KaftorWar Corporation Bo 1674 Chicago I 60690 1 Novembe 1989 b Benjami H Cohen [ wor t th wise whil i look lik thi fil i se u fo 8 columns ther ar section tha ar wider I yo inten t prin thi ou you'l nee t d i i condense mod o t edi i s tha th wide sectio i se fo condense mode ]] Som informatio about: $15 $20 $250 Magi Prin MagicBin MagicIndex Perfec Proportiona Spacin Merg Printin Inde Creation Automati Footnotin Labels On o Man Accros Tabl o Content Generation Automati Colum Printin Automati Chapte Numberin Cas Conversion Righ Flus Line Automati Paragrap Numberin Sorte Headings Wido an Orpha Lin Contro Dat Fil Verificatio Sorte Sub-Headings Multi-Lin Header an Footers thre relate program produce b Compute EdiTyp System an distribute b (amon others KaftorWar Corporation P.O. Bo 1674 Chicago I 60690 [708 965-8144 whos President Benjami H Cohen wrot thi file. [Th principa functio o KaftorWar i th distributio o PC-Fil 80 fla databas progra fo CP/ 8 computers It' a eas t us progra wit moderat amoun o power no th fastes thin i th world bu no unreasonabl slow I ca handl 100 o th fla databas need o mos users mailin lists hobb lists chec registers anythin tha yo wan t sor an repor on Fo mor information cal o writ - thi fil i abou MagicPrint.] MagicPrin wa originall develope fo Diabl an Diabl compatibl an NE SpinWrite impac printers sa "impact rathe tha "dais wheel becaus ther ar som Diabl compatibl dot-matri printer tha ca als us Magi Print. go int MagicPrin no lon afte go m Hewlet Packar LaserJet WordSta 3. ha essentiall n suppor fo th LaserJet wen o hun fo CP/ program tha supporte th LaserJet foun NewWord whic doe nic jo fo basi wor processin an i reasonabl quick bu doe no d an kin o justifie proportionall space text. als foun StarJet a eas t us progra tha doe wha cal WordStar proportiona justificatio ("wspj") it' no TRU proportiona spacin becaus i simpl space th tex tha yo se o lin proportionally Tru proportiona spacin count characte unit unti i fill line wsp doesn't StarJe als doe boxe an horizonta an vertica lines an use i t mak th log fo _PIP_ th newslette o Chicago' Firs Osborn Group o whic a editor. The foun MagicPrint requeste an receive revie copy A firs foun i daunting Onc go straightene out foun i thrilling reviewe i fo _PIP an use i fo printin th article fo _PIP_ an whe KaftorWar wa organize an starte t wor o th _User' Guide fo PC Fil 80 decide t us MagicPrin t prin th text A tha poin KaftorWar bough copy. Whe Kaypro' _ProFiles magazin ra a articl o "Nea Deskto Publishin fo CP/M" wit informatio o severa product fo fanc printin wit dot-matri printers wen wild Wit LaserJe Magi Prin availabl th onl thin tha coul b considere anythin lik deskto publishin fo CP/ user wa Magic wrot t th editor an tol the wha though the shoul do ru m revie o MagicPrint The accepte m proposa an publishe m revie o th LaserJe versio (the ha ru somethin o th impac printe versio earlier). I connectio wit th revie fo _Profiles calle Be Jone proprieto o Compute EdiTyp System an autho o MagicPrint t determin whethe ha th lates versio an fo hel o fe points I on o m conversation wit Ben afte th revie wa ou o m hands h aske m ho wa marketin PC-Fil 80 wa i th mids o preparation fo big direc mai program S suggeste tha ad a offe fo Magi Serie - on mor pag woul cos littl t prin an n mor t mail. A tha tim Be wa experimentin wit $64.9 specia pric fo Magi Serie fo CP/M Afte several month h conclude tha (a i didn' sel an bette a $6 tha a $150-$25 an (b tha thos wh reall neede i would pa th highe price disagre o bot counts I probabl sell les badl a th lowe pric (CP/ sale ar goin to hel anyway a lowe pric the ma no improv lo bu the ma no ge quit s bad an fe peopl "NEED anythin thes day fo thei CP/ computer the hav ha i fo whil an will i lef t thei ow devices