DJ_BothSides for Windows
User Guide
Version 1.3 demo
A versatile utility for the
Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 500 printer
David Tilley
June 1992
This document contains printer text enhancement which makes it unsuitable
for viewing with an editor.
Program and document (0N©(10U Copyright David Tilley, 1992.
This is a demonstration version of DJ_BothSides that will not process
more than 16 pages of text. For the unlimited version, send a cheque for
20 pounds sterling or 38 US dollars (or banknotes in another currency
equivalent to 38 US dollars) to:
David Tilley,
67 Tolworth Park Road,
Surbiton,
Surrey,
KT6 7RJ,
UK.
Upgrades for those who bought version 1.1a or earlier cost 6 pounds
sterling or 10 US dollars. Upgrades from version 1.2a cost 2 pounds
sterling or 4 US dollars (which covers diskette and postage, but not a
printed manual).
Don't forget to complete and send the registration form at the back of
this guide. This will ensure you receive information on upgrades and a
product which better suits your needs. A site licence agreement is
available on request.
Freely distribute the demo version to your friends and colleagues.
DDIISSCCLLAAIIMMEERR:: whilst every effort has been made to ensure that this
software works as documented, the author accepts no liability for damage
or loss that may occur in its use.
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0 Introduction ............................................... 1
1 Requirements ............................................... 1
2 Installation ............................................... 1
3 Facilities ................................................. 2
4 Limitations ................................................ 2
5 Comments ................................................... 3
6 Running DJ_BothSides ........................................ 4
6.0 The `Document' Menu ..................................... 4
6.1 The `Port' Menu ......................................... 8
6.2 The `Help' Menu ......................................... 8
7 Loading the Paper ............................................ 9
8 Hints ...................................................... 10
8.0 ASCII Text Files ........................................ 10
Appendix A Error Messages ..................................... 11
Appendix B Problems .......................................... 11
Appendix C Registration and User Response Form ................... 12
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The Deskjet 500 printer is a product of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines.
Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a trademark
of Microsoft Corporation.
CG Times, a product of AGFA Corporation, is based upon Times New Roman
under licence from Monotype Corporation plc. Garamond, CG Century
Schoolbook and CG Triumvirate are licensed from AGFA Corporation. AGFA is
a registered trademark of Agfa-Gevaert AG. Prestige Elite and Letter
Gothic are licensed from URW.
All other trademarks are acknowledged.
Martin Woerlee of Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands for beta-testing
version 1.2.
Simon Heather of East Grinstead, West Sussex for many useful
suggestions.
Sol Guber of St. Louis, Missouri for his HP LaserJet II report.
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Welcome to the demonstration version of DJ_BothSides for Windows.
DJ_BothSides prints ASCII text files on both sides of the paper, saving
the time-consuming business of using a wordprocessor or DTP program.
It will save many trees and as much as 5 pounds for each 500-sheet pack.
You'll save even more with the `double-column' and `folded' options,
which can also extend the life of your print cartridges.
It's ideal for program listings, READ.ME files, on-line manuals,
magazines and help, e-mail and proofing drafts prior to typesetting. Its
facilities - and limitations - are summarised in Sections 3 and 4.
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To run DJ_BothSides, you need:
* a Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 500 (or compatible) printer,
* an IBM PC-compatible computer,
* Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1,
and the following five files:
FFiillee nnaammee DDeessccrriippttiioonn
BOTHSIDE.EXE The DJ_BothSides executable program
BOTHSIDE.HLP On-line help (binary)
BOTHSIDE.SET Default options (binary)
BOTHSIDE.TXT This document
READ.ME Changes from previous versions
Please note that BOTHSIDE.SET files for versions 1.1a and earlier are
incompatible with this release.
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Copy all the above files into a directory of your choice.
DJ_BothSides is installed like other Windows applications. If you don't
know how to do this, consult chapter 3 of your Microsoft Windows User's
Guide.
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DJ_BothSides provides the following facilities:
* Full multitasking (to a Centronics parallel printer port)
* Automatic selection of an appropriately-sized typeface (Courier or
Letter Gothic) and page orientation (portrait or landscape)
* Support for A4, US letter and US legal paper sizes, and envelopes
* Optional double-columning and `folded' booklet output
* Optional page footer of page number, file (or system) date, file
name and file path
* One-inch left-hand margins for easy filing, or optional page
centering
* Can print files up to 171 characters wide, files up to 132
characters in portrait orientation
* Optional CG Times output and support for Hewlett-Packard's Prestige
Elite and Garamond Collection font cartridges
* Optional partial printing
* Optional print run report or minimized icon during a print run.
* User-specifiable tab character expansion
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DJ_BothSides should not be used with non-ASCII, wordprocessor-specific or
PostScript files, nor with files containing graphical images. (Note that
many wordprocessors can export an ASCII file, which DJ_BothSides can
print.)
