PRINTRIX V 1.05 Status: Freeware Please Note: The Printrix disk is a self-booting ProDOS 800k 3.5 disk and the start program (Printrix) a ProDOS basic program is set to run from disk or your hard drive. The (Printrix) ProDOS basic program will be visible from your GS/OS finder desktop. Click on it to launch the Printrix program from the GS/OS finder desktop. This disk and the Printrix program is configured to run on an Apple IIgs using an ImageWriter II printer with the AppleWorks program. ***************************************************************************** Table of Contents Chapter 1 Intro & Getting Started Introduction----------------------------------------------2 Working Disks---------------------------------------------2 Configure & Reconfigure-----------------------------------3 Chapter 2 Lessions Lesson One-Basic Business Letter--------------------------4 Lesson two-Special Applications---------------------------6 Chapter 3 Concepts Printrix--------------------------------------------------10 Textfiles-------------------------------------------------10 Embedded Commands-----------------------------------------10 Layout Files----------------------------------------------10 Fonts-----------------------------------------------------10 Graphics--------------------------------------------------10 Output to the Printer-------------------------------------11 Chapter 4 Conventions Menu Input------------------------------------------------11 Embedded Commands Syntax----------------------------------12 Chapter 5 Word Processors Overview of Textfiles-------------------------------------14 Generic ASCII Textfiles-----------------------------------14 AppleWorks Textfiles--------------------------------------15 AppleWriter Textfiles-------------------------------------15 WordJuggler Textfiles-------------------------------------15 WordPerfect Textfiles-------------------------------------15 Chapter 6 Printrix Menu System Printrix Flow Chart---------------------------------------16 Printrix Main Menu----------------------------------------16 Layout Document Menu--------------------------------------16 Text Format Menu------------------------------------------16 Graphics Format Menu--------------------------------------16 Print Document Menu---------------------------------------17 Chapter 7 Reference Layout File Parameters------------------------------------17 Save Layout File----------------------------------------17 Load Layout File----------------------------------------18 Text Parameters-------------------------------------------19 Form Size-----------------------------------------------19 Margins-------------------------------------------------19 Tabstops/Tab Characters---------------------------------20 Justification-------------------------------------------21 Active Font---------------------------------------------21 Linefeed Advance----------------------------------------22 Quality of Print----------------------------------------22 Page #,Position,Start-----------------------------------22 New Page------------------------------------------------23 Two Col Printing----------------------------------------23 Wait at end of Page-------------------------------------23 # of Copies---------------------------------------------24 Print Literal Character---------------------------------24 Underlining---------------------------------------------24 Font Library Parameters-----------------------------------25 Select Active Font--------------------------------------25 Load Font from Disk-------------------------------------25 Delete Font from Memory---------------------------------25 Reload Font Library-------------------------------------25 Change Font Parameters----------------------------------26 Font Name and Cell Size-------------------------------26 Proportional Spacing----------------------------------26 Character Spacing Gap---------------------------------26 Linefeed Gap------------------------------------------27 Spacebar Width----------------------------------------27 Baseline----------------------------------------------28 Italics-----------------------------------------------28 Horizontal Boldface-----------------------------------28 Font Magnification------------------------------------29 Font Color--------------------------------------------29 Graphics Parameters---------------------------------------30 Print a Graphic-----------------------------------------30 Graphic Magnification-----------------------------------30 Negative Image------------------------------------------31 Horizontal