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Subject: Photo Paper

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Subject: Card-stock > Jill

Hi, Jill. Can you pls enlighten me as to what card-stock means. I´m not famailiar with that term. Is that cards in bulk package? What thickness do you use? Where do you buy it, in a special shop, on the Web or what? In any case, 6$ for 250 pcs. sounds very cheap. Checked out www.edps-nj.com/index.htm. They do have some interesting items for printer junkies, also papers and cards. But cannot have that being shipped over here. Must find a local source. Bye for now, Peter :>)

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Subject: ThumbsPlus

Thought I would share a favorite program that I use extensively called ThumbsPlus. "It is an application that makes it easy to find and maintain graphics, clip art, fonts, and animation files. By displaying a small image-or thumbnail--of each file, ThumbsPlus lets you browse, view, edit, and crop images quickly and easily. The program will also let you launch external editors, copy images to the clipboard, drag and drop graphics files between directories, create a slide show from selected graphics, install bitmap files as Windows wallpaper, use DDE commands to control ThumbsPlus from other programs, and more. ThumbsPlus supports a variety of file formats, including Kodak DCS (DCS) and DC120 (KDC), Microsoft Image Composer (MIC), PNG, Silicon Graphics (RGB), Seattle Filmworks (SFW), and Minolta RD-175 (MDC). New features in this latest version include view window panning, the ability to search for files by filename, instant viewing of color and gamma adjustments, and improved external filter support." This useful program is only 3.3mb, is FREE, and is found at "cnet.com" in the "downloads" section….Larry

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Subject: Fonts, Fonts, Fonts / ThumbsPlus

You never have enough. I was hesitating with my posting for I'm not sure where you can find it but there is a very nice font tool called FontConsultant which does a great job in handling all my fonts. It is in English so I guess it's international. Copyright is by Vardas. I got mine from Fontshop, Berlin (www.fontshop.de). Version 3 is for Windows 95 and it can handle my aprox. 2500 fonts pretty good. Version 2 for Windows 3.1 got confused with more than 1800 fonts. You can install and de-install all your fonts - even Adope Type 1 (you do need the ATM of course). Prints out samples in many different ways. Add special fonts to catalogs to open for a project, whatever. I couldn't live without it anymore. - Okay folks, now I know what card stock means, too. - ThumbsPlus is still running after the 30 days but is no freeware just shareware. Have a nice sunday! Ute.

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Subject: CD recorder > Larry & Debb

Good morning Larry and Debb, the CD-RW drive I bought costs only $299.95. Brand is Memorex, CRW-1622. One with the same characteristics, but made by Ricoh, is $399.95. Go figure! The thing is not a speed demon, though, only 6X in Read and 2X in Write and ReWrite mode. The software requires about 20 MB hard disk space. It requires Windows 95. You also need a minimum of SVGA as video. Comes with a good manual, the CD mastering software and a couple of blank disks. I tried blank disks from Memorex at 69 cents each and from TDK 99 cents each. No discernable difference. I copied only graphics so far, but I am supposed to be able to record also audio and data, but I have not tried it yet, as I had no need for those two forms. The mounting space is the same as with any CD drive, 5.25" half height. The software installs without a hitch and learning it is a cinch. Very intuitive. You are up and running in about an hour. Then the exitement starts to wear off (ha!) and it becomes routine. I got mine from Tiger Direct at 1-(800)888-4437. Their stock number for this item is M200-1032. I should call Tiger Direct and ask them for a kick-back for each costumer I send them, as I am sure there will be a rush on this drive in the near future. (grin) I missed my chance with Costco. (double grin) Have a nice Sunday. Maurice.

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Subject: Frame around pictures > Helen

Hi Helen, on of the easiest way to put a frame around images is this way: Place the picture on the screen. Then click on SHAPE and select the rectangle or (through MORE) on the rectangle with rounded corners) Drag the rectangle over the picture just a little larger than the picture. The part that extends beyond the border of the picture is going to be the width of your frame. Now click on ARRANGE and LAYER. Then on SEND TO BACK. The frame is now below the picture. Change the color, width, shadow, whatever of the rectangle to form a suitable frame. Through all this, of course, keep the handles around the frame (rectangle) and not around the picture itself. Of course, you can always use any ready-made border to put around the picture, if a simple rectangle frame is not enough. Maurice.

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Subject: DDJAB> Christian site

ddjab, could it have been this one? http://www.njwebworks.com/churchweb/gallery/ I have umpteen hundred clip art sites bookmarked and went to this one and saw what I think you might have been describing. If you want, I can send you a few other Christian sites to see if it may be one of them.

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Subject: fonts > Marie

Hi, Marie. Got this suggestion months ago from either Maurice or Glenn for ease of accessing fonts with out scrolling thru the whole list. When the font window opens in a project, if the font that is in the top window is not highlighted, highlight it, and type in the first few letters of the font you are looking for. Your font will move to the top of the list. I have a mere 300 on my hard drive, so this "works for me" (thanx Hunter) Later, Frank

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Subject: Paper Suppliers...

