Shareware Supreme Volume 6 #1

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ Shareware Supreme Volume 6 #1 / swsii.zip / swsii / 337 / ENVLPHP.ZIP / LPE.HLP < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 1993-10-09 | 18.3 KB | 432 lines

* help window 0 When you press the F1 key while running LPE, this is the HELP FILE which is displayed. You can modify it with any text editor if you desire. * help window 1 -------------------- LASER PRINTER ENVELOPE - MAIN MENU ------------------- DESTINATION ADDRESS: Who the envelope is addressed to. RETURN ADDRESS: Who the envelope is from. PRINT ENVELOPE(s): Select this option to print envelopes. LPE has the ability to print from the screen, or to retrieve it's destination addresses from a MAIL LIST which YOU have created EARLIER. MAIL LIST: To Edit, View, Select, Tag, items in your MAIL LIST. ENVELOPE SIZE: Enables you to select from many common sizes of envelopes, or create your own CUSTOM envelope size. NUMBER OF COPIES: Set this quantity to the number of copies of EACH ENVELOPE you want to print. FONT SELECTION: You can choose different Download Fonts. Copy your desired *.SFL 10-16pt fonts to this directory for LPE to use them on envelopes. SETUP OPTIONS: Use this very handy item to save different LPE SETUPS for quick loading. Speeds up your work dramatically. OTHER OPTIONS: First time users of LPE should use this option to tell LPE what kind of hardware is connected to their computer, and to change printers, lan option, barcodes, etc. CHANGE COLORS: Lets you change your default screen colors. The program remembers the new colors each time it runs. * help window 2 --------------- LASER PRINTER ENVELOPE MENU TWO (the SUB-MENU) ------------ These are Less-Often used Selections which you can choose to customize your Laser Printer Envelope program. SET ADDRESS: Graphically MOVE and PLACE all items onto your envelope. A MOUSE is required to MOVE items. ATTENTION LINE: ADD EDIT or REMOVE your ATTENTION LINE. PCX FILE: You are allowed up to FOUR .PCX files on your envelope. Use this option to select your .PCX files. BARCODES: You can ENABLE/DISABLE and LOCATE barcodes here. TRAY SELECT: Allows you to Feed Envelopes by hand or let the Laser Printer feed the envelopes automatically. PRINTER TYPE: Select LEFT-CENTER-RIGHT feed printer to match yours. You can also select: STAMP FEEDS FIRST or STAMP FEEDS LAST. envelope looks correct. ( If your printer's not listed ) PRINTER PORT: Select LPT1, LPT2, LPT3. LAN SELECT: Enable or Disable PRINTER-SHARING. Turning LAN ON causes LPE to download all fonts and .PCX before each envelope. PRINTER ALIGNMENT: Please ALIGN your printer before doing any serious work with LPE. Your envelopes will be aligned perfectly. CUSTOMER NUMBERS: How to contact ETS Inc. List of all phone numbers. * help window 3 -------------------------------- PRINT MENU ------------------------------- PRINT ENVELOPE NOW: Will Print using both ADDRESSES from your SCREEN. ADD to MAIL LIST - then PRINT: Will PRINT using the SCREEN ADDRESS then save this DESTINATION ADDRESS to your MAIL LIST. ADD to MAIL LIST - no PRINT: Will add this DESTINATION ADDRESS to the MAIL LIST, but will not print an envelope. ( adding names only ) PRINT ENTIRE MAIL LIST: The DESTINATION ADDRESSES will be taken from your MAIL LIST. The RETURN ADDRESS is taken from your SCREEN. PRINT TAGGED ONLY: Only MAIL LIST items you have selected will print. PRINT FULL SHEET: Prints a "TEST" envelope to a full sheet of paper with a border drawn around the envelope. Use for making labels which will be placed on packages. PRINT A SAMPLE OF ALL FONTS: Will scan your LPE directory for all .SFL and .USL landscape soft fonts, then print them. If your laser printer has LESS THAN 1MEG of memory, not all will print. * help window 4 ---------------------------- ENVELOPE SIZE MENU --------------------------- Select from the list of pre-set common envelope sizes, or create your own CUSTOM envelope size. The first number in SETTINGS is the height of the envelope. The second number in SETTINGS the width of the envelope. * help window 5 ------------------------ Enter CUSTOM Envelope Size ----------------------- FOUR different menu screens here will prompt you for your CUSTOM envelope size. 1 - Height of envelope in INCHES ( no fraction ) 2 - Fractional part of Height. 