Placement------------------------------------31 Graphic Color Printing----------------------------------31 Fit Text to Graphic-------------------------------------31 Separate from Text--------------------------------------32 Appendix A File Conversion Textfiles and Single-Screen Graphics-----------------------32 Graffiles--------------------------------------------------32 Fonts------------------------------------------------------32 Appendix B Printer-Specific Information Resolution x Font Size Chart-------------------------------32 Dip Switch Settings----------------------------------------33 Appendix C Font Listings Disk Location----------------------------------------------33 Print Samples----------------------------------------------33 Keyboard Maps----------------------------------------------33 Appendix D ART.Graphics Listings---------------------------------------------------33 INTRODUCTION Printrix is a typesetting system which allows you to control the arrangement of text on the paper, and the fonts used. You may also insert graphics into the text. Printrix functions by taking a textfile which you have already created, applying a format or page design to that textfile, and printing the result. The textfile is created with a word processor. The page design is called a "layout file," and is created with Printrix. There are three componets to a layout file: text formt, font library formt, and graphics format. Printrix is a ProDOS program. The Printrix system provides ProDOS fonts and 25 clip-art graphics for you to use. You must provide the textfiles and any additional graphics. Textfiles from AppleWorks, AppleWriter, Word Juggler, and WordPerferct may be used directly. Other textfiles may be used IF they are saved in standard ASCII ProDOS format. If your textfile is saved in DOS 3.3 format, you must convert it to ProDOS or re-enter it using a ProDOS word processing program. If you are a Fontrix user (Fontrix is the sister program to Printrix), you probably have Fontrix fonts and graphics in DOS 3.3 formt. These may be converted to ProDOS format following the instructions in Appendix A. WORKING DISKS The Printrix program contains two disks, and uses both sides of each disk. The first disk is the Program Disk. Its flip side is the Printrix Configuration Disk. The second disk contains fonts on both sides. These disks are named /PRINTRIX, /CONFIGURE, /FONTS1, and /FONTS2. /PRINTRIX contains the Printrix program and lessons files. /CONFIGURE contains the configuration utility, a Graffile conversion utility, and 25 clip-art graphics. The font disks contain 43 fonts for use with Printrix. See Appendix A for information on the Graffile conversion utility, Appendix C for a listing of fonts, and Appendix D for a listing of clip-art graphics. The disks are not copy protected. Plese make back-up copies of all four sides, using four separate disks for convenience. Then label the working copies and put the original disks in a safe place. See your Apple Systems Manual for copying information. Hard Disk You may use Printrix from a hard disk. We recommend that your create a subdirectory names /TEMP. Copy all four Printrix original disks to this subdirectory, then rename the subdirectory to /PRINTRIX. Then, when you use Printrix, set the prefix to /my hard drive/PRINTRIX, and all fonts, layout files, and graphics will be loaded automatically. As you develop a library of files, you may want to separate layout files and textfiles according to their application. 3.5 Inch Disks You may copy all four Printrix original disks to a 3.5 inch disk, using the copying program from your Apple Systems Utilities. We suggest that you name the disk /PRINTRIX. CONFIGURATION/RECONFIGURATION "Configuration" means telling Printrix about your system. It needs to know what computer you're using, how it's connected to the printer (interface card and slot, printer port or modem pord and baud rate), what word processor, and what printer. The Printrix Program Disk is preconfigured for the Apple Imagewriter and a ASCII Soft word processor. The lessons have been designed for this configuration, and the lessons textfiles are in ASCII Soft word processor. If you plan to work through the lessons, change the printer configuration if necessary, but reenter ASCII Soft was the word processor. Then, when you're ready to typeset your own textfiles, reconfigure your word processor. Floppy Disk To configure from floppy disk, insert the Printrix Program Disk in Drive 1, and Press Open-Apple CTRL RESET. When the screen gives the option, press ESCAPE. This boots the system and loads Apple BASIC. Now insert the Printrix Configuration Disk in Drive 1, and set the prefix by entering PREFIX/CONFIGURE. At the prompt, enter -CONFIGURE. The Configurationn utility appears on screen. 