For all lovers of Printmaster, and printing in general, do yourselves a favour and find a good paper supplier... I just paid a visit to a really big paper supplier in my local area, and came away with a ton of samples, including leather, woodgrain, canvas and linen effect paper, a ream of inkjet paper for less than $8, and samples of an assortment of stiff card from 100gsm to 250gsm... I can have 1000 sheets of 110gsm card, coated for bubblejet for less than $100 (a pack of 100 sheets is around $40 packaged in the shops), and basically all the sample paper I can carry - they dump the offcuts after doing particular jobs, so paper isn't a big problem for them... Check your phone book for paper merchants... Regards, Stuart

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Subject: Copying main program to HD > Roger

Hi Roger, here are the tested instructions how to do this: I will assume that the program is presently not installed. If it is, UNINSTALL it. To copy the entire PROGRAM CD to the hard disk you will need about 680 MB of free space. To copy all the files on the CD to the hard drive, the easiest way is to use the XCOPY command in DOS. Suppose your CD drive is drive D: and your hard disk is drive C: Moreover, you select the download directory on drive C: to be C:\CDIMAGE. (make the necessary substitutions if you prefer.) Put the PROGRAM CD in the drive and put your computer in DOS mode. Then type: XCOPY D:\*.* /s/e C:\CDIMAGE and press the ENTER key. (The two switches "/s/e" stand for "copy all subdirectory files and include all subdirectories, even if they are empty." ) You will now see a list of files being copied from D: to C: It will take about one half hour to copy all flies, and it will depend somewhat on the speed of your computer. When finished type the word EXIT and press the ENTER key. Then install the program from the C:\CDIMAGE directory, not from the CD as usual. When finished, and if you try to run it without the CD in the drive, in all probability, it will still ask you to put the CD in the drive. This is because the path in the PMW.INI is still pointing at the CD drive. Put your computer in DOS mode and type EDIT C:\PMW\PMW.INI and press the ENTER key. The content of that INI file should be on the screen. Look for the heading [Configuration]. If you don't have one, type on in on a separate line. Then underneath it type: CDPath=C:\CDIMAGE. Then click on SAVE or hold down the ALT key while hitting the S key. Next click on EXIT or hold down the ALT key while hitting the X key. Then type the word EXIT and press the ENTER key. You are now back in Windows and everything should work like a charm, if you followed these proven instructions and if you made sure to use upper- and lowercase characters as indicated. If you want to copy any other graphics CD to the hard disk, that can be done also, at a penalty of 680 MB of disk space. But you will need slightly different instructions. Good luck, Maurice.

Subject: Copying the program CD to the HD > Roger

Hi Roger, make sure you have a C:\CDIMAGE directory. Otherwise you will get an error messages saying DOS canot find it, of course. To make that directory, from DOS type MD C:\CDIMAGE and hit the ENTER key. Maurice.

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Subject: Lost projects > Louise

Hi Louise, it happens sometimes, for reasons only the programmers might be able to find out, that album files get corrupted. But not to worry, if you delte them, they will regenarate themselves when you next open PMG. Here is what I usually post when this happens: When you cannot access your own projects or you get an error message when you do, or when the program refuses to save your projects to the projects album or you get an error message or your computer locks up when you try to print one of your projects, it means that your project album files in C:\PMW\USER000\PROJECTS\ might be corrupted. You could use the Windows explorer to acces that directory and delete all the files that have the name USERPROJ in them. Do not delete ALL the files, just the ones that say USERPROJ. The other ones are your own projects and have extensions such as SIG, CAR, HCR, NSW, BRO and so on. Or you can put your computer in DOS mode and type DEL C:\PMW\USER000\PROJECTS\USERPROJ.* and press the ENTER key ---- Now when you access an image and you get an error message, or when the image album shows the wrong images, it means that your image album files in C:\PMW\USER000\ART\ are corrupted. Again, you can use Windows Explorer to delete all the files in that directory that have the name USERART in them, but no others, please. Or you put your computer in DOS mode and type DEL C:\PMW\USER000\ART\USERART.* and press the ENTER key --- The 000 in USER000 are zeroes, not Ohs. ---- If you have PMG or PMP installed in different directory or on a different drive, please subsitute ---- If you have two or more users on your computer, (usually on a network) you might also have USER001, USER002, and so on.--- And, finally, an inexpensive (usually bootlegged) font may cause your computer to suddenly freeze when you try to print one of your projects. It might mean that your workspace file has been corrupted. I have seen it happen only a few times, but it is annoying, because you don't know what caused the crash when you try to print a project, till you start removing one-by-one the elements on your project and it finally prints again when you remove a certain text box. That points the finger at a corrupted font, that in turn corrupted your workspace file. The remedy is to go into the Windows setup and remove that offending font. Then you might have to delete also your workspace file PMW.WRK in C:\PMW\USER000. But try to print first with the substitute font. If it does, forget about deleting PMW.WRK.-- Good luck, Maurice.

