ƒ SHELL PRINT DOCS _& PRG formatted GEOS file V1.0 ؟‚ ‚ ‚dم’ٹ•’ٹ•’ٹ•l„“ 0 l„ژ’„گ’„‍’„‘’aخ‚€‚ €ƒ ےے Write Image V2.1 Red Storm geoWrite V1.1 ً This file was created with Wrong is Write. Written by Joe Buckley. Z¬ح ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے ے @ گ à 0 FILE: ex-800 v3.5 (R6) FROM: GeoRep GHW 09/28/89 S#: 819126 SUBJECT: Epson 6-Pass v3.5-GeoFile EQUIPMENT: Epson or IBM Printers This slightly patched version of Kevin McConnell's very famous six-pass smoothing driver for most Epson and IBM compatibles will now work with geoFile. FILE: epson24pin90dpi (R4) FROM: GeoRep GHW 10/20/90 S#: 791333 SUBJECT: Epson 24 Pin 90 DPI EQUIPMENT: Epson 24 Pin Printer This is a 24-pin single-pass 90-dpi smoothing driver for Epson compatibles. It is one of the first Shell type drivers. See "epson8pin" for more info on the Shell. This driver compresses the print in both the horizontal and vertical directions and is designed especially for geoWrite which extends the page length so that it fills the page. Make sure you DO NOT select NLQ spacing or the page will be shortened. Since the printout is compressed, you should select a font that is a little larger than the size you really want. You may also prefer to select 1 1/2 line spacing in order to get more space between the lines. This driver is slow because of the very large amount of data that must be transferred over the serial bus but if you have a Xetec GOLD and GEOS 128, it will operate in the fast mode if you do not use the auto-execute file to slow the GOLD down. (You can put the GOLD back in fast mode by hitting the RESET button and then CLEAR in rapid succession, but put it back in slow before using non-Shell drivers.) There is also a geoPrint Cable version which is much faster. FILE: epson9pin (R1) FROM: GeoRep GHW 08/01/91 S#: 794510 SUBJECT: Epson 9 Pin Shell EQUIPMENT: Epson compatible printer This Shell Printer Driver uses the 9-pin graphics mode for those Epson compatibles that support the ESC > code at 120 dpi. Its real advantage is seen when used with a 9-pin font like BSW because it will print each line of text in one scan eliminating distortion caused by uneven line feeds. It may be possible to edit this driver for other printers. Post any questions on one of the Printer Boards. FILE: epsonmx-80 FROM: GeoRep GHW 07/29/91 S#: 482413 SUBJECT: Epson MX-80 Shell EQUIPMENT: Epson MX-80 printer This single-pass Shell Printer Driver operates at 120 dpi but smoothes the dots out to 80 dpi. It should work with many other printers that support 60 and 120 dpi but not 80 dpi. It may require some changes with the Shell Print Editor. If you need help, post a question on one of the GEOS printer boards. FILE: epson8pin3pass (R7) FROM: GeoRep GHW 07/26/91 S#: 394140 SUBJECT: Epson 8 Pin 3 Pass Shell EQUIPMENT: Epson compatible printer This Shell Printer Driver works exactly like my previously uploaded ep8pin3pass except this one is much faster because it skips over white space. It should work with any 9-pin Epson compatible that supports 240 dpi. It will also work with IBM 9-pin printers except that you may have to use the Shell Print Editor to delete the first message sequence (message 0: 27,64) if it prints an "@" at the top of each page. This driver may also be modifiable to work with other printers that support 240 dpi and have a code for n/216" line feeds. Post a question on one of the printer boards if you need help. @ گ à 0 0 FILE: epson24pin FROM: GeoRep GHW 09/23/91 S#: 111726 SUBJECT: Epson 24 Pin 180 dpi EQUIPMENT: 24 Pin Printer This Shell Printer Driver operates in the 180 dpi mode of Epson 24-pin printers to produce a smoothed 80 dpi printout. It has been optimized for 9- and 10-point fonts which it will print with a single pass of the print head. It may also work with other printers. FILE: epson24pingrey FROM: GeoRep GHW 10/29/91 S#: 798659 SUBJECT: Epson 24 Pin Gray Shades EQUIPMENT: Epson 24 Pin Printer or compatible This Shell Printer Driver operates in the 120 dpi mode on most 24-pin printers to produce a correct size printout in five levels of grey when printing from geoPaint with color turned on. All colors will print some shade of grey but the first five color choices in the geoPaint palette are the only ones that are unique. It will also print in black-only