1. The first question on screen asks which Apple computer you are using: Apple IIe, //c, or IIgs. Enter the appropriate number, and press RETURN. a. If you answered IIe or IIgs, the next question concerns interface cards. Enter the numbers which corresponds to the manufacturer and type of interface card your are using, then enter the slot/port number. Press RETURN after each input. b. If you answered //c, the next question concerns ports. You may be printing through the printer port, or modem port Type A or Type B. Enter the appropriate information. If you're using a modem port, respond to the question on baud rates. Press RETURN after each input. 2. The next series of questions identifies your printer by manufacturer and model number. Enter the correct codes, pressing RETURN after each. 3. Finally, enter the number corresponding to the word processor you use, and press RETURN. Printrix now displays all configuration information on screen. If you wish to change any entries, press R and the configuration menus will return. If the settings are correct, replace the Configuration Disk with the Printrix Program Disk, and press RETURN. The configuration file will be copied to the Program Disk. Thereafter, you will need the Configuration Disk only when you need to change the configuraton settings. To reconfigure, insert the Configuration Disk in Drive 1, boot the system, and go through the same sequence, entering the new information. To run Printrix from this point, insert the Program Disk in Drive 1. You may either press Open-Apple CTRL RESET, which boots the system and loads Printrix automatically, or you may set the prefix to the Printrix disk by entering PREFIX/PRINTRIX and pressing RETURN, then entering -PRINTRIX. Either method is fine. Hard Disk, 3.5 Inch Disk To configure Printrix from hard disk or 3.5 inch disk, set the prefix to /diskname/PRINTRIX, type -CONFIGURE, and respond to the on-screen questions as described above. When the screen prompts you to inset your /PRINTRIX disk, press RETURN, since you're already working from that disk. (Or, if your're working from another disk which contains the /PRINTRIX subdirectory, enter the pathname in response to the screen prompt.) Then, to run Printrix, enter -PRINTRIX and press RETURN. CHAPTER 2 - LESSONS This chapter contains two lessons which introduce you to the Printrix menus, the Printrix embedded commands, creating and saving layout files, and moving files through the system. Lesson One is a simple business letter, containing some of the more common formatting commands. We recommend that all Printrix users work through this lesson. Lesson Two contains four special applications: mailing lables, tables, graphics insertion, and printing in columns. Select the applications you need from this lesson, as you need them. LESSON ONE - Business Letter In this lesson, you will learn how to use a standard layout file and a few embedded commands to produce a typical business letter. Formatting features include margin changes, font changes, boldface, italics, and tabs. To Begin To begin this lesson, you should already have ready Chapter 1 and configured Printrix for your printer. We suggest that you also read through Chapter 3 for a quick overview of Printrix. Assumptions We're assuming that you are using an ImageWriter, or printer of similar resolution (with print densities between 120-200 dots per inch). The fonts used in this lesson have been chosen accordingly. If you printer is either above or below this range, the print will be a little large or a little small, respectively. Either ignore it for the time being, or load new fonts in the appropriate sizes. See Chapter 6 for instructions on loading fonts, and Appendix C for information on the fonts available. The sample textfiles have been created in ASCII Soft, so use the textfiles we've provided, with Printrix configured for ASCII Soft. Then, when you're ready to typeset your own textfiles, you'll reconfigure Printrix for your word processor. The lessons are written for people running from a floppy disk. If you're using a hard disk, the prefix will be /diskname/PRINTRIX for all fonts and layout files. Step One: Prepare the Textfile Load your word processor and input the text to be typeset. (Since this is a lesson, we've already created a textfile for you. It's on the Printrix Program Disk, under the filename TXT.LETTER.) We've deliberately included several common formatting commands to show you show they're used. