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- Printer's Apprentice 6.1 - "The easy way to look at your fonts!"
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- Lose Your Mind Development
- Post Office Box 302
- Haverford, PA 19041-0302
-
- email: 70564.2372@compuserve.com
- Support: (610) 645-0749 (evenings, EST)
- Orders: (217) 535-1000 (product #8255, VISA/MC)
- Compuserve online registration: GO SWREG, product #5357
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-
- "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
-
-
- Thanks you for taking the time to look at Printer's Apprentice 6.1. This
- file contains information about this package, what it does, and
- what the system requirements are.
-
- Instructions for quickly installing Printer's Apprentice 6.1 are also
- included. The manual for Printer's Apprentice is contained in an online
- help file (pa.hlp).
-
- Q. What is Printer's Apprentice?
- A. Printer's Apprentice is a font management utility for Windows
- 3.1 and Windows95. It helps you manage all your TrueType
- and Adobe Type 1 fonts by printing font listings, character charts,
- keyboard layouts, and font sample sheets.
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- Printer's Apprentice is a great addition to the font CD-ROMs found
- in many software shops. The Printer's Apprentice Font Install Wizard
- lets you look at TrueType fonts BEFORE you install them! You can
- even print a catalog of fonts from a CD/floppy/hard drive without
- installing or copying a single file!
-
- The Printer's Apprentice User's Guide is a full featured, context
- sensitive Windows help file. A printed User's Guide is available
- upon registration.
-
- Q. What are the system requirements?
- A. Printer's Apprentice 6.1 will run on any PC running Windows 3.1,
- Windows 3.11, or Windows 95. We recommend at least a 386 with
- 4 megs of memory. Printing functions will work on any printer,
- but we recommend a laser printer for acceptable quality.
-
- This software also requires a copy of VBRUN300.DLL. This DLL can
- be found on many BBS systems. It can also be found on Compuserve
- in the DTPFORUM, library 6, VBRUN3.ZIP.
-
- Q. What about Windows95?
- Printer's Apprentice does work with Windows95. All functions, including
- font printing, previewing and installation work with the new operating
- system. Version 6.1 of this software (what you have in your hands!) was
- released to solve a few minor problems that 6.0 had with Windows95.
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- Version 6.0 did work under Windows95, but the font install and uninstall
- functions did not work. This release fixes those problems.
-
- We are currently working on an upgrade for Printer's Apprentice.
- The package is tentativly titled "Printer's Apprentice 32." This
- release will be a "Designed for Windows95" application. It is being
- 100% rewritten as a 32 bit program for maximum speed and power! PA 32
- *will* require Windows95 or WindowsNT.
-
- When you register your copy of 6.1, you will be placed on the mailing
- list and will be notified when the new version is available. We expect
- the software to be ready by the end of February.
-
- Q. What's New with 6.0 & 6.1?
- A. 6.0 adds Wizards for installing, uninstalling, and printing
- TrueType fonts. There is also a resource Wizard that searches your
- windows\system directory for unused font FOT files that take up
- precious hard drive space. Printer's Apprentice can preview and
- print uninstalled fonts (through the Wizards). This version is
- also faster and takes up fewer system resources.
-
- 6.1 is a minor release meant to fix some incompatabilities
- with Windows95. Printer's Apprentice 6.1 is smart enough to
- determine which version of Windows you are running and make
- appropriate changes to your WIN.INI or registry file when
- fonts are installed or uninstalled.
-
- Q. How do I quickly install Printer's Apprentice?
- A. Unzip the distribution ZIP file to a new diskette or directory
- and run SETUP.EXE. The installation program copies the files
- files to your hard drive and creates a Program Manager icon
- for Printer's Apprentice. By default, the Printer's Apprentice
- icon will be placed in the Accessories group.
-
- If you are running Windows95, setup will create a Start menu item
- in the Accessories group.
-
- Q. I purchased and earlier version of Printer's Apprentice. Will
- my registration password still work?
- A. The registration password you received with the diskette will
- work with this and all future versions of Printer's Apprentice.
-
- Q. How do I remove the program if I need more space on my machine?
- A. There is a file named INSTALL.LOG located in the PA directory. This
- lists out *every* file and Program Manager group added to your system.
- You can use this file to track down the EXE, VBX, and DLL files
- used by Printer's Apprentice.
-
- Be aware, however, that other programs on your system may rely on
- the support VBX and DLL files used by Printer's Apprentice. This
- is especially true if you are an active user of many shareware
- programs. For example, lots of commercial and shareware packages
- use the THREED.VBX library. If you delete this from your
- WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, you might get a <FILE NOT FOUND> error
- when you try to run a program that uses this DLL.
-
- Q. How do I purchase this program?
- A. We offer three easy payment options. Prices are listed below.