It performs reasonably on files containing characters that are
displayable on the screen, together with backspace, form-feed and tab.
Many European accented symbols are printed also. It will not print files
containing form-feeds which are more than the maximum page depth apart.
Some loss of columniation may occur when a proportionally-spaced typeface
is selected.
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All known bugs, except those listed in Appendix B, are cured in this
release. Please report others you find.
Since DJ_BothSides has not been tested on other Hewlett-Packard printers
(except the LaserJet II, with which it doesn't work) or with the Olivetti
JP 350 and the Fujitsu B100 or B200, reports on how it behaves with these
are also welcome.
E-mail your bug and printer reports - and suggestions for improvement -
to:
drt10@uk.ac.cam.phx on JANET
or drt10@phx.cam.ac.uk | on Internet
or dtilley@cix.compulink.co.uk |
or dtilley@cix.uucp on UUCP/Usenet
or post them to the address on page ii.
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Double click on DJ_BothSides' `book-and-disk' icon. You will then see the
titles of three click-down menus whose functions are described below.
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The `Document' menu looks something like the following:
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| D_ocument |
|-------------------
| F_ile... |
| P_rint |
| Print m_inimized |
| R_eport |
| O_ptions... |
| S_ave options |
|-------------------|
| Ex_it |
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The `Print' menu item is disabled on first entry.
FF__iillee......
Use this item to bring up the Windows file selector. Choose the name
of the file you wish to print. The `Print' item is enabled once you've
selected a file.
PP__rriinntt
Click on this item to print the selected file using the default (or
previously selected) options.
DJ_BothSides takes a second or two to locate the document's left and
right margins, during which the `margins cursor' is displayed. The
`diskette cursor' is shown while a page to be printed is being read and
the `printing cursor' is shown whilst a page is sent to the printer. A
dialogue form appears prompting you to reinsert the paper between the
printing of the back and front pages; see Section 7.
The `Options' menu item (see below) is used to select print options
different from the defaults.
PPrriinntt mm__iinniimmiizzeedd
Click on this menu item to cause DJ_BothSides' main window to shrink to
an icon when you click on `Print'. (Reports and the special cursors are
disabled when you select this item.) BothSides makes a beep when it's
ready for paper reinsertion and when it's finished sending a document
to the printer.
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Obtain a report on your print run comprising:
* File name, date and size
* Number of words, lines and pages
* Number of blank lines and leading blank lines
* Left- and right-hand margins, and width
* Average line length
* Maximum page depth
* Whether all lines are terminated by CR/LF
* Occurrence of control and non-standard characters
* A summary of the document's output format
In producing its report, BothSides disregards text in a line after the
escape character. The special cursors are disabled when reports are
requested.
OO__ppttiioonnss......
When you click on this item, a dialogue form appears with numerous
buttons and entries subdivided into groups as follows:
PPrriinntt qq__uuaalliittyy
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Radio buttons that select draft or letter-quality output. (I
recommend high-grade paper with the latter.)
PPaappeerr ssiizz__ee
AA44__||UUSS lleett__tteerr||UUSS lleegg__aall||EEnnvv__eellooppee
Radio buttons that select the following paper sizes:
* European A4 (210 x 297 mm),
* US letter (8.5 x 11 in),
* US legal (8.5 x 14 in),
* European DL envelope (110 x 221 mm) or
US No.10 envelope (4.12 x 9.5 in).
An envelope address will have approximate 50 mm (2 in) left-hand and
top margins provided the envelope is loaded as indicated on page 1-8
of the Deskjet 500 Printer Owner's Manual.
CCoolluummnn ffoorrmmaatt
SS__iinnggllee||DDoouubb__llee||FF__oollddeedd
Radio buttons that select single- or double-columned or booklet
output (which you fold in half). N.B: proportionally-spaced fonts and
centred output are unavailable when double-columned or folded output
is requested; double-columned output is unavailable for files
containing form-feeds; folded output has half-inch margins.
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MMaarrggiinn
11__--iinncchh LLHH||CC__eennttrreedd
Radio buttons that select a one-inch left-hand margin or centred
output. (Centering is unavailable when a proportionally-spaced font
is selected.)
FFoonntt
MM__oonnoossppaacceedd||PP__rrooppoorrttiioonnaall||PPrreessttiiggee EE__lliittee||GGaa__rraammoonndd CCoolllleeccttiioonn
Four radio buttons that select the font to be used. Those that come
as standard with your Deskjet 500 are:
* The Courier and Letter Gothic mmoonnoossppaacceedd fonts. Which of Courier
and Gothic is used depends upon the maximum line width.
* The CG Times pprrooppoorrttiioonnaall font.
