************************* Printer Configuration Help *************************

You can add more  printer functionality to  FORM MASTER if  you would like  to
take advantage of additional  features of your printer.   FORM MASTER is  very
configurable.  The way to do this is to use this form.

There are 22 different 'Alt-letters' available for printer functions.  In each
case,  a  printer invoking sequence  and a printer  canceling sequence can  be
defined.  This is so the form executor will know what to send to your  printer
to set a print mode and what to send to your printer to cancel the mode.

Here is  a  description of  how  your printer  is  configured when  lines  are
printed.  Characters are sent to your printer one at a time as they appear  on
your form.  However if a special printer control character is encountered, the
form executor will  send the  invoking or  cancelling sequence  instead.   The
first time a special printer control  character is encountered on a line,  the
invoking sequence is sent.  The second time, the cancelling sequence is  sent.
The third time, the invoking sequence is sent, and so on.  Thus you can turn a
printer mode on and off  (such as underlining) as often  as you wish within  a
line.  You don't have to place the  cancelling sequence at the end of a  line.
When the end of a line is reached, the form executor will turn off any printer
options left on by sending the cancelling sequences.

In each  case, it  is not  necessary to  define an  invoking or  a  cancelling
sequence.  The form  executor will send  nothing to your  printer if there  is
nothing defined.   If  you want  to  configure your  printer for  near  letter
quality and have it stay that way while the whole form is printed, you can  do
the following:   Define  the invoking  sequence for  Alt-A to  be whatever  is
required by your  printer to  put it  into that  mode.   Leave the  cancelling
sequence for Alt-A blank.   Then put  an Alt-A character  into the upper  left
corner of your form with the editor.

Printer configuration  also  allows you  to  define a  sequence  of up  to  12
characters to send  to your printer  prior to start  of printing, and  another
sequence when  printing  is finished.    These  are the  initial  startup  and
termination sequences.   For  example, you  can use  the startup  sequence  to
configure your printer for near letter quality before printing a form, and the
termination sequence to reset it when through.

Here are the steps for printer configuration:

o  Run the printer configuration procedure:  CONFIG.BAT

o  When this form appears fill  it in.  The first  input field is the name  of
   your printer.   Change it if  necessary.   This field is  displayed on  the
   print pop-up menu by the form  executor just prior to printing your  forms.
   Fill in the invoking and cancelling  sequences for any of the 22  available
   letters you want to  define.  You must  enter the sequences in  hexadecimal
   notation.  Your printer manual should list these sequences in  hexadecimal.
   Contact CastleSoft for  support if  you have problems  here.   Fill in  the
   printer 'Initial Startup Sequence' with anything you want to send before  a
   form is printed.  Fill in the printer 'Termination Sequence' with  anything
   you want to send after a form is printed.  The rest of the form allows  you
   to redefine  the  special IBM  graphics  characters.   For  instance,  some
   printers that can print a vertical  bar will require a different  character
   be sent to it than the one use  in the form.  An Epson LX-800 printer  will
   print a vertical bar if sent 'B3' but a Gemini 10X printer requires 'F5'.

o  Exit this form by  pressing 'ESC' twice.   The configuration file,  FM.PRT,
   will automatically  created or  replaced.   Make  sure  FM.PRT is  in  your
   current  directory when you run FM.EXE.   It uses this file,  if it exists,
   to re-configure to your printer when printing a form.

It is possible that your  printer is Epson LX-800  compatible and yet it  does
not print lines and  boxes correctly.  Instead  italic characters are  printed
where the lines should be.  This is  caused by your printer being in  standard
mode and not IBM mode.  Usually a dip switch inside your printer will  control
this.  Changing its position may correct the problem.  Another approach is  to
configure using the modified Epson  configuration file EPSON2.CFG.  Enter  the
following command:
        CONFIG EPSON2.CFG
Then press ESC twice after the printer configuration form appears and the file
FM.PRT will be created, or replaced if it already exists.  Later, if you  want
to return to the default configuration, delete or rename FM.PRT.

If you are still having problems printing lines and boxes, here are some  more
tips:   Check your  printer manual  for different  types of  character sets  -
choose the IBM  character set  instead of  the standard  set.   Make sure  you
printer is  configured  to receive  8  bit characters.    If you  have  an  HP
Laserjet, use the PC-8 symbol set (front panel setting of IBM-US).

