Three Hi-Res Printouts:
LOAD"scn?emiame",8,l. You proba
bly won't be able to see it, but it has been loaded into memory. Then type NEW. Next, load Expandable
Graphics Dump, and type RUN. The screen prompts make it very easy to use. In the 64 version, you're first asked if the hi-res screen was created by Print Shop. After you press the ap propriate key, you're asked to choose a normal size or enlarged, double-
size printout. After making this selec tion, you're asked for a "space-over" value, 0-40. A computer screen is 40 columns wide, but the printer has 80
A mountain scene from "The Coordinator" (March 1986 GAZETTE).
columns. The space-over number controls the number of spaces be tween the left margin and the printed
picture. For example, if you wish your hi-res screen to be printed at the left margin, choose 0. To center it on the page, enter a value of 20. On the
128 and Plus/4, you
may load Expandable Graphics Dump first. Then use the built-in graphics commands to create a pic
ture in GRAPHIC 1 mode. When you're satisfied with the result, load
Expandable Graphics Dump (if you haven't already done so) and run it.
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In this version, you're asked to
choose a "1:1" (normal size) or blow
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up printout, and then a space-over value, as described above. (The com
i
t /I double-sized printout of a screen created with The Print Shop.
mercial software mentioned above— Print Shop, for example—is written for the 64. Commodore 128 and Plus/4 versions of these products are not available at this writing.) On these two machines, you can draw a picture using the built-in graphics commands, exit to the text screen
(with GRAPHIC 0), and run the pro gram. It's not necessary to save the
picture to disk and load it back into memory.
Note that the 64 version of Ex pandable Graphics Dump is written for hi-res screens which can be saved as disk files. This restriction means it
can't be used to print the greeting cards from Print Shop, although it
works well with the "Screen Magic" portion of the program. Also, Ex pandable Graphics Dump handles monochrome hi-res screens some what better than multicolor screens.
If you look closely at the Koala Pad illustration, you'll see that some col ors have been translated to stripes.
Double-sized printout of barnyard animals created with the Koala Pad (the striped lines in this picture arc a side effect of multicolor mode). 60
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This is a result of the way the addi tional colors are stored in the hi-res bitmap.
See program listings on page 106. •