Danielle.....forgot to add....When your next cartridge runs out of ink and the light flashes, remove immediately. Blot the bottom hole with a paper towel until no ink is coming out and put scotch or adhesive tape over that hole. Put a moist paper towel (not soggy) into a baggy with the cartridge. Keep the bag up cartridge upright until you are ready to refill. It's best to refill the cartridge right away but since you do not have your ink yet, just save the cartridge. The moist towel should maintain it. You will find that typically the yellow color runs out first. I reink as soon as I begin to see horizonal streaks in something I've printed. It's a good idea to run the cleaning cycle before reinking just to make sure it's not a minor clog. The cleaning often takes care of the problem.

Danielle....many of us have ordered from www.refillkits.com/ Make sure you order the appropriate kit for your Epson 600. There are several other companies that appear to also be good. Now that you know Epson 600's are harder to refill, you will be prepared. I find the color cartridges quite easy for some reason. It's odd because there are three holes to refill. For some reason, that one hole on the black cartridge makes things more difficult. It takes patience and determination to problem solve when things don't work out correctly. I've never experienced Willie's splattering problem. It's been just the opposite- nothing prints. There are good advisors on this chat line. With my willingness to explain in detail, Larry has been especially helpful to help problem solve. Glenn did untold research one day as we tried to figure out what exactly was going on. No one else in my nearby world reinks or even cares to. This chat line has been such an education. Let us know how it goes for you.

Van - To open pictures from the "Micro-Logic" version of PM use the open from disk command after selecting "add" from the toolbar on the left. Then look in the directory of the CDROM labled "pictures" not catalog. This will then show various catagories and all the graphics in cgm or other formats such as tif. This should save you alot of the effort you were going through. By the way it's ver. 1 (1994) I still had my user guide, such a packrat (grin) Jon

Hello Willie I just mailed you two graphics one in the body of the E mail and the other as an attachment.Let me know what happens.

Carol take a look at http://www.cyberramp.net/~fulton/ This is the best information I know on scanners.

Hello all. I wanted to say thank-you to everyone for all of the information on scanners. Now I will be able to figure out what to do now. Brandy how are you tonight? Can't stay long. Too much to do.....Carol

I bought a Storm EasyPhoto Flatbed Scanner for $99.00 at Best Buy. PC Computing named it and the Visioneer3000 as the best picks for home scanners. I think it does a good job on what I used it for so far. It is a parallel port scanner. A friend had gotten a scsi scanner and had a lot of trouble with it, so I decided not to go that route. Mine works great with my Canon Printer and setup was a snap.

I have not been able to stop the "spalttering" problem with re-inking. I would not recommend re-inking to any one. The chances of it not working are very high.*******Once again. When I receive a project as an attachment it looks as if it is all ready open, only in symbolese. There is nothing underlined, highlighted or "clickable".

The Deluxe CD contains more graphics. When you go to the graphics gallery to select a picture set the ART COLLECTION window to PrintMaster and you see thumbnail images for the 1st CD, Set it on Deluxe for thumbnails of the 2nd CD. Set it on ALL for (you guessed it!) seeing all the graphics available on both CD's. When you click on a thumbnail from the 2nd CD the program will ask change to the 2nd CD. All thumbnail images are on the 1st CD so you will have to reinsert it to go back to choose another graphic. Can you understand that or have I rambled too much?

Daisy thanks for getting back to me, really appreciate it. I not only lost my PRINTER...I lost everything. Had to reinstall W95 in DOS...well it's along story, but I'm up and running...THANKS AGAIN--Debe

I purchased this program and it came with 2 CD's (one a program and the othe Deluxe). I have yet to be able to use the second CD. Does anyone know how to get what is on it?

Hi! The way I opened my email download for PMP was (assuming you have Win95) put in your PMP CD, go to Windows Explorer, find the downloaded file and double click on it. It will automatically open PMP & the file. Then just save it as if you had just created it. Make sure it saved to PMP and then you can go back to Win Explorer and delete it from there. Hope this helps. Vicky~

Why can't I actually get the national Geographic Photo Gallery to load??

