About Printer's Daemon ------------------- Welcome to Printer's Daemon, Shareware Version 1.10S! 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 Desktop. Select one or more text file names in the Windows File Manager. Drag the names to the Printer's Daemon icon, and the files will be printed on the default Windows printer. Options for Printer's Daemon are accessed by clicking on the icon and selecting an item from the System Menu. Installation ------------ The archive file you extracted, PDEMON.ZIP, contains this file and the file PDV110S.ZIP. Copy PDV110S.ZIP to a temporary directory, and "unzip" it. It will create the following files: Name Size Date Time ------------ -------- -------- -------- PDAEMON.EXE 18259 01-26-94 12:31a SUBEZ.VBX 17408 03-11-93 4:09a CMDIALOG.VBX 18688 04-28-93 12:00a Copy PDAEMON.EXE to your Microsoft Windows default directory, normally named \WINDOWS. SUBEZ.VBX and CMDIALOG.VBX are support files for Printer's Daemon; copy them to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. We recommend the use of the Windows File Manager for these tasks, and would NOT overwrite files of the same name but with later dates. One additional support file is required to use Printer's Daemon Version 1.10S: VBRUN300.DLL, the runtime module for Visual Basic 3.0. If you run any other Visual Basic 3.0 programs, you have this file, probably in your \WINDOWS or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Otherwise, VBRUN300.DLL is available from the same BBS, on-line system or software distributor where you obtained PDEMON.EXE. To execute Printer's Daemon, add its icon to a Program Manager Program Group, or click on PDAEMON.EXE in File Manager. NOTES ABOUT THIS VERSION ------------------------ 1. ABOUT THE ICON - We are not promoting Satanism with this design, and we're sorry if it offends anyone. We believe that icons should be distinctive, and the VB Expressions Desktop Assistants all look back at their "bosses". (Look for Draggin' Viewer and Trash Free-K!) For the record, in Unix-land, a "daemon" is a disconnected process that offers utility services, such as printing and mail. And, in the printing industry, a "printer's devil" is an errand boy, especially one who takes the printed sheets off the press. Pretty natural, huh? 2. Printer's Daemon is a drag & drop client. The Windows File Manager is the most available drag & drop server. Printer's Daemon gives you the option to start File Manager with the Printer's Daemon application. Printer's Daemon defaults to start up the File Manager; to change this option, uncheck the "Start File Manager" option in the Printer's Daemon System Menu. Printer's Daemon will store the last setting of "Start File Manager" when closed normally in the file PDAEMON.INI and restore the setting when restarted. Turning off your computer before exiting Windows is bad computer hygiene! 3. Printer's Daemon initially defaults to "Always On Top" mode. This keeps it visible when another window covers it. If you are annoyed by holes in your maximized documents, toggle "Always On Top" off by clicking the system menu option. Printer's Daemon will also store the last setting of "Always On Top" in the file PDAEMON.INI, and restore it on start-up. 4. Printer's Daemon initially defaults to the "Courier New" TrueType font. You can select a different font by clicking on "Select Font..." in the System Menu. Printer's Daemon will store the selection in the PDAEMON.INI file, and restore the choice when you restart Printer's Daemon. Hint: most text files (like this one) look more "natural" printed in a fixed character font like "Courier New" rather than proportional fonts like "Arial". 5. You can choose a different printer, orientation or paper size by clicking "Printer Setup..." in the System Menu. This choice becomes the new Windows Default Printer. 6. Printer's Daemon checks the first 128 characters of your files for non-printable characters. If it detects any, Printer's Daemon will warn you, and ask if you want to continue. VB Expressions takes no responsibility for the results of ANY file being dropped into your printer queue. Better to be sure it's text before you try to print! (There's where Draggin' Viewer can help!) 7. Close Printer's Daemon by clicking on "Close" from the system menu. 8. Help can be obtained by selecting "Help..." from the system menu. 9. The Postscript printer driver that shipped with Windows 3.1 is buggy! If you have problems with the first letters in each sentence being cut off when printing with Printer's Daemon on a Postscript printer, check the "About..." button for the Postscript printer driver in the Control Panel (after clicking on "Setup..."). The defective driver is Version 3.50. The PSCRIPT.DRV file in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory is dated 3/10/92. It will not work properly with Printer's Daemon! To obtain an updated driver, call Microsoft or your printer manufacturer. You can also download new drivers from the MSL Forum on CompuServe. Version 3.51 and Version 3.55 have been shown to work with Printer's Daemon. NOTICE ------ Printer's Daemon is SHAREWARE! A fifteen day evaluation period is recommended. After that, if you like and use Printer's Daemon, REGISTER! Send $5 to: VB Expressions 64 Burning Brush Drive Rochester, NY 14650-4642. Kindly include the Version number and the source where you got Printer's Daemon. You can also look for other VB Expressions utilities: additional Desktop Assistants (like Printer's Daemon) include Draggin' Viewer, a drag-and-drop file viewing and editing utility, and Trash Free-K!, a drag-and-drop file deletion utility. Smartclp is a Windows Clipboard enhancer, 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. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer's Daemon - Copyright 1993,1994 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.