LASR_MAN can dramatically decrease the amount of paper requiv█│
││PPP PPP │ to print many of your documents - by more than 94%, based on│█│
││PPP PPP│ printing 18 text pages - each 80 columns wide by 60 lines - │█│
││PPP PPP│ a single sheet of paper. It can also save laser toner (exce│█│
││PPP PPP│ for the Pica pitch, the characters are smaller) and wear and│█│
││PPP PPP│ tear on the printer (less paper passing through). It's grea│█│
││PPP PPP│ for use with draft documents, program listings and manuals, │█│
││PPP PPP │ wide spreadsheets, database listings, legal documents, addre│█│
││PPP PPP │ lists and labels, etc. You can select the print pitch size │█│
││PPP PPP │ based on usage: normal and medium sizes for everyday use, sm│█│
││PPPPPPPPPP └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│█│
││PPPPPPPP │█│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>─────┘█│
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page, use the [PageUp] [PageDown] [LeftArrow]
[RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [Enter].
-> To END viewing this file, press [Escape].
-> To TAG ALL/CLEAR ALL of the displayed files for/from printing, press [F3].
All of the displayed files will be tagged or cleared.
NOTE This option acts as a toggle.
-> To ANALYZE and determine the number of printed pages to be generated by
the currently highlighted FILE, press [F4]. The FILE INFORMATION window,
if displayed, will be updated with this data along with the maximum line
width and page length for this file, as shown below. SUMMARY information,
on the top display line, will also be updated.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ INFORMATION - File GENERAL.DOC ├────────────────┐ │
│ │ Type Text Date 05-16-95 10:28 MaxC/L 81 │█ │
│ │ Size 38986 22051 Page 13 MaxL/P 72 │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
An informational message - Done - is also displayed. Press any key to
continue.
-> To COUNT the number of PAGEs and SHEETs that will be printed by all of the
currently tagged files, press [F5]. The totals information will appear on
the top display line, as shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╒■╡Scan>■/1 File> 2/2 Size> 7147/10694 Page> 1/3 Sheet> 1/1 ╞═╕│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
An informational message - Done - is also displayed. Press any key to
continue.
116 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 FILES SELECT FUNCTION
File Mask [Advanced]
The FILE MASK option is used to denote a single specific file or to limit the
number of files that are displayed during the file selection process. The cur-
rent FILE MASK value is displayed to the right of the option, as shown below,
normally with the default of "*.*".
-> To EDIT this file name/wildcard, select the FILE MASK option by pressing [M].
The action keys that may be used during editing are shown on the bottom help
line. The DOS wildcard characters of '*' and '?' may be used. A '.' must
separate the file name specifier from the extension.
┌───────────────────┐
│ Mask:*.*········· │
└───────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL changing the FILE MASK and return its current value, press
[Escape].
-> To CLEAR the entry window, press [Ctrl] + [End].
-> To ACCEPT the edited FILE MASK, press [Enter].
NOTE If the FILE MASK is cleared, it will revert to it's default value of
"*.*".
Archive bit [Expert]
The ARCHIVE BIT status may be used to determine which files will be displayed
for selection:
1.) only those that have changed and have their archive bit set on, or
2.) all files.
Additionally, if only changed files are selected, the archive bit may be reset
after the file(s) is/are printed.
The three states that the ARCHIVE BIT status may be set to are:
EITHER Files will be displayed whether their ARCHIVE BIT status is on or
off.
ON Files will be displayed only if their ARCHIVE BIT is on.
CLEAR Files will be displayed only if their ARCHIVE BIT is on. Additional-
ly, any files that are selected and then printed will have their AR-
CHIVE BIT set off after being printed.
-> To TOGGLE the ARCHIVE BIT status, press [A].
117 PRINT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
PRINT FUNCTION
Printing, the reason for LASR_MAN, may only be accomplished after one or more
files have been selected and tagged.
The options displayed on the PRINT FUNCTION menu, and the other four FUNCTION
menus, depend on the selected USER MENU LEVEL. The FUNCTION menu displayed below
is set to the Expert level.
-> To SELECT the PRINT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press [P]
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the PRINT Function using the cursor
control keys and press [Enter]. Two windows may then displayed; the PRINT
Function menu for selection of print options and, if files are selected, the
FILES TO PRINT PICK LIST information window showing all of the selected and
tagged files from the current directory.
╒■╡Scan>■/1 File> ■/1 Size> ■/57314 Page> ■/■ Sheet> ■/■ ╞═╕
│░ setUp Options Files select Print eXit ░░│
│ ╔■╡ LASERJET IID/IIP,III,IV ╞══════╗ │
│DATA═>G:\LP ║ paper Source: DUPLEX ║ │
│ FILES═>Style══>NLL║ Print these selected files v║2s2h1v│
│┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐ Option═>LAS║ output To: LPT1 ║ptions│
││ Lines═>67 Change═>NON║ Reverse 2nd pass output: NO ║essage│
││ Pitch═>Line█│═══════════════╗ ║ Generate key word index: NO ║ │
│└─Chars═>80 ■─┘ ║╗┌──║ INDX-IT! ║─────┐│
│ TYPE:Normal ║║│ f╚══════════════════════════════════╝>YES ││
│ SIZE:Letter ║║│ switch Titles══>NO no Left margin═>0 ││
│ORIEN:Landscape ║║│ title Headers══>YES Spaces/tab═════>8 ││
│ ╚╡2 pgs/SIDE╞═══════════════╝║│ print Formfeeds>YES tAb print width>8 ││
│ ╚╡BOTH SIDES╞════════════════╝│ Border type════>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ ││
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES ││
│ │ text page floW═>HOR ││
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
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-> To RETURN to the MAIN MENU, press [Escape].
-> To SWITCH to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To SELECT a PRINT Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press [Enter].
118 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT FUNCTION
Paper Source Bin [Normal]
The PAPER SOURCE BIN option acts as a toggle and allows selection of a desired
PAPER SOURCE BIN from those that are defined in the LASR_MAN printer command
configuration file.
The available PAPER SOURCE BIN options for laser printers include:
DUPLEX Duplex printer
EPSON FRONT Front Cassette, Epson printer
FRONT CASSETTE Front Cassette
LOWER CASSETTE (Default) Lower Cassette
TRAY Multi-Purpose Tray
The available PAPER SOURCE BIN options for ink jet printers include:
TRAY, DESKJET (Default) Input Tray
-> To TOGGLE the PAPER SOURCE BIN, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [Enter]. The selected PAPER SOURCE BIN will
change to the next one available, in alphabetical order.
NOTE The DUPLEX PAPER SOURCE BIN is for the HP IID/IIID printers and will
change how printing on the back side of paper sheets will be handled.
Duplex printing is done on both sides of the paper sheet in a single
pass through the printer.
Print these Selected Files [Normal]
Selection of the PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES option opens the gateway to printing
the selected files, using the currently defined options.
NOTE The default value for the PAPER SOURCE BIN option for laser printers is
"LOWER CASSETTE", normally used on the HP IIP and IIIP printers. If your
printer is different, select the proper PAPER SOURCE BIN for it before
printing the selected files.
TIP When printing with a STYLE OF OUTPUT of "PAMPHLET" or "BOOK", you can
print the first sheet on a different colored and/or weight of paper stock
for a cover.
-> To SELECT the PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES option, press [P]. If no files
have yet been selected and tagged for printing, an error message will be
displayed, as shown below.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ File(s) MUST be Selected before they can be printed. │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key. You will first need to go to the FILES SELECT
function and select the file(s) to be printed.
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Several menus can be displayed at this point, depending on the PRINTER,
PAPER SOURCE, and OUTPUT settings.
If the OUTPUT TO option has been set to "DISK FILE" and the disk file already
exists, a file handling menu will be displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Disk File Exists. ...? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase Append │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> To ERASE the current printer output disk file, "LASR_MAN.PRN", contents,
press [E].
-> To LEAVE the current printer output disk file, "LASR_MAN.PRN", contents as
they are and append the new printer output to it, press [A].
If INDX-IT! is present and the "Generate key word index" option is set to
"Yes" and the INDX-IT.RAW key word file already exists, a file handling menu
will be displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Index File Exists. ...? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase Append │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────┘
-> To ERASE the current index word disk file, "INDX-IT!.RAW", contents, press
[E].
-> To LEAVE the current index word disk file, "INDX-IT!.RAW", contents as
they are and append key words from the documents to be printed to it,
press [A].
If the "DUPLEX" PAPER SOURCE has been selected and the STYLE OF OUTPUT is
double sided, a DUPLEX PRINT STYLE menu will be displayed.
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Select DUPLEX PRINT STYLE ├─┐ │
│ │ Book Flip │█ │
│ └───────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ █████████████████████████████████ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To PRINT the second side so that when the output sheet is three hole
punched on the LEFT or RIGHT sides and inserted in a notebook, all pages
are readable and properly oriented, press [B].