Donna, thanks for the info on the security settings. I'll give it a try. Vicky~

Ed, oops...a typo...that is *do not use steam*. Plus, keep that iron moving, don't let it sit in one place. Yes, you need to experiment with the heat settings. Probably medium to med-hot. (My iron is old & has been dropped a few times). Vicky~

Ed, yes, go not use steam. I have never seen a laminating machine in action but I imagine it to be slow. So I just slowly push the iron around, slowly with medium pressure. It works great. You might want to try something small and not important till you get the hang of it. The laminate comes with a little pouch so the iron doesn't touch your project. It is really easy! You should give it a try! Vicky~

Anybody been able to install Print Master Gold Deluxe on a Windows NT operateing System?

Have you tried going through the Add New Hardware in the Control Panel to reinstall your printer? START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, ADD NEW HARDWARE. When it asks if you want windows to search for new hardware? Click NO then NEXT. It should show a list of things you can install. Click on PRINTER. NEXT. Then it will ask Local or Network. Click LOCAL and NEXT. At the following window click on HAVE DISK. I couldn't go any further since I'm not really installing a printer, but I'm sure you can just follow what it says from there.

Hi Jan, the reason is that you have checked "snap to rulers." Click on VIEW and UNcheck "snap to rulers. " Maurice.

Hi Lindy, try the solution I gave to Cookie and Honey Bee a little further down this chat room. Maurice.

Allow me to butt-in here? What works for me is to hold the shift key while I double click in the text box.

Hi Kelly, call Continental Inc. In Arizona (my state) at 1-800-272-4274. They are the oens that take care of the refunds for Mindscape. Maurice.

Does anyone have a e-mail address or phone number regarding refund or trouble getting it. I got a postcard yesterday that said they could not honor refund only valid in US and Canada I live in Missouri that is US according to us who live here lol. Any advice would be appreciated.

Maurice, I was having the problem of not being able to double click and highlight text in a text box. I tried your suggestion of clicking in the middle and then quickly double clicking. It shows black highlighting for a brief second but does not stay highlighted. I have not reinstalled Printmaster Platinum as I was hoping it was just operator error. Do you think reinstalling will help?

Hi! This is probably a tech question but here goes... all of a sudden in the last few days Printmaster Gold Deluxe has changed it's behaviour. All other progs seem to be ok. What happens is that now when I choose to insert a graphic.. the Art Gallery opening after intial blank art gallery window opens.. has become delayed. Like about 1 1/2 MINUTES before it decides to access the cd and continue! It was fine before! I have reinstalled it.. still doing it. I would be eternally grateful if someone had ant ideas for me! It drives me CRAZY and is making me turn to Print Shop ...heaven forbid!(I prefer my PMG.. usually!!!!!!) Thanks! Regards, Lindy

Frank and Maurice (and anyone else interested) - Found a solution! Used my old friend "Norton Commander" to get into the files, copied them to a holding file on my hard drive, then used what I wanted -- A little round-about, but it worked! And, Maurice, most of them are either .cgm or .tif files - Thanks for all thwe help, anyway!!!!

WORKING ON A BROCHURE...things going fine...had a set of about 15 lines of text I decided to put a border around...~~~~~~ok, no problem...........then I decide to go on and try to add bullets to my POINTS in the TEXT.... had to save the file and shut down for about 20 minutes....booted thr program up again and loaded the page I was working on and what do I see????????? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`GOBBLEY #$%!!!!! TEXT IS ALL GOOFED UP, type has shifted, letters on top of letters, small squares in the place of some letters.....sent it to the printer and it printed WYSIWYG!! IS THERE a simple fix??? or should I start over on the 15 lines of type? thanks gang!!! brandy

Maurice - the problem is that I can't get to the pics them selves - when I hit "pictures" under PMW, it will go to the next step, then, for example if I hit "People", all it says in there is "category" and NO extentions of any kind! - Thanks for all the efforts....

Just found this PM live, have had PMGold Publishing Suite for almost two years, still learning each time I turn it on. Am thinking of ordering PM Platinum upgrade. Write a newsletter each month for my camping group. Would Platinum make this easier or just confuse me? Been reading over the live talk today and it sounds as if there are a number of smart folks out there answering the questions. Thanks for any responses.

I'm just about to order the reinking supplies and have a few questions. My color ink has run out. Will I be able to save the cartridge or do you have to have cartridges that still have ink in them? It is still in the printer but it shows that there is no more ink. I have an Epson Stylus 600. After seeing all the postings from Jill I feel a little nervous about doing this, but the cost efficency makes me willing to take a chance. Willie, were you able to fix the splattering? Have a great day one and all!! Danielle

Geez do I have the typo monster in me or was that my four year old typing. I meant that I tried it again without PM in the CD drive and nothing opened. Then I put the CD back in the drive and it opened up. If you have any questions about my rambling explanation feel free to email me directly. Danielle

I was in a similar situation trying to get an attachment that Lynn sent me. I tried anything but nothing worked. For some reason when I just tried it again it opened up. Try putting Printmaster in the CD drive, don't start the program. Go to your mail and click on the attachment it should open up. I don't know if I was just lucky but I tried it again with PM in CD drive no luck, then put it in and voila, it opened. Hope this helps. Danielle

Hello everyone, I too, thought I had acces to all those graphics but I think they like to tease you with them!!! How ever I did wind-up buying them. Have you ever tried to laminate with clear contac paper it works very well and cost much less than things that say laminate. I got a picture from my e-mail that came in and wouldn't open. It was encoded bmp so I tried to open it with my windows folder as wallpaper but when I saved it, it changed to htm. Does anyone have on ideas on how to get this picture. Thanks Ken when I used the Z-bats it worked like a charm. S

Is it possible to send them through ICQ?

Hi Maurice, I am on my way to do trial #3 but had to tell you this first, I just imported a graphic from Printmaster to Wordpro. The color was gorgeous but there were no lines, outlines, etc. This was just the opposite. Am I going down at Printmaster's biggest goof-up artist?!!!

I have IE 4.0 as my browser. I am running a Beta win 98. teh attachments look similar to this. ////////////////////////// '''''''''/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// With a few more symbols thrown in.

Hi Barb, save all your projects to disk, from C:\PMW\USER000\PROJECTS\. Then install PMG again, but when the install program proposes C:\PMW, click on CHANGE and enter a different directory name, like C:\PMW40. If you have more space on another drive, by all means use that one. Then test out this new installation. If it works correctly, simply un-install the first installation. Then save all your projects to the new C:\PMW40\USER000\PROJECTS\. The new program will pick them all up auatomatically and put them in the projects album. Maurice.

I once was able to size selected rectangle in hair-line incremenets, now when I try to adjust them, for border around my chosen graphic, they will only increase in larger increments...I am sooo new to this P/C world!! I hope someone canhelp me. thanks to all.

Hi Adrea, did you ever purchase either the Victorian, Toons or Totem graphics. If you never did, then they were never available to you. They might have seemed to be, but I think you are mistaken. Maurice.

Hi Willie, maybe the browser you are using doesn't permit any attachments. (Find out from the manual that came with your browser.) If not, I would suggest to download either Netscape 4.04 or Internet Explorer 4.0. from their respective sites. They are free. They both allow attachments. Maurice

when i first purchased print master gold deluxe, i has access to most of the graphics. now when i try to use them, they are only available in the cd graphic catalog and i have to purchase them to use them. what happened?

I do not have a "red underlined title that says Part 1-2 or something similar." Could this be because I use Word as my email editor?

Maurice, It's me again. Trial #2 didn't work. This situation really came on all of a sudden because it was ok before. I had printed these same cards and the colors came out on each page. I was experimenting with crop and lines when I developed the problem. I was considering ordering the graphics recommended by Brandy but I hesitate because of this problem. By the way, it has not happened with the clip art on wordpro.