Those available on cartridge from Hewlett-Packard and which are
supported by DJ_BothSides are:
* The PPrreessttiiggee EElliittee monospaced font.
* The GGaarraammoonndd proportional font collection. You are invited to
choose a character size from 10-, 12- or 14-point if you select
this font.
PPaaggee nnuu__mmbbeerr ffooootteerr
PPaaggee ##__||PPaaggee ##//__##||NN__oonnee
Radio buttons that cause page numbers to be printed at the foot of
each page - or not at all with `None'. When `Page #/#' is selected,
the total number of pages is also printed, separated from the page
number by the solidus `/'. `Page #/#' is unavailable when the
`Start' or `End' entry is changed (see below).
DDaattee ffooootteerr
FFii__llee ddaattee||SSyy__sstteemm ddaattee||NNoo__nnee
The `File date' radio button causes the date of creation or most
recent amendment for the file being printed to appear at the foot of
the page. `System date' causes the current date, as known to your
system, to be printed instead. No dates are printed when you select
`None'.
FFiillee nnaammee ffooootteerr
FFiilleennaammee ffooootteerr__ ......
Check this box to cause the name of the file being printed to appear
at the foot of the page...
......wwiitthh ppaatthh__
...and this one to print its path also.
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None of the above page footer options is available for files containing
form-feeds.
PPaaggee rraannggee aanndd ttaabb eexx__ppaannssiioonn
``SSttaarrtt'' aanndd ``EEnndd''
These entries are used to print some of the pages of a document. By
default, all pages are printed.
``TTaabbss''
This entry specifies the expansion of tab characters (default: 4).
OOKK
Confirms your options selection.
CCaanncceell
Cancels your options selection.
SS__aavvee ooppttiioonnss......
Select this menu item to save your choices for the next time.
EExx__iitt
Exit DJ_BothSides.
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The `Port' menu looks something like the following:
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| P_ort |
|----------------
| LPT1_ |
| LPT2_ |
| LPT3_ |
|----------------|
| C_OM1 |
| CO_M2 |
| COM_3 |
| COM4_ |
|----------------|
| A_ddresses... |
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LLPPTT11__ ttoo LLPPTT33__
Used to identify the parallel port to which your Deskjet is connected.
CC__OOMM11 ttoo CCOOMM44__
Used to identify the serial port to which your Deskjet is connected.
AA__ddddrreesssseess......
Click on this menu item and select the `Calculate' button to determine
the parallel printer port address. This stops an `Unrecoverable
Application Error' when the printer is switched off.
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The `Help' menu looks something like the following:
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| H_elp |
|------------------------
| I_ndex... |
|------------------------|
| A_bout DJ_BothSides... |
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II__nnddeexx......
Accesses DJ_BothSides' on-line help information.
AA__bboouutt DDJJ__BBootthhSSiiddeess......
Displays the program's version number and copyright notice.
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Load your Deskjet's input hopper as normal.
DJ_BothSides will send the bbaacckk pages of your document to the printer
first and then display a dialogue form prompting you to reinsert the
paper, but don't do this until the Deskjet's busy light ssttaayyss off.
Remove the paper (possibly including a blank page on top) from the output
hopper.
[N.B: once you are familiar with using DJ_BothSides, this is the time to
check for unexpected, completely blank pages in case the Deskjet had fed
two pages at once. Remove any before you reload the paper.]
Reinsert the sheets wwiitthhoouutt cchhaannggiinngg tthheeiirr oorrddeerr all together into the
iinnppuutt hhooppppeerr (on top of any unused sheets), making sure that the pprriinntteedd
ssiiddee iiss oonn tthhee ttoopp,, and:
* if DJ_BothSides selects ppoorrttrraaiitt mmooddee,, make sure the top edge of the
paper (nearest the first line) goes into the hopper first ((ttuurrnn tthhee
ppaappeerr tthhrroouugghh 118800 ddeeggrreeeess)),, or
* if llaannddssccaappee mmooddee is selected, make sure the left-hand edge of the
paper (nearest the first column) goes into the hopper first ((nnoo
rroottaattiioonn iiss nneecceessssaarryy))..
N.B: with portrait paper orientation, lines are printed parallel to the
shortest edge of the paper; with landscape orientation, they're printed
parallel to the longest edge.
Ensure that the paper is nicely stacked and then click on the [Ready]
button. The document arrives in the output hopper the right way up in
the correct order. Very occasionally, the Deskjet will feed two sheets at
once, messing up the whole process. It's best to start again from scratch
if this occurs.
If you've enabled reports, pressing the [Esc] key will stop subsequent
pages being printed. N.B: you'll have to wait while pages, sent to the
printer before you pressed [Esc], are printed.
