These days, attorneys and judges are all clamoring for a way to carry less paper; to make the transcripts smaller. Compressed printing programs have been around for some time, allowing you to print an ASCII file produced from your CAT software with more than one page on each sheet of paper. TurboSquish has expanded and improved on the concept.

TurboSquish is without a doubt the easiest way to produce compressed transcripts. Unlike all of the third-party products that operate on an ASCII file, TurboSquish was designed to work with TurboCAT. When TurboSquish installs, it doesn't load as a separate program for you to learn, it appears as a new set of options in your "print" dialog in TurboCAT. You will then see options like:

• Standard print (1 page/sheet)
• 2 pages/sheet (sideways)
• 4 pages/sheet
• 6 pages/sheet
• 6 pages/sheet (sideways)
• double sided printing
• font selection

If you're not using the features, then you just turn off the TurboSquish options and print as usual. One keystroke from within the "print" dialog, and you have the options at your fingertips again.

Preserving the format

TurboSquish produces miniaturized copies of the page itself, including elements like transcript boxes, timecodes, bold print and underlining. If you've formatted your page the way you like it, you don't have to repeat the process to design a new page format with your compressed printing software.

Also, because it is working within TurboCAT, reprinting just a few pages is easy. Just tell TurboCAT you want to print, and it automatically remembers the last settings you used for TurboSquish. Your reprinted page(s) will automatically match the originals.

Compatibility

TurboSquish works with any HP LaserJet compatible printer, which includes most of the laser and inkjet printers on the market today. If you have a duplexing printer, like the HP LaserJet 4D, TurboSquish will automatically display a "print on both sides of the paper" option as well. If your printer doesn't handle printing on both sides of the page, there's a duplex option that will print all the front sides and then prompt you to put the pages back in upside down so it can print the back sides.

The obvious choice

If you're using TurboCAT, then TurboSquish is the product of choice for you, not only because of its seamless integration into TurboCAT and its compression features, but because the price just can't be beat!