Abstract:
@ A word processing program is configured to produce a series of examples, for operator examination, of alternative implementations of certain printer functions. By observing the printer performance and physical appearance during the printing of these examples, the operator interactively chooses one of a plurality of implementations for each of these functions. The operator choices of implementation are saved by the word processing program and subsequent printing is effected in accordance with the implementation chosen by the operator.
Abstract:
@ A word processing program is configured to produce a series of examples, for operator examination, of alternative implementations of certain printer functions. By observing the printer performance and physical appearance during the printing of these examples, the operator interactively chooses one of a plurality of implementations for each of these functions. The operator choices of implementation are saved by the word processing program and subsequent printing is effected in accordance with the implementation chosen by the operator.
Abstract:
A table driven print formatting system that accepts a text data stream (28) including individual teat commands and produces a printable data stream including (29) individual print commands. The formatting system uses the text data in combination with printer status data to select subsection entries from a printer description table (31). The subsection entries include specific print command subsections each having print commands that can be placed immediately into the printable data stream upon selection. The table also includes general print command subsections which each have printer description data and a general print command shell. When a general print command subsection entry is selected, the printer description data is used in combination with the text data to calculate a parameter for inserting into the general shell thereby producing a print command for placing in the printable data stream. The printer description table also uses a unique entry indexing scheme that minimizes storage requirements for the table.