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| File size: | 0AC4 bytes |
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| Exec address: | FFFFFFFF |
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File contents
TTXPrCJ Version 1.06
(Software and documentation by David Somers)
(C) David Somers 1988
INTRODUCTION
TTXPrCJ is an updated version of Graham Bartram's TTXPrint program. It
has been written for use with the Integrex Colourjet 132 printer, and will
enable you to print out teletext frames in full colour!
GETTING STARTED
Just enter *TTXPrCJ to load and initialize the software, then enter the
Teletext Terminal in the usual manner, ie *TELETEXT.
To produce a small dump (approx. 99 by 81 millimetres) press SHIFT-F9, or
SHIFT-F8 for a big dump (approx. 194 by 156 millimetres).
Users of early versions of the GIS ATS+ (version 1.00) will need to
upgrade to version 2.00 in order to use the big dump routine. (Contact GIS
for details)
HINTS ON PRESENTATION
For high-quality dumps the printer should be placed in double-strike mode.
This can be achieved by:
1. Entering in BASIC: VDU 2,1,27,1,&3E,3 [RET], or
2. Pressing the FORM-FEED button when the printer is ON-LINE. The
ON-LINE LED will flash to indicate double-strike mode is selected.
Some frames may look better if you place the printer in enhanced colour
mode: black and white colours are swapped, and if a yellow character is
printed in a white background it is changed to green to improve clarity.
This can be achieved by entering in BASIC: VDU 2,1,27,1,&6F,3 [RET].
BEING FRAMED
One rather nice feature is that a black-border is placed around the dump
to improve presentation (unless, of course, enhanced colour mode is set).
As the printer can only print 40 characters across in double-width mode, a
bit of fudge has been used to produced the boarder; the first character on
each line is printed in NORMAL width, with subsequent characters in DOUBLE
width, and finally a SINGLE width 'BLACK BACKGROUND' character at the end
of each line to complete the effect.
As you can appreciate, if the first character of a line is not a space or
a control character the printout would look rather strange! Fortunately,
the first character is always a control character or a space, so this
problem should never occur on normal frames, and is only found on test
frames such as CEEFAX BBC2 page 797.
PROBLEMS WITH HELD GRAPHICS
Unfortunately, the Integrex Colourjet 132 does have a couple of irritating
bugs; one of these concerns the use of the Hold Graphics facility:
When use is made of the Hold Graphics facility the printer will then
correctly print the last graphics character. However, it will print this
(and subsequent graphics characters) in Separated Graphics mode
irrespective of any Continuous Graphics character.
This should not be noticeable on most pages but will be apparent on
Teletext 'Art' pages.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 54 58 50 72 | TTXPr| 00000020 43 4a 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 36 0d |CJ Version 1.06.| 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 | (| 00000040 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 61 6e 64 20 64 6f 63 |Software and doc| 00000050 75 6d 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 44 61 |umentation by Da| 00000060 76 69 64 20 53 6f 6d 65 72 73 29 0d 20 20 20 20 |vid Somers). | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000080 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 43 29 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 | (C) David | 00000090 53 6f 6d 65 72 73 20 31 39 38 38 0d 0d 49 4e 54 |Somers 1988..INT| 000000a0 52 4f 44 55 43 54 49 4f 4e 0d 54 54 58 50 72 43 |RODUCTION.TTXPrC| 000000b0 4a 20 69 73 20 61 6e 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 20 |J is an updated | 000000c0 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 47 72 61 68 61 |version of Graha| 000000d0 6d 20 42 61 72 74 72 61 6d 27 73 20 54 54 58 50 |m Bartram's TTXP| 000000e0 72 69 6e 74 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 20 49 |rint program. I| 000000f0 74 0d 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 77 72 69 74 74 |t.has been writt| 00000100 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |en for use with | 00000110 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 67 72 65 78 20 43 6f 6c |the Integrex Col| 00000120 6f 75 72 6a 65 74 20 31 33 32 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |ourjet 132 print| 00000130 65 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 0d 65 6e 61 |er, and will.ena| 00000140 62 6c 65 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |ble you to print| 00000150 20 6f 75 