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IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from a previous version of PrintManager, make
sure to replace both PrintManager and spool.device, and reset the computer
before using the printer, otherwise the system may crash!
Changes from 1.1 to 2.0
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(PrintManager 37.9, spool.device 37.9)
- PrintManager is now SHAREWARE.
- Rewritten the docs.
- It's now possible to spool PAR: and SER:, via the DEVICE ToolType.
"How can I make PrintManager work with PageStream?" is a question I will
hopefully not have to answer any more. ;-)
- AppIcon and AppWindow printing! If datatypes.library is available, it's
used. Can also print raw data saved with Save As...
- Auto Form Feed feature
- Font sensitive user interface
- SPOOLDIR ToolType changed to SPOOLDRAWER for consistency with other
Workbench programs.
- PUBSCREEN ToolType
- Since the I/O buffers are allocated only while printing, thus not wasting
memory, I have enlarged them from 1K to 4K. This should somewhat reduce
disk access.
- No longer creates an empty file when receiving the first BEGINIO with a
command different from CMD_WRITE (fixes PC-Task)
- Now creates the spool directory if it doesn't exist. The spool directory
should be reserved to PrintManager, so the default has changed from T: to
T:spool
Changes from 1.0 to 1.1
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(PrintManager 37.4, spool.device 37.4)
- Shortened the code.
- Put 3000 as stack size in PrintManager's icon. The spooler process now
has a stack of 3000, too. This saves some memory.
- The I/O cache buffers are allocated only when needed. This saves about
2K when not printing.
- Fixed bug where selecting "Hide" from the menu could cause enforcer hits
and occasional crashes.
- Fixed bug which caused new jobs to be paused if others were recovered
after a reset and the GUI wasn't open.
- While reorganizing the I/O caching routines, spotted a bug which would,
under very special conditions, corrupt the output flow. The conditions
were so particular that it was never reported.
- Under latest OS releases, the name of tasks using PRT: was not spotted,
and was replaced by "PRT" in the jobs list. A small change in the hack
should fix this for every OS release. It remains a hack, though.
- Added the ability to put an application icon on the Workbench.
- Some people asked for an "auto FormFeed" feature. I thought over it and
decided not to implement it. In my opinion, the printer should behave
exactly as if PrintManager was not there.
- Many people complained about PrintManager not working with some programs
which print directly to PAR:. This is not PrintManager's fault: those
programs go against Commodore's guidelines. If possible, configure them
to use PRT: or printer.device.