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╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ Laser Printer Envelope Version 2.02 OCT 09 1993 ║
╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
E.T.S. Inc. by Val & Mary Jane Patterson
1115 East Brigadoon Court
Salt Lake City, UT 84117-4969
ORDERS: (801)265-2497 8am - 6pm daily (orders only, please)
SUPPORT: (801)265-2490 8am - 3pm daily
FAX: (801)265-8921
BBS: (801)265-0919 14400 v.32bis
BBS: (801)265-2496 14400 v.32bis
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ NOTE: If you downloaded this program from a BBS, only minimal fonts ║
║ were included (to save your download time) ║
║ Please call our BBS in Salt Lake City to download LPE's Font Pack, ║
║ named ---> ALLFONTS.ZIP (52 fonts) ║
║ It contains some really nice fonts for LPE, such as Calligraphy, ║
║ Handwriting and many others, in point sizes from 8 to 14 points. ║
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╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ LPE REQUIREMENTS: ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
To use this program, you will need:
1 - A 100% IBM compatible 286 or better computer.
2 - DOS version 3.3 or higher.
3 - 250k of free memory.
4 - A VGA compatible graphics adapter. 640 x 480 16 colors minimum.
5 - A Microsoft compatible mouse.
6 - Laser Printer:
a - Must be `HP' compatible ( This is not POSTSCRIPT ).
Technical talk: HP PCL LEVEL IV compatible.
b - 1 meg of printer memory.
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ INSTALLING LPE FOR THE FIRST TIME ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
STEP 1:
Go to the DOS PROMPT on your computer.
STEP 2:
Insert the LPE diskette into your A: or B: disk drive.
STEP 3:
If you just now put your LPE diskette into your A: drive, type this:
A:INSTALL -------------> TYPE THIS AND HIT "ENTER" KEY.
If you just now put your LPE diskette into your B: drive, type this:
B:INSTALL -------------> TYPE THIS AND HIT "ENTER" KEY.
STEP 4:
Follow the instructions on the LPE INSTALL program.
STEP 5:
Remove the LPE diskette and keep it in a safe place.
=============== EXPERIENCED COMPUTER USERS ===============
LPE can be installed into your favorite utility directory.
You can run LPE from anywhere you are as long as your
PATH= contains the directory which LPE lives in.
LPE will find it's daughter files at run-time, and restore
you to the caller's path when the program finishes.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SPECIAL NOTE TO NETWORK USERS │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ LAN USERS: If you start LPE with the parameter "USER" │
│ example: ------> LPE USER │
│ LPE reads/saves his LPE.OVL setup file from the CURRENT directory │
│ instead of the LAN's LPE directory, this will facilitate many users │
│ sharing 1 copy of LPE without disturbing everybody's setups. │
│ NOTE: Be sure to contact us for a SITE LICENSE before trying this! │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ LPE SPECIAL NOTES: ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
1 - Don't put your Return Address too close to the upper left
edge of the envelope. The folds in the corner are very
difficult for your laser printer to print over.
2 - When you are using pre-printed business envelopes with the
return address or logo already printed, be sure to set the
program's return address to blank lines. This way, only the
destination address will be printed!
3 - Sometimes you have to turn your INK CONTROL up a little when
printing envelopes. ( the control which forces more toner to
be released when printing ). Be sure to turn it back down for
regular paper to save TONER.
4 - When you print from a MAIL LIST (just a simple text file),
you are only using names and addresses you have made yourself
from your favorite text editor, OR from within LPE.
If you have made your own MAIL LIST file, and not let LPE
do it for you, Just be sure that you have saved your text in
ASCII TEXT MODE ( WORD PERFECT or MS WORD ). Here are the
rules you must follow for our DATABASE text files:
PUT THE FILE IN THE SAME DIRECTORY AS LPE.
MAKE SURE THAT THE FILE'S EXTENSION IS: .ML
( LPE WILL ONLY RECOGNIZE *.ML FILES AS MAIL LIST FILES. )
│ a - The VERY FIRST CHARACTER in the text file becomes the
│ NAME SEPERATOR character.
│ Use the ----->*<----- character (called an asterisk).
│
│ b - Each name in your list MUST be preceeded by at least ONE
│ LINE which starts with the NAME SEPERATOR character. This
│ is called a SEPERATOR LINE.
│
│ c - You can put as many SEPERATOR LINES as you want before
│ each name in your list.
│
│ d - SEPERATOR LINES are treated as COMMENTS up to the carriage
│ return at the end of each line. You may type anything you
│ want on these lines ( after the SEPERATOR CHARACTER ).
│ Maximum length of SEPERATOR LINE = 82 chars.
│
│ e - Don't make any address more than 6 lines tall. Six lines
│ should handle 99% of your address requirements.
│
│ f - Don't make any address line more than 54 characters wide.
│ After 54, you are getting too close to the edge of your
│ envelope. Your absolute line limit is 82 characters long.
│
│ g - The VERY LAST line of your file SHOULD NOT end with a
│ NAME SEPERATOR character OR a carriage return!
