                        Print File Requester

     FileMinder prints files via a background print spooler. The requester
determines the options sent to the printer for each file. The options
are sent to the printer driver using the standard Amiga printer commands.
All options may not work with your printer. There 3 string requesters
on the Left:

Line Length determines the longest line that will be sent to the printer.
    Lines longer than this will be split.

Lines Per Page determines the number of lines the printer will print on
    one page. Zero leaves the printer at its default (usually 66).

Skip Over Perf determines the number of blank lines at the end of a page.
    This number is included in the lines per page. Zero leaves the printer
    at its default (usually 0).

    There are 7 toggle gadgets on the right that select other options. Not
all printers can handle all of these options. The combination of options
that will work also varys depending on the printer. For example some
printers will allow condensed combined with elite to give 165 charcter
lines and some printers can only do one or the other. A wide printer will
handle more characters in each format than a narrow printer. To select
an option click its gadget on. Following is a summary of the available
options:

  NLQ      Near Letter Quality (or true letter quality if you have a 24
           pin printer).

  8LPI     Eight lines per inch (normally allowing 88 lines per page).

  COND     Condensed print or 132 characters per line on a narrow printer.

  ELITE    Twelve pitch or 96 characters per line on a narrow printer.

  NUMBERS  This causes line numbers to be printed to the left of each line.

  HEADERS  This causes a header to be printed on the first page of each file
           containing the full path to the file and the current date and
           time.

  CTL CHARS  This causes any control characters to be expanded to "^A" for
             the SOH character, etc. Formfeed and Newline are not expanded.

   When you have selected the desired options, click the PRINT gadget to
print the file. If you are printing more than one file, The NEXT gadget
will skip the current file and go to the next. You can click the CANCEL
gadget to abort the print operation.

   For the print spooler to work CD and RUN must be present in your C:
directory. You must also have set up the HOME= tooltype in the FileMinder
ICON and the prspool program must be in that directory so that FileMinder
can execute it. Once the print spooler has been loaded it opens a small
control window on the workbench screen. This window shows which file is
currently being printed. It also has a gadget to allow you to skip to the
next file in its Q. The close gadget will purge the print Q and and end
the print spooler.