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textfile: ^TAB^TABJune 15, 1987 Andrew Andrews, President Primo Professionals 1494 High Street Tampa, FL Dear Mr. Andrews: ^TABI couldn't resist writing to let you know that Ace Associates will soon be taking over your business. ^ML=+1^MR=+1^TABWe've got this ^FI=Yhot new software program^FN=N that allows us to typeset all our letters, invoices, literature, anything, ^FH=1WITHOUT^FH=0 going to a typesetter, and ^FH=1WITHOUT^FH=0 paying through the teeth, and ^FH=1WITHOUT^FH=0 waiting. We just do it ourselves, here on our Apple II and our office prnter.^ML=-1^MR=-1 ^TABSo -- we're saving lots of money, lots of time, and ^F=2LOOKING GOOD!^F=1 ^TABBeen nice knowin' ya. Ta ta, Lucius "Lucky" Long V.P. Capitalism ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step Two: Load a Layout File Insert the Printrix program disk in Drive 1 and press Open-Apple CTRL RESET. You'll see the Main Menu appear on screen. (See Fig. 1 - Main Menu). From the Main Menu, press L to enter the Layout Document work area. (See Fig. 2 - Layout Document Menu.) Press L again to load a layout file. We've created a layout file for you named LAY.LETTER. It's on the Program Disk, so enter /PRINTRIX for the prefix, and LAY.LETTER for the filename, and confirm. The fonts are on the same disk, and they will be loaded automatically. Take a look at this layout file. Press T to examine the text settings. (See Figure 3 - Text Format Menu.) Note that we'll be typesetting on 8.5 x 11 paper, with a top margin of 1.5 inches, side and bottom margins of 1 inch. The justification is set to Fill. Font 1 is active. No page numbers, one copy of th letter. The tabs are set to .5 inches and 4 inches. Then press ESCAPE to return to the Layout Document Menu. Now press F to look at the font library. (See Fig. 4 - Font Library Menu.) There are two fonts loaded: 1 and 2. Font 1 is active (note the asterisk), so typesetting will begin with that font. (This duplicates the Active Font information on the Text Format Menu.) This is your opportunity to load new fonts, if you like. You may also examine the font options by pressing C, but don't change any settings right now. You may also look at the Graphic Format Menu by pressing G from the Layout Document Menu. Now, press ESCAPE from the Layout Document Menu to return to the Main Menu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRINTRIX 1.00 Printer: Slot: Interface Card: Word Processor: MENU

Print a Document Layout Document Exit Printrix System ENTER CHOICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 1. Printrix Main Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAYOUT DOCUMENT Layout File: Text Format Font Library Format Graphic Format Load New Layout File Save this Layout File to Disk Exit this Menu ENTER CHOICE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 2. Layout Document Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT FORMAT Form Size (Inches) Horiz: 8.5 Vert: 11 Margins (Inches L: 1.0 R: 1.0 T:1.5 B:1.0 Tab Settings (Inches) : .5.4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, Justify Text (L,R,C,F) : FILL Active Font (1...4) : 1 (SET.CASLON25) Linefeed Advance (S,D,T): Single Quality of Print (1-5) : 1

Page Numbering : No Pos: Top Start: 1 Two Column Printing : No Wait at End of Page : No Number of Copies : 1 Exit this Menu ENTER CHOICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 3. Text Format Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FONT LIBRARY FORMAT FONT NAME 1 SET.CASLON25 2 SET.OLDENG30 3 Empty 4 Empty <1-4> Select Active Font Change Active Font Parameters Delete Active Font Load into Active Font Reload Font Library from Disk Exit this Menu ENTER CHOICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 4. Font Libary Format Menu Step Three: Print a Document Press P from the Main Menu. The textfile to be printer, TXT.LETTER, is on the Program Disk, so enter /PRINTRIX and TXT.LETTER to the on-screen questions, and confirm the choice. The Print Document Menu appears on the screen, giving you a final chance to change the text settings or to return to the Layout Documents Menu. This menu is a duplicate of the Text Format Menu, except for the print options at the bottom. Make sure your printer is on-line, and press RETURN to begin typesetting. That's it - your letter is ready to mail. Explanation of the Embedded Commands Take a look at the typeset letter, and notice the effects of