-> To PRINT the second side so that when the output sheet is three hole
punched on the TOP or BOTTOM sides and inserted in a notebook, all pages
are readable and properly oriented, press [F].
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────╥────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Page 3 │ Page 4 │ │ │ o ^ o │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ o ^ o │ │ │
│ │ o o o │ │ Page 3 │ Page 4 o ^ o Page 5 │ Page 6 │ │
│ ╞═══)══════)══════)══╡ └────────────────────╨────────────────────┘ │
│ │ o o o │ Book Style │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ Page 5 │ Page 6 │<─ Flip Chart Style │
│ └────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE For PAMPHLET and BOOK output styles, use the BOOK style for proper
output.
If the STYLE OF OUTPUT is "PAMPHLET" or "BOOK",the program will first take
one scan through the selected files determining page locations.
If the "DeskJet" family of PRINTERS has been selected, a print quality menu
will be displayed.
┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Select DeskJet PRINT QUALITY ├─┐ │
│ │ Draft Letter │█ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To PRINT the output in draft quality, press [D]. This method is normally
twice as fast as letter quality and will normally produce more readable
output at the smaller pitch sizes.
-> To PRINT the output in letter quality, press [L].
The top line of the display is a PRINT SUMMARY DATA window, displaying infor-
mation about the selected files. The fields of this window will be updated as
files are read and printed.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Scan═>■/2 File═> 1/■ Size═> 22055/■ Page═> 1/■ Sheet═> 1/■ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Three additional windows are next displayed. The first is the FILE INFORMA-
TION window detailing data on the file currently being processed, as shown
here.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ INFORMATION - File PAGES-08.DOC ├────────────────┐ │
│ │ Type Text Date 11-17-90 10:28 MaxC/L │█ │
│ │ Size 22055 Page MaxL/P │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The second window is an ACTION message and contains information on the loca-
tion of the current text page and its relative position on this sheet. If
more than one text page is to be printed on this sheet, this display will
change with each additional text page as it is read and printed.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ ACTION ├──────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Read Data and Format-Print Text Page 1/2 │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The third window is the PASS (1/2) PRINTING selection menu. The top menu
header of this window contains the current pass number and instructions on
how the printer output should be set for this pass.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔═╡ PASS 1 Printing. Set OUTPUT-TOP. ╞═══════╗ │
│ ║ Print this sheet ║█│
│ ║ print all sheets of this File ║█│
│ ║ print all sheets of All files for this pass ║█│
│ ║ print sheet X ║█│
│ ║─────────────────────────────────────────────║█│
│ ║ Skip this sheet ║█│
│ ║ skip all sheets of this fIle ║█│
│ ║ skip all sheets of aLl files for this pass ║█│
│ ║ skip to sheet Y ║█│
│ ║─────────────────────────────────────────────║█│
│ ║ Cancel printing ║█│
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╝█│
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL printing at this point and return to the PRINT Function menu,
press [Escape].
-> To PRINT the current sheet that starts with the data specified by the FILE
INFORMATION window, press [P]. The current sheet will be printed and the
next sheet will be set up.
NOTE A shareware registration reminder message is printed along with the
header/footer information, as shown below, with the unregistered
version. This message is not printed by the registered version.
>>>> This output was produced by LASR_MAN on day 1 of a 30 day evaluation <<<<
-> To PRINT the current sheet and ALL remaining sheets of THIS file, press
[F].
NOTE This option is NOT available if the STYLE OF OUTPUT is "PAMPHLET" or
"BOOK".
-> To PRINT the current sheet and ALL remaining sheets for ALL files for this
pass, press [A]. This is the normal default printing option.
-> To PRINT a specific SHEET (not page), press [X]. This option is of primary
use when a single sheet needs to be reprinted. A prompt will be displayed
asking for the SHEET number to PRINT.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ print sheet 2··· │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this option, press [Escape].
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-> To ACCEPT the sheet number as entered/edited, press [Enter]. The pro-
gram will PRINT the desired sheet and then display the PRINTING PASS
(1/2) PRINTING select menu again.
-> To SKIP the current sheet that starts with the data specified by the FILE
INFORMATION window, press [S].
NOTE EXTREME care should be taken with these skip options on multi-pass
output: if you skip anything on the first printing pass you MUST
skip the same thing on the second printing pass, or your output will
not line up. Normally, only use the skip options to determine how
many sheets will be required, then go back and print it.
When SKIPPING sheets, a PAPER FEED selection menu is displayed, as shown
below.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ Eject skipped sheet(s) from printer? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To print on the next sheet of paper, press [N].
-> To feed paper sheets from the printer for each sheet SKIPPED, press
[Y].
-> To SKIP the current sheet and ALL remaining sheets of THIS file, press
[I].
NOTE This option is NOT available if the STYLE OF OUTPUT is "PAMPHLET" or
"BOOK".
-> To SKIP the current sheet and ALL remaining sheets for ALL files for this
pass, press [L].
-> To SKIP to a specific SHEET (not page), press [Y]. This option is of
primary use when, after printing a large document, a sheet was not printed
properly and you want to only reprint that sheet. A prompt will be dis-
played asking for the SHEET number to skip to.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ skip to sheet 2··· │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this option, press [Escape].
-> To ACCEPT the sheet number as entered/edited, press [Enter]. The pro-
gram will skip to the desired sheet and then display the PRINTING PASS
(1/2) PRINTING select menu again.
-> To PREVIEW how this page will look when it is printed, press [F2]. The
first text page to be printed on this sheet will be displayed as it will
appear when printed. The solid bar on the right and bottom of the display
denote the size and location of this displayed text block to the rest of
this page.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌─┤ VIEW - File PAGES-08.DOC Page 1 ├────────────────────────────────────┐█│
││PPPPPPPP ^█│
││PPPPPPPPPP ▒█│
││PPP PPP ▒█│
││PPP PPP ▒█│
││PPP PPP ▒█│
││PPP PPP v█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPP PPP │█│
││PPPPPPPPPP │█│
││PPPPPPPP │█│
│└<▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒>─────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To VIEW MORE of this page, use the [PageUp] [PageDown] [LeftArrow]
[RightArrow] [UpArrow] or [DownArrow] keys.
-> To RETURN to the first screen display of this page, press [Home].
-> To END viewing this page, press [Escape] or [Enter].
When the printing of all selected files on one side of the sheets of paper is
completed, either the Printing Complete message or Pass Complete message will
be displayed.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├────────┐ │
│ │ Printing Complete. │█ │
│ └────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE and return to the MAIN MENU, press any key.
The PASS 1 PRINTING COMPLETE message gives specific instruction on taking the
PASS 1 OUTPUT and preparing it to use for INPUT to PASS 2.
NOTE The printer configuration file, "LASR_MAN.LMG", has the instructions
for printing the second pass for all of the PAPER SOURCES. The reason
is to cover all printer models, including those that have multiple
input paths. If the combination of instructions as displayed is confus-
ing, see the chapter "EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE" and edit these
messages as desired.
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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ MESSAGE ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ PRINTING PASS 1 COMPLETE. Use Pass 1 Printed Output for Pass 2 Input. │█│
│ │────────────────────┤ Set Pass 2 Input as follows: ├───────────────────│█│
│ │ LOWER CASSETTE: (Rev 2nd=YES) │█│
│ │ >>Printed side FACE DOWN, LAST PAGE on TOP<< │█│
│ │ Book Style output═>>TOP of the PAGE toward the PRINTER'S RIGHT<< │█│
│ │ Flip Chart Style══>>TOP toward LEFT<< │█│
│ │-or- │█│
│ │ MULTI-PURPOSE TRAY: (Rev 2nd=NO) │█│
│ │ >>Printed side FACE UP, FIRST PAGE on TOP<< │█│
│ │ Book Style output═>>TOP of the PAGE toward the PRINTER'S RIGHT<< │█│
│ │ Flip Chart Style══>>TOP toward LEFT<< │█│
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘█│
│ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL the next printing pass at this point, press [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE with the next printing pass after its input has been properly
placed, press any other key. The PASS 2 PRINTING option menu will next be
displayed.
When printing is being done with landscape orientation, the sheets may be
printed on the second pass in one of two forms - Book Style or Flip Chart
Style. Examples of these two forms, each with a binding margin and then
three hole punched and inserted into a notebook are shown below.
┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌──(Printing is upside down) │ │ │
│ 4:ΣΩÆΦ░░░░░░░░░ │ 3:ΣΩÆΦ░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:3 │ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:4 │
│ o o o │ │ o o o │
╞═══════)══════════)══════════)═════╡ ╞═══════)══════════)══════════)═════╡
│ o o o │ │ o o o │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:5 │ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:6 │ │ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:5 │ ░░░░░░░░░PAGE:6 │
│ (Book Style Output) │ │ (Flip Chart Style Output) │
└───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
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Reverse 2nd Pass Output [Advanced]
The REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT option sets the print order for the second printing
pass. The normal method is to print the back of the first sheet printed during
the first pass and continue to printing the back of the last sheet. Changing
this option allows printing the back of the last sheet printed during the first
pass first and continuing to the back of the first page.
