Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1993-07.adf » AWJuly93 » !AWJuly93/Goodies/Print/!Help
!AWJuly93/Goodies/Print/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1993-07.adf » AWJuly93 |
| Filename: | !AWJuly93/Goodies/Print/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0826 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Name : !Print
Purpose : Text Only Printer Driver
Author : Richard Bagnall
Version : 2.00 (17-Mar-93)
Requires : Risc OS 2 or 3
Memory : 32K
CopyRight: Archimedes World 1993
Description
-----------
!Print is a text only printer driver, in that it will attempt to print any
file which is dragged onto it as a text file, therefore what you see on the
screen is what you get on paper. !Print is not fussy about what type of
file you drag to it so don't drag on Draw files, Sprite files or any file
which does not contain text as these files will be printed as text files.
When !Print is printing, a hourglass will display the percentaged printed.
Also the sprite on the icon bar will change to also show the amount printed.
There is one option on the menu known as header. If this is ticked the name
of the file and date printed will be printed at the top of the first page.
My reason for writing this program is because if I simply wanted to print
out a !Help file or a !Data file containing text I had to load in Acorn's
Printer Driver. This can take ages to load from floppy disc. I would also
have to make sure that the !Scrap directory was in RAM or the Printer Driver
keeps asking you to swap discs. Once loaded I would then have to check that
the configuration was correct for printing text and then once I had started
printing, Acorn's Driver has the annoying habit of producing form feeds of
blank pages in the middle of the text.
Acorn's Printer Driver is great for printing letters on A4 sheets, sprite
files and draw files (even in colour), but when it comes to printing a
standard text file it simply falls to pieces.
TIP : If you decide to print a text file using Acorn's Printer Driver, and
you what to print it in condensed form or another NLQ font which you
have set on your printer, Acorn's Driver over-rides your settings
and use's it's own. If this happens use the software lock which is
built into most printer's to stop this from happening.
!Print does not over-ride your settings!
00000000 4e 61 6d 65 20 20 20 20 20 3a 20 21 50 72 69 6e |Name : !Prin| 00000010 74 0a 50 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 20 3a 20 54 65 78 |t.Purpose : Tex| 00000020 74 20 4f 6e 6c 79 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 44 |t Only Printer D| 00000030 72 69 76 65 72 0a 41 75 74 68 6f 72 20 20 20 3a |river.Author :| 00000040 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 42 61 67 6e 61 6c 6c | Richard Bagnall| 00000050 0a 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 20 3a 20 32 2e 30 30 |.Version : 2.00| 00000060 20 28 31 37 2d 4d 61 72 2d 39 33 29 20 20 20 0a | (17-Mar-93) .| 00000070 52 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 20 3a 20 52 69 73 63 20 |Requires : Risc | 00000080 4f 53 20 32 20 6f 72 20 33 0a 4d 65 6d 6f 72 79 |OS 2 or 3.Memory| 00000090 20 20 20 3a 20 33 32 4b 0a 43 6f 70 79 52 69 67 | : 32K.CopyRig| 000000a0 68 74 3a 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 |ht: Archimedes W| 000000b0 6f 72 6c 64 20 31 39 39 33 0a 0a 44 65 73 63 72 |orld 1993..Descr| 000000c0 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |iption.---------| 000000d0 2d 2d 0a 20 21 50 72 69 6e 74 20 69 73 20 61 20 |--. !Print is a | 000000e0 74 65 78 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |text only printe| 000000f0 72 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 2c 20 69 6e 20 74 68 61 |r driver, in tha| 00000100 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 |t it will attemp| 00000110 74 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 61 6e 79 0a 20 |t to print any. | 00000120 66 69 6c 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 64 72 |file which is dr| 00000130 61 67 67 65 64 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 69 74 20 61 73 |agged onto it as| 00000140 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 | a text file, th| 00000150 65 72 65 66 6f 72 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 |erefore what you| 00000160 20 73 65 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 20 73 63 72 | see on the. scr| 00000170 65 65 6e 20 69 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 |een is what you | 00000180 67 65 74 20 6f 6e 20 70 61 70 65 72 2e 20 21 50 |get on paper. !P| 00000190 72 69 6e 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 66 75 73 73 |rint is not fuss| 000001a0 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 79 70 |y about what typ| 000001b0 65 20 6f 66 20 0a 20 66 69 6c 65 20 79 6f 75 20 |e of . file you | 000001c0 64 72 61 67 20 74 6f 20 69 74 20 73 6f 20 64 6f |drag to it so do| 000001d0 6e 27 74 20 64 72 61 67 20 6f 6e 20 44 72 61 77 |n't drag on Draw| 000001e0 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 53 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 | files, Sprite f| 000001f0 69 6c 65 73 20 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 66 69 6c 65 |iles or any file| 00000200 20 0a 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f | . which does no| 00000210 74 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 65 78 74 20 61 |t contain text a| 00000220 73 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 77 69 |s these files wi| 00000230 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 61 73 |ll be printed as| 00000240 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a 20 57 | text files... W| 00000250 68 65 6e 20 21 50 72 69 6e 74 20 69 73 20 70 72 |hen !Print is pr| 00000260 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 2c 20 61 20 68 6f 75 72 67 6c |inting, a hourgl| 00000270 61 73 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 |ass will display| 00000280 20 74 68 65 20 70 65 72 63 65 6e 74 61 67 65 64 | the percentaged| 00000290 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 2e 0a 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 | printed.. Also | 000002a0 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |the sprite on th| 000002b0 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |e icon bar will | 000002c0 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 |change to also s| 000002d0 68 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 70 |how the amount p| 000002e0 72 69 6e 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 |rinted... There | 000002f0 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e |is one option on| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 | the menu known | 00000310 61 73 20 68 65 61 64 65 72 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 |as header. If th| 00000320 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 69 63 6b 65 64 20 74 68 65 |is is ticked the| 00000330 20 6e 61 6d 65 0a 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 | name. of the fi| 00000340 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 64 61 74 65 20 70 72 69 6e |le and date prin| 00000350 74 65 