continu a the hav i th past. Whe Be eliminate th specia pric t dealers couldn' maintai th $6 pric becaus ha t pa hi more Bu decide tha KaftorWar woul offe onl MagicPrin an MagicInde skippin th middl o th lin MagicBind. KaftorWare' price (Compute EdiType pric i parenthesis ar [Novembe 1989]: MagicPrin $12 ($150 MagicInde $17 ($250 MAGICPRIN EMBEDDE COMMANDS Th followin i descriptio o mos o th MagicPrin embedde command tha ar use wit impac printer (dais whee an dot-matri - yes ther ar som Diabl compatibl dot-matri printers) "toggle i comman tha i use bot t tur o an t tur of th describe prin characteristic Umm yes you'l not tha thes ar th sam a WordStar...s WordSta user wil hav n proble adjusting Fo thos wh d no us WordSta ther i separat ASCI edito versio o MagicPrint Cod Function --- ------------------------------------------------- Boldface toggle Halt fo prin whee o ribbo change Double-strike toggle Overprin previou charcter fo accents etc. For fee (pag break) Non-brea space Justif partia line Underline toggle Superscript toggle Subscript toggle Strike-out toggle Ribbo colo change toggle MAGICPRIN DOUBL DO COMMANDS MagicPrin use 'doubl dot command t chang man o it settings Thes ar th sam a WordStar' do command i concept an man o the d exactl th sam thin tha correspondin command i WordSta do Fo thos no familia wit WordStar th concep i tha lin i fil whic begin wit do - perio - i non-tex line I WordSta singl do mean comman an tw o mor dot mea "note" tha is informatio i th fil tha a not t b printed. I MagicPrin line tha star wit singl do ar treate a WordSta do command an ignored Magic treat line tha begi wit tw dot a commands Line wit thre dot ar considere notes Therefor yo ca prin th sam fil wit bot WordSta an Magi Prin an eac wil ignor th other' commands. I th tabl below copie fro th MagicSerie Comman Referenc Tabl tha come wit eac cop o MagicPrint hav se fort th WordSta do command th MagicSerie doubl do command th functio performe b th MagicSerie doubl do command th minimu an maximu value fo th command an th default. I th W (WordStar column th symbo "-- mean tha ther i n correspondin WordSta comman an th symbo "** mean tha WordSta handle thi functio differently i.e. i doe no us do command discussio o thes command follow an the difference ar explaine there. W Symbo Functio Min/Ma Default -- ------ --------------------------------------- ------- -------- m Advanc to margi 0/ 0 - Backlin mov u line befor printin nex lin Off * Cente lin Off - C tur o centering - C tur of centering - C cente line 1/9 - default restored * E+/ Even/od pag onl prin (header an footers Off * F1/ For (page en pause/n paus Paus (1) * paG lengt - numbe o line t prin 1/12 54 p G Gros paG lengt --lengt o pape 66 c cHaracte densit 5/3 10 - Inden 1/L-1 0 p J tru proportiona unJustifie 1 o J tru proportiona Justified p J non-proportiona (mono-spaced unJustified o J non-proportiona (mono-spaced Justified - Kolum printin i defaul columns - K column wit ga o x=1/4 y> spaces - K Kolum printin stop r Lin Lengt 10/20 78 p Margin Lef 0/L-1 10 p N Ne pag (sam a ^L) -- N+ Ne pag i > line i curren paragrap 0/G* 1 c N- Ne pag i < line o curren pag 1/G-1* 0 - o/ Outden (proportional/absolute 0/L-1 0 o P+/ Pag numberin on/of Off p P Star numberin wit 1/60000 Off - P Star o nex pag Off - P0 Star o nex pag wit x 1/6000 Off - P Prin o scree 1/25 Off - Rightflus on lin Off - R+/ Rightflus on/off - R Rightflus line 1/9 l Se lin Spacin 0/ 1 -- Sx Se lin Spacin t plu one-half u U0/ Underlin broken/soli (solid) l Vertica lin heigh 1/48** 8 s V Vertica super-/sub-scrip ga 1/ 4 - Widt (righ indent 0/L-1 0 Notes -------------------- L-1 i.e. Lin Lengt minu one * paG Lengt minu one ** 1 o NE SpinWriter Thi discussion i strictl limite t th impac printe versio o MagicPrint Ther ar numbe