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Printing Your
Document
If
you extend
the
highlight
and use [PRINT], the
highlighted
text
is sent to the
print buffer,
and
from
there
to the
printer.
Tlrc
print
buffer
is
a
memory
area
inside
the
Cat
that
holds
a
copy of
the
highlighted text
and feeds
it
to
the
printer
at
whatever rate the
printer
can accept
it.
Transfer
to
the
buffer
takes
place very
quickly, freeing your
keyboard
for
normal
typing,
leaping,
and
commands
while
the
printer is
busy
printing.
While
the transfer
to
the
buffer
is
taking place,
a
PRINT
sign appears on the
ruler. The
highlight
collapses page-by-
page
as
soon
as
the Cat
transfers
the
text to
the
buffer. The
blinking
cursor disappears
while
the
transfer
takes
place.
Ifthe
buffer
is
not large enough to
hold all
the
highlighted
text,
the Cat
pauses
and
waits
for
the
printer
to
accept
more
text.
This
frees more
space
in
the
buffer, permitting more
text
to be
transferred. The
Cat's print buffer
can
hold close
to four
pages
of text
(16,384 characters).
To
send the
highlighted text
to
the
altemate printer
hold
IUSE FRONTI
and [SHIFT], then press
[PRINT].
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Stopping and Restarting
PRINT
If
the
highlight
is
extended
and the
PRINT
sign
is
on
in the
ruler,
press
[SHIFT]
to collapse
the
highlight
and
stop any
more text
from
being
sent
to
the
printer (the printer may
continue to run
until
its
own buffer
empties).
If
you
use
[UNDO]
after
stopping
in
this
manner,
printing
will
be
restarted
from
where
you
left off.
If
you
use a
typing key
to stop
printing,
a
character
will
be
inserted in your text and
you
will
not be able
to
restart
with
[UNDO].
If
all
the
text
you
highlighted
has
gone
to
the
buffer,
and
the
PRINT
sign
is
off,
but
the
printer
is
still
running,
you can
stop
printing
by using
[PRINT]
without
extending
the
high-
light.
You
can
restart
printing
from
where you
left
off
by
pressing
[UNDO].
You
cannot
restart
printing
after
pres-
sing any
key other
than
[UNDO].
The
text you
send
to
the
print buffer includes information
that helps coordinate
the
Cat
and the
printer.
Thus you can
send several selections
to
the
print buffer,
some
destined
for
the main printer,
others
for the
altemate
printer.
However, only
one
of
the
printers
can
print
at
a
time.
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