74 20 74 65 6c 65 74 65 78 74 20 66 72 | out teletext fr| 00000160 61 6d 65 73 20 69 6e 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 63 6f 6c |ames in full col| 00000170 6f 75 72 21 0d 0d 47 45 54 54 49 4e 47 20 53 54 |our!..GETTING ST| 00000180 41 52 54 45 44 0d 4a 75 73 74 20 65 6e 74 65 72 |ARTED.Just enter| 00000190 20 2a 54 54 58 50 72 43 4a 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 | *TTXPrCJ to loa| 000001a0 64 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 69 7a 65 |d and initialize| 000001b0 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 2c 20 74 | the software, t| 000001c0 68 65 6e 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 0d 54 65 |hen enter the.Te| 000001d0 6c 65 74 65 78 74 20 54 65 72 6d 69 6e 61 6c 20 |letext Terminal | 000001e0 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 75 61 6c 20 6d 61 6e |in the usual man| 000001f0 6e 65 72 2c 20 69 65 20 2a 54 45 4c 45 54 45 58 |ner, ie *TELETEX| 00000200 54 2e 0d 0d 54 6f 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 61 |T...To produce a| 00000210 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 64 75 6d 70 20 28 61 70 70 | small dump (app| 00000220 72 6f 78 2e 20 39 39 20 62 79 20 38 31 20 6d 69 |rox. 99 by 81 mi| 00000230 6c 6c 69 6d 65 74 72 65 73 29 20 70 72 65 73 73 |llimetres) press| 00000240 20 53 48 49 46 54 2d 46 39 2c 20 6f 72 0d 53 48 | SHIFT-F9, or.SH| 00000250 49 46 54 2d 46 38 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 62 69 67 |IFT-F8 for a big| 00000260 20 64 75 6d 70 20 28 61 70 70 72 6f 78 2e 20 31 | dump (approx. 1| 00000270 39 34 20 62 79 20 31 35 36 20 6d 69 6c 6c 69 6d |94 by 156 millim| 00000280 65 74 72 65 73 29 2e 0d 0d 55 73 65 72 73 20 6f |etres)...Users o| 00000290 66 20 65 61 72 6c 79 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 |f early versions| 000002a0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 47 49 53 20 41 54 53 2b | of the GIS ATS+| 000002b0 20 28 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 30 29 20 | (version 1.00) | 000002c0 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 75 70 67 |will need to.upg| 000002d0 72 61 64 65 20 74 6f 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |rade to version | 000002e0 32 2e 30 30 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 74 6f |2.00 in order to| 000002f0 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 62 69 67 20 64 75 6d | use the big dum| 00000300 70 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2e 20 28 43 6f 6e 74 |p routine. (Cont| 00000310 61 63 74 20 47 49 53 0d 66 6f 72 20 64 65 74 61 |act GIS.for deta| 00000320 69 6c 73 29 0d 0d 48 49 4e 54 53 20 4f 4e 20 50 |ils)..HINTS ON P| 00000330 52 45 53 45 4e 54 41 54 49 4f 4e 0d 46 6f 72 20 |RESENTATION.For | 00000340 68 69 67 68 2d 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 20 64 75 6d |high-quality dum| 00000350 70 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 73 |ps the printer s| 00000360 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 |hould be placed | 00000370 69 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 73 74 72 69 6b 65 |in double-strike| 00000380 20 6d 6f 64 65 2e 0d 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 | mode..This can | 00000390 62 65 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 64 20 62 79 3a 0d |be achieved by:.| 000003a0 0d 31 2e 20 20 20 20 20 45 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 |.1. Entering| 000003b0 20 69 6e 20 42 41 53 49 43 3a 20 56 44 55 20 32 | in BASIC: VDU 2| 000003c0 2c 31 2c 32 37 2c 31 2c 26 33 45 2c 33 20 5b 52 |,1,27,1,&3E,3 [R| 000003d0 45 54 5d 2c 20 6f 72 0d 0d 32 2e 20 20 20 20 20 |ET], or..2. | 000003e0 50 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 46 4f 52 |Pressing the FOR| 000003f0 4d 2d 46 45 45 44 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 77 68 |M-FEED button wh| 00000400 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 |en the printer i| 00000410 73 20 4f 4e 2d 4c 49 4e 45 2e 20 20 54 68 65 0d |s ON-LINE. The.