rotpages.about
Rotate Pages Info

Here are the directions for rotpages,
which rotates sideways and prints two
Paint PAGES PAGEs per page!  Not
necessary if you know how, but I
recommend reading.  Uses BSW 9,
University and Durant.

If you have a RAM disk, a printer
capable of printing 80 cards and use
Paint PAGES, this program clips and
rotates and prints two to a page all
the "PAGE xy" files it finds on your
RAM disk.  You may then fold the pages
into a little book.  Directions are in
rotpages.about, source code (not for
the squeemish) is in rotpages.src.
Enjoy!
Hank
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This file did not work for me.  It
 printed out half of the picture,
 preceeded forward a quarter of a page
 & then started printing another half a
 picture which even printed over the
 page cutoff.  What gives?!

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That is what it is supposed to do!!!
rotpages clips the "PAGE" file generated
 by "Paint PAGES" so that two
 "PAGE"s will fit on an 8-1/2x11 page.
  You have to set GEOWRITE to give you
 the size needed.  rotpages finds all
 of your "PAGE"s on the RAM, twists them
 sideways and sends them to your 
 printer.
Hank
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I am delighted with the idea behind this
program.  I understand what the previous
 person did not that the program will
 clip part of the page.  My question is
 why does it advance -- I don't know how
 many lines between the pages with the
 result that the 2 pages don't fit on
 11 " but more like about 12 1/2"?
 What am I doing wrong?  Why do you say
 "xy" pages?  How do I repress the extra
 lines so that it fits on 11"?  It might
 be very useful to me if it actually did
 that.  Thanks.

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It would've been nice if there was
 clarificaton that this program does not
 reduce the page to half page size as it
 prints, but only clips that much off
 and prints it sideways. I also have
 excessive line feed problems. In my
 case, it feeds the other half of the
 page and starts printing again.

While it is a program that alot of
 people would like to see, I hope it
 can be improved to fit everyone's
 expectations. It might even make the
 author some money?
                      John C.
                  aka NightHwk

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Thanks for helping me figure out how
 this actually works on your system!
  Also, thanks for helping see how not
 to explain what it does.  Basically, I
 am being told there is a problem in
 counting the number of lines on your
 page, and that there is an expectation
 for this program to compress.  Thanks
 again for the comments!!=
Hank