3 - Width of envelope in INCHES ( no fraction ) 4 - Fractional part of Width. * help window 6 ------------------------ SELECT LASER PRINTER TRAY ------------------------ AUTO FEED: Feed from your DEFAULT paper tray. Paper is fed automatically. MANUAL_FEED: Preferred. Printer WAITS until you insert an envelope into the printer by hand before it begins to print that envelope. * help window 7 ------------------------- SELECT YOUR PRINTER PORT ------------------------ LPT1 = Printer is connected to Port # 1. This is the normal default for most IBM computers. If you are in doubt, try this choice first. LPT2 = Printer is connected to Port # 2. LPT3 = Printer is connected to Port # 3. * help window 8 ---------------------- SELECT YOUR LASER PRINTER TYPE --------------------- If you are not sure: TRY CHOICES 1 2 and 3 FIRST. Example: TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3 ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ HP LJ IV HP LJ II & III HP IIp & IIIp IBM 4018/4019 OKILASER 400 & 800 PANASONIC KXP 445Oi PANASONIC KXP 44xx EPSON DAC LASER PRO SHARP TYPE 4 TYPE 5 TYPE 6 ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ UNKNOWN (future) UNKNOWN (future) UNKNOWN (future) Please Experiment to find your correct setting. * help window 9 MAIL LIST FUNCTIONS MENU ---------------------------- MAIL LIST CHOICES ---------------------------- ADD: Add current Destination Address from SCREEN to the MAIL LIST. VIEW: Retrieve a Destination Address from this MAIL LIST. TAG: Mark one or more MAIL LIST addresses for printing. DELETE: Delete an address from the MAIL LIST. LOOK: VIEW your MAIL LIST as a TEXT FILE. MAIL LIST files are readable. CHANGE: Select a DIFFERENT MAIL LIST file to be the active one. CREATE: Start a NEW MAIL LIST file. You make up the name for this file. (MAXIMUM 8 CHARS). The program will add `.ML' to the name you enter, because all MAIL LIST files end with '.ML'. FORCE DATE: Addresses are added to the END of the MAIL LIST file. FORCE ALPHABETIC: Addresses are inserted alphabetically when ADDed. * help window 10 -------------------------- SET FONT SPACING MENU -------------------------- FONT SPACING is usually called "LEADING". Leading is the space between lines of text. 100 percent leading should give you a normal white space between lines. You, however, may change this number from 80-120 percent to decrease or increase the leading to suit your tastes. IF your are using an INTERNAL (built-in to printer) FONT, LPE has to make a guess about the height of each line (to calculate the default spacing). Use this option to touch-up interline spacing should LPE guess wrong on your internal fonts' size. * help window 11 ------------------ ENVELOPE FONT and FONT UTILITIES menu. ----------------- You may select any *.SFL or *.USL font in your LPE directory to use as your RETURN, DESTINATION, or ATTENTION LINE fonts. Note that the FIRST (top) LINE in each address MAY have a different font selected than the following lines in that address! ======== font DEFAULTS ======== RETURN ADDRESS LINE 1 FONT: LPER1.SFL FOLLOWING LINES FONT: LPER2.SFL DESTINATION ADDRESS LINE 1 FONT: LPED1.SFL FOLLOWING LINES FONT: LPED2.SFL ATTENTION LINE FONT: LPEA1.SFL You may also set your FONT INTERLINE SPACING. You may also PRINT a FONT SAMPLE SHEET to your printer, to enable easy selection of your different soft fonts! * help window 12 ---------------------- BARCODE-FIMCODE Enable / Disable ------------------- Enable BARCODES to print the US POSTAL SERVICE barcode on the bottom right side of your envelopes. LPE will scan each address for a valid ZIP or ZIP PLUS FOUR zipcode and create the proper barcode for the address. If your RETURN and DESTINATION addresses are SWAPPED (reply mail) LPE will barcode off of the address which is placed FARTHEST to the RIGHT. THREE barcode locations are permitted by POSTAL REGULATIONS: 1 - 4 inches from the lower right edge of the envelope (HIGHLY PREFERRED) 2 - ABOVE the destination address. 