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 69 6e |ted will be prin| 00000360 74 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 6f |ted at the top o| 00000370 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 61 67 65 |f the first page| 00000380 2e 0a 0a 20 4d 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 66 6f |... My reason fo| 00000390 72 20 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 |r writing this p| 000003a0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 |rogram is becaus| 000003b0 65 20 69 66 20 49 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 77 61 |e if I simply wa| 000003c0 6e 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 0a 20 |nted to print . | 000003d0 6f 75 74 20 61 20 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 |out a !Help file| 000003e0 20 6f 72 20 61 20 21 44 61 74 61 20 66 69 6c 65 | or a !Data file| 000003f0 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 65 78 74 | containing text| 00000400 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 69 | I had to load i| 00000410 6e 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 0a 20 50 72 69 6e |n Acorn's . Prin| 00000420 74 65 72 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 2e 20 54 68 69 73 |ter Driver. This| 00000430 20 63 61 6e 20 74 61 6b 65 20 61 67 65 73 20 74 | can take ages t| 00000440 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 6c 6f 70 |o load from flop| 00000450 70 79 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |py disc. I would| 00000460 20 61 6c 73 6f 0a 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 6d | also. have to m| 00000470 61 6b 65 20 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |ake sure that th| 00000480 65 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |e !Scrap directo| 00000490 72 79 20 77 61 73 20 69 6e 20 52 41 4d 20 6f 72 |ry was in RAM or| 000004a0 20 74 68 65 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 44 72 69 | the Printer Dri| 000004b0 76 65 72 0a 20 6b 65 65 70 73 20 61 73 6b 69 6e |ver. keeps askin| 000004c0 67 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 77 61 70 20 64 69 |g you to swap di| 000004d0 73 63 73 2e 20 4f 6e 63 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 |scs. Once loaded| 000004e0 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 68 61 | I would then ha| 000004f0 76 65 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 74 68 61 74 |ve to check that| 00000500 0a 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 |. the configurat| 00000510 69 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 20 |ion was correct | 00000520 66 6f 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 74 65 78 |for printing tex| 00000530 74 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 |t and then once | 00000540 49 20 68 61 64 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 0a 20 70 |I had started. p| 00000550 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 2c 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 |rinting, Acorn's| 00000560 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 | Driver has the | 00000570 61 6e 6e 6f 79 69 6e 67 20 68 61 62 69 74 20 6f |annoying habit o| 00000580 66 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 6d |f producing form| 00000590 20 66 65 65 64 73 20 6f 66 0a 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b | feeds of. blank| 000005a0 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 | pages in the mi| 000005b0 64 64 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 |ddle of the text| 000005c0 2e 0a 0a 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 50 72 69 6e |... Acorn's Prin| 000005d0 74 65 72 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 20 69 73 20 67 72 |ter Driver is gr| 000005e0 65 61 74 20 66 6f 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 |eat for printing| 000005f0 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 6f 6e 20 41 34 20 73 | letters on A4 s| 00000600 68 65 65 74 73 2c 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 0a 20 |heets, sprite . | 00000610 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 61 77 20 66 |files and draw f| 00000620 69 6c 65 73 20 28 65 76 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 63 6f |iles (even in co| 00000630 6c 6f 75 72 29 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |lour), but when | 00000640 69 74 20 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e |it comes to prin| 00000650 74 69 6e 67 20 61 20 0a 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 |ting a . standar| 00000660 64 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 74 20 73 |d text file it s| 00000670 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 66 61 6c 6c 73 20 74 6f 20 70 |imply falls to p| 00000680 69 65 63 65 73 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 54 49 50 20 3a 20 |ieces.... TIP : | 00000690 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 20 74 6f |If you decide to| 000006a0 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 | print a text fi| 000006b0 6c 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 |le using Acorn's| 000006c0 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 2c | Printer Driver,| 000006d0 20 61 6e 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 79 6f 75 20 | and. you | 000006e0 77 68 61 74 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 69 74 |what to print it| 000006f0 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6e 64 65 6e 73 65 64 20 66 6f | in condensed fo| 00000700 72 6d 20 6f 72 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 4e 4c |rm or another NL| 00000710 51 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6f 75 |Q font which you| 00000720 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 65 74 |. have set| 00000730 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 | on your printer| 00000740 2c 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 |, Acorn's Driver| 00000750 20 6f 76 65 72 2d 72 69 64 65 73 20 79 6f 75 72 | over-rides your| 00000760 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 | settings . | 00000770 20 20 61 6e 64 20 75 73 65 27 73 20 69 74 27 73 | and use's it's| 00000780 20 6f 77 6e 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 68 61 | own. If this ha| 00000790 70 70 65 6e 73 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f |ppens use the so| 000007a0 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 6c 6f 63 6b 20 77 68 69 63 |ftware lock whic| 000007b0 68 20 69 73 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 75 69 |h is . bui| 000007c0 6c 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 70 72 69 |lt into most pri| 000007d0 6e 74 65 72 27 73 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 70 20 74 |nter's to stop t| 000007e0 68 69 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 69 |his from happeni| 000007f0 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 50 72 69 |ng... !Pri| 00000800 6e 74 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6f 76 65 72 |nt does not over| 00000810 2d 72 69 64 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 65 74 74 69 |-ride your setti| 00000820 6e 67 73 21 0a 0a |ngs!..| 00000826
.