o difference i th lase printe version partl becaus th lase printe handle pape differently an partl becaus th lase printe ha function tha dais whee printer jus don' have. COMMAND THA WON' DISCUSS Ther ar lo o command her tha ar essentiall the sam a th correspondin command i WordStar an don' nee muc discussion an won' discus the here Fo example th an V command correspon exactl t th L an S command i WordStar Yo se th lin heigh (vertica spacing an sub-/super-scrip rol (vertica sub-/super-scrip spacing i 48th o a inch Margi i lik pag offset Lin spacin i lin spacin - thoug Magi doe offe line-and-a-hal spacing too Continuou o soli versu broke underlinin i simpl whethe yo wan space betwee character underlined Pag numberin i straight-forward an n differen fro WordSta excep tha yo ca giv comman t star th numberin o th nex page Thi i necessar becaus wit Magi you don' kno wher th nex pag wil begi an i yo hav header.... thin yo ca figur thi on out fe command ma simpl ski becaus don' us the much Ther i manua tha explain al this. PAPE HANDLING WordSta asks yo t se th pag length th to margin an th botto margin Th 'norm fo mos W user i th U i t se pag lengt t 6 line (1 inc paper wit to margi o (say an botto margi o 6 Tha print 5 line o th pag (66 54 leave a inc a th to an a inc a th bottom Th pape i the se wit th to edg a th to o the ribbo an th printe move th pape u line befor printing. Magi doesn' thin tha wa a all I want t kno ho lon you pape i an ho man line yo ar goin t prin o th page Fo th norma 1 inc pape yo se th paGe lengt t 6 an th Gros paG lengt t 54 Yo star th pape u on inc fro th ribbo top Magi print 5 line an leave margi a th botto o on inc o lines Th essens o th proces i th same it' jus differen approach Th relevan command are: m Advanc to margi 0/ 0 * paG lengt - numbe o line t prin 1/12 54 p G Gros paG lengt --lengt o pape 66 m - (no applicable paG lengt minu Gros paG lengt leave the botto margi a result) CENTERING FLUSHRIGHT WordSta handle centerin wit th ^O comman an show i o th screen CENTERE HEADING CENTERE HEADINGS Except o course a show above WordSta doesn' exactl center eve wit monospace text an whe i come t proportionall space text W i jus totall a sea. Magi doesn' sho centerin o th screen bu use it centerin do command t indicat what' t b centered givin yo thre options: ..c+ CENTERE HEADING CENTERE HEADINGS ..c- Th C comman turn centerin o an th C comman turn i off O pape thes tw line wil b accuratel centered whethe monospace o proportionall spaced wit th letter i th secon lin jus bi t th lef o th letter i th firs line. Yo coul als cente thes tw line b enterin th comman t cente tw lines: ..c2 CENTERE HEADING CENTERE HEADINGS O yo coul giv simpl comman t cente eac line ..C CENTERE HEADING ..c CENTERE HEADINGS You'l notic tha I'v use uppe an lowe cas interchangeably fo mos command Magi doesn' care. Obviously i you'r centerin singl line th i th wa t go generall fin tha C an C comman wor bes fo multipl lines there' visua indicatio tha th centerin ha bee turne of AN yo ca ad o delet line withou havin t coun the agai (an yo ca cente mor tha nin line i row!). BACKLIN COMMAND Th backlin comman allow yo t bac u on lin befor resumin printing Thi allow yo t d al sort o fanc things bot i header an footer an i text Fo example ofte se u m footer on document t loo somethin lik this: Smith-Jone Contrac Pag -# Novembe 11 1989 Wit WordSta tha lin i sor o pain firs hav t ente th "Pag -#- an cente i wit ^OC The g t th lef sid (wit inser off an ente th "Smith-Jone Contract" Finall ta ove t th righ an ente "Novembe 11 1989" The g t th beginnin o th dat an mov i t th righ o lef s tha it' flus wit th righ margin O pag 1 o th contrac hav t reente th foote wit th dat on spac t th lef sinc th pag numbe wil b tw digits. Wit Magi jus ente