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PrintGL

Version 1.60f · Ravitz Software

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Description

PrintGL is a pen plotter emulator for DOS and Windows. It also includes a resident program called PrintCAD that intercepts plotter data as it is being written to a file. Will output a PCX or DCX file from a plot file. Shareware.

Technical details

File
prtgl160.zip
Size
290.3 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1996
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1997-03-06
Files inside
10
Author
Ravitz Software
Path
anonftp/pub/prtgl160.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 179.5 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • README.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 23 B
  • PRINTGLD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 167.8 KB
  • PRINTGLW.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 188.0 KB
  • PRINTCAD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 114.9 KB

No need to put FILE_ID.DIZ, PRINTGL.TXT, PRINTGL.DOC, PRINTGL2.DOC, PRINTGL2.CHR, PRINTGL.PLT: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 179.5 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy README.BAT, PRINTGLD.EXE, PRINTGLW.EXE, PRINTCAD.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
License and Registration                                             8
       Catalog of Software from Ravitz Software Inc. ..................... 11

                                                                          p-3

         PrintGL  is a  pen plotter emulator  package for  DOS, Windows,  and
         Windows NT/95. It includes: PrintGL/D, a DOS program that can be run
         from  the  command line  and  BAT files  or  via menu; PrintGL/W, an
         analogous  Windows  program; PrintCAD, a  resident DOS program  that
         intercepts  plotter  data  as it  is  being  written  to  file;  and
         optionally,   PrintGL/N,   a   Windows  NT/95  program,  similar  to
         PrintGL/W.

         PrintGL prints or displays HP-GL  (HP Graphics Language) and HP-GL/2
         subsets and ADI (Autodesk Device  Interface 4.0)  plotfiles from CAD
         and   graphing  packages  such  as  AutoCAD,  Microstation,  Cadkey,
         FastCAD,  Schema,  etc.  It  supports Epson and IBM 9 pin  printers,
         Epson,  Fujitsu, IBM, NEC, and Toshiba 24  pin printers,  Canon  BJ,
         BJC,  and  LBP  printers,  Epson  Stylus,  HI  JetPro,  HP Laserjet,
         Deskjet,  PaintJet,  and  HP-GL,  HP-GL/2,  and HP-RTL  devices, IBM
         ExecJet and LaserPrinter,  PDP  ProTracer,  Star  SJ-144, PostScript
         printers,  and others,  and  CGA, EGA,  HGC,  VGA,  and  VESA  SVGA,
         displays.  And it generates DCX and PCX bit  maps and EPS files with
         preview bit map.

         Even  if  your graphics  program  supports  your  printer, you  will
         probably find that  PrintGL is  faster,  gives better print quality,
         and/or gives  more  formatting flexibility.  PrintGL  uses the  best
…

Literal excerpt from PRINTGL.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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