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!PrinterDM/ReadMe
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 » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » RiscOs_Apps_1.ADF |
| Filename: | !PrinterDM/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0A25 bytes |
| Load address: | FFFFFF41 |
| Exec address: | ECC8E130 |
Duplicates
There is 1 duplicate copy of this file in the archive:
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- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_RiscOs_Apps_1.adf » !PrinterDM/ReadMe
File contents
This is PrinterDM, version 1.12 (11-Jul-89)
Documentation on how to use PrinterDM can be found in Edition 2 of the
Archimedes User Guide and in the RISC OS User Guide.
The following remarks should be noted about this version of PrinterDM and
its documentation.
Text printing is applied to files of types Text, Command, and Obey. For
anything else, the application checks if other applications know how to
print the file. If this fails it checks with the user whether to print the
file.
You can override the application's treatment of a particular type file by
setting system variables of the form Alias$@PrinterType_xxx, where xxx is
the appropriate type. If the variable exists, then the application performs
*@PrinterType_xxx <filename> before doing anything else. It then checks for
the existence of <Printer$Temp>. If this exists then it is printed. You can
therefore print via a print utility program by using:
*Set Alias$@PrintType_xxx *PrintUtil %0 -to <Printer$Temp>
Try looking at the !Boot files of !Draw and !Paint for some examples.
Clicking SELECT on the icon produces a window with data about the current
printer driver settings. Clicking on the name field steps through the
printers and dump modes enumerated in the file PrData. It also allows
control of the end-of-line control character sequence used in text printing,
which can vary between printers.
Clicking MENU on the icon produces a menu which allows the print destination
to be set, and the paper size to be altered. It should be noted that the
page size and margins supplied here must reflect the actual printable area
of the page, and cannot be used to alter the format of text printed as a
result of dragging text files onto the printer icon. The paper limits
are used to ensure correct positioning of graphics on the page, and are also
reported back to applications such as Draw for information purposes.
Printing can be speeded up by using the "monochrome" setting in the setup
window; this does, however, stop sprites and fonts being halftoned, and
reduces the range of halftone options available on other plotted items.
Which dump types work on which printers:
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All LQ dumps work on the EPSON LQ-850. Note that some LQ-compatibles do not
support 360 dpi dumps.
All FX dumps work on the EPSON FX-80 and FX-850.
All LQ dumps except 360 by 360 dpi work on an EPSON LQ-800.
The NEC PinWriter P6plus is as the LQ-850, except that the 360 by 360 dump
is slightly different; a P6plus-specific alternative is provided.
The FX dumps also work on a Brother M-1409.
00000000 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 44 |This is PrinterD| 00000010 4d 2c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 31 32 20 |M, version 1.12 | 00000020 28 31 31 2d 4a 75 6c 2d 38 39 29 0a 0a 44 6f 63 |(11-Jul-89)..Doc| 00000030 75 6d 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 68 6f |umentation on ho| 00000040 77 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |w to use Printer| 00000050 44 4d 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 |DM can be found | 00000060 69 6e 20 45 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 32 20 6f 66 20 |in Edition 2 of | 00000070 74 68 65 0a 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 55 |the.Archimedes U| 00000080 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e |ser Guide and in| 00000090 20 74 68 65 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 55 73 65 | the RISC OS Use| 000000a0 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 66 6f |r Guide...The fo| 000000b0 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 72 65 6d 61 72 6b 73 20 |llowing remarks | 000000c0 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 64 20 |should be noted | 000000d0 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 |about this versi| 000000e0 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 44 4d 20 |on of PrinterDM | 000000f0 61 6e 64 0a 69 74 73 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 |and.its document| 00000100 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 54 65 78 74 20 70 72 69 |ation...Text pri| 00000110 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 65 64 |nting is applied| 00000120 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 79 70 | to files of typ| 00000130 65 73 20 54 65 78 74 2c 20 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |es Text, Command| 00000140 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 4f 62 65 79 2e 20 46 6f 72 0a |, and Obey. For.| 00000150 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 2c 20 74 |anything else, t| 00000160 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 |he application c| 00000170 68 65 63 6b 73 20 69 66 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 61 |hecks if other a| 00000180 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6b 6e 6f 77 |pplications know| 00000190 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f 0a 70 72 69 6e 74 20 74 68 | how to.print th| 000001a0 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 |e file. If this | 000001b0 66 61 69 6c 73 20 69 74 20 63 68 65 63 6b 73 20 |fails it checks | 000001c0 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 77 68 |with the user wh| 000001d0 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 74 |ether to print t| 000001e0 68 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 |he.file...You ca| 000001f0 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 72 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 |n override the a| 00000200 