ACTION DESIGNER
                           PRINTER DEFINITION
                             As of 8/14/91

    This file contains a form for collecting data required
    to create a printer driver for Action Designer.  If none
    of the standard printer drivers supplied with the
    registered version of AD supports your printer, you will
    want to collect the required data from your printer's
    user manual.

    Included is a program pdefine.exe.  You may use this program
    to modify an existing driver to create one for your printer.
    You must load ansi.sys from your config.sys file for proper
    screen display.  Once you start the program, provide the 
    requested data from your worksheet.  Note that hexidecimal
    entries are required.  
    
    By the way, save the original drivers!  Just make new versions
    from old ones to minimize mistakes.

    If you can't get a driver working, please give us a call.
    We'll do our best to create a working driver.  But, you
    will have to dig out the required data.  We can't guarantee
    success, but we'll try.


    NAME:     _________________________________________________
    COMPANY:  _________________________________________________
    ADDRESS:  _________________________________________________
              _________________________________________________
    CITY:     ________________________ STATE: ___  ZIP: _______
    PHONE:    (____) _____-______

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    Defaults are shown in parentheses.

    ASCII printer control strings are a series of characters
    separated by commas.  For example: if the string to reset
    your printer is an escape character followed by "@", give
    it as "ESC,@" or in hexadecimal as "1B,40".  We'd prefer
    hex if you can supply it.

    PRINTER NAME:                   ___________________________
    PRINTER PORT (lpt1):            _______
    HICS/IN (note 1):               _______
    BACKSPACE CHARACTER (08)        _______
    ASCII CODE TO RESET PRINTER     ___________________________
      "    "   "  ENABLE BOLD       ___________________________
      "    "   "  ENABLE UNDERLINE  ___________________________

      The head positioning strategy is made up of 3 parts:
            1.  A start control string
            2.  The number of hics to move
            3.  An ending control string

            For example: "1B,1F,x,20" where "1B,1F" is the
            start string, "x" is the number of hics, and "20"
            is the ending string.

    ASCII CODE TO START HEAD MOVE   ___________________________
    VALUE OF x                      _______
    ASCII CODE TO END HEAD MOVEMENT ___________________________
    HEAD MOVEMENT STRATEGY (0)      _______
            0 - Print the START string x times.  The ending string
                is not used.  This method will work for any printer
                at the expense of some efficiency.
            1 - Print the start string followed by the character 
                with the value of x followed by the ending string.  
                For example, to move 5 hics, the command might be 
                "1B,1F,05,20".
            2 - Print the start string followed by the one or two
                digit ASCII value of x followed by the end string.
                For example, the command might be "1B,1F,35,20".
            3 - Epson graphics mode.  This method prints the start
                string, x/hic, x modulus hic, and x nulls.  You
                must supply the start string, but the driver will
                take care of all the rest.

    OFFSET TO BE ADDED TO X (0)     _______
    USE SPACES INSTEAD OF HICS
      FOR JUSTIFICATION (No)        _______
    FONT RESET AFTER MOVEMENT 
      (No, see note 2)              _______
    FONT NAME (Plain, see note 3)   ___________________________
    ASCII STRING TO SELECT FONT     ___________________________
    NUMBER OF CHARACTERS/INCH (10)  _______


    Notes 
    1.      A "hic' is a measure of how many units of movement
            (in fractions of an inch) the printer fits within 1 
            inch.  This is very printer dependent. The number 
            ranges from 10 for a very dumb printer to 300+ for 
            a laser printer.
            
            Some printers have no high resolution horizontal movement
            (i.e., a hic is equal to 1 space).  Others may make
            movements as fine as 1/300 inch.

            Look in your printer manual for the smallest horizontal 
            movement possible.  This is VERY important.

    2.      Some printers require this to restore normal character
            spacing.

    3.      If your printer has a built-in font that you wish to use
            and which is not the default, supply a name and string
            to select it.