| 00000420 4f 4e 2d 4c 49 4e 45 20 4c 45 44 20 77 69 6c 6c |ON-LINE LED will| 00000430 20 66 6c 61 73 68 20 74 6f 20 69 6e 64 69 63 61 | flash to indica| 00000440 74 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 73 74 72 69 6b 65 |te double-strike| 00000450 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 69 73 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 | mode is selecte| 00000460 64 2e 0d 0d 53 6f 6d 65 20 66 72 61 6d 65 73 20 |d...Some frames | 00000470 6d 61 79 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 |may look better | 00000480 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 74 68 65 |if you place the| 00000490 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 6e 20 65 6e 68 61 | printer in enha| 000004a0 6e 63 65 64 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 0d 6d 6f 64 65 |nced colour.mode| 000004b0 3a 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 69 74 |: black and whit| 000004c0 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 77 |e colours are sw| 000004d0 61 70 70 65 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 61 20 |apped, and if a | 000004e0 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 |yellow character| 000004f0 20 69 73 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 | is.printed in a| 00000500 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e | white backgroun| 00000510 64 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 |d it is changed | 00000520 74 6f 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 69 6d 70 72 |to green to impr| 00000530 6f 76 65 20 63 6c 61 72 69 74 79 2e 0d 54 68 69 |ove clarity..Thi| 00000540 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 |s can be achieve| 00000550 64 20 62 79 20 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 69 6e |d by entering in| 00000560 20 42 41 53 49 43 3a 20 56 44 55 20 32 2c 31 2c | BASIC: VDU 2,1,| 00000570 32 37 2c 31 2c 26 36 46 2c 33 20 5b 52 45 54 5d |27,1,&6F,3 [RET]| 00000580 2e 0d 0d 42 45 49 4e 47 20 46 52 41 4d 45 44 0d |...BEING FRAMED.| 00000590 4f 6e 65 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 6e 69 63 65 20 |One rather nice | 000005a0 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |feature is that | 000005b0 61 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 2d 62 6f 72 64 65 72 20 69 |a black-border i| 000005c0 73 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 |s placed around | 000005d0 74 68 65 20 64 75 6d 70 0d 74 6f 20 69 6d 70 72 |the dump.to impr| 000005e0 6f 76 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e |ove presentation| 000005f0 20 28 75 6e 6c 65 73 73 2c 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 75 | (unless, of cou| 00000600 72 73 65 2c 20 65 6e 68 61 6e 63 65 64 20 63 6f |rse, enhanced co| 00000610 6c 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 69 73 20 73 65 74 |lour mode is set| 00000620 29 2e 0d 0d 41 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |)...As the print| 00000630 65 72 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 70 72 69 6e |er can only prin| 00000640 74 20 34 30 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 |t 40 characters | 00000650 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 69 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 |across in double| 00000660 2d 77 69 64 74 68 20 6d 6f 64 65 2c 20 61 0d 62 |-width mode, a.b| 00000670 69 74 20 6f 66 20 66 75 64 67 65 20 68 61 73 20 |it of fudge has | 00000680 62 65 65 6e 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f |been used to pro| 00000690 64 75 63 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 65 |duced the boarde| 000006a0 72 3b 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 68 61 |r; the first cha| 000006b0 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 6f 6e 0d 65 61 63 68 20 6c |racter on.each l| 000006c0 69 6e 65 20 69 73 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 69 |ine is printed i| 000006d0 6e 20 4e 4f 52 4d 41 4c 20 77 69 64 74 68 2c 20 |n NORMAL width, | 000006e0 77 69 74 68 20 73 75 62 73 65 71 75 65 6e 74 20 |with subsequent | 000006f0 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 44 4f |characters in DO| 00000700 55 42 4c 45 0d 77 69 64 74 68 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 |UBLE.width, and | 00000710 66 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 61 20 53 49 4e 47 4c 45 |finally a SINGLE| 00000720 20 77 69 64 74 68 20 27 42 4c 41 43 4b 20 42 41 | width 'BLACK BA| 00000730 43 4b 47 52 4f 55 4e 44 27 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 |CKGROUND' charac| 00000740 74 65 72 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 0d 6f |ter at the end.o| 00000750 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 63 |f each line to c| 00000760 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 65 66 66 65 |omplete the effe| 00000770 63 74 2e 0d 0d 41 73 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 |ct...As you can | 00000780 61 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 2c 20 69 66 20 74 |appreciate, if t| 00000790 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 |he first charact| 000007a0 65 72 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 69 73 20 |er of a line is | 000007b0 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 6f 72 