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 27 73 20 74 72 65 |pplication's tre| 00000210 61 74 6d 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 70 61 72 74 |atment of a part| 00000220 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 74 79 70 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |icular type file| 00000230 20 62 79 0a 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 | by.setting syst| 00000240 65 6d 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 73 20 6f 66 20 |em variables of | 00000250 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 41 6c 69 61 73 24 40 |the form Alias$@| 00000260 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 54 79 70 65 5f 78 78 78 2c |PrinterType_xxx,| 00000270 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 78 78 78 20 69 73 0a 74 68 | where xxx is.th| 00000280 65 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 74 79 |e appropriate ty| 00000290 70 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 69 61 |pe. If the varia| 000002a0 62 6c 65 20 65 78 69 73 74 73 2c 20 74 68 65 6e |ble exists, then| 000002b0 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e | the application| 000002c0 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 73 0a 2a 40 50 72 69 6e | performs.*@Prin| 000002d0 74 65 72 54 79 70 65 5f 78 78 78 20 3c 66 69 6c |terType_xxx <fil| 000002e0 65 6e 61 6d 65 3e 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 64 6f |ename> before do| 000002f0 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 |ing anything els| 00000300 65 2e 20 49 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 63 68 65 63 6b |e. It then check| 00000310 73 20 66 6f 72 0a 74 68 65 20 65 78 69 73 74 65 |s for.the existe| 00000320 6e 63 65 20 6f 66 20 3c 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 24 |nce of <Printer$| 00000330 54 65 6d 70 3e 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 65 |Temp>. If this e| 00000340 78 69 73 74 73 20 74 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 69 73 |xists then it is| 00000350 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 | printed. You ca| 00000360 6e 0a 74 68 65 72 65 66 6f 72 65 20 70 72 69 6e |n.therefore prin| 00000370 74 20 76 69 61 20 61 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 75 74 |t via a print ut| 00000380 69 6c 69 74 79 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 62 79 |ility program by| 00000390 20 75 73 69 6e 67 3a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 2a 53 65 | using:.. *Se| 000003a0 74 20 41 6c 69 61 73 24 40 50 72 69 6e 74 54 79 |t Alias$@PrintTy| 000003b0 70 65 5f 78 78 78 20 2a 50 72 69 6e 74 55 74 69 |pe_xxx *PrintUti| 000003c0 6c 20 25 30 20 2d 74 6f 20 3c 50 72 69 6e 74 65 |l %0 -to <Printe| 000003d0 72 24 54 65 6d 70 3e 0a 0a 54 72 79 20 6c 6f 6f |r$Temp>..Try loo| 000003e0 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 21 42 6f 6f |king at the !Boo| 000003f0 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 6f 66 20 21 44 72 61 77 |t files of !Draw| 00000400 20 61 6e 64 20 21 50 61 69 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 20 | and !Paint for | 00000410 73 6f 6d 65 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a |some examples...| 00000420 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 |Clicking SELECT | 00000430 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 70 72 6f 64 |on the icon prod| 00000440 75 63 65 73 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 69 |uces a window wi| 00000450 74 68 20 64 61 74 61 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 |th data about th| 00000460 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 0a 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |e current.printe| 00000470 72 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 |r driver setting| 00000480 73 2e 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 |s. Clicking on t| 00000490 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 66 69 65 6c 64 20 73 74 |he name field st| 000004a0 65 70 73 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 0a |eps through the.| 000004b0 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 64 75 6d |printers and dum| 000004c0 70 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 20 65 6e 75 6d 65 72 61 74 |p modes enumerat| 000004d0 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 50 |ed in the file P| 000004e0 72 44 61 74 61 2e 20 49 74 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 61 |rData. It also a| 000004f0 6c 6c 6f 77 73 0a 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 6f 66 |llows.control of| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 2d 6f 66 2d 6c 69 6e 65 | the end-of-line| 00000510 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 | control charact| 00000520 65 72 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 75 73 65 64 |er sequence used| 00000530 20 69 6e 20 74 65 78 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e | in text printin| 00000540 67 2c 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6e 20 76 61 72 |g,.which can var| 00000550 79 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |y between printe| 00000560 72 73 2e 0a 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 4d 45 |rs...Clicking ME| 00000570 4e 55 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 70 |NU on the icon p| 00000580 72 6f 64 75 63 65 73 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 77 |roduces a menu w| 00000590 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 |hich allows the | 000005a0 70 72 69 6e 74 20 64 65 73 74 69 6e 61 74 69 6f |print destinatio| 000005b0 6e 0a 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 |n.to be set, and| 000005c0 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 20 73 69 7a 65 20 | the paper size | 000005d0 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 2e 20 20 |to be altered. | 000005e0 49 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 74 |It should be not| 000005f0 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 0a 70 61 67 65 |ed that the.page| 00000600 20 73 69 7a 65 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 61 72 67 69 6e | size and margin| 00000610 73 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 68 65 72 65 20 |s supplied here | 00000620 6d 75 73 74 20 72 65 66 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |must reflect the| 00000630 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 20 70 72 69 6e 74 61 62 6c | actual printabl| 00000640 65 20 61 72 65 61 0a 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 |e area.of the pa| 00000650 67 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 |ge, and cannot b| 00000660 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 |e used to alter | 00000670 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 6f 66 20 74 65 |the format of te| 00000680 78 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 61 73 20 61 0a |xt printed as a.