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RiscOs2/!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 hard disk » apps » Printers |
| Filename: | RiscOs2/!PrinterDM/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 08DA bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 3 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » Dominic_2.ADF » PrinterDMs/!PrinterDM/ReadMe
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_Dominic_2.adf » PrinterDMs/!PrinterDM/ReadMe
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_Dominic_2B.adf » PrinterDMs/!PrinterDM/ReadMe
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » Printers » RiscOs2/!PrinterDM/ReadMe
File contents
This is PrinterDM, version 0.82 (14-Dec-88) Documentation on how to use PrinterDM can be found in Edition 2 of the Archimedes 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 setting Alias$@PrintType_FFF to the macro *PrintUtil <%0> -to <Printer$Temp>. 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 page sizes 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. The printer driver module allocates buffer workspace in the module area for the duration of the print job. The speed of graphics printing is partially proportional to the amount of buffer memory available, so a way of speeding up a print job is to use the Task display to move more free memory to the module area before the print job starts. Note that some free memory should be left, since otherwise under some circumstances a "No room in RMA" message may arise. Which dump types work on which printers: ---------------------------------------- All LQ dumps work on the EPSON LQ-850. Note that some LQ-compatibles and early versions of the LQ-850 may 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.
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Fo| 00000130 72 0a 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 2c |r.anything else,| 00000140 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e | the application| 00000150 20 63 68 65 63 6b 73 20 69 66 20 6f 74 68 65 72 | checks if other| 00000160 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6b 6e | applications kn| 00000170 6f 77 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f 0a 70 72 69 6e 74 20 |ow how to.print | 00000180 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 |the file. If thi| 00000190 73 20 66 61 69 6c 73 20 69 74 20 63 68 65 63 6b |s fails it check| 000001a0 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 |s with the user | 000001b0 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |whether to print| 000001c0 20 74 68 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 | the.file...You | 000001d0 63 61 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 72 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 |can override the| 000001e0 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 27 73 20 74 | application's t| 000001f0 72 65 61 74 6d 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 70 61 |reatment of a pa| 00000200 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 74 79 70 65 20 66 69 |rticular type fi| 00000210 6c 65 20 62 79 0a 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 |le by.setting sy| 00000220 73 74 65 6d 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 73 20 6f |stem variables o| 00000230 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 41 6c 69 61 73 |f the form Alias| 00000240 24 40 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 54 79 70 65 5f 78 78 |$@PrinterType_xx| 00000250 78 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 78 78 78 20 69 73 0a |x, where xxx is.| 00000260 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 |the appropriate | 00000270 74 79 70 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 |type. 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Note that some| 00000760 20 4c 51 2d 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 73 20 | LQ-compatibles | 00000770 61 6e 64 0a 65 61 72 6c 79 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f |and.early versio| 00000780 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 4c 51 2d 38 35 30 |ns of the LQ-850| 00000790 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 | may not support| 000007a0 20 33 36 30 20 64 70 69 20 64 75 6d 70 73 2e 0a | 360 dpi dumps..| 000007b0 0a 41 6c 6c 20 46 58 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 77 6f |.All FX dumps wo| 000007c0 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 |rk on the EPSON | 000007d0 46 58 2d 38 30 20 61 6e 64 20 46 58 2d 38 35 30 |FX-80 and FX-850| 000007e0 2e 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 4c 51 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 |...All LQ dumps | 000007f0 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 33 36 30 20 62 79 20 33 36 |except 360 by 36| 00000800 30 20 64 70 69 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e |0 dpi work on an| 00000810 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 4c 51 2d 38 30 30 2e 0a 0a | EPSON LQ-800...| 00000820 54 68 65 20 4e 45 43 20 50 69 6e 57 72 69 74 65 |The NEC PinWrite| 00000830 72 20 50 36 70 6c 75 73 20 69 73 20 61 73 20 74 |r P6plus is as t| 00000840 68 65 20 4c 51 2d 38 35 30 2c 20 65 78 63 65 70 |he LQ-850, excep| 00000850 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 33 36 30 20 62 |t that the 360 b| 00000860 79 20 33 36 30 20 64 75 6d 70 0a 69 73 20 73 6c |y 360 dump.is sl| 00000870 69 67 68 74 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 |ightly different| 00000880 3b 20 61 20 50 36 70 6c 75 73 2d 73 70 65 63 69 |; a P6plus-speci| 00000890 66 69 63 20 61 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 20 |fic alternative | 000008a0 69 73 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 |is provided...Th| 000008b0 65 20 46 58 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |e FX dumps also | 000008c0 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 42 72 6f 74 68 65 |work on a Brothe| 000008d0 72 20 4d 2d 31 34 30 39 2e 0a |r M-1409..| 000008da
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