thi i m footer: Smith-Jone Contract .. r Novembe 11 1989 .. c Pag -#- I recen flye fo Magi Serie prepare tabl tha look sor o lik thi [tak goo loo a this i tell th essentia difference betwee th thre flavor o Magic]: Magi Prin MagicBin MagicIndex Perfec Proportiona Spacin Merg Printin Inde Creation Automati Footnotin Labels On o Man Accros Tabl o Content Generation Automati Colum Printin Automati Chapte Numberin Cas Conversion Righ Flus Line Automati Paragrap Numberin Sorte Headings Wido an Orpha Lin Contro Dat Fil Verificatio Sorte Sub-Headings Multi-Lin Header an Footers Now yo kno ho di that entere th cente column an centere i wit ^OC The entere th lef column wit inser off Whe wen t ente th secon lin discovere hadn' lef enoug room s ha t mak th righ margi wider delet th lef colum stuff re-cente th cente colum stuff an the ente th lef colum stuff The entere th righ colum stuff an adjuste eac righ colum ite s tha i wa rightflush. T mak thi prin i WordSta you' hav t d i monospaced i proportiona spacin i jus woul no com out Bu Magi doe i i proportionall spacing an wit lo les fus an bother: Magi Print Perfec Proportiona Spacing Automati Footnoting Automati Colum Printing Righ Flus Lines Wido an Orpha Lin Control Multi-Lin Header an Footers ..b c6 MagicBind Merg Printing Labels On o Man Accross Automati Chapte Numbering Automati Paragrap Numbering Dat Fil Verification ..b r6 MagicIndex Inde Creation Tabl o Content Generation Cas Conversion Sorte Headings Sorte Sub-Headings Th extr blan lin abov i t ge pas th las lin o th lef colum text remember ther was on mor lin ther tha i th othe tw columns. O course wasn' satisfied wante t spac ou th title bit s adde th comman t chang th cHaracte spacin befor eac titl an afte eac title: ..h13 Magi Print ..h10 Perfec Proportiona Spacing Automati Footnoting Automati Colum Printing Righ Flus Lines Wido an Orpha Lin Control Multi-Lin Header an Footers ..b c6 ..h13 MagicBind ..h10 Merg Printing Labels On o Man Accross Automati Chapte Numbering Automati Paragrap Numbering Dat Fil Verification ..b r6 ..h13 MagicIndex ..h10 Inde Creation Tabl of Content Generation Cas Conversion Sorte Headings Sorte Sub-Headings I you' lik t se th results dro m not a KaftorWar Corporation Bo 1674 Chicag 60690 o pic u th phon an cal [708 965-8144 ca assur yo tha eac lin i neatl se u wit th cente colum neatl centered regardles o th cHaracte spacing an th righ colum rightflush regardles o th cHaracte spacing O cours puttin th lef colum a th lef margi i n trick Eve WordSta coul hav don tha part An onl tha part. LIN LENGTH INDENT WIDTH WordSta set you lin lengt b settin th lef margi an th righ margin Yo als hav paragrap margin whic allow yo t hav automati indent o outdents. WordSta indent wit paragrap margi wor onl wit th firs lin o paragrap an ar ver useful Fo thos no familia wit it thi featur o W allow yo t se th lef margi (.lm t on valu an th (firs lin o each paragrap margi (.pm t anothe value I th lef margi i an th paragrap margi i th firs lin o eac paragrap will automaticall inden t colum withou you havin t hi th tab That' nic featur o WS4 Indeed i you'r creatin you document t prin wit Magi an usin WordSta a you edito yo ca hav th benefi o paragrap margi sinc WordStar' do command ar no inconsisten wit Magic. I yo hav indente quotation i you tex yo tel WordSta tha th lef margi i no instea o an th righ margi i no 6 instea o 65 I yo d thi wit ".RR rule lin yo onl nee on command A th en o th quotatio yo pu you norma rule lin bac i an yo ar al set Unti yo decid tha thi documen woul wor bette i 1 pitc becaus yo hav som table tha won' fi easil withi th 65 characte format Okay chang eac ".rm comman o rule lin b addin 1 characters It' no hard jus bi tediou i 40 fil wit 2 quotations. Magi work littl bi differently Yo se th lin lengt i units Sinc mos of you tex wil b proportionall space thi won' correspon exactl t characters bu i doe correspon t 12th o a inch Th defaul i 78 o 6. inche wide leavin a inc o th lef an a inc o th righ o 8. inc wid paper That' i yo leav th cHaracte spacin a "..H10" th defaul value I yo wan i tighte o wide space you'l hav t adjus bit almos neve do. I yo wan indente tex yo simpl ente do comman tha set th numbe o unit o indentatio fro th lef margi an th numbe o unit o indentatio fro th righ margin Let' inden unit fro eac side: .. 