| 00000690 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 6f 66 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 |result of draggi| 000006a0 6e 67 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 6f 6e |ng text files on| 000006b0 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 |to the printer i| 000006c0 63 6f 6e 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 20 |con. The paper | 000006d0 6c 69 6d 69 74 73 0a 61 72 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 |limits.are used | 000006e0 74 6f 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 |to ensure correc| 000006f0 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 |t positioning of| 00000700 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 | graphics on the| 00000710 20 70 61 67 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 72 65 20 61 | page, and are a| 00000720 6c 73 6f 0a 72 65 70 6f 72 74 65 64 20 62 61 63 |lso.reported bac| 00000730 6b 20 74 6f 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e |k to application| 00000740 73 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 44 72 61 77 20 66 |s such as Draw f| 00000750 6f 72 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 |or information p| 00000760 75 72 70 6f 73 65 73 2e 0a 0a 50 72 69 6e 74 69 |urposes...Printi| 00000770 6e 67 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 65 |ng can be speede| 00000780 64 20 75 70 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |d up by using th| 00000790 65 20 22 6d 6f 6e 6f 63 68 72 6f 6d 65 22 20 73 |e "monochrome" s| 000007a0 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 |etting in the se| 000007b0 74 75 70 0a 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 3b 20 74 68 69 73 |tup.window; this| 000007c0 20 64 6f 65 73 2c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 | does, however, | 000007d0 73 74 6f 70 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 61 6e 64 |stop sprites and| 000007e0 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 68 61 6c | fonts being hal| 000007f0 66 74 6f 6e 65 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a 72 65 64 75 |ftoned, and.redu| 00000800 63 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 6e 67 65 20 6f 66 |ces the range of| 00000810 20 68 61 6c 66 74 6f 6e 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e | halftone option| 00000820 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 6f |s available on o| 00000830 74 68 65 72 20 70 6c 6f 74 74 65 64 20 69 74 65 |ther plotted ite| 00000840 6d 73 2e 0a 0a 57 68 69 63 68 20 64 75 6d 70 20 |ms...Which dump | 00000850 74 79 70 65 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 77 68 |types work on wh| 00000860 69 63 68 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 3a 0a 2d 2d |ich printers:.--| 00000870 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000890 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 4c 51 20 64 |------..All LQ d| 000008a0 75 6d 70 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |umps work on the| 000008b0 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 4c 51 2d 38 35 30 2e 20 4e | EPSON LQ-850. N| 000008c0 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 4c 51 |ote that some LQ| 000008d0 2d 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 73 20 64 6f 20 |-compatibles do | 000008e0 6e 6f 74 0a 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 33 36 30 20 |not.support 360 | 000008f0 64 70 69 20 64 75 6d 70 73 2e 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 |dpi dumps...All | 00000900 46 58 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e |FX dumps work on| 00000910 20 74 68 65 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 46 58 2d 38 30 | the EPSON FX-80| 00000920 20 61 6e 64 20 46 58 2d 38 35 30 2e 0a 0a 41 6c | and FX-850...Al| 00000930 6c 20 4c 51 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 65 78 63 65 70 |l LQ dumps excep| 00000940 74 20 33 36 30 20 62 79 20 33 36 30 20 64 70 69 |t 360 by 360 dpi| 00000950 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 20 45 50 53 4f | work on an EPSO| 00000960 4e 20 4c 51 2d 38 30 30 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 4e |N LQ-800...The N| 00000970 45 43 20 50 69 6e 57 72 69 74 65 72 20 50 36 70 |EC PinWriter P6p| 00000980 6c 75 73 20 69 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 4c 51 |lus is as the LQ| 00000990 2d 38 35 30 2c 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 61 |-850, except tha| 000009a0 74 20 74 68 65 20 33 36 30 20 62 79 20 33 36 30 |t the 360 by 360| 000009b0 20 64 75 6d 70 0a 69 73 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 6c | dump.is slightl| 000009c0 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 3b 20 61 20 50 |y different; a P| 000009d0 36 70 6c 75 73 2d 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 63 20 61 |6plus-specific a| 000009e0 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 20 69 73 20 70 72 |lternative is pr| 000009f0 6f 76 69 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 46 58 20 |ovided...The FX | 00000a00 64 75 6d 70 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 |dumps also work | 00000a10 6f 6e 20 61 20 42 72 6f 74 68 65 72 20 4d 2d 31 |on a Brother M-1| 00000a20 34 30 39 2e 0a |409..| 00000a25
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