the embedded commands. Following is a brief expalnation of each: ^TAB Jumps typesetting to the next tabstop ^ML=+1 Adds one inch to the current left margin value ^MR=+1 Adds one inch to the current right margin value ^Fi=Y Turns Italics on ^FI=N Turns Italics off ^FH=1 Sets horizontal boldface to 1 ^FH-0 Sets horizontal boldfacr to 0 ^ML=-1 Subtracts one inch from the current left margin value ^MR=-1 Subtracts one inch from the current right margin value ^F=2 Switches to Font 2 ^F=1 Switches to Font 1 It may have looked complicated, but now you see how simple it is. You may use all, any, or none of these commands, as you like. For details on each command, see Chapter Seven. LESSON TWO- Special Applications In this lesson, you will learn how to set up layout files and textfiles for mailing labels, for tables, for printing a graphic with your letter, and for printing in newspaper-stype columns (only possible with selected printers). We assume that you've already worked through Lesson One and are comfortable with its contents. The assumptions about your printer are still in effect. Mailing Labels The following combination of textfile and layout file allows you to print names and addressses on mailing labels which measure 3.5 inches horizontally and 1 inch vertically. These labels are arranged vertically (a long strip of labels). The 1 inch vertical measurement is the distance from the top of one label to the top of the next. Step One: Create the Textfile The following textfile, TXT.MLABEL, is on the Program Disk. Textfile: James Jones 1235 Peachtree Avenue Atlanta, VA 23535 ^NPAmy Anderson 394 Harrison Way Santa Ana, Ct 07836 ^NPWilliam Wilson 74614 Paseo Doble Houston, TX 73573.......and so on The ^NP command at the beginning of each new line causes Printrix to jump to the top of the next page (defined by the layout files as the top of the next label). Step Two: Design and Save the Layout File Load LAY.LETTER as you did in Lesson 1. We'll adapt it to mailing labels, then save it under a new name for reuse. Press T to enter the Text Format Menu. Here, enter new settings for Form Size (3.5 inc. x 1 in., HxV). The margins also have to be changed; set each margin to .1 inch. Everything else on this menu is fine as it is, so press ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu. If you want to change fonts, press F to enter the Font Library and load as in Lesson One. Again, no graphics, so skip the Graphics Format Menu. Back at the Layout Document Menu, press S to save the layout file. Save it to the Program Disk under the filename LAY.MLABEL by entering /PRINTRIX and LAY.MLABEL. Now press ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu. Step Three: Print Load your printer with mailing lables of the appropriate size. If you don't have any, just print on regular paper and use your imagination. From the Main Menu, press P, specify TXT.MLABEL, and print. That's it. Tables Tables, or columns of numbers, are frequently part of a report. They are not difficult, but they do require some special font and tab commands. Most of the Printrix fonts are set to proportional spacing, which looks good for text but makes it impossible to line up columns. The following layout file has a font specially adapted to table printing. Step 1: Create the Textfile We've put the following textfile on the Program Disk under the filename TXT.TABLE. Textfile: ^F=1January^F=3^TAB$ 4926.96^TAB2633.33^TAB$ 1039.52 ^F=1Febraury^F=3^TAB$26047.58^TAB$ 368.11^TAB# 3463.85 ^F=1March^F=3^TAB$ 2356.06^TAB$1357.07^TAB$34764.47 Font 3 is defined by the textfile for use with columns. The tab commands jump the typesetting to the correct columns; spaces are used within the figures to align the decimal points. Step 2: Create and Save the Layout File Begin by Loading LAY.LETTER as before. The text settings are fine, so we'll got straight to the Font Library by pressing F. Load Font 1 into Position 3, through the following procedure. 1. Press 3 to make Position 3 active. 2. Press L to load a font into that position. 3. The font we'll use is SET.CASLON25, on /PRINTRIX, so enter that information. Now, we need to adapt this font. Press C to change font parameters. The Change Font Parameters menu appears on screen (See Fig. 5). 1. Set the font to non-proportional spacing by pressing P. 2. Set the spacebar width to equal the horizontal cell size. Look at the top of the screen for that value, then press W and enter the number (here, it's 26). 3. Set the character spacing gap to -9. This caused the character cells to overlap when printed. (The -g value is arrived at by experimentation: different fonts and different printers require different settings. As a rule of thumb, start with a figure that is the horizontal cell size divied by three, then make that cell negative). Again, there are no graphics, so return to the Layout Document Menu to save this layout file under the filename LAY.TABLE. Step Three: Print Return to the Main Menu, load your printer with regular paper, enter the Print Document area, specify TXT.TABLE, and print. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGE FONT PARAMETERS Font Name : SET.CASLON25 Cell Size : 26 x 25