NOTE The value of this option is automatically set to the proper method when
the PAPER SOURCE BIN is selected and does not nominally need to be set.
-> To TOGGLE the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT OPTION between "YES" and "NO", press
[R].
Output To [Expert]
Printer output, by default, is sent to the LPT1 port. With the use of this
option, the printer output can be directed to any of the normal LPT or COM
ports, or it may be written to a disk file.
-> To TOGGLE the output printer device, press [T] or move the highlight bar
to this option and press [Enter]. The printer devices that are available
are:
LPT 1 LPT 1
LPT 2 LPT 2
LPT 3 LPT 3
COM 1 COM 1
COM 2 COM 2
COM 3 COM 3
COM 4 COM 4
DISK FILE LASR_MAN.PRN
If the disk file option is selected, its name will be "LASR_MAN.PRN". If this
file already exists, on the same drive-directory as the program, a prompt is
displayed to select how the file is to be handled.
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Disk File Exists. ...? ├─┐ │
│ │ Erase Append │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
-> To ERASE the current file, "LASR_MAN.PRN", and create a new one for this
output, press [E].
-> To APPEND this output to previous output, press [A].
TIP This disk file will contain printer commands. If it is to be later
transferred to the printer, such as by use of the DOS COPY command,
make sure to use the binary option, /B, or the printer commands/soft
fonts may be lost.
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Generate Key Word Index [Expert]
Key words from a document or documents being printed may be written to a disk
file. These words may be later processed by the program INDX-IT! to produce
document indexes or key word reports.
NOTE This option is ONLY displayed and available if the program INDX-IT! is
present. If it is not present, this option will not be displayed.
-> To TOGGLE whether key word disk file output will be produced during the
document printing process, press [G].
INDX-IT! [Expert]
INDX-IT! is a companion program that will generate document indexes and key word
reports for documents printed by LASR_MAN. These indexes and reports can, in
turn, be printed by LASR_MAN.
Normal operating procedure is to first print the desired document(s) using
LASR_MAN, with the "Generate key word index" option set to "Yes". Next, INDX-IT!
is run to produce the proper index or report. Finally, the output generated by
INDX-IT! is printed by LASR_MAN in the desired style.
NOTE This option is ONLY displayed and available if the program INDX-IT! is
present. If it is not present, this option will not be displayed.
-> To RUN INDX-IT! after the desired documents have been printed, press [I]
or move the highlight bar to this option and press [Enter]. INDX-IT! will
be run, and then control will return to LASR_MAN.
NOTE The combination of LASR_MAN and INDX-IT! requires about 420K of memory.
If INDX-IT! will not run due to lack of memory, it will be necessary to
exit LASR_MAN, and the run INDX-IT! separately.
Folding Sheets for Pamphlets and Books
Pamphlets and Books may be printed with two or more text pages per paper side.
Pamphlets/Books Printed using Portrait Orientation - After both printing passes
are complete, fold all sheets on the page divider line noted.
127 PRINT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ┌───────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░ PAGE:7 │ ░░ PAGE:8 │ ║
║ │═══════════╪═══════════│<═ FOLD ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │<═ BOOK ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ PAGE ║
║ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ (2 text ║
║ │ ▓▓ PAGE:1 │ ▓▓ PAGE:2 │ pages) ║
║ └───────────────────────┘ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝
Pamphlets/Books Printed using Landscape Orientation - After both printing passes
are complete, fold each sheet on the line between pages, as shown below.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ╔═ FOLD ║
║ v ║
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:4 │ ░░░░░░░░ PAGE:1 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ FOLD═╗ ╔═BOOK PAGE ║
║ v v (4 text pages)║
║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:13│ PAGE:14║ PAGE:1 │ PAGE:2 │ ║
║ │────────┼────────╫────────┼────────│ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ ░░░░░░ │ ░░░░░░ ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ║
║ │ PAGE:15│ PAGE:16║ PAGE:3 │ PAGE:4 │ ║
║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝
128 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 PRINT FUNCTION
Stapling Pamphlets and Books
If you don't have a deep throat stapler, here's a procedure to staple a pam-
phlet/book after printing.
-> Fold each page at its centerline separately.
-> Put the folded pages together in the proper order.
-> On a flat surface, place a magazine or book which is thicker then the
length of the staples legs. Use a stapler that has been opened as shown in
the diagram below. Hold the pamphlet/book in proper alignment while sta-
pling.
-> Bend the staple legs over using an object such as a coin, or better yet, a
serrated letter opener.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ ║
║ └─┬────────────────────────┤<─── Stapler opened up ║
║ │ V<─ Draw arrow @ staple│ ┌──────────────────── ║
║ Staple ─────────> └─┬──────────────────────┘▄└──────────────────── ║
║ ══════════════════════════════════════════ ║
║ ^ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════ ║
║ Centerline of │ ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║
║ Pamphlet/Book ────┘ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════ ║
║ ^ ║
║ └ MAGAZINE (Thicker than the staple legs) ║
║ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
129 EXIT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
EXIT FUNCTION
The EXIT FUNCTION performs the task of leaving the LASR_MAN program and, option-
ally, saving the program setup and/or options in their current state for subse-
quent program executions.
The options displayed on the EXIT FUNCTION menu, and the other four FUNCTION
menus, depend on the selected USER MENU LEVEL. The FUNCTION menu displayed below
is set to the Expert level.
-> To SELECT the EXIT Function when the display is at the MAIN MENU, press [X]
or move the MAIN MENU highlight bar to the EXIT Function using the cursor
control keys and press [Enter]. The EXIT Function menu is displayed, as shown
below.
╒■╡ LASR_MAN, Ver. 7.00, Copyright 1990-95 MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved ╞═╕
│░ setUp Options Files select Print eXit ░░│
│ ╔■═══════════════════╗
│DATA═>G:\LP ║ eXit to DOS ║
│ FILES═>Style══>NLLL221 .....NormalLett║ Cancel ║
│┌┤ TEXT PAGE ├┐ Option═>LASR_MAN ...............║<saVe setup ║
││ Lines═>67 Change═>NONOPAGE ......Suppresse║<Save options ║
││ Pitch═>Line█│═══════════════╗ ╚════════════════════╝
│└─Chars═>80 ■─┘ ║╗┌───────────┤ Option Swit█████████████████████
│ TYPE:Normal ║║│ file Page start>ANY blanK lines════>YES ││
│ SIZE:Letter ║║│ switch Titles══>NO no Left margin═>0 ││
│ORIEN:Landscape ║║│ title Headers══>YES Spaces/tab═════>8 ││
│ ╚╡2 pgs/SIDE╞═══════════════╝║│ print Formfeeds>YES tAb print width>8 ││
│ ╚╡BOTH SIDES╞════════════════╝│ Border type════>SHW teXt word wrap═>+++ ││
│ │ Dividers (H/V)═>I/I print ctRl chrs>YES ││
│ │ text page floW═>HOR ││
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ ░░▄ │
│ Ç─░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░█▀▀▀▀▀▀░░█▀▀▀░░█ ░░░▄ ░░░█ ░░░░▄ ░░░▄ ░░█ │
│ ┌┼┐░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░█ ░░░█ ░░░█ ░░█▀░░▄ ░░█░░▄░░█ │
│ ┌┴┐░░█ ░░░░░░█ ▀▀▀▀▀░░█░░█▀▀░░█▀ ░░█░░▄░░█ ░░░░░░█ ░░█ ▀░░░█ │
│ ═┴═┴═░░░░░░░▄░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░░░░░░░█░░█ ░░█ ░░░░░░▄░░█░░█░░█░░█▀▀▀░░▄░░█ ░░█ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ │
╘╡ ╞╛
F7>ModeMENU │F8>MenuEXPERT │F9>DisplayFULL +│F10>Utility│12-31-99│08:00:00│
F1>Help│ESC>Main Menu│[UOFPX]<>>Function│<┘/[char]>Select│^vHomeEnd│
-> To RETURN to the MAIN MENU, press [Escape].
-> To SWITCH to another Function, press its highlighted letter.
-> To SELECT an EXIT Function option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to the desired option with the cursor control keys and
press [Enter]. If changes have been made to the type of monitor, menu
colors or paper source options, it is assumed that the changes should be
saved and the SAVE SETUP option will be highlighted. If changes have been
made to the options, the SAVE OPTIONS option will be highlighted: other-
wise, the EXIT TO DOS option is highlighted.
eXit to DOS [Normal]
130 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 EXIT FUNCTION
-> To RETURN to DOS, select the EXIT TO DOS option by pressing [X].
The program will exit. If this is an unregistered copy of LASR_MAN, a share-
ware registration reminder message will be displayed.
