Hi guys! I created a poster with PMG that I want to convert to a GIF so I can use it as an image map on my web page. Anybody know how to convert a PMG file so another program can recognize it? Thanks.

This is my first time using the Print Master Platinum and I want to prepare a banner for my secretary on the ready made but I dont know how to change the text

Welcome Lyn, and not to worry we shall find your lost updated file. (This procedure will also work on any "missing" files). On the bottom left corner you will see the Start button. Left-click on this Start and then Find and to the right Files and Folders. You will now have a window named "Find: All Files" and in the small horizontal box (Named) type in "pmupd32.exe" (without the quotes), as this is the file we are looking for this time. It will show you where the file is located (path) and then open Windows Explorer, scroll to the file location and double left-click and the program will find your PrintMaster folder and execute itself and you will be "upgraded"…Hope this helps…Larry

I just downloaded the 32bit PMG(pmupd32.exe.)update. Directions say to now double click on pmup32.exe. Where do I find that? Thanks. New user and not too smart!!!

I just downloaded the 32bit PMG(pmupd32.exe.)update. Directions say to now double click on pmup32.exe. Where do I find that? Thanks. New user and not too smart!!!

Hi Juanita. Very interesting. I've saved your post for the future. Many of us are interested in other projects that can be done on the computer. Do you have any more up your sleeve? I think Donna or Debe posted a project about printing a child's face on muslim to make the head for a puppet. I sure would like to have more information about just how to do that. Anyone????? Jill

Oh Maurice. Thanks so much for the detailed explanation on how to use the translator. Yes, it makes perfect sense. Now I understand why Michael had such a good laugh as he entered one of my reinking posts into Spanish. Your comments about the Dutch language really peaked my interests. I'd always noticed in my travels that listening to the intonation of the Dutch language sounded quite similar to our English intonation in the states. Cheers. Jill

Hi Larry. Your directions worked perfectly for the Calendar Creator. I just learned another tidbit from you about how to access data. Thanks Pal! Jill

Hi Donna, For Michael, Glen and myself, you are most welcome. I (we) suffer from a mostly MARS (read:male) "fix-it" syndrome and as it is helpful here it is not a disease that is going to be immediately cured anytime soon. We NEED folks with problems and the more the merrier. Then too I could be full of it and Mike and Glenn don't concur<G> what do you say guys?…..Larry (was toe-headed now gray) Maurice what do you say here?

Hi Gill, all "mechanical" (as opposed to "human") translators do it literally, that is word for word, rather than what I always did as an interpreter, translate and interpret the "sense." This is very true of ideomatic expressions. If you say in English "I got a kick out of it," it doesn't mean that you recived an actual kick in the pants from it. It just means "it amused me to a high degree." So, never give those ideomatic expresions to a translation program, because it will produce a howler in the other language. Keep you sentences straight, without any figurative meaning. It will translate rather well sentences like "I will send you an e-mail tomorrow with more information about this subject." Especially the German translation is very advanced, in that it changes the word order correctly. When you say in English "Yesterday I was at the supermarket with my husband," the correct word order in German is "I am yesterday with my husband at the supermarket been." It does that correctly, but again, no figurative speech. I was involved once in producing a translation program for Dutch-English and vice versa. The thing had about 50,000 lines of code already, and we still ran into ideomatic expressions in either language that needed some shaving here and there. But it was remarkable and, to first time users, uncanny in its ability to interpret complex ideas. But you have to take into account that Dutch and English are two closely related languages, with the same Germanic roots, lots of intermingling over the ages. They are both North Sea languages that are sprinkled heavily with maritime expressions or derivations thereof. Now try to make a program that translates from and to Japanese, for example, two radically different cultures and you are bound to run into unsurmountable difficulties. So, to sum it up, keep the sentences simple and don't use any figurative speech in them. Then the program does a commendable job. Maurice.