Proportional : Yes Spacing Gap : 5 Linefeed Gap : 4 Space Bar Width : 13 Baseline : 20 Italics : No Horizontal Boldface : 0 Horizontal Mag : 1 Vertical Mag : 1 Exit this Menu ENTER CHOICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 5. Change Font Paramenters Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAPHIC FORMAT: Horitontal Magnification : 1 Vertical Magnification : 1 Negative Image : No Horizontal Placement (L.C.R.) : Center Color Printing : No Fit Text to Graphic (B.F.O.) : Break Separate from Text (inches) : 0.25 Exit this Menu ENTER CHOICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 6. Graphic Format Menu Graphics Insertion This ability to insert graphics into your document can be used in many ways: printing a letterhead with the letter, printing a logo on a card or letter, adding a chart or illustration to a report, or just adding some design interest to a letter, invitation, or greeting card. To insert a graphic, you must have already created the graphic in one of the three formts Printrix accepts: Fontrix Graffile, single hi-res screen graphic, or "Print Shop style" clip art grahpic. For this lesson, we've provided a single-screen graphic (created by Fontrix), named PIC.DRAGON on /PRINTRIX. The textfile which calls the graphic is a postcard-sized invitation. Step One: Create the Textfile The following textfile calls the graphic and causes it to print on the second line of text. It is located on /PRINTRIX under the filename TXT.INVITE. Textfile: ^GPS="PIC.DRAGON" ^F=1You Are Invited to the Twenty-Third Annual Open House ^F=2^At Pickens Elementary School 3135 Westwood Drive Bloomington, IN ^F=3Refreshments The embedded command to call the graphic is located on the first line of text. Note that this invitation also uses an embedded command to changed justification, and to change fonts. Step Two: Design and Save the Layout File Load LAY.LETTER as before. Since this invitation will be photocopied onto 3x5 postcards (3 in. vertical, 5 in. horizontal), we must reset the margins to create a 3x5 printing window. We must also position the graphic on the page. Press T to enter the Text Format Menu. Reset the margins as follows: Left - 1, Right - 1.5, Top - 4, Bottom - 4. (The horizontal form size [8.5 in.] minus the horizontal dimension of the printing window [5 in.] leaves 3.5 in., which is allocated between the left and right margins. A similar process gives the top and bottom margin values.) Exit the Text Format Menu and press G to enter the graphic Format Menu. (See Fig. 6) Here, set Horizontal Placement to R. Nothing else is necessary, although you may experiment with the parameters as you like. Exit the Graphics Menu and press F to enter the Font Library Menu. The textfile uses three fonts. Look at the textfile to see which fonts are used where. Then, load fonts accordingly. Load SET.OLDENG30 into Position 1, SET.HELVET30 into Position 2, and SET.CASLON25 into Position 3. All of these fonts are on the /PRINTRIX disk. When you've loaded SET.CASLON25, press C to change its paramenters, and set italics to Yes (just a design whimsy). Return to the Layout Document Menu and save this layout file under the filename LAY.INVITE. Step Three: Print Return to the Main Menu, and press P to Print a Document. Specify TXT.INVITE on /PRINTRIX, press RETURN, and print. Two-Column Printing On certain printers with reverse linefeed capabilities, such as the Imagewriter, Printrix can typeset in two newspaper-stype columsn. This means that text runs down the first column, then back to the top of the second column. You may control columns from the menu or with embedded commands. An embedded command to end two-column printing takes effect on the next printed page. An embedded command to begin two-column printing takes effect on the current printing line or the following line, depending on the placement of the command. This example shows the interaction of menu and embedded commands to center a (CONTINUED - PART 2)