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╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ LPE Laser Printer Envelope version 1.05 JULY 20 1992 ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
E.T.S. Inc. by Val & Mary Jane Patterson
LPE Registration
1115 East Brigadoon Court
Salt Lake City, UT 84117-4969
LPE is SHAREWARE. Try it out!
If you like it, please buy a registered copy.
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│ Why should you buy this software? │
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│ 1 - You receive the latest version of LPE on 3 or 5 inch diskette. │
│ ( NO EXTRA CHARGE for ordering 3 1/2 inch diskettes! ) │
│ 2 - You will receive a very nicely printed users manual. │
│ 3 - You will get a CUSTOMER number, which you will need to │
│ download FREE UPGRADES of future REGISTERED versions of LPE. │
│ 4 - Your REGISTERED diskette contains more SOFT FONTS which │
│ will help you create more attractive envelopes! │
│ 5 - Registered LPE is SELF-UPGRADING!!! │
│ Customers who have registered can easily download the │
│ LATEST, most POWERFUL version of LPE for FREE, using │
│ the Complimentary 24 HOUR LPE Support BBS in Salt Lake City! │
╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
Program Registration Fee ..........................ONLY $ 9.95
YES... you read that correctly.
NO EXTRA CHARGES for shipping / handling / foreign or UTAH residents!
We want you to be one of our many satisfied customers!
ETS Inc. has:
A - The LOWEST POSSIBLE prices.
B - The BEST POSSIBLE software.
C - COMPLETE customer support via FAX and MODEM.
Personal and Business checks, VISA and MASTER CARD are accepted.
Packages are always shipped the same day we receive your order!
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ LPE REQUIREMENTS: ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
To use this program to it's fullest, you will need:
1 - A 100% IBM compatible computer.
2 - DOS version 3.3 or higher.
3 - 160k of free memory.
4 - EGA or VGA compatible graphics adapter.
5 - Beginner's or better knowledge of your laser printer.
6 - Laser Printer:
a - Must be `HP' compatible ( This is not POSTSCRIPT ).
Technical talk: HP PCL LEVEL IV compatible.
b - 40k printer memory minimum ( we download a 19k font ).
7 - A MOUSE is optional, but it makes the program run smoothly.
8 - Knowledge of 3 DOS COMMANDS: CD MD and COPY.
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║ LPE INSTALLATION: ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
If you are a NORMAL computer user, you have already installed LPE
and checked out all of it's features. Please forgive me for having
to do this `Installation Page'.
1 - HOW TO INSTALL AND RUN LPE:
TYPE THIS; [ENTER] -------- WHAT IT MEANS ------------------
C: :GO TO THE C: DRIVE
CD \ :GO TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY ON C: DRIVE
MD LPE :MAKE A DIRECTORY IN C: CALLED LPE
CD LPE :NOW GO INTO THE NEW LPE DIRECTORY
COPY A:*.* :COPY THE LPE PROGRAM FILES FROM DRIVE A:
LPE :NOW RUN THE PROGRAM, LPE
2 - All of the `LPE' program files START WITH the letters `LPE'.
This makes it easy to identify all of the files which
came with the program!
=============== 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.
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ LPE FILES: on disk ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
LPE.EXE - Executable LPE program file.
LPE.HLP - The HELP text file used when F1 key is pressed.
LPE.DOC - This LPE DOCUMENTATION file.
LPED.SFL - Default Destination Address Font.
LPER.SFL - Default Return Address Font.
LPE.DB - Example DATABASE TEXT FILE.
There are MANY more FREE fonts on our customer support BBS.
ALL of the files begin with the letters "LPE" to make it easy
for you to locate the set. We urge ALL SHAREWARE AUTHORS
to follow this example!
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║ LPE SPECIAL NOTES: ║
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1 - 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!
2 - 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.
3 - When you print from a DATABASE 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 DATABASE 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: .DB
( LPE WILL ONLY LOOK FOR *.DB FILES AS DATABASE FILES. )
│ a - The VERY FIRST CHARACTER in the text file becomes the
│ NAME SEPERATOR character.
│ Valid characters are: ~!@#$%^&*()_+`-={}|[]\:";'<>?,./
│ and the SPACE character. Don't use plain CRLF's.
│ Don't use any other character, you will waste your time.
│
│ 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.DB" is a little
│ example of a VALID LPE DATABASE text file.
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4 - 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.
5 - 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.
6 - 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.
7 - LPE saves certain information everytime you quit the program.
* Current Return Address
* Current Destination Address
* Size of envelope
* Colors for the screen
* Printer Tray selection
* Printer Type selection
* Printer Port
* Currently selected Downloadable Landscape FONTS
* Currently selected DATABASE file
* Current Return address spacings
* Current Barcode Enabled / Disabled status
* Current LAN ( printer sharing ) Enabled / Disabled status
* Current Destination address spacing and location offsets
The files which contain this information end with: `.OVL'.
If you erase these files, you will do no damage, but,
erasing the files causes the program to reset every setting
back to the factory defaults!
8 - If you want to use your own downloaded soft fonts:
1 - Your font should be 12-16 point size, LANDSCAPE.