3 Now whe decid t mak th lin wide o narrowe don' nee t adjus m indentatio a all jus adjus th number followin th "..L a th to o th file. WordSta ca us it paragrap margi t creat an "outdent" tha i tha wier tex tha look lik this: *Ite 1 Here' som tex abou somethin an eac tim we mov dow lin th text i indente fro th margin farthe tha th title. *Ite 2 Thi i calle a out- den b analog t th in- den tha start wit the firs lin farthe i than eac succeedin line. Wit olde version o WordSta thi typ o forma i essentiall impossibl becaus yo hav t pu har carriag retur a th en o eac lin (that' ho di i her becaus I' writin thi wit ZD - i you'r WordSta use an yo don' kno abou VD an ZDE PLEAS chec you friendl remot syste o use grou o writ t KaftorWar i al els fails thes ar publi domai program tha wor bette tha WordSta fo mos purpose bu us essentiall th sam comman structure) Wit WordSta yo simpl se th paragrap margi a (.pm6 an th lef margi a 1 (.lm11) WordSta automaticall indent th firs lin o eac paragrap t colum an eac succeedin lin t colum 11 Neat. O cours th advantag o Magi i tha i doe thi sam thin wit do command an doesn' requir reformattin o th paragraph whe yo edit seldo reforma whe I' editin t prin wit Magi unles th tex crawl of th scree (no ofte whe se th margi t 6 o m Osborn wit 10 colum display! o whe it' simpl convenien wa t ge t th en o th paragraph I'v don i i thi fil becaus yo probabl won' b printin i wit Magi Series an i look kin o sill o paper. Wit Magi yo se you inden wit th ".. x comman an the set th outden wit th ".. x command Yo fiddl wit th number t ge th effec tha yo want dependin o whethe yo wan th star o th outdente lin t b a th lef margi o indente fro it I yo hav PC-Fil 8 yo ca se ho I use thi i th index whic i printe i tw column (mor o column below) Th tex i rathe narrow an a occasiona entr i simpl to lon fo on line S eac lin i outdente t th lef margin wit th secon lin - i ther i on - bein indented fo example: slas i KE field 8.1 26.1 slash restricte characte fo clone database fieldname 20.2.1.2 SmartKey 30.3 Th tex i th fil look lik thi (th ".. comman i a th to o th file): .. 3 slas i KE field 8.1 26.1 .. 3 slash restricte characte fo clone databas fieldname 20.2.1.2 .. 3 SmartKey 30.3 O course didn' typ i th ".. 3 betwee al o th entries simpl entere the al wit sufficientl wid margi tha eac on wa o singl lin an the replace eac carriag retur wit carriag return th do command an anothe carriag return. Thi i th on plac wher uppe an lowe cas mak differenc i Magi do command Th lowe cas "o i proportiona outdent th uppe cas "O i a "absolute outdent I'v neve see muc poin i th proportiona outdent sinc th outdente line wil begi i differen position dependin o th widt o th outdente characters Wit th absolut outden you outdente paragraph wil lin u precisely. JUSTIFY PROPORTIONA SPACING O an OFF Wit dais whee printe hat t chang prin wheels mea it' lo o bothe fo italic i yo hav mor tha on plac i documen wher yo wan italics Th printe stops Ope th cover Remov th ribbon Pul bac th prin head Remov th prin wheel Pu th ne printwhee on Shov th prin hea home Ribbo bac on Clos cover Printe o line Star printin again Repea afte tw word i italics Forge it I'v go acces t lase printer I reall NEE italic I'l prin i there