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- To produce a PageSetter Utilities disk proceed as follows: Format a disk
- with a name "PageSetter Utilities". Use arc to extract all of the files in
- "PPIFF.arc". Because of the file name lengths constraints ot the arc program
- you should rename the file PP.info to PagePrint.info . Please read the
- "read_me" file for information on how to install these programs onto a
- PageSetter system disk. PagePrint may also be used to print a PageSetter
- document even if you don't yet own PageSetter. Please feel free to
- distribute copies of this disk, but PLEASE do not alter the contents in any
- way. All programs and data files on this disk remain Copyright Gold Disk
- Inc. 1987 and may not be used for commercial gain without explicit written
- permission from Gold Disk Inc.
-
- Enjoy!!
-
- PageSetter Document Utilities Disk Feb 10, 1987
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- These programs are intended to replace the Utilities distributed on the
- PageSetter V1.0 disk. In order to install them on your PageSetter disk
- proceed as follows:
-
- - From the CLI type:
- Copy "PageSetter Utilities:Page#?" to PageSetter:
- (type the line EXACTLY as you see it above)
-
- - From the WorkBench:
- 1) Boot up the PageSetter disk and double click on the PageSetter
- disk icon.
- 2) Insert the "PageSetter Utilities" disk (into the external drive
- if you have one, into the internal drive if not) and double click
- on it's disk icon. You should now have two windows open.
- 3) Move the PagePrint and PageIFF icons from the "PageSetter
- Utilities" into the "PageSetter" window over the old icons.
- 4) That's all there is to it!
-
- Contents of disk
- ----------------
-
- PagePrint - This is a utility program which will allow you to print
- documents saved by PageSetter without the need to run
- PageSetter itself. Since PagePrint is a much smaller
- program, this will allow you to easily print a document
- in the background while running other applications. This
- program will print all of the pages in the document in
- order of page number. If you wish to print selected pages
- from your document simply hit ESC when prompted to set
- the paper to the top of form. This will skip printing
- of the current page and allow you to proceed to the
- particular page that you want. Note that in order for
- PagePrint to properly print a document you must have your
- printer preferences set to 1) B&W, 2) Aspect Horizontal,
- 3) Normal, and 4) a threshold value of about 2-4. Actually,
- the threshold value should be a value between the intensity
- of the ink and paper colour in the original PageSetter
- document.
-
- * If you find that printing a document from within the main PageSetter
- program (from the "Department" menu) results in the printing of a
- strip approx. 1.5" (about 4 cm.) and then skips some space (or ejects
- the page) you will have to use PagePrint to print your document in
- it's final form. This is due to an undocumented "feature" of the
- printer.device and will be corrected in a future release of the
- operating system. If you have any difficulties in this regard
- please do not hesitate to call Gold Disk, or write to us at the
- address given below. Note that due to a limitation in the HP LaserJet
- driver supplied with the Amiga Workbench it will only allow the
- printing of pages up to 10.6" in length. Anything on the page below
- this will not be printed.
-
-
- PageIFF - This is another utlity program which will output your
- document in the form of an IFF graphics file. Each page
- of the document will be put into a seperate file with the
- name "<prefix>.IFF###" where <prefix> is a string
- chosen by you and ### is the page number within the
- document. As with PagePrint you may skip a page simply
- by hitting ESC when prompted. Note that the files written
- by PageIFF could be relatively large (up to 95,000 bytes
- for an 8.5" x 11" page) and may use a lot of disk space.
- Also, most Amiga graphics programs can read picture files
- up to only 640x200 pixels (or 640x400 in interlace mode).
- This corresponds to a page size of about 5.75" x 2.75"
- (5.75" x 5.5" in interlace mode). If your page is larger
- it may not be readable by these graphics programs. At the
- time of the release of PageSetter V1.0 the only commercially
- available product that can import such large pictures is
- Deluxe Paint II.
-
- * Both PagePrint and PageIFF can be run from Workbench or the CLI. To
- run them from Workbench click on the document icon and, while holding
- down the SHIFT key, double click on the PagePrint or PageIFF icon.
- To run them from the CLI simply type: PagePrint <docname> where
- <docname> is the name of the document you wish to print. If you run
- them without a document name they will prompt you for a filename.
-
-
- Read_Me - This file.
-
-
- GOLD DISK Inc.
- P.O. Box 789,
- Streetsville, ON
- CANADA, L5M 2C2.
-