Disk No:  718
Program Title:  LQ Printer Utility version 2.34
PC-SIG version:  2.7

LQ is an impressive printer utility that lets you use your inexpensive
dot matrix printer to print a variety of fonts in near-letter quality.
LQ may be loaded as a memory-resident program to filter the data from
your word processor or other programs, or it may be used alone to
process individual files.  The memory-resident mode is the most
convenient way to use LQ, but it uses about 80K of RAM.  The program
includes pre-defined fonts of Courier, Greek, Helvetica, Roman, and many
others (including italics for each font).  A character editor is also
provided to allow you to modify or create your own font sets.  Each font
character is ten by twenty-four dots so there is enough resolution to
make some pretty decent fonts.

Be prepared to do some waiting.  Since LQ uses graphics mode to print
the fonts, printing goes a whole lot slower than regular text printing
(that's the price for high quality).  LQ does provide some aid by
providing a print spooler which is optimized for graphics data.

This disk also provides a program named BIGPRINT, which allows you to
print out large letter banners on your printer (using any of the same
fonts that LQ uses).  If your printer is an Epson (or Epson compatible),
then the banner letters are generated using the block graphics
characters, otherwise they are created with asterisks.  (Just make sure
you don't have LQ loaded when you run BIGPRINT, or your printer will be
running forever.)

A new feature of LQ is a program which lets you create and edit your own
letter heads.  LETHEAD is a graphics editor which works in conjunction
with LQ to produce high-resolution letterheads consisting of 1" x 1"
pictures and up to four lines of accompanying text.

Usage:  Printer Utility.

Special Requirements:  An EPSON or compatible printer.

How to Start: Type GO (press enter).

Suggested Registration:  $35.00

File Descriptions:

???????  PAR  A printer parameter file (5 files).
???????  SET  A font set for LQ (25 files).
ARCE     COM  Unarchiving utility
BIGPRINT COM  A program to print banners.
DEMODATA 1    Text used in the demo.
DEMODATA 2    Text used in the demo.
DOC      ARC  Archived documentation
DOC      BAT  Batch file to unarchive the documentation
DUMPSET  COM  Dumps a font set out to your printer.
EDCHAR   COM  A character editor to modify or create new fonts.
GO       BAT  Batch file to start program
LETHEAD  COM  Letter head editing program.
LQ       COM  Main program.
LQDEMO   BAT  Demonstration of LQ capabilities.
LQINST   COM  An installation program to set up LQ.
LQWORD   COM  Letter Quality for use with Microsoft Word.
PAGE     COM  Utility program used by LQ.
PR       LQ   Data file containing printer codes.
PRINSETS BAT  Prints the available font sets on your printer.
PRINTBIN EXE  Prints binary (picture) files
READ     ME   Assorted information.
WORKDISK BAT  Creates a working disk for you.

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