nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) (07/31/90)
Is there a program for PCs to print 4 pages of text on one single page side using a laserjet? I am aware of 4print which prints 4 pages using the front and back of a page (it's no what I want). I have used such an option on a unix host, the print although tiny is very readable, it was probably achieved in a graphic mode, I presume. Thank you.
tnemeth@dmsadel.dms.oz (Tom Nemeth) (07/31/90)
I downloaded a PD package called Microtext from a local BBS, and it does exactly what you are looking for. It uses a TINY.SFP download font on a laserjet, and works great on a dot-matrix printer too (uses superscript font). Has a number of nice features, and you can customise it with your own printer codes (I did it for the HP for A4 paper). Have a look, you should be able to find it somewhere. Tom Nemeth
wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) (08/01/90)
In article <593@dmsadel.dms.oz> tnemeth@dmsadel.adl.dms.CSIRO.AU.UUCP (Tom Nemeth) writes: I downloaded a PD package called Microtext from a local BBS, and it does exactly what you are looking for . . . . Have a look, you should be able to find it somewhere. I downloaded this same package tonight from Compu$erve, rearchived it from .ARC to .ZIP, and just finished uploading it to SIMTEL20. Hope- fully it will appear in the public area there in a few days -- most likely as PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER>MTXT31.ZIP. -- -- Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683 "Indeed! Twenty-four is the gateway to heroic salvation."
johnv@metaware.metaware.com (John Vinopal) (08/02/90)
In article <140013@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) writes: >Is there a program for PCs to print 4 pages of text on one single page >side using a laserjet? > Shareware program called docsmash. Dunno if simtel has it. It works on dot matrix printers for certain, you might have to customize it for laser. johnv@metaware.com
ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) (08/03/90)
In article <140013@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) writes: >Is there a program for PCs to print 4 pages of text on one single page >side using a laserjet? At simtel-20, under printer utilities, you'll find a little thingy called DOCSMASH...I don't have the exact name of the .arc file handy. It works just fine (a little hard to read, but then....;^) on my Epson LQ-510. On my Epson MX-80 (with Graftrax), it was just about unusable: the edges of the "pages" intersected/overlapped; the print was too coarse to read reliably; etc. The jump from 8 to 24 pins made a great difference. If your Laserjet has an "Epson" mode, try it out. It's shareware; play with it, try to make it work, if it doesn't, well, then, you're out no money. That's a nice thing about shareware. What I'm looking for is a 4p./side, 2-SIDED printer. This, I've not yet seen, and these things aren't "filters" enough to allow connecting in this fashion. Still, if we can get a paginator that will split a file in groups of four pages rather than singles, we may have something as a front end to Docsmash. Best o' luck, d -- "...above all shadows rides the sun, and stars forever dwell...." - J.R.R. Tolkien Duke McMullan n5gax nss13429r phon505-255-4642 ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu