Main
 PrimaSoft Label Printer

Introduction

Program Description

New Features and Services

Program Overview

Main Window

Speed Bar

Printing Labels

Example

General

About PrimaSoft PC

Contact Information


Program_Description
Program Description

PrimaSoft Label Printer is a powerful and flexible utility for printing labels. All common Avery labels are predefined. Different fonts for the label body, header and footer can be selected. Even a logo can be included. Print Preview lets the user see on-screen exactly how labels will look like when printed. Data for labels can be Imported from standard text files into Label Printer so the users of other PrimaSoft products as well as other third party software can export and print labels with their data.


New_Features

New Features and Services

 Assistant will guide you through the process of creating labels;

 Improved Label printing (color support, page orientation, page size, preview rulers, support for European Avery labels);

 We have opened PrimaSoft WWW Home Page. This is the first place where new releases of our software are ready for downloads:

http://www.primasoft.com

Update your bookmarks!


Main_Window

Main Window

Main Window is where you enter text that will be printed in the labels body.

The list box on the left (Labels) displays the label names. When you click on the label name in the list box the label is selected and both its name and contents are displayed (Label Name, Label Text).

In order to create a new label click on a '+' button underneath the Labels list box and then type in the Label Text. You can delete labels by clicking on a '-' button. You can also change the order in which the labels are printed by clicking on a Up-Arrow and Down-Arrow buttons (underneath the Labels list box). There can be up to about 32,000 labels per file.

At the bottom of the Main Window there is a Speed Bar which contains several buttons. The most important button is the Print button which allows you to design and print or preview labels.

See: Example


Speed_Bar

Speed Bar - Main Window

The Speed Bar is a shortcut to application functions. Speed Bar is displayed at the bottom part of the program main window. Press buttons on the Speed Bar panel to execute functions.

 Print - allows to design, preview and print labels.

 Import - imports data from a standard text delimited file into the current labels file.

 Load - loads labels from another label file.

 About - displays information about the program version

 Help - displays the standard Windows Help.

 Assist - assistant will guide you through the process of creating labels.

 Exit - terminates this program. Data is saved automatically to a disk file.


How_To_Register

How To Register ?

Choose the most convenient way to register/order the program:

1) Money Order, Check, or Cash

(Price: 20$US)

Please send your money order, check (drawn on Canadian or American Bank), or cash with a registration form to the following address:

PrimaSoft PC, Inc.

P.O. Box 456

Surrey,   BC   V3T 5B7

CANADA

2) Credit Card Orders

We accept VISA Card orders. Please send us a registration form with the card number, the cardholder name and the expiration date. You may send all this information to the address mentioned above or by:

Phone:	1-604-951-1085

Fax: 	1-604-951-1085

CompuServe:	74643,2635

Internet:	abrzezin@direct.ca

AOL:	MKosznik

MSN:	Primasoft

IMPORTANT: For those who want to send us an order form as an e-mail with the attached encrypted file (order form file). Do it in the following way:

- From INTERNET - then send to our INTERNET address.

- From COMPUSERVE - then send to our COMPUSERVE address.

- From America OnLine - then send to our America OnLine address.

- From Microsoft Network - then send to our Microsoft network address.

3) Compuserve Registration

Compuserve provides a convenient on-line registration system. Just GO SWREG and place an order. The payment will be billed to your Compuserve Statement. You will be asked for the Product Number, keep it handy.

GO SWREG

Product Number: 12517

4) INTERNET Registration Through Our WWW Home Page or First Virtual (all Credit Cards)

You need a World-Wide Web browser. You may visit our HOME PAGE :

http://www.primasoft.com

You need a World-Wide Web browser. You may visit our HOME PAGE at First Virtual directly, use address:

http://www.infohaus.com/access/by-seller/PrimaSoft_Inc

How to register through First Virtual ?

1) Locate the following Internet Site:  http://www.fv.com

2) Find the information on how to open a buyer's account at First Virtual (it's easy and you only do it once)

3) After you have opened a buyer's account enter the First Virtual Infohause (on-line shopping mall)

4) Browse the catalog by seller and select PrimaSoft PC, Inc.