with all applications but the result is rather jagged so one of my other epson24pin drivers is preferred. If you want to change the relative intensities of the different colors you can do it with shellprinteditor available here in the Printer Library (5/22/91). Each screen pixel is expanded into four possible printed dots. Each of the color filters numbered 1 through 4 controls one of these dots. For maximum darkness, turn all four on for a given color. Turning only one one is the lightest grey. I have set them so all sixteen colors print every pattern of four dots but of course the differences among the same grey levels will be hardly noticeable. FILE: epson8pindarker FROM: GeoRep GHW 11/05/91 S#: 798089 SUBJECT: Epson 8 Pin Darker EQUIPMENT: Epson Printer This Shell Printer Driver uses the 240 dpi mode and attempts to print each screen pixel as three adjacent horizontal dots to produce a darker printout at the normal 80 dpi. Most printers will not actually print adjacent dots at 240 dpi so instead of being 3 times darker it averages between 1.5 and 2 times darker. Single pixels and vertical lines will print twice as dark but larger black areas will be 1.5 times as dark. The net effect is wider dots which gives the printout a somewhat fuzzy look, at least on my printer which already has large enough dots but for other printers with small pins, especially those made by Star, this driver made be an improvement over the Epson8pin80dpi driver. It is only slightly slower. This driver should also work on IBM printers. FILE: epson8pincolor FROM: GeoRep GHW 11/06/91 S#: 487774 SUBJECT: Epson 8 Pin Color EQUIPMENT: Epson Color Printer This Shell Printer Driver works with most 9-pin color printers but it only uses 8 pins which is the reason for its name. It operates in the 240 dpi mode to print each pixel as 0, 1, or 3 dots for each of the four colors on the ribbon. This allows for up to 81 different colors but of course only 15 (plus white) can be selected with GEOS. Since I do not have a color printer to test this on I tested it on my monochrome Epson printer (yes, this driver will print different levels of grey with a black ribbon). If you do not like my choice of colors you can modify them with the shellprinteditor available here in the Printer Library (uploaded 5/22/91). If you are really ambitious you can use a different set of color filters for the paint and canvas colors and get 30 different colors! There are 12 color filters in this driver numbered 1 through 12. (Don't bother modifying the monochrome filter numbered 0 since it doesn't do anything in color drivers.) The first three filters, 1, 2, & 3 control the three dot positions for the yellow portion of the ribbon; 4, 5, & 6 control red; 7, 8, & 9 control blue; and 10, 11, & 12 control black. If a given paint or canvas color needs a light shade of ink, turn on only one of the filters corresponding to that portion of the ribbon. It's probably a good idea to use the middle of the three (filters 2, 5, 8, or 11). If you want the darker shade turn on all three. Most printers will not print adjacent dots so when you turn on all three, just the first and the last one will actually print if they are not surrounded by other dots. For large solid colored areas, the average dot intensity is 1.5 times the light shade. You may not notice much difference between the light and dark shades for this reason. @ گ à 0 FILE: shellprinteditor (R9) FROM: GeoRep GHW 05/22/91 S#: 510640 SUBJECT: @Shell Printer Editor TYPE: seq BLOCKS: 304 DOWNLOADS: 265 EST. D/L TIME: 300: 68:42 1200: 19:36 FILES NEEDED: convert 2.5 This program allows you to make changes to Shell Printer Drivers, including page width and length, interface parameters, printer code sequences, and colors. You can even add color to non-color Shell drivers. It is written in geoBASIC but runs just like a regular GEOS application but a little on the slow side. You may have to type slowly and deliberately, and hold your mouse button down longer than normal, especially if you do not have a RAM expansion unit. WARNING: if you plan to use this under GEOS 128 MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY DESK ACCESSORIES ON THE SAME DISK AS THE PROGRAM. At the least you will get a "loading file" error, at worst it will hang your system.