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Zoom Grafix documentation
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Zoom Grafix is a great utility for printing (what else?)...graphics.
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The following is a detailed explination..
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special keys
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[esc]
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is used to escape from where you are back to the beginning. You may
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use it to stop printing, or just to get back to the picture menu. More
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about that later.
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[<-]
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is used to backspace.use it to change something that you've al- ready
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typed. In most of Zoom gr- aphix, you can back up past the current
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line all the way to a pre vious selection. This can be han dy in the
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tricky parts, like when your setting the Zoom window
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[->]
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is the opposite of the [<-] key. Its used to move ahead, and it does
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something else; it accepts each character on the screen that it moves
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over (duh.)
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[return]
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is the key that tells Zoom graphix that you're done entering (duh
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again)
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[spacebar]
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is used to make Zoom Grafix stop printing...if your printer has memory
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in it, it may take a bit longer for it to stop.
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the set up
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=== === ==
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The first time you use Zoom grafix you will be asked for printer info.
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This set up may be changed if you are using a different printer later
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on.
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Using the wrong set-up can't hurt your printer or computer. But the
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program probably won't print out the picture. If you type in a wrong
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answer to one of the set-up questions, you can back space with the
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[<-] key.using [esc] will take you back to the beginning.
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the picture menu
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The picture menu lets you see the curr- ent graphics screen while
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letting you change the picture by flipping it,ex- changing screens, or
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loading a new one from a disk.
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If the graphics area looks like garbage don't be alarmed;it only means
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you dont have a picture loaded into the screen yet.if you're trying to
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print graphics from another program that you were run- ning before you
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ran zg,you might need to swap screens to see the pic. You want.press
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[s] to swap screens
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If you wish to load a picture insert you dos 3.3 disk and press [l]
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The flip command [f] will turn the picture upside down.this is useful
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in printing graphs or charts(dont ask me why though...)
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the main menu
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The main menu lets you vary the print- ing of the picture in many
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ways. You can change any option shown on the menu by selecting its
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number.the curr- ent values are shown on the right on the menu,and you
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can decide to go ahead and print it that way - all you have to do is
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press [return]
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1) white dots depending on the graphic you are print- ing you may want
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to remove the colors of the dots on the printout.most plots and
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graphics look best with the white dots printed black-but digitized
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pict- ures look better with white dots
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2) printout is: this may be either upright or rotated. When Zoom
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Grafix prints rotated, the printout is always turned 90 degrees (i.e.
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Upside down).the [f] command from the picture menu toggles between
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these.
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3) size: the size setting controls how many dots the printer prints
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for each dot on the screen.the smallest picture is 1 x 1, with each
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point on the screen printed as a single point on the printout. Guess
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what 2 x 2 does??? you can also mix values.
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4) Zoom window this is the Zoom part of Zoom Grafix, and it lets you
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Zoom in,selecting what part of the screen is to be printed.
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The four #'s are the values of the top, bottom,left and right edges of
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the cur- rent Zoom window,which is shown on the picture with a
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flashing box.with the apple ii high-res screen,there are 192 dots from
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top to bottom of the screen, numbered starting with 0 at the top down
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to 191 at the bottom.horizontally there are 280 dots, numbered
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starting with 0 at the left to 279 at the far right.
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When the current Zoom window is less then the whole screen, you'll be
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given a chance to easily set it back to the full screen. Of course, if
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the full screen wont fit on the paper width,it will be clipped off.
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As you set the values the box will change.remember you can always go
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back and change it.
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5) left margin just a way to overide the automatic centering. I
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wouldn't suggest fooling around with it unless nescessary.
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6) print width this value is preset for the printer you are using..but
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can be reset if you are using wider or narrower paper. This is not
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the width of the paper it- self is the width of the widest line Zoom
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Grafix should print.Zoom Grafix will not permit setting too large.
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7) delay this option will allow you to change the delay from the
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original set-up. This is especially important when printing dark
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areas. Printers with buffers need a longer time to cool,because the
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delay must be long enough for the buffer to empty out,also time is
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needed for the print head to cool. To make a delay while printing
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simply press the [spacebar] and press again to resume printing.
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8) printer takes you to the printer/interface etc. Menu,but does not
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clear the picture.
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9) line or form feeds does the obvious
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10) intensity unless you have a shitty apple silentype dont worry
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about this..hmmm i wont either!(no offense to you silentype owners.)
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Hint
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Insted of using a delay select to have unidirection printing which
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will only print from left to right..not from left to right to
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left...this should give the delay nescessary.
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