Cancel [Normal]
-> To CANCEL exiting from LASR_MAN and return to the MAIN MENU, select the CAN-
CEL option by pressing either [C] or [Escape].
Save Setup [Advanced]
The SETUP values, as selected in the SETUP function, may be saved to a program
SETUP file that will be used to reset them every time that the program is
loaded. Additionally, the values of the FILE SELECT ENTER/EXIT TOGGLE SWITCH and
the PRINTER PAPER SOURCE are also saved in the SETUP file.
When this option is selected, a verification prompt is displayed, as shown
below.
┌────────────────┐
│ ╒═Sure?═════╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘═══════════╛█ │
│ █████████████ │
└────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this action and leave the SETUP data as it currently is, press
[N] or [Escape].
-> To CONTINUE and save the current SETUP data, press [Y]. The SETUP informa-
tion will be saved and an informational message is displayed with the name
and path of the SETUP file.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LP\LASR_MAN.LMU setup file updated. │█ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key.
Save Options [Advanced]
The LASR_MAN program options currently in effect may be saved, either to a
default or user named file. These options include all of those set by the OPTION
FUNCTION, the ATTRIBUTE BIT status and FILE MASK of the FILES SELECT FUNCTION
and the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT of the PRINT FUNCTION.
-> To SAVE the current option settings, select the SAVE OPTIONS option by press-
ing [S]. An OPTION FILE data entry window is displayed, with entry required
for both the option file name and its description.
131 EXIT FUNCTION LASR_MAN Version 7.0
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ Option File ├──────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Name LASR_MAN │█ │
│ │ Description 2 pps, both sides │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────┤ F3>Name=Program Name ├─┘█ │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To EDIT either the file name or description, use the control keys shown
on the help line.
NOTE The default option file name of "LASR_MAN" will cause the file to
be automatically loaded every time that LASR_MAN is run and does
not need to be specified on the command line.
NOTE The description is optional and may be left blank, although it
can be quite helpful when viewing option files prior to loading.
-> To CANCEL this function, press [Escape].
-> To ACCEPT either the file name or description after editing is com-
plete, press [Enter].
After both name and description have been entered, a data path option
menu is displayed.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┤ Save the DATA PATH? ├─┐ │
│ │ Yes No │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
-> To INCLUDE the current drive-directory DATA PATH in the saved option
file, press [Y].
-> To EXCLUDE the DATA PATH from the saved option file, press [N]. This
method is useful for creating generic option files that can be used
for printing files from any drive-directory.
If the current OPTION FILE exists, a verification prompt is displayed.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╒■╡ This File Exists. Replace? ╞═╕ │
│ │ No Yes │█ │
│ ╘════════════════════════════════╛█ │
│ ██████████████████████████████████ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CANCEL this task, press [N] or [Escape].
-> To SAVE this option file, press [Y]. The current options will be
saved, and a save complete message displayed.
132 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 EXIT FUNCTION
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌■┤ MESSAGE ├─────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ C:\LP\LMO\LASR_MAN.LMO option file updated. │█ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘█ │
│ ███████████████████████████████████████████████ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-> To CONTINUE, press any key. The program returns to the OPTION FUNCTION
menu.
NOTE The option files may be modified with an ASCII word proces-
sor/editor. For example, if you want to use the default option
file, "LASR_MAN.LMO", but want the data directory to be the
current drive-directory, you may edit the file and remove the
line that begins "/D...".
133 DESKJET PRINTERS LASR_MAN Version 7.0
APPENDIX - DESKJET PRINTERS
The Hewlett-Packard family of DeskJet printers - DeskJet, DeskJet +, and DeskJet
500 - is also supported by LASR_MAN, with a few limitations. These limitations,
and some notes about them, are detailed below.
* It is recommended that printing be done in "Draft" mode rather than "Letter",
due to the latter requiring twice as long and printing the characters more
dense, resulting in less legible output.
* The original DeskJet printers support only 10 CPI and 16.6 CPI in portrait
mode.
* The following STYLES OF OUTPUT are NOT supported by DeskJet printers WITHOUT
additional memory:
PORTRAIT, TINY (33 CPI)
LANDSCAPE, ELITE (12 CPI)
LANDSCAPE, TINY (33 CPI)
* For DeskJet printers WITHOUT additional memory, the following comments apply.
PORTRAIT, 12 CPI uses a 12 point font instead of 10 point.
PORTRAIT, 17 CPI uses a 6 point font instead of 8.5 point. This results
in spaces between characters vertically.
LANDSCAPE, 17 CPI and all 2 PPS STYLES use a 6 point font instead of 8.5
point. This results in spaces between characters vertically.
* Underlining, both for titles and text, is NOT available with LANDSCAPE STYLES
OF OUTPUT.
* Sheet borders and page dividers are NOT available.
* To print LANDSCAPE using legal size paper, you may need to first set the
printer switches for the legal paper size. For the DeskJet 500 printer this
is Bank A, switch 5 up, and switch 6 down. This problem does not seem to
occur in PORTRAIT orientation.
* When printing in LANDSCAPE orientation using the TINY font, print a single
sheet at a time. Due to an internal printer memory limitation, that the pro-
gram cannot detect, the printer may require more than one pass to print one
side of a sheet. This will occur with both standard letter and legal size
paper.
NOTE FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS LIMITATION WILL RESULT IN
PRODUCING USELESS OUTPUT.
* LASR_MAN handles printing to the DeskJet in a different manner than to the
LaserJet. This is due to the requirement that a line's output must all be
given at one time, in order from left to right. The method used by LASR_MAN
is to use temporary disk files, one per line, and append the print output
134 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 DESKJET PRINTERS
from each text page in turn to the proper line's disk file. Once all of a
sheet's text pages have been "printed" to disk, each of the line files is
read in turn and passed to the DeskJet. These files are then erased, and the
next sheet started.
Two methods may be used to speed up program operation when printing to a
DeskJet.
The first is to use any type of a disk cache program. This does not require
any changes to the program setup.
The second, and preferable, method is to use a RAM disk for these temporary
files, rather than the hard disk. To specify use of a RAM disk, edit the
Configuration file (or create a Configuration change file), remove the '*' in
front of parameter 2026, and edit this line to specify the path of the RAM
disk to use. A '\' is REQUIRED as the last character of this path.
NOTE The specified path SHOULD NOT BE to the root directory of the RAM
drive, but to a sub-directory off of the root. This is due to the
limitation of the number of files that may be stored on the root direc-
tory. The program will create this subdirectory, if it is not already
present.
135 EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE LASR_MAN Version 7.0
APPENDIX - EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE
The CONFIGURATION FILE is an ASCII file with an extension of ".LMG". It may be
edited by any word processor, using the word processor's option for editing and
saving unformatted files.
CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILES are similar in format to the CONFIGURATION FILE and
have an extension of ".LMC".
There are two way that the printer parameters may be changed:
1.) Edit the configuration file, "LASR_MAN.LMG", and change the parame-
ter(s) on a permanent basis, and
2.) Create a change configuration file, with an extension of ".LMC", con-
taining the parameter(s) to be changed, and either specify the file on
the command line with a "/C" option or select the CHANGE CONFG option
from the SETUP function menu.
Five print test files, PAGES-01.DOC, PAGES-02.DOC, PAGES-04.DOC, PAGES-08.DOC
and PAGE-16.DOC, are included with LASR_MAN. These files consists of 1, 2, 4, 8,
and 16 pages, each with a maximum of sixty eighty character lines. These files
may be printed using the various printing styles in order to determine the
proper procedure(s) necessary to produce the correct output. Results of this
experimentation may then be used to modify the configuration file to provide the
proper printer commands, and end of printing pass messages for your printer and
procedures.
-> To REPLACE a printer command's default value edit the command as desired. Any
ASCII character may be used in a command string EXCEPT for carriage return
(13). All characters are entered using their ASCII codes. (Hold the [Alt] key
down and enter the ASCII code using the numeric keypad only.) To comment out
a printer command, add a '*' at the beginning of its line.
NOTE The format of the printer commands is:
[parameter#]:{description}{max. length}=[value]
In general, printer commands should remain in the same order as in the distribu-
tion file. Blank lines (except at the end of the end of pass messages) and those
not starting with a numeric code are ignored.
The messages that are displayed at the end of the various printer passes are
located in the section "PAPER SOURCE BIN PARAMETERS", at the end of the printer
commands. These messages may be customized for your specific printer or instal-
lation in the same manner as the other printer commands.
136 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE
-> To EDIT the end of pass messages, place each desired message line on a sepa-
rate line (ended with a CR LF combination) in the file, starting the first
line on the same line as the equals sign. A blank line MUST follow the last
message line. Blank characters at the beginning and the end of each message
line are significant, and will be displayed as entered.
-> To USE a configuration change file, specify its name and path on the command
line using the configuration change file option or select it using the pro-
gram's SETUP Function.