I th meantim th poo reade wil jus hav t suffe wit underscores. So th switc betwee propertiona an monospace tex o dais whee printe i probabl no somethin you'l wan t d ver muc of I you'v go tabl yo migh wan t d i i ta setting (discusse below don' d wha yo want use i i th PC-Fil 8 User' Guid t sho scree display i monospace Courie tex sinc that' th wa i appear o th scree (monospaced it' no likel t b Courier!). Bu yo migh wan t chang betwee justifie an non-justified d i wit paragrap headings especiall whe us narro columns Th al uppe cas title sometime loo rathe sill whe space ou fo justification s it' nic t b abl t switch. I eithe case yo ca switc betwee tru proportiona justifie an unjustified o t non-proportiona justifie o unjustifie wit simpl do command. PAG NUMBERIN AN TITLIN COMMAND HEADER AN FOOTERS WordSta limit yo t thre line o heade an thre line o footer Sometimes tha get bi awkward WordStar' lac o flushrigh comman make header an footer bi awkwar t creat a times. Magi ca mak jus abou an heade o foote tha yo want u t limi o 25 characters I'v neve foun tha limi t b problem. On o th mos frustratin thing tha ha happene t m ove th year i th effor t kee u wit WordStar' header/foote margin th numbe o line o page an th spac betwee th tex an th heade o footer Magi i muc mor straight-forwar i thi regard. A firs though Magi header an footer wer confusing thoug the ar clearl an simpl explaine i th manual wit copiou examples Here' sample wit comment o eac lin afte th semicolon: ..# ;star foote ( a Botto o page) ;blan lin betwee tex an footer ;secon blan lin betwee tex an footer Smith-Jones Contrac ;foote segmen a lef o page .. ;bac on line g t righ o page Novembe 11 198 ;foote segmen a righ o page .. ;bac on line, cente th text Pag -# ;centere text ;en o footer Headers footers bod text an footnote ar al considere separat area fo formattin purposes I you forma differ fro th defaul yo mus ente th command separatel before inside an afte eac suc area. COLUMNS Hav yo eve se u tex i column wit CP/ WordStar ( thin it' bi easie wit MS-DO WordSta an 5.5 bu you'l spen lo mor fo a MS-DO compute (no t mentio th software tha yo wil jus t bu Magic. Don' eve tal abou editin the tex afte it' i columns yo can' reall d anythin withou takin i ou o columns slo tas a best I'v go an Osborn Executiv wit a MH Z80 CP an 358 o RA dis o th mothe board It' fast Bu workin wit column in WordSta i stil n picnic. Wit Magi column ar picnic Jus tel Magi ho man column an ho man space i the ga betwee columns U t fiv column (wh need more?) An column ar nic wit Magic edi an publis m homeowners associatio newsletter seve inc lin wit Magi ha typicall ove 10 character o it Yo can' sca tha text yo hav t mov you eye acros th line Whe yo ge t th en movin bac t th nex lin ca b pain Column ar nice Wit WordSta - I'v don thi - yo grun an groan Wit Magi jus ente "..K 4 an th pag come u printe i tw column wit space i betwee columns. Ther ar som limitation i columna text Yo can' chang vertica heigh i columna text lik t pu abou o 48th o a inc betwee paragraphs Wit column can' d that Yo can' forc pag break wit columna text That' sometime pain whe yo prin yo discove tha subheadin print o th las lin o th page Oops g bac an pu a extr blan lin i somewhere Compare t th pai o WordStar it' pleasure. Yo ca confus Magic trie t d flye showin jus abou everythin tha Magi coul do Text, columna text centered everything ha som tex i on column followe b tex i thre columns followe b tex i tw columns followe b tex i on column Magi jus didn' wan t d it Bu that' hardl 'rea world application. I'v ha n proble stickin sectio o columna tex a th en o m MagicPrin flyer t demonstrat it capability A practica matte you'l probabl seldo wan t mi column wit non columna text. TABS Wit proportiona spacin yo nee t hav wa t se u tab tha ar fixe distanc apart WordSta doesn' d that Se u som WordSta tabs an prin proportionall space an th stuf goe al ove th lot S Magi ha tab buil in. Yo se th tab wit th ".