@HEADLINE = VS Laser Tool Kit

@BYLINE = by Don Kelley



This is a review of the VS Laser Tool Kit from:  VS Software, P.O.   Box 
6158, 2101 S. Broadway, Little Rock, AR  72216, Phone: (501 376-2083.  It   comes 
free with the purchase of fonts or the font generator, otherwise,  it 
retails at $50.          

The tool kit includes two downloading utilities.  One is a manual 
type program called LOADFONT that permits you to download up to 32 
fonts or a maximum of 345K, assign them as temporary or permanent 
and print out a listing of each font along with a text message and 
a list of the decimal code for each character.

The other download program, AUTODL, does the same thing as above except 
its all automatic and you don't get the printout of the fonts.  The 
program assigns ID numbers and loads from either a file containing 
a list of the fonts to be downloaded or a list of the fonts on the 
command line.  It will provide a hard copy of the font list downloaded 
along with the assigned ID numbers.

DELFONT is a simple program provided to delete all soft fonts from   the 
printer's memory and knowledge.

VS also provides printer driver makers to assist you in creating drivers 
for MicroSoft Word and Word Perfect.

MSHP creates a PRD file for Word that you can then use Word's MAKEPRD 
(Ver 3) to create the actual driver. 

WPHP is the utility to modify   the Word Perfect printer interface 
to use your soft fonts.  

The last major utility is HPLAND.  It turns a portrait font into a 
landscape font.

Overall, the VS Font Management Manual was clearly written and easy 
enough to understand.  They used screen dumps and examples to make 
the commands easily understood.