The beginning of the configuration file, "LASR_MAN.LMG", is shown on the follow-
ing page.
Following that, is a configuration change file used to suppress the text placed
on blank text pages.
NOTE CONTROL CODES ARE SHOWN IN THIS MANUAL IN BRACES {} WITH THEIR DECIMAL
VALUE SINCE THEY ARE NON-PRINTING. THEY SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CONFIGURA-
TION FILE AS SINGLE ASCII CHARACTERS WITHOUT THE BRACKETS. The maximum
length of text data fields is given in brackets [ ].
LASR_MAN PRINTER COMMAND CONFIGURATION FILE
137 EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE LASR_MAN Version 7.0
█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█
█ LASR_MAN PRINTER CONFIGURATION FILE █
█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█
NAME: LASR_MAN.LMG
: Copyright 1991-1994, MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved.
SOURCE: 03-15-91 MicroMetric, Sarasota, FL.
:THE ORDER OF THE PRINTER PARAMETERS BELOW MUST BE :
: -------
:Standard Printer Parameters
:Paper Style Parameters
:Paper Source Bin Parameters
FOR THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION FILE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL
PARAMETERS BE SET!! (They should all be present with no leading "*")
1001:version=700
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█ STANDARD PRINTER PARAMETERS █
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1011:print_no_page_message[80]=÷ LASR_MAN prints books & pamphlets: Saves Tree
s! ÷
*1011:print_no_page_message[80]=÷ This space is intentionally left blank ÷
1021:char_for_control=■
1022:chars_for_continue[10]=═══>>
1023:char_for_formfeed=\
1024:line_thin=1
1025:line_thick=20
1026:line_shadow=50
1051:head_file_text[20]=FILE:
1052:head_print_text[20]=PRINTED:
1053:head_page_text[20]=PAGE:
1061:mouse_mickeys_x=128
1062:mouse_mickeys_y=64
1063:mouse_left(1|2)=1
1099:print_newsheet[9]={12}
1999:end=Yes
----- FILE CONTINUES ----
LASR_MAN PRINTER COMMAND CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE
138 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 EDITING THE CONFIGURATION FILE
LASR_MAN PRINTER CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE
NAME: NONOPAGE.LMC
: Suppresses the no page message
: Copyright 1991-1994, MicroMetric, All Rights Reserved.
SOURCE: 04-12-92 MicroMetric, Sarasota, FL.
To change a value from its default, remove the leading "*", if present, and
change the parameter after the equal sign to the desired value. All parameters
starting with a "*" will use the value previously loaded.
001:version=700500$RETAIL*END
1006:any_size_bin=Yes
1011:print_no_page_message[80]=
1999:end=Yes
139 CREATING NEW LANGUAGE FILES LASR_MAN Version 7.0
APPENDIX - CREATING NEW LANGUAGE FILES
LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text information in any lan-
guage, using a LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION FILE. The default LANGUAGE has its menus
and text in English.
The program has the ability to generate a new LANGUAGE file from the ENGLISH
LANGUAGE file. This file, with the new language's name and an extension of
".BLD", will be created with two records for each parameter: the first, a com-
ment line showing the English version, and the second with the English text for
translation. Generating a NEW LANGUAGE file does not do any translation; it only
generates the necessary file on which the translation can then be done, and the
extension changed to ".LAN" before use.
Generating a new ".BLD" LANGUAGE file is a trivial task; the work associated
then translating this file to another language IS NOT! It is suggested that you
first examine the ".DIC", ".LAN", and ".HLP" for another language, such as
DEUTSCHE, to understand what is involved.
The normal procedures for creating the files necessary to run the program in a
language other than English are:
A. Run the program, LASR_MAN, and using SETUP, LANGUAGE, NEW, create a .BLD file
for the target language. This .BLD file is created from the file ENGLISH.LAN
and has two records for each parameter - one the original English records set
as a comment and another ready for translation.
B. If the target language is one of those supported in the multi-language file,
edit LANGUAGE.DIC for this target language. See the format of these records
above. This file currently contains about 1400 English words. There are
translations for about 1160 of these words (248 not translated). Of these,
about 410 are questionable, normally with the definition of the root word for
plurals or different tenses. The following should be done:
1) Edit all translation words where there is a '?' in the English word. For
example, if the translated word for "print" was know, and the words for
"printed" and "printing" were needed, the word for "print" was used for
both and each was marked with a '?'.
2) Where multiple definitions are given for a word, make sure the proper one
was chosen. One of the major limitation of the translation method used is
that it ignores part of speech, so that only one translation per English
word can be used.
3) Translate all words where the translate word is currently a '¿', not
translated.
C. If the target language is not supported, create a dictionary for the target
language using the file ENGLISH.DIC. First copy this file to XXX.DIC, where
XXX is the name of the target language. Next translate each of the English
words to their target equivalent, separating them from the English word with
140 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 CREATING NEW LANGUAGE FILES
a tab character or space(s).
D. Run the batch file TRANSLAT.BAT. (If you want to translate a language not
included in the multi-langauge dictionary, place its name on the command
line.)
1) Select the desired translation language (Not presented if you specified
XXX on the command line).
2) Select the file to translate. The first time, select the .BLD file. Subse-
quent passes may be made on either the .BLD or .LAN files. The difference
is that editing may be done to the .LAN file between passes and the
changes will be preserved. If changes are made to the .DIC file between
passes, you should translate from the .BLD file again.
3) Select the dictionary to use.
4) If you selected the multi-language dictionary, LANGUAGE.DIC, select the
translated word position in the record: 1=Francais, 2=Deutsche, 3=Espanol,
4=Italiano, or 5=test.
5) The utility will be loaded and display the selected choices. If incorrect,
press ESCAPE, otherwise press any other key.
6) The utility will first load the desired dictionary. If the multi-language
dictionary is used, a target language dictionary is created, and can be
used/edited for subsequent passes. Note that this dictionary has only one
record per word, no blank records, and only two words per record, with no
additional information.
7) The selected file will be translated from English to the target language,
with the output file being named XXX.LAN. The length of each translated
string is given, along with two solid blocks and the difference in length
to the English string if the translated version is longer. Translation
capitalization follows these rules: 1.) If both the first and second
letters of the English word are capitalized, the entire translated word is
capitalized; 2.) If only the first letter of the English word is capital-
ized, only the first letter of the translated word is capitalized.
8) The file XXX.LAN needs to be edited in the following manner:
a) Adjust all strings so that the translated version is less than or equal
to the English maximum length.
b) Adjust all menu so that data areas line up.
c) Adjust all menus so that the desired highlight letters will be set.
9) To check the translated string lengths after editing, rerun the utility
using the .LAN file as input.
10) Test the .LAN file by running the program and selecting SETUP, LAN-
GUAGE, CHANGE, and selecting the desired language. Display the various
141 CREATING NEW LANGUAGE FILES LASR_MAN Version 7.0
menus and determine if the words have been properly translated.
11) Translate the .HLP file in a similar manner. The editing required
should be much less than for the .LAN file and it is expected that the
quality of translation will be much poorer, due to the differences
between phrases in the .LAN menus and sentences in the .HLP material.
When the .HLP file is translated from English to XXX.HLP, all previous
editing on the XXX.HLP file is lost.
12) A shareware utility program to sort ASCII record is included. This
program may be used to sort the .DIC files into alphabetic order.
Its syntax is: QSORT <INFILE >OUTFILE.
NOTE The same file name should not be specified for both.
13) The utility program LAN_UT_3.EXE is also included. It may be run on the
.DIC files in order to standardize their format, remove duplicate
records, and mark out all but one translation for multiple entries of a
word. The input .DIC file should first be sorted.
Its syntax is : LAN_UT_3 IN_FILE OUT_FILE.
NOTE Do not use the same file name for both input and output.
142 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 LASR_MAN FILES
APPENDIX - LASR_MAN FILES
LASR_MAN is distributed as compressed archives consisting of the following
files:
GENERAL SHAREWARE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
Files required for LASR_MAN operation
LASR_MAN.EXE . . Executable program
LASR_MAN.LMG . . Printer configuration file
ENGLISH.LA! . . . English program menus and text strings
Files needed for FULL LASR_MAN operation
ENGLISH.HLP . . . English Help information text
INITIAL.LMO . . . Initial option settings option file
LASR_MAN.LMU . . Initial program setup options
LASR_MAN.ORD . . Shareware/retail registration order form
NOTE The naming convention used for the soft font files is:
Type - Orientation - Pitch - Typeface
A font file "2P1704" is Type 2, Portrait, 17cpi, 04 Helvic typeface.
