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STANDARD DOCUMENTATION PRINTER
This program lets people print documentation files. But use it for
printing any SEQ text file is fine. It was intended mainly for printing
to Dot Matrix printers. But any kind of printer should be OK. You can
print any size file you wish. 1 Kb, 400 Kb, whatever.
From the menu, you can enter the filename, and then print. If you want
a directory, you can try a '$' when it asks for filename. You can type
the filename, or merely pick it yourself. You have a couple of options
for printing. They identify the format of your text file. If your text
file is already properly paged for direct printer output, then just go
ahead. But if your text file is just free-flowing text, then you can
choose 'Free-Flowing Text'. This sends some codes to instruct the
printer to skip perforations with continuous tractor feed paper. If it
doesn't work with your printer, then forget this option.
This program was created to adapt possibly to some difficulties that
might occur with a dot-matrix printer. If you have a program that
simply spits a whole text file to printer, then the printer will go to
work. In case some printers may not print evenly or as desired,
STAN-PRINT will let you print line-by-line. Printer adjustment is then
possible mid-printout. Here is an example: you want to print a document
that is formatted to print from the top of page 1. You can't do this
from the first sheet, because once the paper is secured, the printhead
is several lines ahead of the top of that sheet of paper. To avoid
wasting a sheet of paper, you can do as follows. Start printing. Hit
Enter a few times, maybe 5. Then reposition the paper again to the very
top, as far as it goes. And then proceed printing again.
Press Shift-Lock to print your text file. Holding down the Stop key
will stop printing, if you want to abort (without Shift of course). As
long as any key is pressed, the printer will print.
One exception. The Caps Lock key provides another option. If you
happened to have a printer which required Linefeeds with the CRs, then
from the start, you can depress Caps Lock, and away it prints.
You may note that in fact STAN-PRINT can even let you print to screen as
well. If your printer is off, it will print to screen. You could say
STAN-PRINT serves the same function as the README file on IBM machines.
F7 is set as a Page-Down key.
If you ever came across a file that was true ASCII, you might be able to
print it properly. Check if your printer can be set for ASCII, maybe
with a DIP switch.
STAN-PRINT is for the C128. It might have been made to work on the C64
too. But that became a tad inconvenient.
STAN-AUTO is an identical file. What it does is, when printing is done,
it then Runs a program from device 8, the first file on disk. If you
think you may have some occasion to find this useful, then keep it. Or
you can just delete this file. It is not very relevant to typical
usage.
by Adam Vardy
email: Adam.Vardy@juge.com