|AÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» |Aº |6Helpware |AºÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ^1Print Shop Utilities III |AÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͺ |6Helpware |Aº |AÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ^Cby ^CGeorge Leritte These utilities are designed to help you make the most of Broderbund Software's popular Print Shop program which allows you to design your own greeting cards, letterheads, and other such things. Back in BBD #18 we published a Print Shop Utility program. The program was so popular we revised it, adding many new features and improvements, and published it in BBD #27. ^1Print Shop Utilities III^0 incorporates all of the features of the earlier versions plus many new ones such as: indexing your image files, printing images on labels, separating images for transfer to another machine, and deleting files. These utilities operate on PrintMaster files as well as Print Shop; all you have to do is set one toggle option (described below). Thus, users of either of these programs can make use of this utility, and if you have a library of images in either format you can port them over to the other. This program was designed to perform similarly to Print Shop in an effort not to confuse users. Commands are chosen by highlighting a menu selection (or pressing the first letter of the selection) and pressing the ENTER key. Descriptions of the main menu options follows. Note: Print Shop images are contained in two files: a data file and a name file. The data file has an extension of ".DAT" and contains all the images. The name file has an extension of ".NAM" and contains the name of each corresponding image in the ".dat" file. Both of these files must start with the letters "GR". When asked to enter Print Shop file names, no extension can be entered. The utility will automatically add the "GR" letters and the extensions for you. ^1Display Images The first option is to display a Print Shop file. The program will present a list of Print Shop files (or PrintMaster files if you have toggled the file type as shown below in the eleventh option) on the disk for you to choose from. If there are no Print Shop files on the disk or directory, you will be thus informed and returned to the main menu. ^1Extract Images The second option allows you to extract images from a Print Shop file and place them in another file, existing or new. You move through a list of images in the file and select the images you want extracted, in the order you want them extracted. The selected images will have numbers next to them indicating the order in which they were selected. When finished, the program asks you to move a highlight bar to the name of the file in which to place any selected images. If any of the image names exist in the destination file, your choices are to Replace the image, Add the image (you would now have 2 images with the same name), or Skip the image (do not put it in the file). If you want to place them in a new file, put the cursor on ^1New File^0 and press ENTER. The program will prompt you for the filename. ^1Merge Two or More Image Files The third option allows you to combine two or more Print Shop files into a single file, existing or new. ^1Print an Individual File The fourth option allows you to print a file of images to your printer. You are asked if you want to use the file name as a title or you can enter your own title. You must first configure the program to use the correct printer codes. The program prints eight images per line. The image names are printed directly below the image. ^1Label Enhancer The fifth option allows you to select up to twelve images from one of your files and print them on labels. After selecting the file and the images, you are asked for the number of labels you want to print. The program reads in the selected images and displays the last one read on the screen. You may then specify where on the labels the images will be printed. This is accomplished by moving the image on the screen, left and right, until it is in the desired position. ^1PrintMaster <-> Print Shop The sixth option brings you to a secondary menu that allows you to convert images between Print Shop and PrintMaster. If you have only one of these programs, this will let you use images designed for the other. If you have both, this will let you use your full image library in both programs. In this option you are again prompted for the file names to transfer. ^1Edit Name File The seventh option allows you to edit the name of an image. First select the name of the file and then select the image as with the Extract option. Use the cursor keys to edit the selected image name. Print Shop automatically uses all uppercase letters in its image names, as do these utilities. Use the ^1Ins^0 key to toggle between insert and overwrite mode. The ^1Del^0 key deletes the character under the cursor, and the backspace key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. ^1Home^0 moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and ^1End^0 moves the cursor to the end of the line. ^1Group Individual Images The eighth option allows you to take images transferred from the Apple and Commodore versions of Print Shop (in which each image is a separate file) and place them in an IBM-compatible Print Shop file. All of the images to be grouped should be in the same drive or directory. You will be prompted for the file in which to place the images (new or existing). Then you are prompted for the drive or directory where the images to be