LASERCON.EXE

A quick and dirty utility that changes the emulation
mode of a TI MicroLaser from PostScript to LaserJet
at the click of the proverbial LaserJet button. At the
click of the proverbial PostScript button, you can
change from LaserJet to PostScript. 

If the printer is already in LaserJet mode, you can
click on either the Landscape button or the Portrait
button to set that mode. Clicking on the L or P button
while the printer is in PostScript emulation does nothing
as the print orientation in not an escape sequence when
the printer is in PostScript mode. It is a PostScript
program command (see the infamous red book from Adobe for
more than you ever wanted to know about about orientation
and PostScript, in general).

This program works on printers attached directly to the PC or to print queues that capture PC output. Yes, it is network aware but only for Lantastic networks. Like I said - it's quick and dirty. The only trick that I had to ferret out was how to get WIN3 to let the escape codes through to the printer. There are two ways. One is tricky. The other is
standard but you have to be a MicroSoft priest to know what
it is. I'm not. (I was told what the function is by a priest. I used the tricky method but only because I found it first.)

LASERCON.EXE was written using Visual Basic from MicroSoft
so you will need the VBRUN100.DLL file in your windows path
for it to run. If you don't have the DLL file, you can down-
load it from the MSBASIC forum Visual Basic library. If you
don't have Visual Basic and you want to program in Windows
and you want to tell all your friends who suffer, oops,
program in C to stuff it, buy it. In spite of its shortcomings
it really is worth the money if the answer to any of the above
questions "YES". I'd better stop before I start sounding even
more like Steve Gibson.

It's freeware, so enjoy.

Paul Dubinsky
3/9/92

p.s. Remember, if you have any problems, it's still freeware.