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Contents
 RSJ CD Cover Print Help

Contents:

Quick Reference

Determine the CD label position

CD Cover Print screen elements

The Printout

Copyright © 1999 by

RSJ Software GmbH, Germering.

All rights reserved.


Quick Reference

RSJ CD Cover Print enables you to create CD labels in just a few steps:

•	Check the CD info and song titles on the CD titles tab

•	Click on the Front inlay, Back inlay or Disc label tabs to see previews of your CD cover.

•	Apply any formatting options available in the format window; your changes will immediately be applied and visible.

If the format dialog is not visible, press the [image] button in the toolbar.

•	Press the print button or use the Print command in the File menu to print your new cover.


Format Window
The Format Window

Use the format window to change the visual aspects of your cover.

The [image] button in the main window's toolbar toggles the visibility of the format window on and off.

You can apply the usual text formatting options (font, size, color, alignment) and specify a background image (or just a color).

Play around with the options to see how they affect the look of your cover.

Tips:

•	You can drop bitmap files on the preview windows to set a new background image.

•	You can save the current formatting options as default values at any time using the [image] button in the toolbar.

The default settings will be restored each time you start CD Cover Print and will be used for the label print option from within CD View.


Formatting different cover elements (def.)

Use the format window's tab selector to set the cover elements you want to apply a format to:

For the back cover, title text applies to the back cover, and other text to the spines.

For the front cover, title text applies to the front page, and other text to the inner page.

Note:

The tabs are disabled if you are editing CD titles in the main window.


(def.)

Allows you to select a different font.


(def.)

Changes the point size of the current font.


(def.)

Set the font style to either bold, italic, underline or standard (all off).


(def.)

Changes the alignment of the text (either left, center or right aligned).


(def.)

Opens a standard color select window.


(def.)

If Use background image is selected, you can specify a bitmap image that is used as the cover background.

You can also drop bitmap files on the preview window to set it as the new background image.


(def.)

If Use background image is selected, you can specify a bitmap image in this field that is used as the cover background.

You can also drop bitmap files on the preview window to set it as the new background image.


(def.)

Opens a file dialog that lets you browse through your file system.


(def.)

These options affect the way the image is displayed:

scale causes your bitmap to be scaled to match the cover area.

tile will repeat the image in its original size to match the cover area.

center centers the image in its original size on the cover.


(def.)

If this option is set, no bitmap will be used for painting the cover background.


(def.)

If this option is set, the background image will be drawn twice - once for the front and another time for the inner page.

Try it to see how it works.

Note:

This option is only available for the front cover.


Toolbar
The Toolbar

Please click your mouse on a button to see its description:


CD View's CDs (def.)

Displays a dialog that allows you

to browse CD View's CDs and their titles.


Toolbar Help (def.)

Displays the contents page of

RSJ CD Cover Help.


Save Default Layout (def.)

Saves the currently active format options as default.

The default options will be restored each time you start CD Cover Print and will be used for the label print option from within CD View.


Show/hide format window (def.)

Shows or hides the format window.


Immediate Print (def.)

This button will immediately print the current cover

on the default printer.


CD label positioning wizard (def.)

Launches the CD Label Positioning Wizard, which

helps you to determine the exact position of the CD label on the

label sheet you are using.


 CD View's CDs

This dialog displays all CDs ever edited with CD View. If you select a CD in the upper list, its track titles are displayed in the field below.

Press the Create CD cover button to copy the titles to RSJ CD Cover Print.


 CD Cover Print screen elements

CD Cover Print's main window basically consists of a tab window that lets you select between three different "pages":

The CD title page is used to enter/edit the CD's title, artist and song titles. Of course, you can also enter general CD information if you want to create a data CD label.

The Front inlay, Back inlay and Disc label pages allow you to preview the result of your work.

If one of the preview pages is active, you can use the  format window to apply any of the format options to change the look of the label.


Previewing the front inlay

This is CD Cover's main window displaying the Front inlay preview page. The other preview panes look and behove similar.

Click your mouse on the window area you have further questions about:


Preview window (def.)

This area displays what will be printed later.

Use the format window to apply changes to the layout.

You can drop bitmap files onto the preview window to

set a new background image.


Tab selector (def.)

Click on the tabs to switch between the four pages.


Edit fields (def.)

Edit the CD title, artist and song titles in these fields;

Click the tab selector to switch to the preview pages to see the changes.


Printout
The Printout

The printout will use two different kinds of lines:

  cut along these lines

  fold along these lines

Tip:

If you first fold the paper and then cut it, it will be a lot easier.

Slide the front cover into the transparent lid of the CD; remove the  (usually gray) CD holder and insert the back label.

Put the CD holder back and your done!

Note:

If you do not want the fold-lines to be drawn across the cover itself, deselect the appropraite option in the options dialog (menu View|Options).


Options Dialog
The Options Dialog

You can change the following here:

Do not print fold-lines across the cover

If set, the fold-lines will only be drawn outside the cover area.

Use window background image

If set, RSJ CD Cover windows are drawn with a graphic in the background.


(def.)

If set, the fold-lines will only be drawn/printed outside the cover area.


(def.)

If set, RSJ CD Cover windows are drawn with a graphic in the background.


(def.)

If set, CD Cover Print will automatically

ensure that any text fits into its area.

This is done by decreasing the selected font

size accordingly.

Notes:

•	The selected point size is still the default;

it is only changed if it is too large for

the text to fit in its field.

•	This option is always active when using the

Immediate Print command from within

RSJ CD View.


(def.)

Closes the dialog and activates your changes.


(def.)

Closes the dialog discarding your changes.


(def.)

Choose which parts of the label

you wish to print.


Determine the CD label position

The CD Label Positioning Wizard helps you to determine the position of the CD labels on your label sheets.

This is done by printing three "rulers" on a label sheet, which intersect the CD label circles at certain points. All you have to do is enter the values as indicated by the rulers into the appropriate entry fields, the Wizard will then calculate the label's position.

 Example

Notes:

•	If you do not want to print CD labels, please check the appropriate option on the first page of the Positioning Wizard.

•	In case your label sheets contain two labels, please ignore one of the two and enter only values for the other circle.

The label sheets are usually symmetric, so you can print on both labels by turning the sheet by 180°.

•	Please try to be as exact as you can when entering the values and try to estimate comma values. This will create an exact result for the label position.


CD Label Positioning Wizard - Assistent
The CD Label Positioning Wizard - Assistent

Please enter the values as indicated by the rulers on the printout into the appropriate fields. Try to be as exact as possible.

Further information:

General Positioning Wizard info

Example


CD Label Positioning Wizard - Assistent
The CD Label Positioning Wizard - Assistent

After entering your values, you can print a test page here. This will print a circle at the position that was just calculated using your values.

If the position is wrong, either step back and change your entries, or directly change the labels center position by changing the values in the fields on this page.


CD label positioning example

The printout of the Positioning Wizard might look as follows:

Note: The blue circles mark the labels as they are cut into the label sheet.

In this sample, we will determine the position of the left circle.

The following values will be entered:

•	left A-value (#1)

as marked by the left half of the label circle.

•	upper B-value (#2)

as marked by the upper half of the circle

•	lower B-value (#3)

as marked by the lower half of the circle

In this example we do not use any values from the C-ruler, since the left circle does not intersect it.

If the label circle intersects both rulers, you can enter all 4 values (two B-values and two C-values).The Positioning Wizard will automatically choose the value pair that is the best for the following calculation.


Information
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RSJ CD Cover Print

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All rights reserved.

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