grouped are located. Next you are prompted for the type of machine the images came from. You are then presented with two versions of the first image. Put the highlight box around the one that looks OK to you and press enter. If neither looks OK then press ESC and you will return to the main menu. Note for Commodore Users: This will only work on three-block Commodore files. On issue #46 of our sister publication, LOADSTAR, is a routine, Print Shop Converter, which will convert Commodore files from two-block to three- block. ^1Extract Images for Transfer The ninth option allows you to select a series of images and separate them into individual files for transfer to an Apple or Commodore. After you select a file and the images in the file you want to transfer, you are asked to which machine the transfer will be made. You then choose which of two separation methods the program will use. The correct method to use depends upon how the transfer will be made. We recommend that you use the first one, and if the images will not load properly or look strange when loaded, use the second method. ^1Delete a File The tenth option allows you to select a file and delete it from your disk. It has a safety prompt to allow you to change your mind about deleting the file. ^1Index Image Names The eleventh option allows you to build, and maintain, an index of your images. You are asked to select a file to index. If the file is already in your index, it will have a small arrow next to its name. If you select it to be indexed you are asked whether to replace the previous data in the index, to remove it from the index, or to abort and choose another file. The index contains a comment field where you can enter information about each of your image files. If you select Replace or if you select a file that has not been indexed, you are asked to enter a comment pertaining to that file. If you press the space bar, you will get a printout of the data in the index. The first page(s) is a list of each image file in alphabetical order, the number of images in that file, and the comment you entered for that file. The remaining pages are a double-column, alphabetized printout of each image name and the file in which it resides. ^1Utilities Menu The twelfth, and final, option on the main menu brings you to a secondary menu where you can set up your printer and change the directories where your data files are located. The first option allows you to select your printer. The program supports all of the printers supported by Print Shop. Epson is the default printer. The second and third options ask you for the drive or directory path where your Print Shop data files are located. The second is for the source drive or path; that is, where the files are coming from. The third is for the destination drive or path; that is, where the files are going to. Once you have selected these options, the program will automatically look for all Print Shop files in that drive/directory until you change it. The fourth and fifth options ask you for the drive or directory path where your PrintMaster data files are. They work the same as the two options above. The sixth option asks you for the drive or directory path where your image index files are. Once you have selected this option, the program will automatically look for all image index files in that drive/directory until you change it. The seventh option allows you to change whether the program operates with Print Shop or PrintMaster files. This indicates which type of file is used by all of the previously-mentioned commands (except for the PS/PM file conversion which always uses both types). This option toggles between the two each time it is selected. The eighth option allows you to save your printer selection, the default drive/directories where your files reside, and the main file type that the program works with to the PSUTIL3.CFG file on disk. Each time the program loads, it reads this file and sets the printer, the drive/directories and the main file type. ^1Custom Printer Configuration If none of the printer selections work for your printer, you can use a standard ASCII text editor to modify the printer configuration file. Load the PSUTIL3.CFG file into your editor. Below is a brief description of the items in the file. For a Custom configuration, use a printer selection number of 11. PS ;for Print Shop; PM for PrintMaster 5 ;Printer selection number (use 11 for customized) 27 15 ;Compressed or condensed mode 27 51 16 ;1/9th in. linefeed combination code WITH optional number 27 85 1 ;uni-directional printer code 27 76 ;Graphics mode code WITHOUT optional number 27 64 ;Printer reset code ;Exit Bit-Image-graphics mode (not used on most printers) N ;Normal graphics; use R for reverse graphics PS_sour\ ;Print Shop Source drive\path PS_dest\ ;Print Shop Destination drive\path PM_sour\ ;Print Shop Source drive\path PM_dest\ ;Print Shop Destination drive\path Index\ ;Image index drive\path 16.8 ;Printer characters per inch 0 ;Image position (starting) for label enhancer Enter all of the printer codes as decimal numbers separated by spaces. Note: We suggest you do not use this program on your original BIG BLUE DISK. Print Shop and PrintMaster files take up a lot of disk space and Disk 1 is almost full. Copy the program to a blank disk or to your hard disk. ^C^1Print Shop Utilities III requires a Graphics Adapter.^0 To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1PSUTIL3^0. DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FPSUTIL3.EXE ^FPSUTIL3.CFG ^FCHARACT.DAT ^FGRBBD34.NAM ^FGRBBD34.DAT