2 - Your font file should end with `.SFL' which means:
Soft Font Landscape.
3 - Copy your desired soft fonts to the LPE directory.
9 - 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.
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10 - Here's how to tell if your own soft fonts will work
with LPE....
│ Only PROPORTIONAL SPACING FONTS work well.
│
│ a - Say for example, your font is called: TMSB014.SFL
│ b - From the DOS PROMPT, type this:
│ C:\TYPE TMSB014.SFL [ENTER]
│ c - If the second two characters that print onto the screen
│ are:
│ )s You may have a winner! Try that font!
│
│ d - Those 3 characters are the HP Command for the start
│ of a downloadable font, so go ahead and try that
│ font in LPE!
│
│ You CAN'T HURT YOUR PRINTER by trying the wrong font!
│
│ If the letters appear all `jumbled together' that font
│ is not a PROPORTIONAL SPACING type font, try another!
11 - LPE fonts only contain ascii characters 32 - 127.
I cannot print the extended ascii set 128-255. I hope
you don't use these on envelopes, anyway. Plus it
makes the font filesize much smaller, to save disk space.
If you use a foreign keyboard, however, be prepared to
be driven crazy, or use your own foreign soft fonts!
12 - BARCODES: 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)
The little `technical-looking' bars at the bottom are
called POSTNET 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.
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│ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT LPE │
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Q: I have purchased an envelope tray from my manufacturer and want
to use it with LPE. What can I do?
A: LPE used to control envelope trays, but we had so many problems
that the feature was removed in version 1.05. Those trays are a
rip-off. We are thinking of selling a plastic insert which will
convert your regular paper tray into an envelope tray for $19.95.
Let us know if you would be willing to buy this product. We are
taking a survey on this possible item.
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:
--> JOHN'S BUSINESS #10 ENVELOPE & DATABASE
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.
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.
Q: Is there other software like LPE?
A: This is our most common question. Yes. When there is enough
room on your registered diskette, we will put a subdirectory
on that diskette with a sample of other shareware we write.
It's always best to call our BBS with your modem to get the
latest versions of our many software products. By the way, in
the first 7 months of 1992, we released six new programs and
18 versions! That's about 1 product per month and a version
almost every week!
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║ USING THE 24-Hour ETS Support BBS: ║
╙────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
The ETS Inc. FREE PUBLIC ACCESS BBS
(801) 265-0919 V.32bis 14400 baud high-speed line. FORVAL modem.
(801) 265-2496 2400 baud low-speed line.
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│ Other programs on our BBS, created by the author of LPE: │
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│ APP105.ZIP ASCII-PRINT PRO by ETS Inc. │
│ Check for latest version: 1.05 1.06 1.07 etc... │
│ The BEST 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. │
│ Shareware: $14.95 │
│ CRP108.ZIP COURT REPORTER PRO by ETS Inc. │
│ Check for latest version: 1.09 1.10 1.11 etc... │
│ Specifically for Court Reporters and Law Firms. World- │
│ Class Transcript condensing program. Rivals the $1,000 │
│ commercial software. │
│ Shareware: $49.95 │
│ 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 About 28 Public Domain Landscape Soft Fonts contributed │
│ by users, zipped into one file. Great for LPE users! │
│ Public Domain Fonts. │
│ 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! │
│ SLPVIEW.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! │
│ PFS2LPE.ZIP Convert your PUBLISHERS FIRST CHOICE database files │
│ to the LPE format. Uses Artificial Intelligence. │
│ Shareware: FREE! │
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COMING SOON:
MAGIC POST CARD: Prints Standard 4 1/4 by 5 inch POST CARDS
4-UP to your Laser Printer! Laser Printers
cannot otherwise print Post Cards, because
they are too small! Barcodes, Fimcodes etc.
DEX: Home and Business Database manager with superb
Laser Printer operations!
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.
Please call or send in your LPE registration form TODAY!
Shareware like LPE could become COMMONPLACE if you do!
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║ LPE REGISTRATION Version 1.05 ║
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║ Please send ____ copy(s) of the latest version of LPE to: ║
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║ └┘ Enclosed is a check for $9.95 per copy. ║
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║ └┘ Charge my VISA #_____ _____ _____ _____ expiry ___ ___ ║
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║ └┘ Charge my MC #_____ _____ _____ _____ expiry ___ ___ ║
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║ └┘ Phone number (optional) _______________________________ ║
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║ send to: ETS Inc. ║
║ LPE Registration ║
║ 1115 East Brigadoon Court ║
║ Salt Lake City, UT 84117-4969 ║
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║ or call: ETS VISA/MC order line (801)265-2497 (orders only) ║
║ 8am - 3pm MST 7 days per week. ║
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║ └┘ Please send LPE on 3 1/2 inch diskette. ║
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║ └┘ Please send LPE on 5 1/4 inch diskette. ║
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║ Where did you discover LPE? ║
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║ └┘ Bulletin board _______________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ Friend or associate __________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ Please rate LPE on a scale of 1 to 10 ________ ║
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║ └┘ Printer type _________________________________ ║
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║ └┘ You may Quote me. ║
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