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Yarva...Yarva...Demonicus!┐
DemonWare Software╛ Presents:
DeskJet 550C Utility v1.0
This archive should contain the following files:
DJ550C.ACC
DJ550C.RSC
DJ550C.DOC
This version of DeskJet 550C Utility is ╜ February 2, 1993.
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to DeskJet 550C Utility v1.0. This is an accessory/program
to print out full color PageStream documents, one page at a time, on a
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 550C. The program also provides you with a
standard Atari slider bar based color test utility to help you set the
RGB values of colors in excess of the Atari four color palette used in
the document.
This program is based upon one written in GFA Basic to print
documents on the 500C. I have no idea who wrote it. It was apparently
downloaded from the SoftLogik BBS and placed on a board in Columbus,
Ohio.
I took the original code, gave it a GEM interface, accessorized it,
added many features and made the necessary changes to make it work with
the 550C.
The color test utility within this program was not part of the
original 500C program: it was written by myself.
I assume no liability for anything that happens through the use of
this program.
This program is ShareWare. It may be distributed as long as all
the files in the archive are maintained in an unaltered state. It may
be sold only on Atari club disks, or on public domain disks sold by
Atari (or other PC) dealers, or as part of the premium charged for
access to on-line services such as GEnie and CompuServe. These charges
do not include the ShareWare fee.
Please send your $5.00 ShareWare fee to
The Demon┐ (Jeff Poling)
POBox 292606
Columbus, OH 43229-0606
Call these Columbus, Ohio, Atari BBSs:
______________________________________________
| Name | Phone Number | Max. Baud |
|----------------+----------------+------------|
| Deuce's Domain | (614) 235-4650 | 2400 |
| First Base | (614) 879-7400 | 14.4k |
| Silicon Dragon | (614) 436-3137 | 14.4k |
| Wayne's World | (614) 267-3342 | 2400 |
| Woodworks | (614) 771-6780 | 14.4k |
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Wayne's World BBS is the support board of the
Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus
POBox 09390
Bexley, OH 43209
Support your local Atari club.
Special thanks to THE L()()N, whose debugging skills makes
programming less stressful. Any complaints about bugs in the program
may be directed towards him. Thanks to Dan Ackerman and Judy
Baumgardner of
Anthill Computing
POBox 361
Mt. Vernon, OH 43050
(614) 393-1524
and the rest of the ACEC Programmer's SIG.
This program was written in GFA Basic 3.5E, compiled using the GFA
Compiler 3.5E, and tested on TOS 1.2. GFA Basic and Compiler are ╜ 1988
GFA Systemtechnik GmbH. PageStream is ╜ SoftLogik.
DemonWare is not affiliated with GFA, Hewlett-Packard, SoftLogik or
Anthill Computing in any way, shape or form.
GETTING STARTED
First, create a color and black document in PageStream. Any color
you use must be tagged as SEPARABLE in the "edit palette" dialog. Next,
print ONE PAGE to disk using the HP DeskJet 500 (NOT 500C) printer
driver with 4 color separation enabled.
The files created by this method can be quite large. The printer
utility creates four additional large files for printing. As such a HD
partition with several Megabytes available is required.
DeskJet 550C Utility (henceforth called DJU) should have been
loaded as an accessory at boot up. It can ALSO be run as a program:
simply change the file extender from .ACC to .PRG. DJ550C.RSC must be
in the same folder with the .ACC/.PRG. Click on PRINT, choose the file
you previously printed to disk, and the page will be converted and then
dumped to the printer.
DEFAULTS
Click on this button to save your current configuration to the file
DJ550C.CFG. Whenever the program is loaded it will default to these
settings. The saved settings are: data path, file path, number of
copies, paper size and "save" toggle.
NAME
Shows the name of file currently being printed.
RESOLUTION
Shows the resolution of the file currently being printed. This was
set in the "print document" dialog of PageStream.
DATA
The folder to which the data files BLACK.DAT, CYAN.DAT, MAGENTA.DAT
and YELLOW.DAT are written. Click on the path name to change.
FILE
The folder from which files will be loaded. Click on the file path
to change. You MUST specify a file extender (*.*, *.PRT, etc.)
STATUS
Keeps you up to date on what the program is doing.
BLACK, CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW
While the file is being converted BLACK shows what per centage of
the conversion has been completed. During printing BLACK, CYAN, MAGENTA
and YELLOW show what per centage of those color data files have been
printed.
COPIES
The number of copies of the page to be printed. Maximum number is
255.
LETTER, LEGAL, A-4, ENVELOPE
Sets the paper size being used.
SAVE
When toggled off, the program, when finished printing a file, will
erase the color data files it creates. When toggled on, this switch
will not erase the data files. When printing is completed, exit the
program and move these files to another folder (important! Do not
rename the data files) to use them again.
PRINT
Click on this button to print a page. A fileselector will appear
and you simply choose the file to print. If you wish to use the color
data files you saved previously, simply toggle the SAVE button on and
then use the fileselector to choose the PATH to the data files (if SAVE
is toggled on and you choose a file to be printed, it will print that
file and not erase the color data files, as described above in SAVE).
COLOR TEST
Clicking on COLOR TEST will give you a standard RGB Atari slider
bar dialog. The background of this dialog will change color to match
the slider settings (this does NOT, however, make permanent changes to
the screen palette). The numbers in the slider bars are the per
centages of red, green and blue, respectively. These are the values you
should use to set the RGB sliders in the "edit palette" dialog of
PageStream in order to match the color you created. THIS IS NOT AN
EXACT SCIENCE. It is only meant to give you a reference point from
which to create your colors. In most cases you will have to slightly
change the settings to achieve the EXACT color you want. Once SoftLogik
completes its 550C driver this part of the program will be made
available by itself.
QUIT
Quits the program.
Well, that's it. I hope you find this program useful. If you have
any comments, suggestions, bug reports, money, or HELP!, I can be
contacted at the address above. I can also be contacted by e-mail, c/o
THE L()()N, on the BBSs listed above.
Why DemonWare? Demons are the denizens of hell who exist to
torture the souls of the dead; and a soul must go through torturous
hell to get decent software for this dead machine!
REVISION HISTORY
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* v1.0: First version