: October 14, 1986 version Printing FinalWord II Files on the Xerox 9700 Page Printer To print this documentation, after signing on to MTS type: $RUN *PAGEPR SCARDS=PC1:FWX9700.XER If you have any questions about using PC:WORD with FinalWord II files, call the Computer Assistance Center (CAC) at 763-0583 or the text processing consultant at 763-5989. The PC:WORD program available on both the UM and UB hosts, has been used since November 1985 to convert Microsoft Word documents prepared on an MS-DOS microcomputer for printing on a Xerox 9700 page printer. In conjunction with a new printer driver, PC:WORD can now also be used to print FinalWord II files on the 9700 in Century Schoolbook, Univers, or Computer Modern San Serif typefaces. Important Note: PC:WORD and the accompanying printer driver files work only with FinalWord version 2.01 and above. If you have a copy of version 2.00, please call the text processing consultant at 763-5989 to find out about updating your copy of FinalWord II. The fonts now available through this process follow. They are all on UB-MTS and UM-MTS under the PC1 CCID (that is, PGF090.FWL is copied from MTS as PC1:PGF090.FWL, PGF011.FWL as PC1:PGF011.FWL). PGF090.FWL Century Schoolbook: 7 point roman [@small()]; 10 point roman, italic [@i()], bold [@b()], and bold-italic [@p()]; 12 point roman [@medium()]; 14 point bold [@big()]; and a sans-serif fixed-pitch font [@t()]. PGF091.FWL Century Schoolbook: 8 point roman [@small()], italic [@small(@i())]; 10 point roman, italic [@i()], bold [@b()], and bold-italic [@p()]; 12 point bold [@big()]; the American Language Association symbol font [@ala()]; and a serif fixed- pitch font [@t()]. PGF011.FWL Univers: 7 point roman [@small()]; 10 point roman, italic [@i()], bold [@b()], and 12 point roman, upper case only [@medium()]; 18 point bold [@big()]; the American Language Association symbol font [@ala()]; and a serif fixed-pitch font [@t()]. PGF064.FWL Sanserif: 8 point roman [@small()], italic [@small(@i())], symbol [@small(@symbol())]; 10 point roman, italic [@i()], bold [@b()], symbol [@symbol()]; 12 point roman [@medium()]; 14 point bold [@big()]. PGF067.FWL Sanserif: 8 point roman [@small()], italic [@small(@i())], symbol [@small(@symbol())]; 12 point roman, italic [@i()], bold [@b()], symbol [@symbol()]; 14 point bold [@big()]. ----------- 1. The following document was printed using FinalWord II and PGF090 on the Xerox 9700. Computing Center Memo 802, "Proportional Fonts Available for the Xerox 9700" lists all of the fonts and characters available in each PGF line. As new fonts become available they will be listed in this document and announced in the Word:Processing conference on CONFER (U-M system only). ; Installing the Xerox 9700 PGF90 as a printer for FWII. (Other PGF lines are installed in the same way.) 1. If you already have this printer description on disk, skip to "Installation" below. If not, you will need to copy the PC1:PGF090.FWL file to your disk. 2. You will need: a. An IBM-PC compatible microcomputer with a modem or direct SCP link to UMnet/Merit. b. A computer account on UM or UB. c. A copy of FinalWord II version 2.01 or above, with disks 1 (program disk) and 2 (configuration disk). If you have version 2.00, call the text processing consultant at 763-5989 to find out about updating your copy of FinalWord II. d. A copy of Window, or another telecommunications program to copy files from MTS. e. Your text disk. 3. Copying the printer definition for the Xerox 9700 PGF90 from MTS to the FinalWord II configuration disk on your microcomputer: a. Make sure you have at least one backup copy of your configuration disk (possibly labelled "disk 2 of 2"), because to make room for the PGF90 file you will have to erase a few files from a configuration disk. b. Put your communications program in drive A: and your configuration disk in drive B:. c. Check the directory of the configuration disk. At the A> prompt type: DIR B: and press the Return key. d. At the end of the directory you will see the amount of space remaining on your disk. You need at least 8,040 bytes free; if it is less than that you must erase some files before proceeding. The best files to delete (after you have backed up the configuration disk) are files ending with the suffix ".fwl" for machines you are not using (for example, ig.fwl). e. You can use the DOS erase command to do this: ERASE B:IG.FWL and press the Return key. - 2 - ; f. If you are using a modem, make sure it is turned on and connected to the phone line. g. Load your communications program and sign onto your MTS account. If you do not know how to do this read Quicknote #9, "Signing on the UM or UB Systems," or ask a consultant for help. h. When you are signed onto your MTS account you are ready to copy the printer driver file. If you are using Window, at the # prompt, type: %T MTS PC1:pgf090.fwl PC B:pgf090.fwl ASCII and press the Return key. i. When the copying is complete a prompt will appear on the screen. If you are not using Window, consult the documentation for your program on copying a file in ascii mode. j. You are now finished with MTS. To sign off, at the # prompt type: SIG and press the Return key. k. Take the communications disk out. Installation 1. Put your configuration disk in drive A:. 