On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:29:58 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 18:30:09 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 19:21:30 +0100, Mike Millen wrote: >>> RC>This is how I just printed a web page from A171dev on my >>> RC>HP600 Deskjet. >>> RC>Pressed " * " to make the page full screen. >>> RC>Pressed Ctrl+P to make a bitmap (BMP) full page shot. >>> RC>Saved PAGE.BMP. >>> RC>I used PictureView to convert to a .JPG. >>> RC>I used Graphic Workshop for DOS to print the PAGE.JPG (it >>> RC>couldn't display the .BMP, hence my conversion to .JPG). >>> I use PRINTGF which prints bmp, jpg, dcx, etc. > <snip> > <snip> >> An excellent choice, Mike. >> And if you'll notice these 2 lines in the copy of mime.cfg included >> with the v1.71 package..... >> file/printbmp.dgi |[100]g:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.bmp /x >> file/printjpg.dgi |[100]g:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.jpg /x >> Just change it to match your directory structure. :)) > Hi, I did it about the same... but use PictureView for printing as well. > However I did not know the trick with the * asterix > After _4prt.bmp is written... > press Alt E to leave Arachne > press PV to start PV.BAT to go to PictureView > do converting, printimg etc with PV > Esc to leave PV .... in the PV.BAT there is "exit" to return to ARACHNE > I had to activate "virtual screen = 2000" in arachne.cfg > ^P will not run without virtual screen > **************************** I did see the two new lines and changed the > first to: > file/printbmp.dgi |[100]C:\\pictview\\pv.exe -4prt.bmp /x > this brings me also to pictureview... BUT after leaving PV the screen > turns to black and stays that way... only Alt X does bring me back to > C:\ > How to get back to Arachne? Don't use the /x option in your mime.cfg line /x is an option for printgfd.exe (tells it not to pause for paper loading) > ZBM packing and unpacking is OK... but I first had to place PKZIP and > PKUNZIP in Arachne directory. You won't need them in your arachne dir if you simply have them in your path. ex: 1) If c:\ is in your path..... place them in c:\ 2) If they are in c:\zip\ .... place c:\zip\ in your path. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
