PrintGL
Version 1.60f · Ravitz Software
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.
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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
- 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
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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.
Package contents
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.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.