Fonts for LaserJet + Printers
0?0599.LMF . . . STAMP-IT! Portrait and Landscape "rubber stamp" soft fonts
1*.LMF . . . . . Type 1 (192 character) basic soft fonts in Portrait and
Landscape orientation
Fonts for LaserJet II Printers
0?0599.LMF . . . STAMP-IT! Portrait and Landscape "rubber stamp" soft fonts
2*.LMF . . . . . Type 1 (256 character) basic soft fonts in Portrait and
Landscape orientation
Fonts for LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV/V
0P0599.LMF . . . STAMP-IT! Portrait "rubber stamp" soft fonts
2P*.LMF . . . . . Type 2 (256 character) basic soft fonts in Portrait orienta-
tion
Fonts for DeskJet + Memory Printers
1*.LMF . . . . . Type 3 (256 character) basic soft fonts in Portrait and
Landscape orientation
Files included to aid in the use of LASR_MAN
LASR_MAN.DOC . . LASR_MAN documentation manual
LASR_MAN.ICO . . LASR_MAN Windows icon
143 LASR_MAN FILES LASR_MAN Version 7.0
LASR_MAN.PIF . . LASR_MAN Windows program information file
*.LMC . . . . . . Configuration change files to suppress the blank page mes-
sage and to demonstrate changing the language to text page
headers/footers
*.LMS . . . . . . Pre-defined style option files (see earlier sections on
STYLE FILES for the style file naming convention)
PAGES_*.DOC . . . Test print documents with 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 pages
SAMPLE.LMV . . . Sample cover file with large letters
UPD*.LAN . . . . Language files version update
Files to aid the LASR_MAN TUTOR Program Mode
TUTOR*.LMO . . . LASR_MAN TUTOR option files
Additional files in the distribution archive
DESC.SDI . . . . BBS program description
FILE_ID.DIZ . . . BBS program description
LASR_MAN.LST . . List of LASR_MAN files in the distribution file
README.LM . . . . Text file of program summary, features, and history
VENDINFO.DIZ . . Vendor information including distribution policy
REGISTERED VERSION INCLUDES THESE ADDITIONAL FILES
Installation files
INSTALL.EXE . . . Installation program
INSTALL.HLP . . . Installation program help file
INSTALLZ.EXE . . Installation unpack program
INST_SYS.ZIP . . Installation program files
README . . . . . Installation read me file
Additional registered version SUPPLEMENTAL FILES available for LASR_MAN
LMAN1_4E.ZIP . . Type 1 Portrait and Landscape MM Helvic soft fonts
LMAN1_5F.ZIP . . Type 1 Portrait and Landscape MM Times Roman soft fonts
LMAN1_6G.ZIP . . Type 1 Portrait and Landscape MM Letter Gothic soft fonts
LMAN2L4H.ZIP . . Type 2 Landscape MM Helvic soft fonts
LMAN2L5I.ZIP . . Type 2 Landscape MM Times Roman soft fonts
LMAN2L6J.ZIP . . Type 2 Landscape MM Letter Gothic soft fonts
LMAN2P4K.ZIP . . Type 2 Portrait MM Helvic soft fonts
LMAN2P5L.ZIP . . Type 2 Portrait MM Times Roman soft fonts
LMAN2P6M.ZIP . . Type 2 Portrait MM Letter Gothic soft fonts
LMAN3_4N.ZIP . . Type 3 DeskJet Portrait and Landscape MM Helvic soft fonts
LMAN3_5O.ZIP . . Type 3 DeskJet Portrait and Landscape MM Times Roman soft
fonts
LMAN3_6P.ZIP . . Type 3 DeskJet Portrait and Landscape MM Letter Gothic soft
fonts
LMANLANQ.ZIP . . Language utility programs and files
The files included in the LANGUAGE SUPPLEMENTAL ARCHIVE, LMANLANQ.ZIP
*.DIC . . . . . . Language Dictionary files
144 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 LASR_MAN FILES
*.HLP . . . . . . Help Language files
*.LA! . . . . . . Condensed Text Language files
*.LAN . . . . . . Full Text Language files
LANGUAGE.DOC . . Language utilities documentation
LAN_UT_*.EXE . . Language utility programs
QSORT300.ZIP . . Sort utility used to alphabetize dictionaries
TRANSLAT.BAT . . Language Translation control batch file
FILES THAT CAN BE GENERATED OR USED BY LASR_MAN
LASR_MAN.nnn . . Temporary print compose files for DeskJet printer output,
where nnn is the line number of the output.
*.LMC . . . . . . Change configuration files. See the chapter "EDITING THE
CONFIGURATION FILES" for information on their format and
use.
*.LMF . . . . . . Saved internal font description files. These files are
created and edited using the programs OPTIONS-FONT task.
*.LMO . . . . . . Saved option files. These files may be edited using an ASCII
word processor and any option changed or removed.
*.LMS . . . . . . Saved Style option files. These files are created and edited
using the programs OPTIONS-EDIT STYLE task.
*.LMV . . . . . . Cover files. These files may be created and edited by an
ASCII word processor. Their line width should be equal or
less than the characters per line allowed by the selected
STYLE OF OUTPUT that will be used.
INDX-IT!.RAW . . Key word output for INDX-IT!
LASR_MAN.PRN . . Reassigned printer output disk file.
LASR_MAN.REG . . LASR_MAN registration information.
UPDATE.LAN . . . Cumulative language file updates.
NOTE Although all program files are initially loaded to a single
directory, the program will create up to five sub-directories
for various groups of program files: change configuration,
font, option, style, and cover files. The files are automati-
cally moved to the proper sub-directory when the program is
first run.
145 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LASR_MAN Version 7.0
APPENDIX - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Question The printing on the sheet is uniformly shifted in one direction. Can it
be adjusted?
Answer In many cases the printing can be automatically adjusted to take
care of shifting by the printer. The configuration parameters 1451-
1454 will adjust printing left and right for any of the supported
paper sizes. A positive number will move the printing right and a
negative number will move left. Measurements are in decipoints,
1/720". Parameters 1461-1464 will make corresponding adjustments to
the top and bottom.
Question Why is one edge of the printing is missing?
Answer This is normally caused by a minimum margin that is not large
enough. Try to increase the margin that you are having a problem
with one character at a time until the printing is correct. Then
compare this margin measurement in decipoints with the corresponding
minimum margin for the selected printer in the configuration file,
parameters 1511-1545 and adjust the parameter(s) accordingly.
Question I'm having problems trying to use LASR_MAN with a DeskJet or compatible
printer. What can I do?
Answer LASR_MAN does not provide as many features for DeskJet printers as
it does for LaserJet printers. This is due to the nature of the
DeskJet and the fact that it does not fully support PCL 4. Please
read the chapter "DESKJET PRINTERS" for a full description of these
limitations.
Question Why can't I print out this documentation properly using the program and
a DeskJet or compatible printer?
Answer You MUST go into SETUP, change the USER LEVEL first to ADVANCED, and
then change the PRINTER to DESKJET.
Question The whole screen starts to blink during program loading or after I
switch programs in either Windows, DV, or OS/2. How can I stop the
blinking?
Answer Press [F10] to access the UTILITY MENU, then select DISABLE BLINK-
ING. To use only eight background screen colors, go into SETUP,
MONITOR, and set it for use of a CGA, which uses only eight instead
of sixteen background colors.
Question Why do I get garbage when I print out a file generated by my XYZ word
processor?
Answer Most times this is caused by trying to print a file that has been
saved it the word processors format. LASR_MAN will only print ASCII
146 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
text files. Return to your word processor and save the document as
an ASCII text file, and then try printing this file with LASR_MAN.
147 GLOSSARY LASR_MAN Version 7.0
APPENDIX - GLOSSARY
AUTO MODE
Menus are presented in the same manner as for the COACH mode, but a time
limit, XX, from 0 to 99 seconds is allowed for user response.
BOOK PAGE
A book page is one side of the portion of a sheet that contains no fold for
either PAMPHLET or BOOK type printing styles. It contains one-half of the
text pages per side.
BOOK TYPE
Printing style used to produce book output. Multiple files are treated as
chapters in the book, and the output is a single group of sheets.
BORDER
Lines drawn around all of the text pages printed on one side of a paper
sheet, or, optionally, around each text page.
BRAND
Create a registration file with your name and the system serial number.
CHANGE CONFIG(URATION) FILE
A file containing printer control commands used to alter the defaults loaded
from the CONFIGURATION FILE for a single program execution.
COACH MODE
Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level options, are automatically
presented in a preset order, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL. After an
option from one menu is selected, the next menu is displayed. (NO EXPERT
LEVEL OPTIONS ARE DISPLAYED).
CONFIG(URATION) FILE
A file containing the printer control language (PCL) commands for the spe-
cific sizes and sources of paper. This file also contains the messages dis-
played at the end of the first printing pass, when the sheets are being
printed on both sides.
COVER FILE
A text file to be printed before the selected file(s). This file may be of
any length and must have an extension of ".LMV".
CPI
Characters per inch.
CPL
Characters per line.
