JetSet (c) 1988 LeRoy R. Valley JetSet is shareware... After reading about all the goodies JetSet offers, I'm sure you'll agree it's a bargain at any price...but if you act now you can have it for only $10.00! (OK, so you've already got it...you want support and bug fixes don't you?) If you think it's worth $10.00 send a check (or money order...I'm not picky) to: LeRoy Valley 4139 Four Mile Rd. Bay City, MI 48706 If you DON'T think it's worth $10.00, send me E-Mail at L.VALLEY and tell me why. Is that too much to ask? Anyhow, enough with the sales pitch... If you're interested in the source code, send a blank disk and an extra $10.00 (Total of $20.00). Just promise to keep the source code to yourself (please don't upload it anywhere...It's MY code.) All code will compile in MegaMax C or Laser C. Well, I'm back with another printer set up utility. I recently acquired an HP Desk Jet printer, and for those of you who have this magnificent printer (and NO Epson emulation cartridge), here's a desk accessory (called JetSet) to make life easier! JetSet (v1.00) allows you to set the following features: Note: If a button is selected (highlighted) it is in the ON position. 1) SCALE - Sets Text Scale On (selected) or Off -- this allows you to print a full 66 lines per page -- no more flipping DIP switch 2-1!! 2) LQ - Simply selects Letter Quality mode if enabled, Draft otherwise. 3) PITCH (5, 10, 16, 20 CPI) - Selects pitch size of 5, 10, 16.67, or 20 characters per inch. 4) LPI - Sets line spacing to 6 or 8 lines per inch. 5) HEIGHT - Sets height of characters to either 6 or 12 points. 6) PAPER - Sets paper size to Letter (LTR), Legal (LGL), Envelope (ENV), or Metric (A4). 7 EFFECTS - Lets you set Perforation Skip (PERF), Bold (BOLD), whether text is wrapped on long lines or cut off (WRAP), and DSPLY gives you the ability to print control codes instead of interpreting them (Your printer won't recognize any codes until you turn off DSPLY). 8) MARGIN - Sets the left margin to either 0" or 1" The center strip of options lets you: a) CANCEL - exit the program without sending anything to the printer. b) DONE - Sends all selections to the printer. c) FORM - Executes a Formfeed on the printer. d) RESET - Resets the printer back to it's initial KEYPAD settings (DeskJet has no hard reset). Also you'll notice two options which are unselectable -- EPSON and CART. EPSON will (in a week or two) change the options to buttons that will take advantage of all the goodies found on the Epson cartridge (even options NOT found on Epson printers!). DeskJet owners won't need two accessories! CART will give you access to any Font cartridges you might want to use. (I'm still waiting for my Epson and Font cartridge to arrive...that's why these options are not available yet.) UPDATE: v1.01 Sheesh, already? Sorry, but I discovered after I uploaded v1.00 that WRAP didn't work properly -- also, I forgot to add in my page length module before compiling...Now the program automatically sets the correct page length when you select either a new Paper size or a new line spacing. UPDATE: v1.10 As promised, here is JetSet with Epson Emulator cartridge support... You can set up Elite, Condensed, or Pica as well as wide (expanded), and proportional type. The only real changes from the goodies mentioned above is that you now have support for tab spacing (either 4 or 8), italics, and underlining (well...I had to fill that space with SOMETHING. If you've got a better idea, let me know...I can change that box quick!) Have fun, let me know if you find any bugs, and look for font cart support real soon. UPDATE v1.11 Seems like perf skip didn't skip too well...It does now. Also, underlining is gone...instead you can now enable printing of special symbols located at 128-159 (See ESC 6 and ESC 7 in your manual). These work well with 1st Word Plus. Also, the LQ button is gone from the Epson dialog box...the FX-80 doesn't support draft/LQ mode selection...you're always stuck in LQ. (You'll have to use the keypad.) UPDATE v1.15 At the request of many users, JetSet now offers a 1/2" margin option as well as the standard 0" and 1". UPDATE v1.16 The DONE button really should send the string and then exit... I had it set up for testing purposes in v1.15...sorry! NOTES AND CAUTIONS: If you select the DONE button (thereby sending a control string to the printer) and you are not in the proper mode (i.e. the accessory is in DeskJet mode and the Epson cartridge is plugged in) YOU WILL GET UNPREDICTABLE RESULTS. Most likely your printer will simply lock up. Just press the reset button on the keypad and continue on your merry way. I really can't check that for you...sorry.