| ★ APPLICATIONS ★ PAO/PRESSE ★ PRINT MASTER ★ |
| PRINT MASTER (CPC Revue) | PRINT MASTER (Amstrad Action) |
Print Master will let you print shaded dumps from your screen in a multitude of sizes, print text in a variety of shapes and sizes, even design fonts to send to the printer. As its name implies it is a complete printing enhancment package - for Epson-compatible printers only (such as the DMP 2000). There are four separate programs on the disk: Ascprint, Printer, Util and Designer. Included too are several predefined character fonts. Siren seems to think that everyone owns a disk system, which is a shame; if you use cassette I'm afraid you'll miss out on some marvelous utilities. Ascprint prints a document or file in "quality print" plain English for the more familiar term, NLQ. Near letter quality is the closest thing a dot-matrix printer can get to the quality expected for a business letter from a good typewriter. There are a few disappointing aspects to Ascprint though: the file must be under 300 lines and it must be present on the Print Master disk. These quirks are more than made up for by the rest of the program which gives exceptional control over what can be printed.
If, during printing, Ascprint encounters a bar symbol (|) it will expect a command from this list:
The last of the four programs on the Print Master disk is Designer. As the name suggests, it allows you to design character fonts which can be sent to the printer. You car. alter any of the fonts supplied - which have some rather interesting names like Chicago, City and Flash. Or you can design, from scratch, an original font. Overall Print Master is a very nicely presented package with exceptional printing functions. In both ease of use and time-saving, this package scores. If you own a printer, this utility will show what it is really capable of. AA |
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