Print Star History›››     The original Print Star was›written for a 1025 printer to print›DOC files from PD disks.  It printed›40-column text files in two or three›page columns at 6 or 8 lines to the›inch.  There was a header at the top›of each page and a page number at the›bottom.››     Version 1.1 was the same as the›original, with Epson-compatible›printer codes.  This was written for›Ken Wickert of ACE of Syracuse, who›was so impressed with it that he›posted it on both GEnie and›CompuServe.  It was he who first saw›the potential for using it for›captured text.  It was about this›time that I wrote REFORMAT, which›converts text into 40-column format. ›With this, Ken was able to print›online magazines and other long text›files using a minimum of paper.››     Print Star 1.2 changed the›two-column printout to use elite(12›cpi) print.  By this time I had›purchased a used Gemini 10X printer,›and added a special driver for it. ›Version 1.2 also added the footer›option.››     Version 1.25 added 7 and 12›lines/inch printing in three columns,›a byline, odd/even page printing,›page block printing, and a custom›printer driver option.  By this time,›I was a GEnie subscriber myself, and›posted this version in the GEnie›Library.  It was posted in the›CompuServe Library by Rick Reaser›Jr.››     Version 1.3 adds an option where›a second file may be printed using›many of the parameters of the›previous one.  A minor bug in the›2-column printout with a footer on an›Epson was corrected, and the Gemini›driver was extended to encompass the›Gemini 10 as well as the 10X.  The›odd/even page printing menu was given›another option that would automate›the process of printing on both sides›of the paper.  A minor addition had›Print Star skip over any blank lines›that would come at the top of a›printed column.›