Dear Glenn, It helps to be the first and only wife of a guy who had been a long-time bachelor. I've also found that being eagerly available to compensate with other wifely ministrations can provide a welcome distraction:) Lynn

Dear Sunrise, I get the ??? in place of graphics when I try to open a project with graphics which are no longer available. By saving non PMP graphics with the project (there's a check box on the save page) they stay available. If you are missing graphic files PM thinks you have, that might explain the ???. Lynn

I tried to uninstall/reinstall printer. When I click on ADD PRINTER----dead as a doornail. Have disk for printer, installs through DOS, but it asks for naming sub-dir. etc. and I don't know how to do that. Can I reinstall ADD PRiNTERS from W95? Debe :- (

Hi Van, when you look at the files themselves (not the categories or folders) what is the extension of the files? (PCX, BMP, GIF. TIF, JPG?) If I knew this I could probably recommenda way to convert them to a format that PMG4 accepts. Maurice.

I was importing pictures form Photodeluxe and had the same problem. To stop this I had to make sure I converted them to JPEG. Renee

I wanted to tell all users of PrintMaster about the clear static cling decals that I found yesterday at Staples store . I read the suggestions about the Xerox decals which are printed on white paper. The company that makes the clear ones is called Hammermill Papers. The package says, "invent it" on the front. A box of 10 sheets cost $12.99, which is the same cost for only 5 sheets of the Xerox type of decals. I tried them out this morning to make Easter themed decals for the windows, and they worked great. You need to remember that any white areas come out clear when printed. Sunrise

Frank - Don't know the version number as all the CD disk says is "PrintMaster Gold Publishing Suite"! Tried installing in it's own directory. then 'reading from disk', etc. but still no luck. When I use Explorer to look in files, the only thing under each separate heading (i.e., Animals. People, etc.) is "category"! (As usual, NO reply from Mindscape techs after I asked them!)

Office Max has self adhesvie laminating sheets that work great. Just peel the backing off and stick your paper on, flip it over and do the same again. Sorry I don't remember the price, comes in a box of 50 sheets made by Avery. Donna

Hi Brab, trial number 2: let's increase the work space. Sometimes PMG needs more of it for larger projects. When you start PMG, do mot open anything yet. Click on FILE and PREFRENCES. Click on WORK SPACE. Adjust it to 20 MB. Click on OK. Maurice.

If you're still having problems getting to the Broderbund site, check your security settings, anything that has the word script in it. I couldn't get to the site at first and found I had some things disabled in my settings. When you're done at the site you can always go back and reset things the way they were.Donna

Hi Honey Bee & Cookie, your problems is probably a corrupted art album file. They can be deleted without harm. They generate themselves automatically. Put your computer in DOS mode by clicking on the C:\ prompt icon or clicking on START and SHUT DOWN IN DOS. Then type DEL C:\PMW\USER000\ART\USERART.* followed by pressing the ENTER key. Then type the word EXIT and press the ENTER key. That brings you back to Windows. Open PMG and you'll see that all your problems have vanished. Maurice.

Hi Frank, here I am & here's my e-mail: ute.enderer@asam.baynet.de. Ute

Hi Maurice, I printed your instructions and then followed them. The program seemed to work better, as far as speed, but it showed color on the print preview and then when it printed, the front page graphics were in color and the middle and back were black outlines. I am perplexed! This is nice of you to be so willing to help.

I'm going to add a warning about scanners from our very bad experience. We purchased a Microtek E6 that came with SCSI programmed to IRQ numbers that were not available on our Gateway 2000 PentiumII. We tried, in vain, to get the company to tell us how to free an IRQ for the scanner. We then tried to contact Microtek tech support and were put on hold so many times that it became an expensive exercise in frustration. They are in CA and we are in PA and no 800#. We then tried to force Windows 95 to put the SCSI on IRQ 5, which was free (the only one of 14 free!) and that resulted in a crash that left us without any of our programs. We spent hours and hours over a few days on the phone with Gateway while they led us through putting all the original back on our then one month old computer. We did lose a lot of the PMG projects we had made and some of the business entries my husband had transferred from the old computer. It was a horrendous way to learn how not to do something. Finally, we managed to contact Microtek and they sent us a parallel port adapter that has caused us no problems. We have since learned that this is not an uncommon problem with the newer computer systems. A good place to find out more about scanning is http://www.cyberramp.net/~fulton/scans.html We are very pleased with the scanner and found Wayne's page a great help. It was recommended from this board by Lisa. One more reason I love this site!