2. To begin the configuration process, at the A> prompt, type: FWCONFIG PGF090 and press the Return key. 3. The following questions will appear: What do you want to do: 1-Select the type of computer you have 2-Select the type of printer you will be using Press return to exit without changing the database. 2 Enter the number of your selection, followed by a CR--> The following printer types are available: pgf090 Press return to select printer pgf090 Will this be the default printer? (Type Y if you don't N understand this.) (You probably do not want to select PGF090 as the default printer, since you may want to use a dot matrix or daisy wheel printer to print proof copy. You can use the Xerox 9700 as the - 3 - ; printer when you ready to run final copy by inserting a command at the beginning of your file as shown below.) PGF090 What do you want to call this printer: N Use operating system I/O? (Type Y if you don't understand this.) Y Send the output to a file (xxx.PRN)? The following fonts are available for this printer: Century Century.bold Century.small Century.large Century.italic Century.bold.italic Century.medium Century.10 Please select the font you wish to use for normal text. century Select a font: (Here you are selecting a default font, which you will generally want to be "century," that is, ten-point century- schoolbook. You can use the other fonts as described below. See the end of this document for samples of the various fonts.) Y Use Form-Feed string? (Type Y if you don't understand this.) N Do you want to do more configuration? Please wait... You now have the driver file on your configuration disk (and the A> prompt on your screen). To transfer the file to your FinalWord II program disk: a. The A> prompt will now appear again on your screen. b. Now put your FinalWord II program disk in drive B:. You are ready to copy the printer description file to the program disk by typing: COPY A:PGF090.FWP B: and press the Return key. c. Take the disks out and mark them to indicate that they have the Xerox 9700 PGF90 description files. Preparing a document for the Xerox 9700 using FinalWord II. 1. FinalWord II commands and the Xerox 9700 Most FinalWord II commands will work the same on the 9700 as they do with any other printer. a. If you are using an environment like "enumerate" and use a special font, it will not change the font used for the numbers provided by the environment unless you modify the environment in your text.mak or document file. - 4 - ; b. Overprinting commands (including @o() and @ovp()) will not work on the 9700. This means that you cannot produce diacritics using FinalWord II and the 9700 at this time. @Ux should be used for underlining rather than @u. c. When switching from a line of smaller type to a line of larger type (for example, from a paragraph of 10 point roman to a subtitle in the @big font), be sure to leave an extra blank line below the line of smaller type by using the @blankspace command. Otherwise the line of larger type will overlap the line above it. In PGF090, for example, you might type: .... This is the end of a paragraph in ten point roman type. It is followed by a large, bold subtitle. @blankspace(1 line) @center(@big(This is the Subtitle)) d. Different sizes of type have different baselines. This means that if you switch type sizes within a line you will notice that the larger type starts above the rest of the line, or if you switch to typewriter font it will be below the rest of the line. For example: The same problem exists with the symbol fonts in PGF064 and PGF067. big type This is a line in ten point roman type that switches to and back. This is a line in ten point roman type that switches to typewriter font and back. To solve this problem you should use macros that raise or lower your text instead of using the standard font commands. i. If you are using PGF011, at the beginning of your file (or in a separate macros file), include the following definitions: @Define(bg, font large, script -.11) @Define(med, font medium, script -.08) @Define(sm, font small, script .05) @Define(type, font 12, script .05) @Define(al, font ala, script .05) In your text, use @bg instead of @big, @med instead of @medium, @sm instead of @small, @type instead of @t, and @al instead of @ala. ii. If you are using PGF090, at the beginning of your file (or in a separate macros file), include the following definitions: @Define(bg, font large, script -.08) @Define(med, font medium, script -.06) @Define(sm, font small, script .09) @Define(type, font 10, script .08) In your text, use @bg instead of @big, @med instead of @medium, @sm instead of @small, and @type instead of @t. - 5 - ; iii. If you are using PGF091, at the beginning of your file (or in a separate macros file), include the following definitions: @Define(bg, font large, script -.10) @Define(sm, font small, script .05) @Define(type, font 12, script .04) In your text, use @bg instead of @big, @sm instead of @small, and @type instead of @t. iv. If you are using PGF064, at the beginning of your file (or in a separate macros file), include the following definitions: @Define(sym, font symbol, script -.65) @Define(bg, font large, script -.12) @Define(med, font medium, script -.05) @define(sm, font small, script .08) In your text, use @bg instead of @big, @med instead of @medium, @sm instead of @small, @type instead of @t, and @al instead of @ala. v. If you are using PGF067, at the beginning of your file (or in a separate macros file), include the following definitions: @Define(sym, font symbol, script -.50) @Define(bg, font large, script -.10) @Define(sm, font small, script .11) In your text, use @bg instead of @big, @sm instead of @small, and @sym instead of @symbol. 2. Specifying PGF090 as the printer If you did not install PGF090 as your default printer, you can specify the printer in your document file or in the print command. To specify it in your file, the first line of the file should be: @DEVICE(PGF090) See instructions below for specifying the printer in the print command. 3. Previewing The previewing function as described in the FinalWord II manual will show you page and line breaks as they will appear in your final output. It will also show spacing, within and between lines. Formatting the file for the 9700. 1. To issue the Format and Print command, in FinalWord II, and in the document you want to print, type: - 6 - ; XPP 2. There is now a prompt for print options on the command line. If you did not specify the PGF090 as your default printer, or define it as the output device in the first line of your file, type: -DEV PGF090 3. You may also use other options, such as -LOG. You may not use the -PAUSE option. 4. Type: after the last option you want to specify and FinalWord II will format your file and print it to disk. 5. Exit from FinalWord II Copy the formatted file to MTS. 1. Sign onto your MTS account (see above). 2. The first step is to create an MTS file into which you will copy the formatted file on your disk. To do this, at the # prompt type: $CREATE MTSFILENAME and press the Return key. 3. If you want to save space by using a temporary file on MTS this step is not necessary. Remember that a temporary file will be destroyed when you sign off. 4. The file name you use on MTS can be the same as the one you used on the microcomputer, but it needn't be. 5. If you are using Window, the command to copy your disk file to MTS is: %T B:PCFILENAME MTS MTSFILENAME ASCII and press the Return key, in which PCFILENAME is the name of the file on your pc disk, preceded by B: if the file is in disk drive B:, or preceded by a directory name if it is on a hard disk; MTSFILENAME is the name you are giving the file on MTS, preceded by a minus(-) if it is a temporary file. 6. When the copying is complete a # prompt will appear on the screen. 7. If you are not using Window, consult the documentation for your program on copying a file in text (or ascii) mode. 8. When the # prompt again appears on the screen you are ready to print your document. - 7 - ; Printing a Document Printing your document on the 9700 is a two-step process. 1. First the file needs to be converted for printing on the 9700. This is done with the following command, which uses the PC:WORD program: $RUN PC:WORD SCARDS=MTSFILENAME SPRINT=-out and press the Return key. 2. The converted file called -out now contains the appropriate 9700 carriage controls, which determine line spacing and page ejects for your document. 3. The file can now be printed on the Xerox 9700 using the command: $RUN *PAGEPR SCARDS=-out 4. A receipt number will now appear on your screen. Copy it down and take it to the output window in about 1/2 hour. - 8 -