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1. Configuring Imagecopy

1.1 Upgrading from earlier versions

If you have upgraded from Imagecopy 3.5 or 4.0 you can preserve your existing preferences by saving them into an INF file (select Global-Save INF File) and loading this into the new version (with Load INF File). Select Global-Save Defaults to make these the default preferences.

1.2 Creating a new configuration

If you have not upgraded from a previous version you can take the following steps to configure Imagecopy for your system:

  1. Use Global-Load INF File to choose a printer INF file from the PRINTERS folder. Imagecopy uses generic drivers, so you should choose the one which most closely matches your printer (e.g. DESKJET.INF for any Deskjet printer). Once you have done this you may also want to change specific settings in the Printer dialogs (e.g. to select colour output instead of monochrome).
  2. You can skip this step if you have a normal Atari system. Otherwise use Global-Load INF File to choose a system INF file from the SYSTEMS folder: (1) ATARI.INF for normal Atari systems, (2) MAGIC.INF if you are running MagiC without NVDI, or (3) NONATARI.INF if you are using a non-Atari system such as MagiCMac or MagiCPC (or a third-party video board). You may also want to change specific settings in the Screen dialogs (e.g. select Crazy Dots or Matrix video if you have one of these video boards).
  3. Follow the instructions in section 3.3.2 of the manual to ensure that images print at the correct horizontal and vertical position (this can also prevent images from printing beyond the bottom of the page).
  4. Select Global-Save Defaults to make these the default preferences.
  5. See the manual for information on other option settings. E.g. select Screen or Adaptive Palette in the Screen Display dialog for better-quality (but slower) image display in colour video modes; and select Random Dither in this dialog for better-quality (but slower) display in monochrome resolutions.

[NB IMPORTANT Do not save preferences onto your master disk, since this will prevent future upgrade patches from working correctly.]

2. User interface

Imagecopy 4.1 takes advantage of system enhancements provided by third-party desktops and multitasking OSes.

2.1 VA_START

Imagecopy supports the VA_START protocol, so that if you are running it from a desktop which supports this protocol (Ease, Gemini, MagXDesk, Neodesk 4, Thing etc.) you can load files into an active version of Imagecopy by double-clicking on them or dragging them onto an Imagecopy icon. If you have a single-tasking version of TOS this will only work if you are running Imagecopy as an accessory (otherwise you don't have access to the desktop when Imagecopy is running).

[NB Under Neodesk 4.003 and greater there is an option in Miscellaneous Settings which prevents multiple instances of a program being loaded when you double-click on a file or drag it onto a program icon. Neodesk should also be selected as the AV server (using the same option)]

2.2 Drag and Drop

Imagecopy supports the 'Drag and Drop' protocol in MultiTOS-compatible systems (MultiTOS, MagiC 4 and greater). This allows images to be loaded by dragging them onto an Imagecopy window. Dragging images onto a catalogue or page window causes them to be added to the catalogue or page. Dragging them onto another window causes the images to be viewed, unless the [Shift] key is held down, in which case you have a choice of viewing, printing, or converting the images. Dragging a folder onto an Imagecopy window (or program icon) causes all the images in that folder to be processed.

[NB Some systems that do not support drag and drop (e.g. Neodesk/Geneva) use the VA_START protocol to allow files to be dragged onto program windows. On these systems, dragging image files onto a catalogue or page window causes the images to be opened in a separate window instead of being added to the catalogue or page (the VA_START protocol does not indicate which window the file was dragged onto).]