0d 61 |not a space or.a| 000007c0 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 | control charact| 000007d0 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 6f 75 74 20 |er the printout | 000007e0 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 72 61 74 68 65 |would look rathe| 000007f0 72 20 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 21 20 20 46 6f 72 74 |r strange! Fort| 00000800 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 2c 0d 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 |unately,.the fir| 00000810 73 74 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 |st character is | 00000820 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c |always a control| 00000830 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 6f 72 20 61 20 | character or a | 00000840 73 70 61 63 65 2c 20 73 6f 20 74 68 69 73 0d 70 |space, so this.p| 00000850 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 65 |roblem should ne| 00000860 76 65 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 20 6f 6e 20 6e 6f 72 |ver occur on nor| 00000870 6d 61 6c 20 66 72 61 6d 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 |mal frames, and | 00000880 69 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 6f 6e |is only found on| 00000890 20 74 65 73 74 0d 66 72 61 6d 65 73 20 73 75 63 | test.frames suc| 000008a0 68 20 61 73 20 43 45 45 46 41 58 20 42 42 43 32 |h as CEEFAX BBC2| 000008b0 20 70 61 67 65 20 37 39 37 2e 0d 0d 50 52 4f 42 | page 797...PROB| 000008c0 4c 45 4d 53 20 57 49 54 48 20 48 45 4c 44 20 47 |LEMS WITH HELD G| 000008d0 52 41 50 48 49 43 53 0d 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e |RAPHICS.Unfortun| 000008e0 61 74 65 6c 79 2c 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 67 |ately, the Integ| 000008f0 72 65 78 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 6a 65 74 20 31 33 |rex Colourjet 13| 00000900 32 20 64 6f 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 63 6f |2 does have a co| 00000910 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 69 72 72 69 74 61 74 69 |uple of irritati| 00000920 6e 67 0d 62 75 67 73 3b 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 |ng.bugs; one of | 00000930 74 68 65 73 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 6e 73 20 74 |these concerns t| 00000940 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 48 6f |he use of the Ho| 00000950 6c 64 20 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 66 61 63 69 |ld Graphics faci| 00000960 6c 69 74 79 3a 0d 0d 57 68 65 6e 20 75 73 65 20 |lity:..When use | 00000970 69 73 20 6d 61 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 48 |is made of the H| 00000980 6f 6c 64 20 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 66 61 63 |old Graphics fac| 00000990 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |ility the printe| 000009a0 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 6e 0d 63 6f 72 72 |r will then.corr| 000009b0 65 63 74 6c 79 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 74 68 65 20 |ectly print the | 000009c0 6c 61 73 74 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 63 68 |last graphics ch| 000009d0 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 2e 20 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 |aracter. Howeve| 000009e0 72 2c 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |r, it will print| 000009f0 20 74 68 69 73 0d 28 61 6e 64 20 73 75 62 73 65 | this.(and subse| 00000a00 71 75 65 6e 74 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 63 |quent graphics c| 00000a10 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 29 20 69 6e 20 53 65 |haracters) in Se| 00000a20 70 61 72 61 74 65 64 20 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 |parated Graphics| 00000a30 20 6d 6f 64 65 0d 69 72 72 65 73 70 65 63 74 69 | mode.irrespecti| 00000a40 76 65 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 79 20 43 6f 6e 74 69 6e |ve of any Contin| 00000a50 75 6f 75 73 20 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 63 68 |uous Graphics ch| 00000a60 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 2e 0d 0d 54 68 69 73 20 73 |aracter...This s| 00000a70 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 74 |hould not be not| 00000a80 69 63 65 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 |iceable on most | 00000a90 70 61 67 65 73 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 |pages but will b| 00000aa0 65 20 61 70 70 61 72 65 6e 74 20 6f 6e 0d 54 65 |e apparent on.Te| 00000ab0 6c 65 74 65 78 74 20 27 41 72 74 27 20 70 61 67 |letext 'Art' pag| 00000ac0 65 73 2e 0d |es..| 00000ac4
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