CHAR~~~~~ I & a number of folks on this board have purchased a 1 year membership to an online graphic site with an eeeeeeeeeeenormouse amount of graphics, clip art, photos, and more fonts than even a font junkie like me could use!! Membership is $20.00 for a year and you can download all you want for thr year!! Like an ~~~~~~~~ALL YOU CAN EAT~~~~~~~~~BUFFET for these items!!! Those who have joined since I came on the board have been very plesed with the service. the site is found at >>> http://www.arttoday.com/ .... hope you like it! BRANDY, FONT & CLIP ART JUNKIE

Hi Willie, right-click on the attachment, usually the red underlined title that says Part 1-2 or something similar. Then in the menu that appears click on SAVE LINK AS. Then browse for your C:\TEMP directory to download to. Maurice.

I keep getting this message when I go into my gallery. EXCEPTION IN UPDATE ITEM PREVIEWS ???? Does any one know what this means.

Ute, sign in please. I would like to e-mail you a question, but don't have your e-ddress. Thanx. Later, Frank

Does any one know where I can find music graphics? Especially fiddle, banjo and guitar. I would realy appreciate knowing this. Thank you . Char

In my opinion, you can't go far wrong with anyone carrying products from American Inkjet Corp. - There are probably plenty of resellers in the US, and they really put the effort into their product... (And no, I'm not affiliated!! :-) )

This answer is a varied as the number of people answering the question. To me www.refillkits.com is okay. The ink is good the tools are excellant, it comes with complete directions for fefilling and a trouble shooter. If all else fails they have tech support. I believe you have a HP. They are as easy to refill as falling off the porch

Willie, by now you have probably had the refilled cartridges sitting overnight. I would leave the bottom and top hole unplugged and let the whole thing stabilize before reinstalling back into the printer. Your print-heads reside in the printer itself and there is not much chance that the inkjet nozzles are going to plug up that quickly. Have you had any success with color cartridges? Have you done refilling before and if so is the ink from the same company and for a 600 series Epson? Just trying to get up to speed here and not trying to grill you in any way.....Debe, I have used Computer Friends at http://www.cfriends.com/ for many years, for inking supplies…..Larry

Okay if I may, what is everyones opinion on the best place to order refill kits? Debe

The HP-5p scanner can be ran without IRQ with a program You can download from www.HP.com

Hi Daisy, My understanding is that IRQ Number 7 is used and the typical default use: LPT1 (first parallel port).Other common uses: COM3 (third serial port), COM4 (fourth serial port), modems, sound cards, network, cards, tape accelerator cards. This IRQ is used on most systems to drive the first parallel port, normally for the use of a printer. These days many other devices use parallel ports, including external drives and scanners. If you are not using a printer or other device then IRQ7 can be used in a similar way to IRQ5: as an alternate for any of the devices that would normally be fighting over IRQ3 or IRQ4. Conflicts on IRQ7 are relatively unusual. One thing to watch out for if you are using two parallel ports is to make sure the second one is set up to use IRQ5 or another available IRQ. Some add-in parallel boards try to make LPT2 also use IRQ7, which generally won't work. Otherwise, avoiding using IRQ7 for an expansion card if you are using it for LPT1 will eliminate conflicts in most cases.

one cartridge was refilled to almost full & the other filled half way. Neither were run dry or dried out.

Evening Jill, I would concur that the possible problem is that the cartridge might have been installed with too much ink. Was it left out overnight with the bottom hole open? The most common problems with sponge filled cartridges are caused by TOO rapid filling. If the sponge is filled too quickly, ink will not chase out all of the air in the sponge. This will result in 'air dams' being formed inside the sponge. The common symptom of this problem is that the cartridge prints for a while and then stops, since the air dam has blocked the ink from flowing toward the print-head. A similar problem occurs when air bubbles form between the sponge and the print-head. The symptom here is that the cartridge has difficulty printing as soon as it is installed. For both problems, the key is to get rid of the air. For "splatter" it sounds like perhaps there might be too much ink and rather than being siphoned into the print heads, it is overflowing. Were the cartridges removed and reinked before running dry or had they been sitting?

