PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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PRINT MANUALLY Option
The MANUALLY option, which works only with the 5530 letter-quality
printer, lets you feed the first page by hand. Alternately, if you direct
your document to your terminal first instead of to an output device, this
option allows you to tell TFORM to process your document page by
page so you can check it at your own speed.
PRINT MANUALLY ON
PRINT MANUALLY ON (or just PRINT MANUALLY) causes the
printer not to eject a page before starting printing. You load a sheet
of paper, align it to the top-of-form position, then tell TFORM to
start sending output to the printer.
If you display TFORM output at your terminal screen, you can use
this option to tell TFORM to display your document one page at a
time. Omit the OUT statement from the RUN command to direct
your document to your terminal screen, then add the PRINT
MANUALLY ON command. For example
TFORM / IN filename /\PRINT MANUALLY ON
When TFORM finishes displaying a page at your terminal, it sends
this message to the terminal
Press RETURN to resume processing
PRINT MANUALLY OFF
PRINT MANUALLY OFF causes the cut-sheet feeder to feed paper
automatically. Alternately, if you are directing your document to
your terminal rather than to an output device, this command tells
TFORM to display the document in its usual way.
The default condition is PRINT MANUALLY OFF.