Re: Winprint
- From: "John Paines" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "vf200@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:23:58 +0000 (UTC)
Just to be clear, this is the download site for winprint:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winprint/
It shouldn't matter where you install it, and I can't account for the
behavior you describe. Assuming it's installed, double-click on winprint.exe,
which puts the winprint icon in the taskbar (though you may have to "show
hidden icons").
Assuming you've already configured winprint to your liking (right click on the
icon to bring up the dialogue boxes), use xywrite to print to file. If you've
set the winprint dialogue box to look for that generically named output file in
the indicated directory, it prints the document. That's it. Without a print to
file command, and winprint configured to look for that output file, nothing
should happen.
From: J R FOX <jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:32 PM
Subject: Winprint
I must be doing something wrong. I put this into the vDosXy directory, which I
thought was the instructed procedure, and then invoked it. (I did this from
Windows Explorer.) The program then decided to print -- in succession -- every
text file therein. Not what I had in mind. It would have been necessary to
disconnect the printer to make it stop, but it happened to run out of paper
before I could have done that.
So, what is the *correct* way to use this thing ?
Jordan
From: John Paines <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: new computer XY-DOS
I don't believe there's any documentation. However, loading the program puts
an icon in the taskbar, which is (for the most part) self-evidently
configurable. You get a choice of fonts, point size, margins, lines per page,
font translation (code 437), choice of installed printers, and provision for
supplying the file name and directory of the file which winprint will monitor
(you must print to file with this utility), and printer selection. Winprint is
the fastest option available I've found; a xywrite tyf command goes instantly
to the printer. By contrast, it's several seconds before vDos's dosprinter
utility kicks in with a dialogue box.
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