Willie....you're going to need to ask Larry, our resident expert for some ideas. Larry...I see you're out there tonight........what's your take on the situation Willie is having?

I would recommend a flatbed also, but I have a Microtek parallel port scanner that works just fine. I have my HP printer plugged into it. My mother and a friend have SCSI scanners (Microtek & HP respectively) and I have seen no noticable slow performance. Set up is a breeze. Plug it in, load the driver - DONE. /??Question - I read somewhere that although a printer's port is assigned an IRQ the printer really doesn't use it therefore it is ok to use it for another device. Does anyone know any more about this?

I taped both holes after filling and untaped the bottom before I inserted the cartridge. It rested sitting upright until I put it in the printer.

Maurice, My project is still in my email program. I am unable to find it when I browse my directory. Any suggestions?

Hi Carol, I would agree with Sharon and Ken about SCSI and recommend a flatbed scanner. It resembles a copy machine, in that the item being scanned rests on a glass plate while the scanning head moves underneath it. Flatbeds are versatile because they can scan flat originals of various sizes and even small three-dimensional objects. IMO, what really counts is how a particular unit measures up to the following: resolution, bit-depth, dynamic range, scanning method, scanning area and speed. These items determine why one scanner will work better than another. If your work will be printed through a professional printer, get the highest resolution scanner you can afford. (This means a 600dpi scanner.) If you will be printing on a laser or color printer, decide whether you will need to enlarge items frequently. Usually a 400dpi or 600dpi scanner is good choice, though a 300dpi scanner will work without breaking the bank. If you will be displaying images primarily on screen, a 300dpi scanner will give you all the resolution you need. FYI your PC system should meet all of the requirements listed by the scanner manufacturer. Generally, a Windows machine with at least a 486/33 processor, or a Macintosh with a 68030 processor. The amount of RAM installed is also important, because scanning and editing graphics is memory-intensive. Recommend at least 16Mb installed, and double that for true ease-of-use. Hope this helps. Larry

Willie....one more thought...did you make sure to retape the top hole where you inserted the ink? Tape must be applied over this hole before you reinsert cartridge in the printer. Another thought....which hole did you insert the ink in on the top?

Hi Willie, open PMG and click on YOUR OWN PROJECTS (NOT on NEW) then click on FILE and OPEN FROM DISK. Then browse for the download directory and double-click on the project file you want to open. SAVE AS to C:\PMW\USER000\PROJECTS if you want that project to appear in your project album. Maurice.

Willie....first...where did you purchase your reinking materials? When you let your cartridge sit for two hours after reinking, did you tape both top and bottom port holes, just one or none? Did you let it sit in a cup, a baggie, what??? How slowly did you deposit the ink? Did you check to see if ink was leaking from either hole before reinserting? You need to try running several, at least five to seven cleaning cycles after reinserting the cartridge. Having ink splatter is not a problem I've had. You must not insert a cartridge that is leaking. More details please.

Good night everyone. It's to go to bed. I have school in the morning.

Van, that must be a real old version. I can still access the graphics from, PMG 3.0 Pub. Suite. I'm running 4.0 Deluxe @ present. Number two, programmer, son was supposed to bring my old 2.0 with him when he came to town this week, but he forgot. He's going to mail it to me when he gets home on Monday. It'll be interesting to see if I can access them. Later, Frank

Thanx for your help Sharon and Ken.

Good Evening to all. I would be very careful buying a scanner. One that works in a daisy chain with your printer in the parallel port may not be compatable with your printer or computer. Scsi is the easiest to install and to get address by your software. I had to restore a large portions of my programs after buying the wrong thing. Thanks Ken for the e-mail about the characters I'll try it tonight. Sharon

Carol, look for a SCSI scanner by just about any manufacturer. Just about any $150 scanner will do more than you need it to now. I suggest SCSI because many of the newer computers are out of IRQ's to add anything new. If you don't know how to open your computer, or have a friend who does, have the store install it. You could settle for a parallel port scanner and would not have to open the case. But, IMHO, the SCSI is the best and fastest working solution.