5) Select the program you want and download it (just click on the icon)


About_PrimaSoft

About PrimaSoft PC

PrimaSoft PC, Inc., a Canadian software company, specializes in developing utility software for PC users. To date, the company has developed a number of DOS and Windows-based utility packages, such as text editors, organizers, catalogues which are currently distributed all over the world.

Over the past four years, PrimaSoft PC has designed and implemented about 25 Windows programs that are distributed as PrimaSoft Windows Collection. All programs use a book-like user interface that seems to be well received by most users, especially computer novices.

Beginning with PrimaSoft Internet Organizer, PrimaSoft PC has introduced a new product line based on greatly improved user interface and powerful DBase database engine (industry standard). New products should appeal to both beginners as well as sophisticated users and corporations (the software can be used in multiuser environments).

We will also be releasing small, user-friendly utilities that can make your life easier. Some examples are: PrimaSoft Dialer, PrimaSoft AutoFTP, and PrimaSoft Text.

Contact Information


Contact_Information

Contact Information

PrimaSoft PC, Inc.

P.O. Box 456

Surrey,   BC  V3T 5B7

CANADA

Phone:	1-604-951-1085

Fax:	1-604-951-1085

Compuserve:	74643,2635

Internet:	support@primasoft.com

America Online:	MKosznik

Microsoft Network:	Primasoft

Internet - PrimaSoft's WWW Home Page:

http://www.primasoft.com


Print_Button
 	Print

  Clicking on the Print button displays the Print Labels dialog box:

You can design labels by selecting various options on each of the following Pages/Tabs:

Labels  Scope  Body  Header  Footer  Logo

Once your label has been designed you can save it as a Label Template (Save button). Later you can quickly reuse your saved Label Template by clicking on the Load button.

Before you print your labels you should click on the Preview button to make sure that the labels will be printed correctly. When you are sure that all settings are correct load the label sheets into your printer and click on the Print button.

When you are done printing click on the Close button.

See: Example


Load_Button
 	Load

Load File button opens the Load Data dialog box where you can select another label file. The default label file name is LABELS.DAT and it is loaded automatically at the program startup.

If you want to create a new label file select Load function and enter the file name that does not exist. The new file will be created for you. Important: by default the extension of the new label file should be DAT.

Shortcut key: Alt - L.


Import_Button
 	Import

If you have your records in a spreadsheet or a database you can export them to a text (ASCII) file. Then you can Import data from the text file into this program. You can also Export data from many PrimaSoft programs e.g. Phone Book and print labels (after importing).

The first step of importing is selecting the fields delimiter and the fields separator in the Export/Import Options dialog box. You should use the same options that you have used when creating the text file.The second and the last step is entering the name of the text file in the Import From File dialog box.

Records are imported to the currently opened label file. If this file has already some labels, new ones will be added to them (merged).


Labels

On this page you select the label type. You can either select an Avery label type or custom label type. If you select an Avery label type you should choose the exact label that you want from the drop-down box. When you select an Avery label the label parameters (e.g. label dimensions) are set automatically. When you select a Custom label you have to enter various label parameters yourself.

If you have an incomplete label sheet (with some missing labels at the top) you may want to specify the label # to print from

(counted left to right, top to bottom).

See: Example


Scope

Here you can specify the scope of the labels printed.

Print All Labels - all labels from the current label file will be printed.

Print From Current Label - only labels from the last selected label (in the Main Window) to the end of the label file will be printed.

Print One Label - only the last selected label (in the Main Window) will be printed.

Do Not Print Label Body - this is useful when you want to print a number of identical labels. In this case you can specify the text of the labels in Header and/or Footer. The number of labels printed can be specified in the Copies edit box.

Copies allows you to specify how many times the labels should be printed.


Body

Here you can specify the Left and Top Margins for the label body as well as the font.

See: Example


Header_Footer

Header/Footer

Here you can specify the text to be printed in each label header or footer, the Top and Left Margins as well as the font.

See: Example


Logo

You can print a logo on your labels by selecting a BMP file (Select button) and specifying the logo position.

See: Example


example

Example (Avery 5163)

Label Text - Main Window (create label body)

Header -  Header Page (in Print Labels Window)(define text, position, font type)

Logo - Logo Page (in Print Labels Window)(select graphic, define position)

Footer - Footer Page (in Print Labels Window)(define text, position, font type)

Label Type - Labels Page (in Print Labels Window)(select label type; example is for Avery 5163)