User`s manual
The
GEOS
LQ
Print
System
The Documents
to
be
Printed
Generally, any geoWrite document (but not geoPublish documents)
can
be
printed with the Print System.
If
LQ fonts
are
used, then the best possible
print quality will
be produced.
You
may
also
use
standard
GEOS
fonts, but
these
will be interpolated
by
the Print System during the printing process.
The supplied font utilities
will allow
you
to create your
own
LQ fonts (but
. this can be difficult and very time consuming
I).
We do not recommend using the space bar to tidy up the lines of your
document, but rather the formatting functions (justification, tabulation, etc.,
especially numerical tabulations which
may
also be used
as
right-aligned
.tabs). Remember to switch to left justified
if
you
want to use tabs.
If
you
need horizontal separation lines, use those
in
BSW-9,
as
this font is
transferred to the printer without
any
changes.
Starting the Print System
The Print System can be started either directly
from
a geoWrite document by
clicking
on
"StartLQ"
in
the "geos" menu (see Section 4,
topic
"Entering
the Print
System
from
geoWrite")
or
from
the deskTop.
If
you
click
"print"
in the "file"
menu
within a document or drag the ghost file over the printer
driver
on
the deskTop, the Print System will not be
used
and
the
document
will be printed out
in
the quality
of
the
currently installed printer driver.
From the deskTop you
can
activate the
~nt
System
by
double-cliclcing
the
LQ icon. The program then reads the coimection file, the printer adaptation
. file. and the parameter file
(if
one
is
present).
If
the
program encounters an
error. an error message
will be displayed and
you
will be returned to the
deskTop. Appendix B lists the possible error messages and
also offers
additional
help.
If
everything runs smoothly. a file selection box appears with
its
options.
"Drive" lets you switch drives, "Disk" infonns the program of a newly
inserted disk, and "Cancel"
takes
you
to the End
Menu.
Click
on
one of the
documents and then choose
"Open".
Then
the
print
menu
appears.
The Print Menu
If
you've mistakenly arrived
in
the print menu. simply click "Return" and
you can select a different file. "Cancel" brings
you
to the End
Menu.
"Print"
allows
you
to do just that.
If
this
is your very first printout, just click
on
"Print" to test things out. and to make certain that
the
correct files have
been installed.
If
problems occur refer to Appendix A, "Problems and
Solutions".
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