  About Printer's Daemon
  -------------------

  Thanks for downloading Printer's Daemon, Shareware Version 2.35S! Maximize
  this file for easier reading.  
  
  Printer's Daemon is a drag & drop text file printing utility for Microsoft
  Windows, Version 3.1 or later. (Sorry, this application will not work with
  Windows 3.0 or earlier.)  Printer's Daemon appears as an icon on the 
  Windows Desktop.  Select one or more DOS or Unix text file names in the 
  Windows File Manager, or other drag & drop server. Drag the names to the
  Printer's Daemon icon, and the files will be printed on the default 
  Windows printer.
  
  The last major revision to Printer's Daemon added the ability to print 
  documents from applications by launching the apps. Now you can drag ANY
  file to Printer's Daemon for printing.  As opposed to the Microsoft
  Print Manager, which only allows one file per application, Printer's Daemon
  will queue multiple files for printing in a "batch" mode.

  The last two minor upgrades added the ability to "wrap" text too long to fit on
  the page with your chosen orientation and font size, warned you if you 
  tryed to shut down Printer's Daemon while printing in batch mode and added to the
  list of Windows and DOS executables that Printer's Daemon ignores, to protect your
  printer. This upgrade fixes a problem with resoling names in "." directories.

  Printer's Daemon has advantages over printing from Notepad, most notably
  the abilities: to print without extra keystrokes directly from a desktop 
  utility; to print in other than the system font / 10 point size and; to 
  print Unix text files.

  Installation
  ------------ 
  
  The archive file you extracted, PDEMON.ZIP, contains this file 
  and the file PDV235S.ZIP. Copy PDV235S.ZIP to a temporary directory, 
  and "unzip" it.  It will create the following files:
  
    Name            Size    Date     Time  
  ------------  --------  -------- --------
  PDAEMON.EXE     28223  01-26-96   4:17a
  PDAEMON.HLP     45808  01-27-96   5:09p
  SUBEZ.VBX       17408  03-11-93   4:09a
  CMDIALOG.VBX    18688  04-28-93  12:00a
  

  Please see the Windows Help file PDAEMON.HLP for complete Installation
  and Operations instructions.  If you have associated .HLP files with the
  Windows Help application, just double-click on PDAEMON.HLP in the File
  Manager; otherwise run WINHELP.EXE and open PDAEMON.HLP using the "File"
  menu.


  NOTICE
  ------
  Printer's Daemon is SHAREWARE! A fifteen day evaluation period is
  recommended.  After that, if you like and use Printer's Daemon, 
  you must REGISTER! Send $7.50 to:   
                         
                         VB Expressions 
                         64 Burning Brush Drive
                         Rochester, NY 14606-4642.
 
 Kindly include the Version number and the source where you got Printer's
 Daemon. Don't forget to indicate required disk size.  

 Prviously registered users can obtain this latest version without nag screens
 on disk for $2.50 postage and handling.

 You can also look for other VB Expressions utilities: additional Desktop 
 Assistants (like Printer's Daemon) include Draggin' Viewer, a drag-and-drop
 application launching utility, and Trash Free-K!, a drag-and-drop file 
 deletion utility. 

 There are three Program Manager customization utilities:

 PM Access Control restricts the ability to alter carefully configured
 Program Manager set-ups in a multiuser environment;  PM Fonts allows
 you to change your Program Manager fonts from the Microsoft default to any
 installed screen font and PM Group Sorter allows you to set the order of
 your Program Manager Groups. 

 Smartclp is a Windows Clipboard enhancer. Finally, the Internet Text Translator
 lets you translate text files between the DOS, Mac and Unix computing
 environments, in Windows 3.1 and 95 versions.

 Good stuff (if we may say so ourselves!)
  
  We'd be interested in your comments or suggestions on Printer's Daemon. 
  You can reach us by Email on CompuServe, ID 73457,3603 or AmericaOnline,
  ScreenName PMChefalo.  

  Our preferred Internet address is 73457.3603@compuserve.com.

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       Printer's Daemon - Copyright 1993,1994,1995,1996 by P.M. Chefalo


  Revision History
  ----------------

  Version 1.00 - First Shareware Version

  Version 1.10 - Corrected "Overflow" error when long files were dropped
                 into Printer's Daemon.

  Version 1.20 - Improved detection of non-Ascii characters in files.

  Version 1.50 - "Nailed down" the Printer's Daemon icon, improving
                 compatibility with Norton Desktop. Added error-handling
                 for no default printer selection, incompatible initial
                 fonts and printer changes outside of Printer's Daemon.
                 Added the ability to launch drag & drop servers other 
                 than Microsoft File Manager.  Added "Customize" to
                 System Menu.  Fixed Help text.

  Version 1.60 - Added capability to quit with selected drag & drop server.
                 Recognized and acted upon Ascii 12 character, page feed.
                 Recognized PD's capability to print Unix text files w/o
                 translation. Fixed Help text again!

  Version 1.65 - Added Windows Help file.

  Version 2.00 - Major revision, supporting drag & drop printing for 
                 application files.  Added nulls to non-text characters.
                 Included Windows resource checking for launching.

  Version 2.25 - Enabled text wrapping for text strings too long to fit on
                 printer page.  (This corrected a "freeze-up" problem with
                 PD as well.) Provided choice for PD shutdown while processing
                 files in batch mode.  Improved Win 3.1 detection/confirmation
                 routine.
 
 Version 2.30 -  Fixed virtual desktop program "hopping" freeze-up.
                 Added more file extensions to warning list - MS Office
                 and multimedia support files, DOS application support.
 
 Version 2.35 -  Fixed "." directory problem.