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Subject: Clip Art Searcher

I see several people have been asking for various clip art. This site will help in your search. http://www.webplaces.com/search/ I know it has been posted here before, but not recently.

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Subject: RE:> Jill -> Paper

Jill, The company I went to has an ad in the Yellow pages, under Paper Merchants, and their blurb says 'THE local paper supplier' Stockist of speciality & commodity papers for the Printing, Desk Top Publishing and Copying markets. They're out in an industrial area, and all they do is cut, package and supply paper all day... Played with all my samples yesterday and found the linen paper to be absolutely awesome on the BJC7000... they also turned the off-cuts from my odd sized pages (230mm X 283mm) into A5 card blanks at the same time... well worth a trip... Regards, Stuart

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Subject: Who wanted more clip art?

Several clip art collections are available at www.softseek.com Click on the category "Graphics and Printing" then the subcategory "clip art". Many are totally FREE not shareware. Most are in file formats that can be imported to PM.

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Subject: Scanning

Hi again! Anyone looking for scanning info, try www.art-scan.com. Lots of info and can order books also.

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Subject: Printing Calenders

I am trying to make a pocket or wallett size calendar, but can't get the sizeing to adjust down. I also asked if some one could tell me what size of paper you use to make note cards. I was hopeing that by doing note cards and envelopes I might have some nice Christmas gifts for friends . Thanks again. Pat Glenn

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User's IP Address: 206.142.136.71
April 23, 1998 (6:34 PM PDT)

Hello Pat I answered this question for you the other day I guess you didn't see it. You can print a calender any size up to a cover for a barn door to as small as a postage stame and anything in between. Make your calendar and go to print. On the printer dialog box select output size and put in whatever size you want. Print the note cards 2 to a page on standard paper and cut in half.

Subject: Any size calendars > Pat, Daisy

Hi, another way to make smaller size calendars is to print out a finished calendar in 8.5 by 11 size. Then place the printed page in the scanner, scan it and save it as a bitmap file. (BMP, TIF, PCX, etc.) Now open a NEW poster and click on the picture icon. Then click on FILE, OPEN FROM DISK and browse for the directory where your scanned calendar file is saved. Double click on th file and it will appear in your poster. Drag the file by its handles to any size you want. If you want to avoid distortion, hold down the SHIFT key while you drag. Both horizontal and vertical dimensions will stay in proportion. If the calendar is smaller than half a page, you might place one calendar on the bottom of the page, then click on EDIT and DUPLICATE and place the copy on the top half of the page. This way you get two copies on one 8.5 by 11 page. Maurice.

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Subject: Steph>Cards

Here are two workarounds that have been posted here some time ago. I have not tried them, but.... You can make single fold 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 cards. Get some heavy paper like coverweight papre 67 lb or 90 lb or card stock. Use tall 1/4 fold format (Also works with wide 1/4). You have to make 2 cards at the same time so you don't waste half your paper. You can have both projects open at the same time in PM. You can go easily from one to the other just by clicking on the edge of the one not showing. On card #1, make the front & back (made by), go to card #2 and go to "inside". This will actually be the inside of card #1. After composing the inside, make the front & back of card #2. Go back to card #1 and make the inside of card #2. Confused, yet? Print card #1. Flip paper over end for end & print card #2 on back side of paper. Cut paper in half and fold each. You will have 2 cards, both printed on both sides. I cut mine apart with a paper cutter & sometimes I use paper edgers for a fancy edge around the 3 open sides. I also cut the same design on the flap of the envelope. I don't do men's cards as much as women's, but do have scissors called "bowtie" that I use for men. I hope this is clearer than mud. Good Luck! #8-) Koleta There may be a technical computer-wise way to get PrintMaster to do this for you, but here's what I've figured out in the meantime. (Maybe you've already done this.) To create two portrait oriented greeting cards on one sheet of 81/2 x 11 inch paper, I go to New and choose Newsletter. Then in the upper right fourth of the page, I create my front. In the upper left half, I create my back. Adding a second page to my newsletter, and going to page two, in the upper right corner I create my inside right, and in the upper left, my inside left. I copy the set on page 2 and paste them at the bottom of page 2. I copy the set on page 1 and paste them at the bottom of page 1. Then I print this as a double sided newsletter, being careful to insert the leading edge from page one as the leading edge of page 2. Low tech, but it works--you just need to fiddle with alignment. One tip: if you use copy and paste from one page to another, the object winds up on the second page in exactly the same place it is on the first page. Lynn

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