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Tiny Print Copyright 1994 Richard Kelsch
All Rights Reserved
Tiny Print is a utility program that I wrote that allows you
to print ASCII text files in a very small font with up to 160
columns by 140 lines on a single page! You also have thwe option
of printing it on two columns on the page. You will find it fits
much more information on a page than other utilities of a similar
type. It is mainly designed for STAR NX1000 (LC-10 for you
Europian folks), but with work with any Epson compatible.
Tiny print gives you many options to choose from. You can
print in PICA or ELITE character pitches. You may choose draft
or letter quality, and you may choose which font to print them
in. You can print in italicised, expanded, compressed,
emphasized, and/or proportional text in single column mode. If
you choose two column mode, then you will always be in compressed
elite pitch and Expanded print will be disabled.
When in two column mode try to print text files without too
many lines longer than 80 characters. Otherwise your text may
overflow into the next page. If you feel this will happen, then
turn two column mode off and just print in compressed elite text.
Your text file will probably be more readable in that case.
The program is designed to cooporate with pre-emptive
multitasking environments (MultiTOS and Mag!X/MagiC) and executes
in the background very nicely. It will work with cooporative
multitasking, but may give a noticable slowdown due to the
printer routines in BIOS slowing things down (Geneva). It also
works with any version of TOS (that I know of). The program
allows multiple file passing (files dragged from the desktop).
It will let you adjust parameters for each file as it is
processed. The program shows a status "thermometer" in a window
showing the status of the file currently being printed.
Tiny Print can be assigned as the default output program for
Mag!X/MagiC in the "Programs" dialog. So you can drag multiple
files to the printer icon and Mag!X/MagiC will load Tiny Print
with the file names passed to it.
The main reason I wrote this program was that I was sick and
tired of having to waste paper and have to wait for another
similar print program to finish printing on the printer. I
wanted to not only save space, but I also wanted to be able to do
other things while I was waiting for multiple files to finish
printing. I also did not want to put a spooler in the system as
they hog memory and still hold the system up if the file is
bigger than the spooler.
The program is written on a 1 megabyte "plain vanilla" 520ST
with Mag!X version 2.01 and GfA Basic version 3.5E, and was
compiled with the GfA 3.5E compiler. The source code is
available for $50 U.S.A. currency. Tiny Print is shareware and
is only $7 U.S.A. currency for registration (foriegn registrants
must pay $10 U.S.A. currency to cover the costs of shipping your
registered version). All foriegn orders must be either cash or
international money orders. A version that allows you to load in
a custom printer driver is available if you register. The
unregistered version is fully functional as it stands.
Make all checks or international money orders payable to:
RICHARD KELSCH
Mail your registration to:
Cinema Sights & Sounds Technology
12244 Winter Gardens Drive
Lakeside, California
92040-5440 U.S.A.
"Cinema Sights & Sounds Technology" is a company that a
partnership owned by Richard Kelsch and Troy Beisigl. It
specializes in custom installation, repair, and alignment of
cinema projection and sound equipment; including "LucasFilm's THX
sound system" and certification.
Software is an adventure undertaken by Richard Kelsch and is
distributed for tax purposes under the CSST label. CSST's phone
number is (619) 235-3289 and is a 24 paging answering service.
Richard's personal number is (619) 443-7099. Please call about
software during 10:00 am and 11:00 pm U.S.A. Pacific Standard
Time.