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- This is an assembled COM format file for EPSON MX's with GRAFTRAX
- 80 that allows you to print an IBM PC screen in three ways. At DOS
- command level you run the program, which attaches itself to DOS. It
- enhances your IBM PrtSc function and remains resident until reset or
- power down. Working with the SHIFT PrtSc keys, if you print the screen
- in TEXT-mode the routine simply uses the ROM print screen routine in
- the normal way.
- If you print the screen in GRAPHICS-mode, a LEFT SHIFT PrtSc will
- print the screen LARGE--filling nearly an 8 1/2 x 11 page--and then
- insert carriage returns to restore Top Of Form relative to where it
- started. If you do a RIGHT SHIFT PrtSc, the screen is printed about 5
- 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches. No TOF reset is made, and multiple screen prints
- will be contiguous.
- In either graphics print mode, you can abort printing by hitting
- the ESC key. This can be used to suppress the carriage returns at the
- end of the large screen print, for instance. You cannot abort a screen
- print in text mode, however, since it is your IBM ROM routine.
-
- When you are in DOS command level type GRAFTRAX, A
- short message will appear, indicating that the file has successfully
- loaded. That's it! Now Shift PrtSc will print Epson bit-plot graphics.
- This program adds about 1K to DOS. Be careful if you use it with the
- SPOOLER programs on this DISK, as the large graphics print sends
- almost 16K in bit-plot bytes to the EPSON and the SPOOLER's buffer
- size is 20K. GRAFTRAX.COM will ONLY work with EPSON GRAFTRAX tm.
- Program by Marty Smith
- SOURCE ST2259 (713) 661-1241 (Office)
- COMPUSERVE 72155,1214 (713) 464-6737 (Home)