-
- 1. Phone - For quick orders over the phone with a credit card, please call
- (217) 535-1000. You will speak with KeyData Specialists, a group
- that handles credit orders for us. A charge from KeyData will appear
- on your monthly credit statement from your bank. Order lines are open
- 8am - 5pm Central Standard Time.
-
- 2. Mail - Please enclose a check or your VISA/MC number and send to
- Lose Your Mind Development, PO Box 302, Haverford, PA 19041-0302.
- If you are paying via credit card, a charge from KeyData Specialists
- will appear on your statement. Please make checks payble to
- "Lose Your Mind Development" (believe me, the bank takes them with that
- business name!). 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."
-
- 3. Online - Compuserve users can order online via the Shareware
- Registration forum. GO SWREG to access the service. The charge will
- appear on your bill with the rest of your Compuserve charges.
-
- For foreign orders, please use a credit card, postal money order or a
- bank check drawn on US dollars. Pricing is as follows.
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- Domestic United States:
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- 1 copy of Printer's Apprentice, with 30 page users guide $25
-
- Canadian, Foreign orders, Europe, the world outside of the US
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- 1 copy of Printer's Apprentice $25
-
- Please make checks payable to "Lose Your Mind Development"
-
- Q. What is the upgrade policy?
- A. When you register, I will send you a registration code, a diskette
- and a license card. Upon release of major upgrades, I will notify
- you with a post card. Upgrades run between $5-$10 to cover the cost
- of mailing, diskettes, and duplication. The registration codeword
- will always work for future versions of the product.
-
- Q. Printer's Apprentice seems to install OK, but when I try to run it,
- I get a "<filename>.VBX is out of date" error. What is the problem?
- A. This is common for programs written in Visual Basic and Visual C++.
- VBX files are like DLL's. They are files with common routines used by
- many programs. "Out of Date" errors and other problems with VBX files
- are often caused by two problems.
-
- 1. Version Control
- Just like end-user software packages, VBX's are always being improved.
- Setup programs are supposed to check versions before installing a
- VBX/DLL file over one that is already on your computer. But this is
- not always the case.
-
- 2. Duplicate Files
- VBX files are supposed to be placed in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory by
- setup programs, but not everyone does this. Many times you will have
- duplicate copies of the same VBX in both your WINDOWS and your
- WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
-
- The installation program used by Printer's Apprentice makes every effort
- to ensure the correct VBX files are placed in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory. However, if you already have an older copy of a VBX file in
- your WINDOWS directory, the setup program may not be able to detect it.
- So when PrinterÆs Apprentice loads, it may see the older VBX in your
- WINDOWS directory instead of the newer one that shipped with PA and was
- placed in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. (Got all that?) This is when you
- get the "out of date" errors.
-
- The situation is easy, but tedious to fix.
- 1. Search your hard drive for every copy of the VBX file that is
- giving you errors.
- 2. If you have only one copy of that VBX file, then a recently installed
- software package copied it's older version of the VBX over the newer
- version that shipped with Printer's Apprentice.
-
- a. Move the older VBX file to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
- b. Rerun the Printer's Apprentice installation program.
-
- 3. If you have multiple copies of the same VBX file (for example, one in
- windows and one in windows\system), then you need to figure out which is
- the most recent version and move it to the windows\system directory.
-
- a. Use the Windows 3.11 File Manager to find out which copy has
- the most recent version number. Select the file and press
- ALT-ENTER to see the file's properties.
- b. Move the most recent one to the windows\system directory.
- c. Move the older version off your computer to a floppy disk.
-
- - if you donÆt have the Windows 3.11 File Manager -
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- a. Move all the duplicate copies of the VBX file to floppies.
- b. Rerun the Printer's Apprentice installation program.
-
- Generally, you should only have one copy of each VBX file needed by your
- software programs. The VBX files should all be in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory so installation programs don't stumble...
-
- This problem does not just happen to Printer's Apprentice!
- Lose Your Mind Development distributes a program called VersionViewer
- for inspecting the version resources of executables, DLL's, VBX's,
- and drivers. See the help file for more information on this wonderful
- program!
-
- Other Information
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- Many software programs are written using third party programming tools.
- Printer's Apprentice is no exception. The following libraries were used
- to build PA.
-
- File Version Company/Author
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- cbk.vbx 2.00$ Desaware, Inc.
- cmdialog.vbx 3.00 Microsoft
- grid.vbx 3.00.0537 Microsoft
- keystat.vbx 02.0.9000.1 Microsoft
- ss3d2.vbx <not marked> Sheridan Software
- ssformfx.vbx 1.0.0.3 Sheridan Software
- ssidxtab.vbx 1.0.0.3 Sheridan Software
- threed.vbx 3.0.0.0 Microsoft/Sheridan
- tooltips.vbx 2.0.0.0 James F. Lamb
- dwspydll.dll 2.00$ Desaware, Inc.
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- (c) copyright 1991-1995 by Bryan T. Kinkel
-