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- ║ Laser Printer Envelope Version 2.02 OCT 09 1993 ║
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- E.T.S. Inc. by Val & Mary Jane Patterson
- 1115 East Brigadoon Court
- Salt Lake City, UT 84117-4969
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- 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
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- ║ 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: ║
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- To use this program, you will need:
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- 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.
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- ║ INSTALLING LPE FOR THE FIRST TIME ║
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- 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.
-
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- │ SPECIAL NOTE TO NETWORK USERS │
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- │ 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! │
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- ║ LPE SPECIAL NOTES: ║
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 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.
-
-
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- │ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT LPE │
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- 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.
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- ║ USING THE 24-Hour ETS Support BBS: ║
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- The ETS Inc. FREE PUBLIC ACCESS BBS
- (801) 265-0919 v.32bis
- (801) 265-2496 v.32bis
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- │ HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE REGISTERED UPGRADES FROM THE ETS BBS │
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- 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.
-
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- 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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- ║ 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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