~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice 7.0 from Lose Your Mind Development Quality utilities for Microsoft Windows Lose Your Mind Development Bryan and Suzanne Kinkel Post Office Box 302 Haverford, PA 19041-0302 web: http://www.loseyourmind.com sales and information: salesinfo@loseyourmind.com technical support: helpdesk@loseyourmind.com ORDERS via Phone: (877) 734-7638 (international callers please call (770) 497-9126) ORDERS via RegSoft on the Internet: https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603 Questions regarding orders: (610) 251-0772 (c) copyright 1991-1999 by Bryan T. Kinkel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents I. Rave Reviews for Printer's Apprentice II. Introduction III. A message for users of Printer's Apprentice 6.1a and earlier versions IV. Install/Uninstall and system requirements V. This is a shareware product VI. Purchasing and Pricing Information VII. Technical Support VIII. ActiveX and DLL components used by Printer's Apprentice IX. System Registry Use X. ASP Statement I. RAVE REVIEWS FOR PRINTER'S APPRENTICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The winner, in my opinion, is a venerable standard: Printer's Apprentice from Lose Your Mind Development. It's easily worth the $25 registration fee requested..." -- Brian Livingston, Infoworld, 9/29/97 "Printer's Apprentice takes the lead over competing font management tools such as Ares' Font Minder... Printer's Apprentice should be at the top of your list." -PC Magazine October 24, 1995 "Virtually every user can benefit from Printer's Apprentice." -PC/Computing April 1993 "The best-designed Windows font viewer for all font formats..." -PC Magazine October 27, 1992 II. INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for taking the time to look at Printer's Apprentice 7.0, the best font manager around. This file contains information about the software, pricing and technical support. Instructions for quickly installing Printer's Apprentice are also included. The software manual is contained in an online help file (pa.hlp). Printer's Apprentice is a comprehensive, 32 bit font manager for Windows 95. We have designed it to be the best Windows font manager available today. With this software you can examine your TrueType and ATM font collection, print a variety of elegant font sample sheets and catalogs and install/uninstall fonts. Printer's Apprentice really shines when used with uninstalled fonts located on CD-ROMs or disks. You can preview uninstalled fonts with a few mouse clicks. Printer's Apprentice can also print ultra-sharp catalog listings from CDs without installing a single font. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 also adds font grouping to its list of award winning features. Now you have the ability to create groups of TrueType fonts that can be installed or uninstalled with a few mouse clicks! If you have been looking for advanced font printing and management, Printer's Apprentice is for you! Please take the time to look at the software. If you do any work with desktop publishing or use many fonts with your PC, we think you will find Printer's Apprentice to be an invaluable utility. REMEMBER - This software is shareware!! If you like it, please see the order information in this file or in the help system. III. A MESSAGE FOR USERS OF PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.1a AND EARLIER VERSIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two issues have come up that have convinced us it is time to change our upgrade policies. First, the Internet is both good and bad. On more than one occasion our technical support people have spoken with individuals who mentioned that codes for commercial and shareware packages are available on hacker Web sites. Both large and small software companies cannot afford to be ripped off by these people. Second, for many years Lose Your Mind Development had a policy of unlimited upgrades. As long as you had the registration code, you could continue to download upgrades and disable the nag screens. Ordering new diskettes and manuals was optional. The Windows 95 version took over a year to develop and test. It was close to a 100% rewrite of old code. Without upgrade revenue, we will not be able to support this product or continue future development. What does this mean to you? 1) Is this the first time you have used Printer's Apprentice? Then we hope you enjoy the software and do consider registering this program. 2) If you purchased 6.5 or upgraded to 6.5 via one of our mailings, then you are entitled to a free upgrade to version 7.0. 3) If you are a registered user of 6.1a or previous versions, then you will notice that the registration code does not work. We hope that you will help support this product. The Upgrade Package costs $12.00 You can order by sending a check payable to Lose Your Mind Development P.O. Box 302 Haverford, PA 19041-0302. Upon receipt of your check, we will email you a new registration code, so please include an email address. Your name will be checked against a database of registered users! So please don't order at this price unless you purchased a previous version. So, if you are a registered user of a pre-6.5 version of PA, and you want to use the 7.0 version, you need to upgrade. We want to be able to provide you with more high quality software in the future. We are sure many of you are now wondering what the future upgrade policy will be. Simply, minor upgrades will always be free. We owe it to the users to fix bugs, etc. Major upgrades of the software will most likely have a fee. If you have any questions about this change in our upgrade policy, please don't hesitate to email us at salesinfo@loseyourmind.com. IV. INSTALL/UNINSTALL AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To install Printer's Apprentice, you need a computer running Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0. We recommend at least a Pentium class machine with 16 megabytes of memory. This version of the software does not require the Visual Basic run time file (VB40032.DLL OR VBRUN300.DLL). ** Information about OCX and DLL versions shipped with this software can ** be found at the end of this file. To install Printer's Apprentice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Create a temporary directory and unzip the distribution .ZIP file to that directory. 