DUPLEX
The ability of the printer to print text on first one side of a sheet of
paper, and then print text on the other side of that sheet in the same
printer pass.
ELITE
Pitch of twelve characters per inch, printed at eight lines per inch.
LANDSCAPE
Orientation where the long side of the sheet is horizontal.
LANGUAGE
The language used to display the program's menus and text messages.
LINE PRINTER
Pitch of 16.67 characters per inch printed at 9.34 lines per inch.
LINE/PAGE LIMIT
Maximum text lines to allow on a page. This value can override the defined
148 LASR_MAN Version 7.0 GLOSSARY
lines per page based on the PAPER SIZE, as long as it is less.
LPI
Lines per inch.
LPP
Lines per page.
MAXC/L
Maximum characters per line.
MAXL/P
Maximum lines per page.
MENU MODE
Selection menus are available, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, and are
presented in the order requested by the user.
OPTION FILE
A file that contains a set of LASR_MAN options, defining print output and
file selection, that may be loaded either from the command line or by menu
selection.
ORIENTATION
The location of the printing on sheets, either portrait or landscape.
PAGE
A logical block of text data terminated by a form feed character or the
maximum number of lines per page.
PAGE DIVIDERS
Lines, separating text pages, printed on sheets with more than one text page
per side.
PAGE FLOW
The orientation of text pages on sheets with four or more pages per side:
either horizontal or vertical.
PAGES/BOOK PAGE
The number of text pages that will appear on the page of either a pamphlet or
a book when the pamphlet/book pages are folded.
PAGES/SHEET
The number of text pages that are printed on both sides of a sheet of paper.
PAGES/SIDE
The number of text pages that are printed on one side of a sheet of paper.
PAMPHLET TYPE
Printing style used to produce pamphlet output. Each file is printed on a
separate group of sheets. Pamphlet type style prints each file on separate
sheets while book type style uses the same sheets for all files.
PAPER SOURCE BIN
The selected location from which paper to be printed is feed.
PAPER SIZE
The selected size of the paper to be printed.
PASSES
Number of times that the output paper sheets must be printed.
PCL
Printer Control Language.
PICA
Pitch of ten characters per inch printed at six lines per inch.
PITCH
Number of characters per inch.
PORTRAIT
Orientation where the long side of the sheet is vertical.
PPS
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Text pages per side.
PRINT FONT
The font used by the printer to produce the output document. This font may be
an internal printer font, one from a printer cartridge or a soft font that
has been downloaded to the printer.
PROGRAM MODE
The mode in which the program is currently being run.
RUBBER STAMP
A halftone overprint of all text pages. The stamp text and its location are
under user control.
SCANS
Number of times that the group of files selected and tagged to be printed
must be read during the printing process.
SETUP FILE
A file that contains a set of LASR_MAN options, defining standard features,
such as printer and menu colors, that will be loaded each time the program
runs.
SHEET
A physical piece of paper that may have more than one logical page of data
printed on it. Sheets may be printed on one side or on both sides.
SIDE
One side of a physical piece of paper.
SMALL
Pitch of 23 characters per inch printed at 12.67 lines per inch.
STANDARD TEXT PAGE
A normal document text page with a maximum of eighty character per lines and
sixty lines.
STYLE
The orientation and method of printing (single-sided or double-sided) sheets.
STYLE FILE
A collection of STYLE OF OUTPUT options that have been selected and saved for
future use.
TEXT PAGE
Any group of text printed by the program as a separate entity. There is no
fixed size for a text page, but rather it is a function of the various STYLE
OF OUTPUT options selected.
TINY
Pitch of 33 characters per inch printed at 16 lines per inch.
TUTOR MODE
A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most important LASR_MAN
tasks being explained in detai.
TYPE
Major STYLE OF OUTPUT.
TYPEFACE
The specific typeface selected to print the desired pitch, such as Times
Roman.
U_LINE TOGGLE
A character that will allow underlining of text blocks when they are printed.
USER DISPLAY LEVEL
The specified level of background information to display when waiting for
main/function menu selection.
USER MENU LEVEL
The specified level of options to allow and display on the function menus.
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INDEX
Accept 25, 28, 70, 72, 74, 76, 81, 85-90, 95, 100, 106-108, 113, 117, 123, 132
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Advanced user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 58, 65
Archive bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 33, 34, 110, 114, 117
Auto mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 148
Background information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 49
Binding margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 9, 22, 85, 87, 89, 91, 125
Blank lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 111, 130, 136
Book page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15, 83, 128, 148, 149
Book type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 39, 46, 88, 148, 149
Border type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 23, 27-29, 70, 148
Cancel exiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Change config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 136
Change configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 96, 97, 136
Change menu colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 73
Coach mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 45, 54-56, 148
Command line/environment options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Change configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 96, 97, 136
Cover file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35, 66, 77, 102, 103, 144, 148
Drive-directory path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26
File mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36, 110, 114, 117, 131
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33, 37, 72
Language . . . 2-7, 30, 33, 34, 37, 50, 54-56, 58, 62, 66, 68, 74-76, 140, 141,
144, 145, 148, 149
Line/page limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 37, 66, 77, 108, 148
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 5, 24, 34, 38, 50, 62, 66, 72, 73, 130, 146
Mouse parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 33, 34, 38, 50, 52, 62, 66, 72, 138
Option file . . 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 50, 54, 65, 66, 77, 92-95, 131-133, 143,
149
Option switches . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 34, 39, 54, 60, 65, 66, 77, 103, 104, 111
Paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 33, 60, 68, 69, 78, 81, 91, 134, 149
Paper source bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 34, 43, 119, 126, 136, 138, 149
Pitch . . . . 2-4, 9-21, 34, 44, 45, 60, 69-71, 77, 78, 81-83, 91, 96, 100, 101,
111, 116, 118, 121, 130, 143, 148-150
Print font . . . . 34, 42, 44, 60, 68, 69, 71, 77, 104, 107, 111, 118, 130, 150
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 50, 53-55, 58, 62, 63, 144, 150
Reverse 2nd pass printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 118
STAMP-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 46, 66, 77, 108, 109, 143
Style of output . . . . . . 3, 32-34, 41, 46, 54, 55, 60, 71, 78, 106-108, 114,
119-123, 145, 150
Title . . 4, 34, 39, 40, 47, 48, 50, 54, 60, 65, 66, 77, 97-100, 104, 111, 114,
118, 130
Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 48, 69-72, 96, 100-102, 143, 150
User display level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
User menu level . . . 2, 4, 34, 45, 49, 54, 55, 59, 61-63, 66, 67, 77, 110, 118,
130, 148-150
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Cover file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35, 66, 77, 102, 103, 144, 148
Select for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cpi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 70, 71, 83, 134, 148
Cpl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Custom title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Data path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55, 64-66, 95, 110-113, 132
Date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 62, 66, 74
DeskJet printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 44, 134, 146
Disk not ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52
Drive-directory path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26
Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 44, 64-66, 85, 118-120, 148
Edit Current style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 65, 66, 77, 80
Accept . . 25, 28, 70, 72, 74, 76, 81, 85-90, 95, 100, 106-108, 113, 117, 123,
132
Exit . 8, 24, 26, 27, 29-31, 38, 52-56, 60-62, 64-67, 77, 80, 81, 90, 92, 111,
118, 127, 130, 131
General - binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - text pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Horizontal - chars/line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - hdiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - hmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - text pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Horizontal - width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Select another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 90
Vertical - bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vertical - lines/page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vertical - text pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vertical - vdiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - vmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - vtop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 45, 69-71, 134, 148
Enter key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 52, 56
Escape key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 51, 52
Exit . 8, 24, 26, 27, 29-31, 38, 52-56, 60-62, 64-67, 77, 80, 81, 90, 92, 111,
118, 127, 130, 131
Exit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 92, 130
Cancel exiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Return to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 65, 66, 94, 130, 131
Save setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 54, 56, 62, 64-67, 130, 131
Expert user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66, 78
File mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36, 110, 114, 117, 131
File page start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 60, 104, 111, 130
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File select function
Archive bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 33, 34, 110, 114, 117
File mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36, 110, 114, 117, 131
File selection/tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 113
File selection/tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 113
File view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 93, 97, 103
File view key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Files required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Files select function
Data path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55, 64-66, 95, 110-113, 132
Folding sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Font file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 72, 100-102, 143
Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 4, 6, 34, 47, 48, 65, 66, 77, 97-99, 122
General - Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General - Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General - Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33, 37, 72
Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 4, 6, 34, 40, 47, 48, 61, 97-99, 104, 122
Help key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 24, 50, 51, 58
Horizontal - Chars/Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - hDiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - hMar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Horizontal - Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Horizontal - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Horizontal - Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
INDX-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 8, 43, 66, 118, 120, 127, 145
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 49, 59, 67
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 50, 56, 78
Landscape orientation . . . . . . . . 2, 9, 13, 60, 83, 125, 128, 134, 143, 148
Language 2-7, 30, 33, 34, 37, 50, 54-56, 58, 62, 66, 68, 74-76, 140, 141, 144,
145, 148, 149
LaserJet printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 70, 146
LASR_MAN files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 28, 31, 143, 144
Learning to use LASR_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Line printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45, 69, 71, 101, 102, 148
Line spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Line/page limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 37, 66, 77, 108, 148
