Kiwi Envelopes!¬ is a simple and easy way to print envelopes on the Macintosh, at last!
It is a gift from Kiwi Software, Inc. to the Macintosh¬ community, in celebration of the creation of our company. Use it and pass it on as much as you would like; however, please do us the kindness of passing these instructions along with the program; the next recipient may not be as competent as you are.
What Kiwi Envelopes!¬ is:
Kiwi Envelopes! takes the guesswork and aggravation out of envelope addressing on the Macintosh. As a desk accessory, it lets you print an envelope without leaving your current application. Kiwi Envelopes! saves you time by bypassing the usual print job set-up dialog boxes when printing on standard printers.
Kiwi Envelopes! prints on legal and letter size envelopes on the ImageWriter¬, ImageWriter II¬, LaserWriter¬, and LaserWriter Plus¬ printers, and should also print properly on any other Macintosh-compatible printer.
What Kiwi Envelopes! is not:
Kiwi Envelopes! is not a mail merge program. It only deals with one "envelope order" at a time. We did not want to compete with, but complement the available mail merge software available on the Macintosh. A mail merge program should be used when printing a large series of envelopes.
Installing Kiwi Envelopes!:
Kiwi Envelopes! must be installed in your system file on your startup disk, using the Font/DA Mover application (version 3.5 or higher). For more information on installing desk accessories, please consult the Macintosh User's Manual.
Preparing the Envelope
I) ImageWriter printers:
Set the paper release lever to the friction feed position .
a) ImageWriter I printer: Feed the envelope as you would in a typewriter, aligning the top side of the envelope with the metal rod.
b) ImageWriter II: Slide the envelope behind the platen, aligning the left side of the envelope with the left alignment icon/notch. Press the manual feed button. The envelope is properly advanced by the printer.
II) LaserWriter printers:
Envelopes must be fed manually in the LaserWriter. Place the envelope face-up with its long edge against the right side of the manual feed guide.
Printing an envelope.
If your computer is attached to several printers, make sure your printer of choice is selected using the "Chooser" desk accessory. "Certify" that choice by picking the "Page Setup" item from the "File" menu and╩clicking "OK" in the dialog box.
Open Kiwi Envelopes! by selecting it from the "Apple" menu. You will be presented with a dialog box, and a new menu, "Kiwi Env", will be added to your menu bar.
Simply click or tab into the return address box and enter your return address. Tab or click into the mailing address box and enter the mailing address. Should you want to change the font or font size in either address block, click inside the box and choose a different font or size from the "Kiwi Env" menu. Should you want to print on letter size envelopes, click on the letter size icon.
The most convenient way to use KiwiEnvelopes! is often to copy the address block from your letter, open KiwiEnvelopes! and paste the address in.
LaserWriter Jamming
Some LaserWriters have difficulties with feeding envelopes and report a "jammed" condition (red light) frequently. There is nothing that software can do to alleviate that problem, but a couple of tricks and a little practice can reduce the problem considerably: 1) wait until the printer requests the envelope (continuous orange light) to feed it 2) apply very slight forward pressure on the side of the envelope to aid the rollers in grabbing it. If you get a jammed (red light) condition, you have to open the hood of the printer (which cancels the red light) and remove the envelope. The next print is likely to be of inferior quality, so you might want to run a piece of scrap paper through.
ImageWriter manual feed dialog box
Many KiwiEnvelopes! users have told us how much they dislike having to click "OK" in the manual feed dialog box, and have asked us to remove it. This dialog box is not created or requested directly by KiwiEnvelopes!, but is part of the Imagewriter driver (the ImageWriter file you have in your system folder), so we cannot remove it. Suppressing that dialog box does not seem a good idea anyway, because it protects you against accidentally printing without envelope on the platen, which would dirty and damage the rubber.
Incompatibilities
We strived to adhere strictly to Apple's guidelines, so KiwiEnvelopes! 1.02 should be compatible with almost all other software, still some compatibility problems may arise. The only one we are aware of at this time is with HFS úocator +. Also, we do not recommend using KiwiEnvelopes! on a serial hard disk plugged to your printer or modem port.