2. Double click the SETUP.EXE icon found in that temporary directory. This program will install Printer's Apprentice on your computer. 3. After you have installed Printer's Apprentice, you can delete the temporary directory and the SETUP.EXE file. 4. We recommend placing the distribution .ZIP file on a backup floppy in case you need to reinstall Printer's Apprentice. After Printers' Apprentice is installed, run the software by choosing the Printer's Aprentice icon on the Start menu. If you need to uninstall this software, use the Start Menu to select the Uninstall item from the Printer's Apprentice group. V. THIS IS A SHAREWARE PRODUCT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because this is a shareware application, we encourage users and companies to distribute this program. If you are a commercial shareware distributor or online service (Web, FTP site, BBS, etc), please refer to the information in the file VENDINFO.DIZ. This file explains the terms of distribution for this software. VENDINFO.DIZ also contains standard descriptions for the software. We ask that you use this text for your online descriptions and catalog text in reference to FontReview. VI. PURCHASING & PRICING INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice is a shareware program distributed and supported by Lose Your Mind Development, an Association of Shareware Professionals member. Lose Your Mind Development has been in business for over seven years programming and distributing Windows font products. You are encouraged to put this program through its paces to see if you find it of value. If it is a utility you feel you will use in your home or office work, we kindly ask that you pay for it. If not, please run the uninstall program and remove it from your computer system. Pricing for Printer's Apprentice is as follows: /---------------------------------------------------------------\ | Printer's Apprentice for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 | | | | $25.00 Printer's Apprentice 7.0 (electronic delivery) | | You will be sent a Registration Code via email. | | Please make sure you provide us with an email | | address. | | | | $33.00 Printer's Apprentice 7.0 on diskette, USA shipping | | | | $35.00 Printer's Apprentice 7.0 on diskette, outside USA | | shipping | \ ---------------------------------------------------------------/ 1. MAIL - CHECK / MONEY ORDER If you wish to pay via a check, please enclose a check payable in US dollars to Lose Your Mind Development P.O. Box 302 Haverford, PA 19041-0302 Checks can be made payable to "Lose Your Mind Development" We prefer you to pay via mail with a check because we get charged a per-transaction fee for credit card processing. Please take the time to fill out the order form. The order form can be printed from the PA.HLP file. You need to install Printer's Apprentice first, access the PA.HLP file, and jump to the topic "Order Form" from the table of contents. 2. ONLINE - CREDIT CARD Internet users can order via the Internet through the RegSoft.com. They have a secure Web commerce server for our product at https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603 . 3. PHONE - CREDIT CARD - (877)-REGSOFT (877-734-7638) International callers use 770-497-9126. ASK FOR PRODUCT #8603. You can order with MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover. You can also fax an order to RegSoft at 770-497-9234. THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS. Any questions about the status of order shipment, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc, must be directed to Lose Your Mind Development P.O. Box 302 Haverford, PA 19041-0302 (610) 251-0772 salesinfo@loseyourmind.com VII. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We really enjoy hearing from our users! If you need to get in touch with us for technical support, please use the following contact information. Because Bryan (the author) has a day job, Email is STRONGLY encouraged. EMAIL: helpdesk@loseyourmind.com WEB: http://www.loseyourmind.com MAIL: Lose your Mind Development Post Office Box 302 Haverford, PA 19041-0302 Phone: (610) 251-0772 7-9 PM EST ONLY!! Before contacting us with a question, be sure to check out the following Web resources: Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa65faq.htm Software Version History : http://www.loseyourmind.com/changes.txt VIII. ActiveX and DLL Components used by Printer's Apprentice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listed below are the version numbers of the OCX/DLL files ship with Printer's Apprentice inside the SETUP.EXE. You may or may not have some of these components already on your system. When copying OCX/DLL files, setup compares the source file version with what any existing versions on your computer. If the file exists and is newer, setup does not copy the file. If the version number is equal or older, then setup does copy the file. A backup of the original file is placed in a Printer's Apprentice\Backup folder. mscomctl.ocx 1,062,704 6.00.8177 Microsoft comdlg32.ocx 140,096 6.01.8169 Microsoft dwcbk32.ocx 84,480 4.2.010 Desaware dweasy36.ocx 131,584 6.0.0.2 Desaware dwvstp32.ocx 185,344 5.0.0.2 Desaware threed32.ocx 200,704 1.0.0041 Microsoft asycfilt.dll 147,728 2.30.4265 Microsoft dwspy36.dll 75,776 6.0.0.2 Desaware mfc40.dll 924,432 4.1.6139 Microsoft msvbvm60.dll 1,409,024 6.00.8268 Microsoft msvcrt40.dll 326,656 4.21.0000 Microsoft oleaut32.dll 598,288 2.30.4265 Microsoft olepro32.dll 164,112 5.0.4265 Microsoft comcat.dll 16,384 5.0 Microsoft stdole2.tlb 17,920 2.30.4261 Microsoft IX. System Registry Use ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice does use the Windows Registry to store the path where the software is installed. This information is stored in the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lose Your Mind Development\Printer's Apprentice] This Registry Key is removed when if you uninstall Printer's Apprentice. All other Printer's Apprentice configuration is stored in the Printer's Apprentice\PA.INI file. X. ASP STATEMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � � � ASP Ombudsman Information � � � � Lose Your Mind Development is a member of the Association of � � Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that � � the shareware principle works for you. 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