3 - BELOW the destination address. NO other choices are permitted by the POST OFFICE. Do NOT ask to change. FIMCODES are the 5 black vertical bars near the stamp. These bars tell the Post Office computer that the envelope is pre-barcoded. Bar-coded envelopes will save you postage when 50 or more letters are addressed within the same first 3 digits of one ZIP CODE. ( check with your local post office first ). * help window 13 --------------------------- LAN Enable / Disable -------------------------- ENABLED forces LPE to always download the soft-fonts immediately before printing single envelopes. This forces each envelope soft font and envelope data to be sent as ONE CONTIGUOUS data packet. When you are on a SHARED-PRINTER network or a LAN, other users can reset and remove the laser-printers' downloaded fonts which you have downloaded. Default is DISABLED. * help window 14 SETUPS MENU: RECALL SAVE CURRENT SAVE NEW DELETE ----------------------- THE TWENTY DIFFERENT SETUPS ----------------------- LOAD: - Load a previously saved SETUP. SAVE: - SAVE everything shown on the screen to a NEW SETUP number. You are allowed to enter a 23 character description for this SETUP. RESET: Set the Current SETUP to the FACTORY DEFAULTS. The Setup files each contain the complete settings for LPE. You are encouraged to experiment with this powerful feature. You should be able to find numerous setups which will make your various envelope printing tasks much easier! * help window 15 DISPLAYING ALL SETUPS ----------------------- THE TWENTY DIFFERENT SETUPS ----------------------- You are presented with a list of all TWENTY SETUPS. The description and the name of each SETUP FILE is shown. You are being asked to choose one of the setup files shown. Please read each description to determine which setup file you want to choose. We encourage you to use the different SETUPS for Birthday Card Envelopes, MAIL LISTs for HOME, BIRTHDAYS, CHRISTMAS, BUSINESS, CHURCH, etc. * help window 16 SELECTING .PCX FILE AND PLACEMENT ---------------------------- .PCX FILE SELECT ----------------------------- SELECT - a .PCX file to print onto the envelope. This can be a custom logo, picture or anything you want. The .PCX file MUST be BLACK & WHITE. NO COLOR .PCX files are allowed. LPE will NOT display any .PCX file over 64kbytes on the menu. I do not show them because I could not print them anyway. NOTE: Laser printers print at 300 dots per inch. If you want to create a .PCX picture that is 1 inch tall and 1 inch wide when it prints to your Laser Printer, make your .PCX picture 300 by 300 dots! Easy to remember. REMOVE - Remove the .PCX file from the envelope. NOTE: Envelopes will print slower than usual when using a .PCX image. This is because of the huge data transfers involved inside the printer. Do not be alarmed, this is natural for your printer. * help window 17 SET INTERLINE SPACING 80-120 PERCENT ---------------- SET INTERLINE SPACING 80 thru 120 PERCENT --------------- INTERLINE SPACING CHANGES: This option controls the "Leading" or White Space Between Lines in the Addresses. Example: 80 Percent will squeeze the lines very close together. 100 Percent will print the lines with normal spacing. 120 Percent will give a wide space between each line. * help window 18 ENTERING THE ESC CODES TO USE AN INTERNAL FONT ---------- ENTERING a PRINTER ESCAPE CODE TO USE AN INTERNAL FONT --------- ========== WARNING: This option is for ADVANCED USERS ONLY! =========== If you don't understand ESCAPE codes, PLEASE use the DOWNLOADED FONTS! ONLY LANDSCAPE FONTS can be used. DO NOT select any PORTRAIT FONTS! You should now enter the appropriate -ESC- codes given by your printer manufacturer (or font cartridge manufacturer) to select the font you wish to select. You will normally find the proper ESCAPE codes by pressing the FONTS TEST button on your printer's front panel. AGAIN, DO NOT try to select any PORTRAIT FONTS!!! THIS PROGRAM ABSOLUTELY CANNOT USE PORTRAIT FONTS. PAY ATTENTION. ---- MISUSE OF THIS OPTION WILL SERIOUSLY SCREW UP YOUR ENVELOPES ---- * help window 19 PRINTER ALIGNMENT MENU ------- USE THIS OPTION to EXACTLY ALIGN YOUR ENVELOPE PRINTING. ---------- Most Laser Printer Paper Feed paths are not exactly aligned when the printer is manufactured. You will enjoy this advanced feature for correcting any mis-alignment in your paper feed path. We wish that other software vendors would provide this feature also. Alas. PRINT ALIGNMENT SHEET: Use this option to print an alignment sheet on your printer. Follow the instructions printed on that