:Introduction
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It's likely that some people may want a printed
transcript of a virtual book, for various reasons.

The HardCopy program makes printing virtual books on
paper simple.  It adds a left margin, numbers the 
topics, substitutes "printable" characters for
"unprintable" ones, and compiles a table of topic
names.

HardCopy can also "filter" out the special command
lines virtual books use, print selected topics 
(by page number), send the output to disk, and more.

:Options

All the options HardCopy uses are listed in the
HardCopy.Set file.  You can edit this file to suit
your own purposes, or just use it as is.

To get started, just enter HARDCOPY at the DOS prompt.
If you don't specify a "source" book, HardCopy will
ask you for one.  You can then "target" the output for
a disk file, or just send it to your printer.

If you don't specify a target, your default printer
will be used.  Just be sure your printer is on-line
and ready when you start.

:Testrun

If you like, we could try HardCopy right now, using
this book as input.

How about it?
?Yes ?No

:Yes

Now, for this to work the HardCopy program and this
book need to be in your default directory.

If you don't think this is the case, you should press
<Esc> and Quit now.  Then log on to the right
directory, and try again.

Or, just make sure your printer is ready.
?Ready

:Ready
>.execute[ hardcopy.exe hardcopy.pge ]
>No

:No

If you've any comments or suggestions regarding
HardCopy, be sure to let us know.

For more details on how HardCopy can be configured,
see the HardCopy.Set file.