Lpi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Lpp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Main menu function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Major features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Manual format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Maxc/l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116, 121, 149
Maxl/p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116, 121, 149
Menu border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55, 149
Menu type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 5, 24, 34, 38, 50, 62, 66, 72, 73, 130, 146
Mouse parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 38, 52, 72
Mouse support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 52
No left margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 111, 118, 130
Normal user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 78
Operation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Option file . . 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 50, 54, 65, 66, 77, 92-95, 131-133, 143,
149
Option switches . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 34, 39, 54, 60, 65, 66, 77, 103, 104, 111
Binding margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 9, 22, 85, 87, 89, 91, 125
Blank lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 111, 130, 136
Border type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
File page start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 60, 104, 111, 130
Line spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
No left margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 111, 118, 130
Page dividers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 105, 134, 149
Page flow . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 12, 13, 41, 60, 77, 104-106, 111, 118, 130, 149
Print ctrl chrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 60, 77, 104, 107, 111, 118, 130
Print form feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 104
Spaces/tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 107, 111, 118, 130
Switch titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
Tab print width . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 60, 77, 104, 106, 107, 111, 118, 130
Text word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 8
Title headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
U_line toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 48, 69-72, 96, 100-102, 143, 150
Options function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 49, 50, 77, 90, 100
Cover file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35, 66, 77, 102, 103, 144, 148
Edit current style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 65, 66, 77, 80
Font file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 72, 100-102, 143
Line/page limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 37, 66, 77, 108, 148
Option file . . 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 50, 54, 65, 66, 77, 92-95, 131-133, 143,
149
Option switches . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 34, 39, 54, 60, 65, 66, 77, 103, 104, 111
Page title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 47, 50, 65, 66, 77, 97-99
Paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 33, 60, 68, 69, 78, 81, 91, 134, 149
Set style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 64-66, 77, 78, 90
STAMP-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 46, 66, 77, 108, 109, 143
Style of output . . . . . . 3, 32-34, 41, 46, 54, 55, 60, 71, 78, 106-108, 114,
119-123, 145, 150
Output to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34, 43, 54, 65, 66, 118, 120, 126
Page dividers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 105, 134, 149
Page flow . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 12, 13, 41, 60, 77, 104-106, 111, 118, 130, 149
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Page title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 47, 50, 65, 66, 77, 97-99
Pages/book page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pages/side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21, 32, 55, 81, 82, 99, 106, 149
Pamphlet type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 32, 39, 84, 86, 149
Paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 33, 60, 68, 69, 78, 81, 91, 134, 149
Paper source bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 34, 43, 119, 126, 136, 138, 149
Pass 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 124, 125
Pass 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125
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Pica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 16, 45, 69-71, 116, 149
Pitch . 2-4, 9-21, 34, 44, 45, 60, 69-71, 77, 78, 81-83, 91, 96, 100, 101, 111,
116, 118, 121, 130, 143, 148-150
Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 45, 69-71, 134, 148
Line printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45, 69, 71, 101, 102, 148
Pica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 16, 45, 69-71, 116, 149
Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 17, 45, 69-71, 150
Tiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 17, 45, 69-71, 134, 150
Portrait orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 13, 70, 83, 127, 134, 149
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 73, 115, 123
Print ctrl chrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 60, 77, 104, 107, 111, 118, 130
Print font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 44, 68, 69, 71, 150
Print form feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 104
Print function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 71, 115, 118, 122, 131
INDX-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 8, 43, 66, 118, 120, 127, 145
Output to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34, 43, 54, 65, 66, 118, 120, 126
Paper source bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 34, 43, 119, 126, 136, 138, 149
Print these selected files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-66, 118
Reverse 2nd pass output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 118
Print style overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Print these selected files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-66, 118
Printer . . . i, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 17, 26, 27, 33-35, 43-45, 50-52, 54-56, 60, 62,
65-71, 85, 96, 97, 101, 102, 109, 116, 119, 120, 122-124, 126, 131, 134,
136-139, 143, 145, 146, 148-150
Printer not ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Printing complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 50, 53-55, 58, 62, 63, 144, 150
Program modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 45, 53, 61-63
Auto mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 148
Coach mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 45, 54-56, 148
Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55, 149
Tutor mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 55, 56, 150
Quick install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8, 23, 28, 29, 122, 131, 143, 145, 148
Restore path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Return to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Reverse 2nd pass output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 118
Rubber stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 46, 108, 109, 143, 150
Running LASR_MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24, 32, 59
Save . . . . 2, 5, 38, 50, 54, 56, 62, 64-68, 72, 81, 90-92, 94, 95, 101, 116,
130-132, 147
Save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 65, 66, 94, 130, 131
Save setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 54, 56, 62, 64-67, 130, 131
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116, 118, 121
Select Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 90
Select for printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Set style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 64-66, 77, 78, 90
Setup function . . . . . . . 3, 50, 52, 54, 61, 62, 68, 110, 113, 131, 136, 137
Change config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 136
Change menu colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 73
Date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 62, 66, 74
Language . . . 2-7, 30, 33, 34, 37, 50, 54-56, 58, 62, 66, 68, 74-76, 140, 141,
144, 145, 148, 149
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Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 5, 24, 34, 38, 50, 62, 66, 72, 73, 130, 146
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 33, 34, 38, 50, 52, 62, 66, 72, 138
Print font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 44, 68, 69, 71, 150
Printer . . . i, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 17, 26, 27, 33-35, 43-45, 50-52, 54-56, 60, 62,
65-71, 85, 96, 97, 101, 102, 109, 116, 119, 120, 122-124, 126, 131, 134,
136-139, 143, 145, 146, 148-150
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 50, 53-55, 58, 62, 63, 144, 150
Restore path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 65, 66, 94, 130, 131
Save setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 54, 56, 62, 64-67, 130, 131
User level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 49, 50, 54, 61, 63, 66, 67, 78, 79, 146
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 1, 4-8, 23, 59, 122, 131, 142, 143
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sheet . 2-5, 7, 9-16, 21, 22, 39-41, 47, 51, 55, 78, 82-84, 86-91, 96, 104, 105,
113, 114, 116, 118-123, 126, 128, 134, 135, 146, 148-150
Sides . . 5, 9-16, 46, 60, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84-86, 91, 93, 94, 111, 118-120, 130,
132, 148-150
Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 17, 45, 69-71, 150
Spaces/tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 60, 77, 104, 106, 107, 111, 118, 130
STAMP-IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 46, 66, 77, 108, 109, 143
Style of output
Book type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 39, 46, 88, 148, 149
Pages/book page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pages/side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21, 32, 55, 81, 82, 99, 106, 149
Pamphlet type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 32, 39, 84, 86, 149
Pitch . . . . 2-4, 9-21, 34, 44, 45, 60, 69-71, 77, 78, 81-83, 91, 96, 100, 101,
111, 116, 118, 121, 130, 143, 148-150
Sides . . 5, 9-16, 46, 60, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84-86, 91, 93, 94, 111, 118-120, 130,
132, 148-150
Style . . 3, 32-34, 41, 46, 54, 55, 60, 71, 78, 106-108, 114, 119-123, 145, 150
Style type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-85
Style type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-85
Support BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 8
Switch titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tab print width . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 60, 77, 104, 106, 107, 111, 118, 130
Text word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 60, 77, 104, 107, 111, 118, 130
Tiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 17, 45, 69-71, 134, 150
Title . . 4, 34, 39, 40, 47, 48, 50, 54, 60, 65, 66, 77, 97-100, 104, 111, 114,
118, 130
Title headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 60, 104, 111, 118, 130
Title segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 100, 104
Tutor mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 55, 56, 150
Type text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 114, 116, 121
Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 45, 48, 69-72, 96, 100-102, 143, 150
U_line toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
User display level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
User level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 49, 50, 54, 61, 63, 66, 67, 78, 79, 146
Advanced user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 58, 65
Expert user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66, 78
Normal user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 78
User display level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
User menu level . . . 2, 4, 34, 45, 49, 54, 55, 59, 61-63, 66, 67, 77, 110, 118,
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130, 148-150
User menu level 2, 4, 34, 45, 49, 54, 55, 59, 61-63, 66, 67, 77, 110, 118, 130,
148-150
Utility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 51, 146
Vertical - Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vertical - Lines/Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vertical - Text Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vertical - Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - vDiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vertical - vMar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wildcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 36, 117
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 5, 32, 33, 73, 113, 118, 121, 143, 144, 146
Word processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
■■■■_MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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