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- 11/24/91
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- Welcome to the LQSET program, available in both Acc & Program versions.
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- LQSETAC accessory and LQSETPR program allows you to set the different print
- styles on an Epson LQ printer. The accessory/program allows you to set the
- pitch - Pica (10 cpi), Elite (12 cpi), Condensed (15 cpi) and Ultra Tiny
- (17 cpi, superscript). You can also set the print styles, such as bold,
- double strike, italics, LQ, or double wide. These effects can be combined
- to produce other striking effects.
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- LQSET also allows you to set the left and right margins, lines per page and
- line feed size. Other functions include sending a line or form feed,
- initializing the printer, and a typewriter mode. The typewriter mode allows
- you to enter line(s) of text, and they are immediately printed out. This is
- good for things like addressing envelopes or making disk labels.
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- The remaining feature is somewhat confusing to use on an Epson LQ printer -
- skip-over perforation. Selecting this feature from LQSET will NOT produce
- the desired effect UNLESS the proper DIP switch is also set on your
- printer. Please note that no printer control code will enable the skip-over
- perforation unless the skip-over perforation DIP switch is enabled on the
- printer. However, a printer control code can disable the skip-over
- perforation function.
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- LQSET works in ST low, medium or high resolution. In high resolution, the
- unreadable black square in the upper, left corner of the dialog box is only
- the name of the accessory - it does not perform any printer control
- function. The EPSONLQ.RSC resource file must be in the same directory as
- the LQSET program.
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- I've included a lot of error trapping in LQSET, so the progam will not
- stop dead in it's tracks or reboot the computer if the printer is off or
- the resource file cannot be located. This program was based on the GEMINI
- 10x program by G. W. Moore, which was released in 1987. I've made
- significant changes to the GEMINI program to allow it to function as an
- accessory. The Personal Pascal 2 source code is included in this archive.
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- Praise, or bug reports, can be sent to N.WALKER3 (my fiance's account) on
- GEnie, or Forrest Blood on the Jersey Atari Computer Society BBS at (609)
- 346-1224.
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- Have fun.
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