JOYTemplate for Letters group  .ÿŒÿ„ '5H R<H€ R<€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†¤‰lƒUSINGTHENEWFONTSONSIDEA„.ˆ† ˆ†ŒThissideofthediscworksfromtheoriginalPRINTMASTERdiscs,ˆ†extendingthescope.ItdoesNOTincludethePRINTMASTERfileswhichareˆ†PneededtosetuptheenvironmentinwhichPRINTMASTERcanwork.Theˆ†<PRINTMASTERdiscisavailablefromPublicDomainandcanbeobtainedˆ†0fromPCWWorldforthenormalcopyingfees.ˆ† ˆ†<TheAsideofthedisccontainsaseriesofalternativefonts,whichˆ†havebeenadaptedfromthePRINTITdisc.Tousethesefonts,PRINTMASTERˆ†isruninjustthesamewayasusual,exceptthatwhenyouarerequestedˆ†toturnyourdiscoverandpressA,yousimplyputTHISdiscintodriveˆ† A,pressAandcarryonnormally.ˆ† ˆ†dBelow,BarryEtheridge'snotesontheoperationofPRINTMASTERareˆ†Pincludedforconvenience.Thereislittletoadd‚youeitherdoorˆ†don'tlearntotoleratePRINTMASTER'seccentricitiesandlaconicerrorˆ†comment"Printmasterhascrashed"withamessagethatis,ifanything,ˆ†(moreconfusingthantheCP/Mmessages!Itissimplyamatteroftrialˆ†Panderror(andpatience)tofindwhatPRINTMASTERwillandwillnotˆ†accept.ˆ† ˆ†8USINGPRINTMASTER.ˆ† ˆ†NotesbyBarryEtheridgeforPCWWorldc.1989ˆ† ˆ†ÜTheversionofPrintmasteravailablefromPCWWorldhasbeenˆ†Psubstantiallyamendedtomakeitpossibletoruntheprogramonallˆ†Amstrad8000seriesmachines.WeareparticularlygratefultoGeoffreyˆ†Childsforanelegant,memorysaving,programmingsolution,whichmakesˆ†\thisuniqueversionpossible.ˆ† ˆ† ˆ†°*SETTINGUP*ˆ† ˆ†Thekeyfactoristhearrangementoffilesonthedisc.Side2(orSW101ˆ†(Side1),whichwillbethediscleftinthedriveduringoperationofˆ†ôtheprogram,mustcontainthefollowingfiles:-ˆ† ˆ†ØBORDER.MTXˆ†ÄBORDERS.SHPˆ†°FNTNAMES.MTXˆ†°FONTICON.SHPˆ†FSIZES.ˆ†SLIB.SDRˆ†SLIB.SHPˆ† ˆ†PLUSasmanyofyourfavouritefonts(.FNTfiles)asyoucanfitintoˆ€€ € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†theremainingdiscspace.Unfortunatelyyoumustsacrificeatleastoneˆ†fontbutasthefontsyouchoosearenotcrucial(providedyourememberˆ†<nottousetheabsentfont(s)intheprogram!)changethemaroundtoˆ†ðfindtheonesyoulikebeforesettlingonthedisccontents.ˆ† ˆ€€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†Side1ofthediscshouldcontainalltheremainingfiles.Ifthemasterˆ†<discyouhavereceivedisorganiseddifferentlythenusePIP(oranyˆ†filehandlingsystemsuchasthespacesavingNewSWeeP‚availablefromˆ†PCWWorld!)totransferthemintherightconfigurationtothediscyouˆ†Àwillactuallybeusing.ˆ† ˆ†[Justatip‚whencopyinganumberofindividualfilestoanotherdisc,ˆ†copythemtom:initially,(eg.pipm:=pmaster.com),toavoidconstantˆ†discchanging.Itissometimesevenbettertousepipm:=*.*[c],whichˆ†Pwilllistallthefilesonthedisc,andyoupressYorNtoselectˆ†whichonesyouwishtocopy.Thenwhenallthefilesyouneedareinm:ˆ†copythemallinonegotothenewdisc,(eg.pipa:=m:*.*).Eraseallˆ†Pthefilesinm:,(eg.eram:*.*),andthenrepeattheprocessforaˆ†œsecondside.]ˆ† ˆ† ˆ†ü*LOADINGPRINTMASTER*ˆ† ˆ†<Printmastershouldbeloadedfromboot.Eitherturnoffthemachine,ˆ†Üturnon,andinsertside1ofthePRINTMASTERdisc,orpressˆ†[SHIFT]+[EXTRA]+[EXIT]withside1inthemachine.Oncompletionoftheˆ†<loadingprocessyouwillbeaskedtologthedatadrive.Justinsertˆ†Side2(orSW101side1)intothediscdriveandpressthe[A]key.Theˆ†(openingmenuwillthenappear.Forreasonswhichno‚oneseemsabletoˆ†fathomthismenuwilloccasionallyappearwithgibberish(ornothing)inˆ†thetitlebox‚thisdoesn'tactuallyaffecttherunningoftheprogramˆ†andwillreturntonormalonceyouuseyourfirstfunction.Ifthemenuˆ†(failstoappearatall,trypressinganykeytocleartheproblem.Ifˆ†thisstillfails(ithasn'tsofarintesting!),itmaybenecessarytoˆ†$repeattheloading.ˆ† ˆ† ˆ†$*USINGPRINTMASTER*ˆ† ˆ†ŒPrintmasterisentirelymenuoperatedandthereforelargelyself‚ˆ†explanatory.Experimentationisbyfarthebestwaytogetthemostfromˆ†<it.However,youwillsoondiscover,ifusingsinglesheetA4paper,ˆ€h € ”È‚‰ Ȉ†thattheprintingissqueezedastightlyaspossibleontothepageandˆ†(thiswillresultinincompleteimagesasthepaper'runsout'.Beforeˆ†(printingyoushouldthereforeturnonthePaperOutDefeatonthePCWˆ†ðprinter.Press[PTR],usethecursorarrowkeystomovetheˆ†'illuminated'sectiontoPODefeat,thenpress[+]toturnit'on'!Nowˆ†([EXIT]theprintercontrolstateandyouwillbeabletoprinttotheˆ†(extremitiesofthepaperandreproduceallthebordersetc.available.ˆ€