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Whilst DJ_BothSides' operation is essentially automatic, I recommend the
following text widths for single-column output and all paper sizes
(except envelope):
PPrreessttiiggee oorr GGaarraammoonndd
CCoouurriieerr LLeetttteerr GGootthhiicc CCGG TTiimmeess 1100--pptt 1122--pptt 1144--pptt
67 80 ~86 ~100 ~86 ~74
The widths for the proportional fonts are necessarily approximate.
Unless CG Times, Garamond or Prestige is selected, a smaller point-size
and/or landscape orientation is triggered for documents wider than 81
characters:
DDooccuummeenntt wwiiddtthh ((cchhaarraacctteerrss))
UUSS lleetttteerr 8822--9944 9955--113322 113333--115577
AA44 8822--110022 110033--113322 113333--117711
UUSS lleeggaall 8822--112266 nn//aa 112277--221111
PPoorrttrraaiitt Courier 6-pt, 20 cpi, 10 lpi, n/a
lpp: 104/97 (A4/US letter)
LLaannddssccaappee Courier 12-pt, 10 cpi, n/a Courier 6-pt, 16.67
6 lpi, 48 lpp (option) cpi, 10 lpi, 75 lpp
I recommend the following page sizes (depth in single-spaced lines, width
in characters) for paginated, pre-formatted text intended for folded
output (which is always in 6- or 12-point Courier):
1122--ppooiinntt,, 66 llppii,, 1122--ppooiinntt,, 77 llppii,, 66--ppooiinntt,, 1100 llppii,,
PPaappeerr 1100 ccppii 1166..6677 ccppii 1166..6677 ccppii
ssiizzee DDeepptthh WWiiddtthh DDeepptthh WWiiddtthh DDeepptthh WWiiddtthh
US letter 47 46 54 74 74 74
A4 47 50 54 81 74 81
US legal 47 60 54 100 74 100
The [PgUp] key on the numeric keypad acts as a toggle that suppresses or
activates printing (if reports are requested), useful for obtaining
statistics on a document and a print sample. But be careful: more than a
single press of [PgUp] during a print run could produce muddled output.
Eighty-page documents begin to get unmanageable for folding and anything
less than a heavy-duty, long-arm stapler. Reduce the chance of
double-feeding by using high-grade paper (greater than 80 gsm or 16.4
pounds).
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"A line in the document is too long."
The length of at least one line in the document exceeds the maximum
permitted (> 400).
SSoolluuttiioonn:: reduce the tab size.
"A printed line will be too long."
The length of two adjacent lines `across the fold' exceeds the maximum
permitted (> 400). This is often due to the combination of underline
and bold.
SSoolluuttiioonn:: reduce the text enhancement.
"Document is too wide for folded output." or
"Document is too wide for two columns." or
"Your document is too wide for printing."
SSoolluuttiioonnss:: reduce the tab size and/or select single-column output. If
neither of these works, there's probably something peculiar about the
file.
"Double-columning is unavailable for files containing form-feeds."
SSoolluuttiioonnss:: select single-column or folded output.
"Final page is before start page." or
"Start is after last page." or
"You can't start at page 0." or
"Invalid integer entry."
SSoolluuttiioonn:: refill the `Start' and `End' entries.
"Form-feed position exceeds the maximum page depth."
The page depth of a pre-formatted document is too large for the paper.
SSoolluuttiioonn:: read the hints in Section 8.0 and reformat the document.
"The demo doesn't print more than 16 pages. Buy the full version."
Self-explanatory.
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* It is easy to crash DJ_BothSides - and Windows - if you do strange
things with the communications ports, like selecting a modem port or
an empty diskette drive. (Windows' File and Print Managers can
behave similarly.)
* When the program is LOADed from WIN.INI, the minimized icon only
appears once it's covered by the mouse (in Windows 3.0 only).
* Use with Superbar 1.0 can hang the machine.
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Please send me the _full_ version of DJ_BothSides. I enclose a cheque
payable to D.Tilley for 20 pounds sterling or 38 US dollars (or banknotes
in another currency equivalent to 38 US dollars). Upgrades to purchasers
of v1.1a cost 6 pounds sterling or 10 US dollars, whilst upgrades from
v1.2a cost 2 pounds sterling or 4 US dollars (covering just media, p & p).
Your name: ________________________________________________ Title: ______
Address: _________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________ Post/zip code: ____________________
Signed: _____________________________ E-mail: ___________________________
Diskette size: 3(10U«-inch / 5¬-inch (circle one)
The remaining questions are optional:
Where did you obtain DJ_BothSides? _______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Windows: version ______ Your printer (if not a DJ 500): _________________
Your cartridges (include make if it's not Hewlett-Packard):
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
How could DJ_BothSides or the User Guide be improved?
Continue on another sheet if necessary.
Post the completed form together with your remittance to:
David R. Tilley,
67 Tolworth Park Road, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 7RJ, UK.