>a b cc... command Tha is th tw dot ar followe b greate tha sig an the th spacin o th ta stops, beginnin (compute programmer coun thi way wit zero T se tex a ta stop ente greate tha sig followe b th numbe o th ta sto ( t 9) Here' som tex se u fo columna displa ( haven' checke th validit o thes ta stops s don' hol m t this thi i jus sampl o th technique): ..>1 4 60 >0Descriptio >1Tes Valu >2Date >0Dinosaur >1984,234.5 >2Januar 5 1989 >0Footbal Player >1602,888.3 >2Marc 15 1988 Here' ho tha woul prin ou (bu proportionall space o th paper o course: Descriptio Tes Valu Date Dinosaur 984,234.5 Januar 5 1989 Footbal Player 602,888.3 Marc 15 1988 Not tha it' th ta commands ">0" ">1" etc. tha contro th actua printe spacing Wher th tex appear o th scree ha nothin t d wit th printe appearance s i ou exampl th fac tha th tex a entere doesn' lin u ha n effect I w discovere o printin tha th tex wasn' properl spaced w woul jus chang th valu o th ta setting i th do command Th tex woul lin u accordin t th ne ta setting whe printe th nex time. Thi doe hav on effect yo can' us "> t prin ">" Bu Magi take car of that Enterin a embedde ^ befor th "> allow yo t ente litera ">". LASE PRINTE VERSION Th lase printe versio i mor comple i operatio becaus yo ca contro fonts Yo hav t tel Magi wha fon cartridg yo hav and wha fon yo wan t use bu yo ca switc font wit ever characte i you'r s incline (an bi ou o it) Thes sho u o th scree a ~a) t switc t th "a fon (HelvBol o th cartridge) etc I wa goin t prin thi fil wit th Lase Printe Versio an wante t mak th headin abov prin i HelvBol fon an the switc bac t th TmsRm 1 poin norma fon fo text i woul hav looke lik this: ~a)~LASE PRINTE VERSION~(~ Th lase printe editio als offer kerning contro ove th placemen o individua character t th neares 1/720t o a inch Sure yo say, th LaserJe ca onl prin 30 dot t th inch ho ca i d that Simple whil ther ca onl b 30 dot pe inc th placemen o th dot ca b controlle t th neares 720t o a inch B th way centerin n th LaserJe i t the neares 1/720t o a inch. EDITORS WOR PROCESSORS Fo WordSta users orde th WordSta edition User o Perfec Write o othe editor/wor processin program tha creat a ASCI fil shoul orde th ASCI Edito version Th commands ar entere slightl differentl tha th WordSta edition bu th effec i th same. CAVEAT Thi littl fil - okay it' no s littl - i no intende t b complet tutoria o MagicPrint I'v lef mor ou tha I'v pu in haven' th tim o inclinatio t d muc more S i yo ar usin thi a tutorial an suppos i som respect i ha aspect o that pleas b sur t consul th manua fro tim t time. GETTIN HELP I you'r MagicPrin owne you'r entitle t suppor fro Compute EdiTyp Systems I you'r sh abou calling forge it Call I yo prefer yo can leav question o th Antelop Freewa Remot Acces System [312 764-5162 operate b CFOG Chicago' Firs Osborn Group an I'l endeavo t answe them als cal som othe board wit considerabl les frequency [I' o Antelop jus abou ever day.] GETTIN MAGIC On o th reason tha wrot thi fil i tha Ji Botto aske m to Ji bough Magi fro KaftorWar Corporation hop tha yo will too Fo printin sample an curren pricing cal [708 965-814 an leav you nam an addres o writ t KaftorWar Corporation Bo 1674 Chicago I 60690. MS-DO - AN WOR O SPEED Yes ther ar version o Magi fo MS-DOS bu th price ar goin t b muc close t th 'list price KaftorWar wil b please t ge the fo you. CP/ Magi i faste tha X Magic haven' see an figure o Turb an 28 o 38 system runnin Magic typica ful pag o tex o lase printe take abou 4 second t minute mor i yo hav lot an lot o fon changes. 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