│
│ h - The daughter file on this disk; "LPE.ML" is a little
│ example of a VALID LPE MAIL LIST text file.
5 - When printing multiple envelopes on laser printers, the
printer can accept the data from the computer MUCH FASTER
than it can print each envelope! Don't be suprised when the
computer screen shows that the print job is finished when
you are only at address 10 out of a job of 100! Your printer
still has a lot of work to do.
6 - Use the MANUAL FEED selection in the program most often.
You will find this to be the best way for envelopes.
Before the printer prints, you should see a message on the
printer that says something like: "FEED LETTER", and the
printer lights look funny compared to normal. This is just
fine, it's supposed to do that.
7 - You should have good luck addressing birthday cards and
such, we do them all the time. Just turn your TONER FEED
control to DARKER ( like a photocopy-machine ) if you think
that the printing is TOO LIGHT.
8 - LPE saves certain information everytime you quit the program.
* The SIX current Return Addresses
* The current Destination Address
* The current Attention Line
* The locations of all Addresses, Attention line, and PCX files.
* Size of envelope
* Colors for the screen text and background
* Printer Tray selection
* Printer Type selection
* Printer Port
* The currently selected FONTS
* The currently selected MAIL LIST file
* The current address interline spacings
* The current Barcode Enabled / Disabled status
* The current LAN ( printer sharing ) Enabled / Disabled status
* The currently selected .PCX file names
The file which contains this information is: LPE.OVL
If you erase this file, you will do no damage, but,
erasing this file causes the program to reset every setting
back to the factory defaults!
9 - If you want to use your own downloaded soft fonts:
1 - Your font should be about 10-14 point size, LANDSCAPE.
2 - Your font file should end with `.SFL' or `.USL' which means:
Soft Font Landscape.
3 - Copy your desired soft fonts to the LPE directory.
10 - OPEN THE REAR TRAY ON YOUR PRINTER.
If you own an HP LaserJet II or III you DO have a REAR TRAY
on your printer. Yes You Do! I have talked to several people
now who have owned their printers for over 2 years, and have
never known their printer had a rear tray.
11 - FIMCODES: the TALL bars at the top of the envelope are
called FIM A: ( Courtesy Reply Mail, pre-barcoded ).
They are required by the Post office. They mean:
1 - The sender Pays the postage.
2 - The envelope has been pre-barcoded. (saves you money)
12 - BARDOCES: The little `technical-looking' bars at the bottom
are called POSTNET BAR codes. They are a binary representation
of the 5 or 9 digit zip code. Tall bar at start, Tall bar
at end, 5 bars( tall and short ) per digit.
LPE allows you to turn BARCODE printing OFF and ON, but
don't you think envelopes look more official WITH them?
Default is BARCODES ENABLED.
13 - LAN OPTION: If you are on a NETWORK, or have many people
sharing one Laser Printer, Set LAN to ON.
What this does, is download all fonts before printing each
single envelope. This way, your font commands and envelope
print data are always in the same contiguous data packet.
It only takes about 3 seconds to download the fonts, so
you will not be impacted too much by the extra delay.
After each envelope, the printer is soft-reset.
This option has NO EFFECT when printing an entire database.
Default is LAN Disabled.
This is not the same as the LPE USER startup parameter.
╒═══════════════════════════════════╕
│ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT LPE │
╘═══════════════════════════════════╛
Q: What are the multiple SETUP options for?
A: I'm glad you asked! Let's say you always print many different
return addresses... for your business, for your personal mail,
and maybe your children each have their own return address.
Simply create the custom return address, font setup, envelope
size, database, etc.. and save this as a custom setup. When you
save this new setup, give it a unique description like:
--> MOM'S XMAS CARDS
--> BILL'S BUSINESS
The next time you need this, just select SETUP OPTIONS, and very
quickly you have your new setup!
This option works great for Christmas and Birthday card layouts!
Q: I received a change of address card from one of my customers
who is listed in my LPE database. How can I do address changes
in LPE?
A: Go to the Database menu. Delete the old address. Go back to the
Main Menu, Enter the NEW address. Then select the Database menu
again and SAVE the current address to the database.
Q: Several of my Database addresses begin with 'Mr.' 'Mrs.' 'Ms.'
and 'Dr.'. When I am scanning for these names, the hot keys
seem to ignore these titles. Is this right?
A: Yes. LPE ignores the titles shown above when scanning for names
in the database. This feature prevents your names grouping into
the 'M' category.
Q: What types of envelopes work best in my laser printer?
A: We have discovered several things about envelopes:
1 - Those cheap discount bulk envelopes print great only
if they are neatly folded and glued. If THREE thicknesses
of paper meet at ANY fold, it won't print properly.
2 - TYVEK envelopes MELT in your printer. Never try it!
3 - Never use Self-Sealing or Pressure-Sealing envelopes.
The Fusing rollers in the printer seal them every time.
4 - Don't use those Christmas card envelopes with the
'sandy-stuff' glued onto them.
