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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
-