Fax Modem  (250-3581)    Print and Video Capture       Faxback Doc. # 5898

Print Capture allows you to capture printer output from popular
applications, such as Microsoft Works and Harvard Graphics, into a file
that BitFax can send as a fax.

The main advantage of Print Capture is that it captures most of a
document's formatting, such as underlined and bold text, graphics, charts,
etc.  With applications that can combine text and graphics, this utility
is especially useful.  For example, when BitFax sends a WordPerfect
document, it first converts into a ASCII file, stripping the document of
any graphics and formatting.  If, however, you use Print Capture, BitFax
will retain the documents formatting and include any imported graphics.

NOTE:  Print Capture and Video Capture do not work with Windows 3.0 or
       later.  (In the Windows environment, use BitFax for Windows).

TO USE PRINT CAPTURE:

1.  Load Print Capture.

    You can load Print Capture from the communication Functions Menu by
    selecting the Print Capture option, or you can type the following
    command on the DOS prompt:

    PRINTCAP

The Print Capture dialog box will appear, showing Print Capture's default
"hot keys".  These hot keys let you start, end or remove Print Capture,
If you like, you can change the last letter of a hot-key combination.  To
change a combination, press [ENTER] to move the new hot key field you want
to change and enter the new key combination.

For example, to change the hot-key combination to remove Print Capture
from [Lshift-Alt-R] to [Lshift-Alt-X], you would hold down the [Left
Shift] and [Alt] keys and press [X].

2.  Press the [Esc] key.

    If you loaded Print Capture from the Communication Functions Menu,
    press [F10] to return to the DOS prompt.

3.  Start the application from which you want to capture a document.

4.  In the application, select the Epson FX-80 or IBM Graphic Printer
    as your printer.

    You do not actually need to have one of these printers connected
    to your computer.  Print Capture will act as your printer.  For
    example, if you are using WordPerfect, you would choose the Printer
    Setup command from the File menu and then select either the Epson
    FX-80 or IBM Graphic Printer.

NOTE:  You do not need to choose one of the above printers in BitFax.

5.  Open the document you want to capture.

6.  Hold down [Left Shift] and [Alt] the keys and press [P].

    You will hear a beep indicating that you have invoked Print Capture.

7.  Use the applications Print command.

    For example, in WordPerfect, you would press [Shift F7].  As your
    application begins printing, Print Capture will "pop up" and act as
    your printer, intercepting and converting the printer data into a
    file.

The file's name indicates the time and date it was captured.  For example,
if you captured a document at 1:30 p.m. October 26, it's file name will be
OT261330.PRN.  The first two characters indicate the month; the second
pair indicates the day; and the last four indicate the time in the 24-hour
format.

8.  Exit the application or repeat steps five through seven to Capture
    more documents.

    If you are finished using Print Capture, press [Lshift-Alt-R] to
    remove it from your computer's memory.

9.  Start BitFax.

    To start BitFax from the DOS prompt, type BITFAX.  From the
    Communication Functions Menu, choose option one, Send Fax Message.

When you start BitFax, a dialog box will appear showing you that the
previously captured documents are being converted.  After BitFax has
finished converting the files, press any key to return to the Main Menu.
Notice that the captured file(s) is selected in the File Name field.  You
can now fax the captured document.

NOTE:  Print Capture is set to "timeout" after 45 seconds if it does not
       receive any printer output.  Thus if you are printing a document
       that takes longer than 45 seconds to print, Print Capture will turn
       off before capturing the document.  To run Print Capture without
       this timer, add the argument /DISABLE to the Print Capture command.
       For example:

    PRINTCAP /DISABLE

You must capitalize the DISABLE argument.

VIDEO CAPTURE

Video Capture takes a snapshot of your screen and saves the image to a
file.  You can then send that file as a fax.  This provides a quick way
of faxing data from virtually any DOS application.

Like Print Capture Video Capture is a memory-resident program.  Once it is
loaded, you can use other applications.  Then when you want to capture a
screen, just press a "hot key" and Video Capture will capture what is on
your screen.

NOTE:  At the time this manual was written, Screen Capture could not
       capture graphics on VGA monitors, It can, however, capture screens
       in the text mode.  Check your README.DOC file for an update.

LOADING VIDEO CAPTURE

To load Screen Capture, you can choose option six, Screen Video Capture
from the Communication functions Menu.  You can also load Video Capture
from your DOS prompt by typing

    VIDEOCAP

and pressing [ENTER].  A dialog box will appear, showing Video Captures
default "hot keys".

CHANGING THE "HOT KEYS"

If you like, you can change the last letter of a hot-key combination.  To
change a combination, press [ENTER] to highlight the combination you want
to change and then enter the new key combination.  For example, to change
the hot-key combination to remove Video Capture from [Lshift-Alt-W] to
[Lshift-Alt-D], you would hold down the [Left Shift] and [Alt] keys and
press [D].

Press [Esc] to finish loading Video Capture.

USING VIDEO CAPTURE

After Video Capture is loaded, you can use other applications.  When you
want to capture a screen, press the start video capture "hot keys".  The
default is [Lshift-Alt-V].

When you hear two quick beeps, Video Capture successfully captured the
screen to a file.  (If you hear four beeps, there was not enough disk
space to save the image).

If you captured a screen from a graphic application, such as PC
Paintbrush, BitFax will create a PCX graphic file.  If you captured the
screen of a non-graphics application, such as a word processor, Video
Capture will create a text file.

Video Capture names the files VIDEO_??.PCX or VIDEO_??.TXT.  The extension
indicates if the files is a PCX or a text file.  The question marks stand
for consecutive numbers, for example, VIDEO_00.TXT, VIDEO_01.TXT, and
VIDEO_00.PCX.

After you have captured a screen, you can then fax the file.

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