5 - Greeting card envelopes print very well. Hallmark, etc.
╓────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ USING THE 24-Hour ETS Support BBS: ║
╙────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
The ETS Inc. FREE PUBLIC ACCESS BBS
(801) 265-0919 v.32bis
(801) 265-2496 v.32bis
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE REGISTERED UPGRADES FROM THE ETS BBS │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
1 - Use your modem software to call the BBS in Salt Lake City.
2 - Once connected, answer the few questions about yourself when asked.
Name, phone numbers, type of printer, etc.
3 - You are now shown the Main Menu: ===[ FILE COMMANDS ]=== ETC.
4 - From the Main Menu, type DOOR and press [ENTER]
5 - A screen will appear, and ask you for your registration number
on your REGISTERED LPE DISKETTE. Type in that number when asked.
6 - The screen will show you the password to download the file LPE.ZIP.
7 - Write down the password or remember it. I can't tell you what it is
right now, because it changes from time to time.
8 - Now you are sent back to the Main Menu.
Type this: D LPE.ZIP [ENTER]<-- MEANS HIT THE ENTER KEY
9 - The BBS will now ask you for the password to download LPE.ZIP.
Type in the password and press [ENTER] 2 or 3 times.
10 - The BBS is now ready for you to begin your download. Press the
appropriate keys to start your download in your modem software.
11 - You now have the new LPE REGISTERED UPGRADE. Feel free to look
around the BBS, don't forget to look in FILE AREA 1 for the new
releases of software which are available!
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│ Other programs on our BBS, created by the author of LPE: │
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│ APP106.ZIP ASCII-PRINT PRO by ETS Inc. │
│ Check for latest version: 1.06 1.07 1.08 etc... │
│ The BEST 1-UP 2-UP 4-UP 6-UP Laser Printer utility on the │
│ market, shareware or commercial. Great Paper Saver │
│ utility. Prints very nice BOOKLETS too! Handles LETTER, │
│ LEGAL, A4, EXECUTIVE and CUSTOM paper sizes. │
│ Price: $14.95 │
│ CRP206.ZIP COURT REPORTER PRO by ETS Inc. │
│ Check for latest version: 2.06 2.07 etc... │
│ Specifically for Court Reporters and Law Firms. World- │
│ Class Transcript condensing program. Rivals the $1,000 │
│ commercial software. │
│ Price: $99.95 │
│ 3PIRADA.ZIP Three very good EGA/VGA+Mouse animated games. Features │
│ 16 Frame animations ( the highest resolution animations │
│ we have seen in any software package ). A MUST-HAVE. │
│ Shareware: Voluntary Donation Only. │
│ ALLFONTS.ZIP Public Domain Landscape Soft Fonts contributed │
│ by users, zipped into one file. Great for LPE users! │
│ SFLVIEW.ZIP Prints samples of your *.SFL landscape soft fonts to │
│ your Laser Printer, 8 fonts per page. Makes the job of │
│ selecting fonts for your envelopes SO much easier! │
│ Shareware: FREE! │
│ SFPVIEW.ZIP Prints samples of your *.SFP portrait soft fonts to │
│ your Laser Printer, 11 fonts per page. Great utility. │
│ Shareware: FREE! │
│ AB32LPE.ZIP Convert your ADDRESS BOOK 3 database files to the │
│ LPE format. Uses Artificial Intelligence. │
│ Shareware: FREE! │
│ DBF2LPE.ZIP Convert your COMMA DELIMITED database files │
│ to the LPE format. Uses Artificial Intelligence. │
│ Shareware: FREE! │
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You WILL need the serial number from your registered LPE diskette
to download the most recent REGISTERED LPE Version.
REGISTERED UPGRADES of LPE are always FREE to registered users,
when downloaded via modem from the ETS Inc. Bulletin Board.
Please use the following form to order additional copies of LPE.
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║ LPE ORDER FORM Version 2.02 ║
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║ Please send ____ copy(ies) of the latest version of LPE to: ║
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║ └┘ Enclosed is a check for $29.95 per copy. ║
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║ └┘ Charge my VISA #_____ _____ _____ _____ expiry ___ ___ ║
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║ └┘ Charge my MC #_____ _____ _____ _____ expiry ___ ___ ║
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║ └┘ Phone & Signature _____________________________________ ║
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║ send to: ETS Inc. ║
║ LPE Registration ║
║ 1115 East Brigadoon Court ║
║ Salt Lake City, UT 84117-4969 ║
║ ║
║ or call: ETS VISA/MC order line (801)265-2497 (orders only) ║
║ 8am - 6pm MST ║
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║ └┘ Please send LPE on 3 1/2 inch diskette. (preferred) ║
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║ └┘ Please send LPE on 5 1/4 inch diskette. ║
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║ Where did you discover LPE? ║
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║ └┘ Bulletin board _______________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ Friend or associate __________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ Please rate LPE on a scale of 1 to 10 ________ ║
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║ └┘ Printer type _________________________________ ║
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║ Comments:_________________________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ You may Quote me. ║
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