sheet to compensate for any mis-alignment in your printer paper feed path. NOTE: use a FULL 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper for this test. PRINT ADJUSTED SHEET: Use this option to VERIFY that you have set your HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL adjustment numbers correctly. (optional) ENTER your HORIZONTAL correction value: range -120 to +120 pixels. ENTER your VERTICAL correction value: range -120 to +120 pixels. RESET both to ZERO: Use this option to quickly set both the HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL correction values to ZERO. (optional) NOTE: Once you have aligned your printer and set your correction values up for your particular printer, you shouldn't RESET them back to ZERO. * help window 20 ENTERING DESTINATION OR RETURN ADDRESSES To ERASE this whole address : press the [DELETE] key just before entering your FIRST Line! [ESC] = Quit back to the main menu. [ENTER] = Accept line as it is now. [HOME] = Move cursor to start of line. [END] = Move cursor to end of line. [CNTRL Y] = Erase just this line. * help window 21 Select Number of COPIES to print: Laser Printers can print 1-99 copies of each envelope. Please edit the number in the COPIES window to your desired number of copies of EACH ENVELOPE. This number is reset to 1 COPY when you restart the program. Normal setting for this feature is 1 COPY. * help window 22 * help window 23 ENTER NEW MAIL LIST NAME Please enter a NAME for your new MAIL LIST file. NO spaces, periods, commas, wierd characters are allowed. The program will add the characters '.ML' to the name automatically, to tell LPE this is a MAIL LIST. MININUM 1 CHARACTER <-----> MAXIMUM 8 CHARACTERS. EXAMPLES OF NAMES WHICH ARE OK: BIRTHDAY DEALERS MISSOURI ASPEN CUSTACCT PASTDUE HOBBY BS1 BS101 BS440 ROUTE22 MARKCUST CALIF BOSTON NEVADA ARIZONA EXAMPLES OF NAMES WHICH ARE -->NOT<-- OK: BIG.ACCTS CAR LOTS BBS.ML LPE.ML COUSINS[ DENTISTS.ML DO*CTORS MSISIS.IS * help window 24 * help window 25 ENTERING DESCRIPTION FOR THIS NEW SETUP FILE You are being asked to enter a description for your new setup file. Please use your own words, because you are writing a message to yourself which will remind you later about what this particular setup file is going to be used for! You may enter any sentence up to 23 characters maximum. * help window 26 * help window 27 * help window 28 * help window 29 * help window 30 ERROR: DOS cannot find the file you specified. Either the file doesn't exist, or the spelling is wrong. No wildcards are allowed in the filename. The file MUST BE in the SAME DIRECTORY AS L.P.E. Here is the type of name format which I expect: NAMEDATA.ML NEVADA.ML MAILDATA.ML DECEMBER.ML * help window 31 ERROR: Your MAIL LIST file is not in the proper format. Mail List File Rules: 1 - Each Name/Address must be preceeded by at least 1 line which starts with a NON-ALPHA and NON-NUMERIC character. ( `!@#$%^&*()"'?><\= ) are fine. Use the '*' character if you cannot decide. This line is called a 'comment' line. 2 - You can have as many of these `comment' lines as you want before each address. 3 - Don't make any addresses more than 6 lines long. 6 lines is MAXIMUM. 4 - Don't put a `comment' line after the LAST address. Below is an example of a PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE Mail List File. * JOE SMITH 1234 MAPLE LANE LOS ANGELES, CA 12345-6789 * XYZ CORPORATION 345 West 27th STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 23456-7890 * * * RANDY JONES 678 Rock Street Albuquerque, NM 90123-4567 * help window 32 MAIL LIST SCREEN HELP KEYS - ACTION DELETE KEY - Deletes the currently displayed Destination Address from the database. TAB KEY - Marks the currently displayed Destination Address for printing. ARROW KEYS - Move quickly around inside the Database. HOME KEY - Move quickly to the START of the Database. END KEY - Move quickly to the END of the Database. A - Z KEYS - Move quickly to a NAME beginning with this letter. 1 KEY - Search through names using the FIRST NAMES. 2 KEY - Search through names using the LAST NAMES. ESCAPE KEY - Quit this Database screen, go back to the MAIN MENU. * help window 33 * help window 34 * help window 35 * help window 36 * help window 37 * help window 38 * help window 39 * help window 40