-------------- FOR A FAST DEMO OF THE BRADFORD PRINTING PROGRAM: A> BRADFORD MX BRADDEMO (for Epson MX-compatible printers) A> BRADFORD FX BRADDEMO (for Epson FX-compatible printers) A> BRADFORD ST BRADDEMO (for Star Gemini-10x and 15x) -------------- INTRODUCTION Greetings! These are the instructions for version 2.0 of Bradford, the printing program. Bradford prints WordStar and ASCII files in very high quality, in a large variety of fonts (typestyles). It also allows you to give commands, either on the system command line or within your document, to control how your document will be printed. This version of Bradford is far more versatile, and often much faster, than previous versions, so you might want to give it a look even if you've tried an earlier version of Bradford. SETTING UP Bradford works with three types of printers: Type MX -- compatible with the Epson MX-80 or IBM Graphics Printer. Type FX -- compatible with the Epson FX-80 or IBM Proprinter. Type ST -- Star Gemini-10x and compatibles There are three "configuration files" on your disk, one for each printer. These files are called MX, FX, and ST. There is also a file called CONFIG.BF. You must take these two steps before using Bradford: 1) Rename the old CONFIG.BF to CONFIG.OLD 2) Rename your printer's configuration file to CONFIG.BF. Now you are ready to use Bradford. Use the command A> bradford braddemo to print the demonstration file. (Don't type the "A>".) THE FONTS There are many files on your disk that end in ".BF2". These are the font files. The part of the name before the ".BF2" is the name of the font. Bradford reads one of these files in order to print in the corresponding font. Notice that there's a font called "select". Let's print the file called ASCII in the "select" font. A> bradford ascii .fnselect Notice that we included a special Bradford command on the command line. This told Bradford to read the new font before printing our document. Bradford has a very large number of commands that can be used in this way. PRINTING THIS FILE If you want to use Bradford to print this instruction file, use this command at the system prompt: A> bradford brad2.doc .mo1 .dcc PRINTING WORDSTAR FILES Bradford has a special facility to print WordStar files. Use this command to print a WordStar file: A> bradford ws.bf myfile Substitute the name of your file for the word "myfile". USING BRADFORD COMMANDS A command can be used in any of three ways: (1) Put it on the command line after the name of your document, preceded by a period, as demonstrated above. (2) Include it in your document, on a line by itself, preceded by a period. (3) Include it in your document, within a line of text, preceded by a backslash (\) and followed by a space. The file BRADDEMO demonstrates methods (2) and (3) of using commands. PARTIAL LIST OF COMMANDS Here's a list of some of the commands available with Bradford. If part of a command must be typed exactly as shown, we'll show it in capital letters. If you should substitute your own information for part of a command, we'll show that part in lower- case letters. Remember that comands must be put on the command line preceded by a period, or in your document as described above. See the file BRADDEMO for some examples of how to use commands. FNfontname Selects the specified font. POvalue Sets the left margin to the specified value (0-79) Normally 8 MRvalue Sets the right margin to the specified value (1-80) Normally 73 MTvalue Sets top margin to specified value (0-65) Normally 3 MBvalue Sets bottom margin to specified value (0-65) Normally 8 HMvalue Sets horizontal magnification (width) (1-9) Normally 2 STL Print the document flush-left (This is the normal setting) STJA Print the document justified. (Must double space between paragraphs before using this.) STC Print the document centered STR Print the document flush-right PLvalue Set page length in lines for odd-sized paper (1-254) Normally 66 MO1 Print in monospace instead of proportional space MO0 Resume proportional space printing UL1 Begin underlining UL2 Begin double underlining UL0 Stop underlining DK3 Begin boldface printing DK0 Resume non-boldface printing SUB Begin subscript printing SUP Begin superscript printing SU0 Resume mid-line (standard) printing MORE ABILITIES If you decide that you wish to continue using Bradford after a reasonable trial period, you are expected to "register" your copy by purchasing a manual. Additional features and abilities explained in the manual include: print multiple copies, print selected range of pages, pause before each new page, high-speed draft mode, change spacing between characters, headers and footers, conditional and unconditional page breaks, a very thorough system of macros, changing the command characters, overstriking, custom configuration files, and page and chapter numbering. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER A MANUAL You can get the printed Bradford 2.0 manual (well over 50 pages of text) for $25, which includes postage. It's a very well written manual, not full of hard-to-understand terminology. Or get both the latest manual and the latest version of the disk(s) for a total of $39.95. Please send your check or money order (in U.S. dollars) to: Concom Enterprises Post Office Box 5056 Champaign, IL 61820, USA Add $3 for air mail outside North America. You may print the enclosed file "orderfrm.doc" for a convenient order form. ANY QUESTIONS If Bradford seems to be severely malfunctioning, it's more likely a problem with my explanation than with the program. Please let me know if you can't get the program to work, and I will try to solve your problem. You may ask me questions by mail or on the GEnie or CompuServe information services. (My name is Aaron Contorer, and you can look up my electronic mail address on- line.) Technical support -- advice on how to get Bradford to do something in particular -- will be given only to registered Bradford 2.0 users (those who have purchased at least a manual). BRADFORD 1 OWNERS If you have purchased the manual for Bradford 1.20 or earlier, you are entitled to a $10 discount on one copy of Bradford 2 with manual. Just enclose the original title page of your old manual with your order. (Your order will also be checked against a database of registered Bradford 1 users.) Thank you for your patronage; it is because of your support and kind correspondence that I decided to do this whole thing again. BRADFONT AND UNFONT These are programs for use in making your own font. Use the command A> unfont fontname to read the font file "fontname.bf2" and create the editable text file "fontname.bff". You can then edit this file with a text editor, and turn it back into a font file with the command A> bradfont fontname This process is explained in more detail in the manual.