Can anyone explain to me how to open a PM Project that was sent to me via email?

frank, I id try that, but evidently the old graphics are in a form that PM doesn't recognize anymore -

Van, have you tried the "Open from Disk" scenario? Later, Frank

Good evening everyone...I need help! I am planning to buy a scanner this year and I need help figuring out which one would be good. I need something that I can use for iron-ons and for sending pictures to family and friends.

Maybe I missed it somewhere along the line, but can anyone tell me how to get the graphics from the old Printmaster Gold (when it was MicroLogic, not Mindscape) I was a registerd owner and now have the 4.01 PMGold, but it won't read the old one, unless I'm doing something wrong. (If it's too long an explanation for this place, please e-mail me the solution!) - Thanks

Maurice, could you please help me. I wrote the last message on the 23rd about why my biz cards on the left side only are out of alignment? Also why does my program do an illegal op after opening the art gallery if I do not choose something? PLEASE I need HELP! Thanks!

Peter-Hi! That was me who discussed using Pergamano Parchment paper (suitable for embossing the back to raise/relief print sections).. I subscribe to Pergamano World(the Pergamano magazine) and it is a worldwide available thing. Although I live in Australia there is an address on the web "www.ecstacycrafts.com" which is in America and they sell and distribute all over the country. The webpage lists stockists in USA . Ecstacy Crafts are very comprehensive... I agree the original Pergamano page(from the Marjo-arte BV company in the Netherlands) is nowhere NEAR as good or helpful as this site.. check it out. The results when printed on are really worth it! Take care.. Lindy

just wanted to say that I really enjoy your program...It's SOooo much fun to work with. Enjoy it immensely!... Thank You!

I have the click art Celebrations and Holidays. And Thanks to Debe for the advise on how to use it with PM it worked great. The graphics are great, very clear. I mailed my rebate coupon today (I did find it in the box afterall) Have you ever tried to use a curling iron to laminate. I have used that Idea to seal plastic with confetti and other things in it to make hair bows. It might work for that too.

Sharon, I got my PMG at Costco too & I paid $37.99 for mine. BUT, the $20 rebate inside is good till Oct. 15, 1998.

Vicky, Regarding laminating PMP stuff.... I sense that a real laminator used at least TWO factors... heat and pressure?? Do you find that you have to do anything special with the iron, or be xtra careful, to have enough or not too much pressure?? Also, I guess you just experiment with the temperature setting. And, I presume the steam is OFF? Thanks. e.d.

Hi Barb, try this: Put your computer in DOS mode by clicking on the DOS prompt icon or by shutting down in DOS mode. Then type EDIT C:\PMW\PMW.INI and press the ENTER key. Look for the [Configuration} heading. Type on a new line, underneath {Configuration] the following line: UseDDBs=0 (that is a zero, not an Oh and use upper and lowercase characters as indicated) Then click on FILE and SAVE. Then on FILE and EXIT. Type the word EXIT and press the ENTER key to get back to Windows. Try out PMG if it has solved your video problem. Maurice.

Peter, Well that certainly puts by bargain into perspective. What can I say I got caught up in the buying moment. (LOL) I should be receiving my bargain of the century anyday now. Actually I can't wait. Has anyone out there purchased any of the click art and seen the quality? I'd love to hear from you. Have a great evening everyone. Danielle

If you are trying to get to the $1 click art offer you might try going through www.printshop.com Once there, click on Graphics Connection and then on Click Art Express. *Daisy*

OK, Peter, thanx! Vicky~

Yeah, Vicky, I´ve also experienced that at the Broderbund site. Think they have a lousy script or some @#! bugs in it. If you back to the former page and then try again or try alternatively between the left and top headline lists, you should eventually be able to get in. I have Netscape 4.04 and Explorer 4.0 as well. Good luck, Peter.