I don't have either program, but they have a web site where you can probably find information on each product. It is http://www.creatacard.com/

Hello Juanita, Sandi's lurking friend <BG> and others.Thank you for telling us about your mouse pad project and what else is going on? I appreciate your contribution and sharing and your instructions are something folks here appreciate….. Would like to hear from ALL of you out there who know more than you know and are possibly willing to share. Please don't be shy or intimidated by anyone here. We are all friends (or soon to be) and are here for each other and like to help and learn and can only do so by COMMUNICATING here. Give and take…OK?….Thank you all!……….Larry

Afternoon Myra, and congratulations on your purchase. I have enjoyed PA as it came up through the ranks with even another name (way back) as Instant Artist for those who are into nostalgic type stuff. Great program and you will find (as with all programs) that EACH has its strong and weak points for doing things. Best Buy and CompUSA can (will with rebates) out-do our favorite COSTCO store and carry a greater variety of software. I personally purchased CreataCard GOLD 2 for (after rebates) $24 which makes it a better buy (more graphics/cards) than the PLUS 2 version sold at COSTCO and Sunday's newspaper inserts may have it again……IMO hold out for the GOLD 2…...Larry

Many thanks Peter for trying to help me out..sounds like one of those things I will just have to learn as I go....afraid my brain is shrinking and won't hold to much at once. Have a good evening. Myra PS. Jill it posted before I could sign my name..Myra

Thank you Jill, I will wait till someone else can clue me in on th difference. I haven't even loaded my Print Artist yet...Feel I still have a LOT to learn on PMP....used to be I took a good novel to bed at night...not anymore...NOW its PMP book or one of the Dummies books!!

Why Peter. I'm sitting here staring at one of my ten reams. One can never have enough of it. Card stock is purchased in this country at big office supply stores like Office Depot. Some folks have reported that you can buy card stock at printers' shops for even better prices. The package specs reads...... Hammermill (the brand...one of many) 81'2 " X 11 S65 (176 g/m). It appears to be the same weight as store-purchased greeting cards. Sometimes it is referred to as "Index Stock" like the small index cards used in college when you prepare a speech. In this country the stock colors are spectacular. Hope that helps. Jill

Card stock is just heavy paper. It does not have score lines to help in folding. I prefer the 67# weight, called Medium Coverweight on the package, because it is a little easier to fold than the 90 weight. In addition to white, the Ivory shade makes a nice card. There is also a heavier 110#. Any office supply store should carry it. The type I usually find around here, midwest USA, is made by WAUSAU Papers.

Hi Lee. So they have COSTCO way out in your part of the woods??? Great. Now Lee, you don't want to look at that HP yet. After all, you have a practically new printer. We must be doing a heck of a sales job for COSTCO here. Jill

Hi, There is a site for Mac users, that is run by volunteers and there is one on one E mail help, a bulletin board and a live forum, a great alternative to online tech. support that doesn't return our E mail. I certainly get a lot of help, humor, encouragement and companionship from this chat line and no disrespect is intended but a lot of our wonderful!,and wise Gurus (you know who you are) are not Mac users and can't help us with a few things that are just Mac related. The site address is http://www.nowonder.com. If any of you are lurking and can give this kind of help they are looking for more volunters. I truly do appreciate the help, and friendly E mails of encouragement that I have gotten here and from that a dear friendship and E mail pal in another country. I have come to think of this chat line as homebase. My wakeup is no longer get up, make coffee and get a bagel, it is now get up, make coffee, boot up computer, get a bagel and go read PM chat news. Have a wonderful day/evening. Smiles/Hugs, Jackie

Hi Donna. Yes, I'm another happy Gateway customer and have the HP 5P scanner hooked up to it. Eleanor is very correct about the IRQ situation. After the initial pains of getting the thing to run in a compatibile fashion with the computer, everything has been smooth sailing. It is definitely not a "plug and play" device. It took my computer genius hours to set it up. I do believe HP now has a quick fix for the set up problem but do ask about that if it becomes your scanner of choice. Actually, ask about that for any scanner because it can be deceiving. The HP5P is a fine work horse and is worth the money. If you live near a COSTCO, check out the price. It seems to me I saw it recently for $279. It was selling last year for $450. Jill

Thank you Maurice for the website. Now, what is your opinion as our official translator of many tongues? Does the site accurately translate well enough for me to use it to send home notes in another language or will I have them rolling in the aisles? Thanks. Jill

Hi Myra. My Creata Card version says "Gold, Version 2." I'm not savvy enough about which comes first but I know Larry will be and certainly others who post to this board. So, stand by. Jill

Hello Peter I'm not Jill however, card stock is what they call it. 90 weight where I buy it. I am sure it come in other weight. Also there is about 8 different colors. I only use white.All of the office supplies have it.

Hi, Myra. Well, the computerworld is full of XYZ shortenings, which can all sound like greek. There sure is a lot of image file formats and regarding the bitmap ones, you did list some of the major and most common ones. The reason for that there are so many is that different ones have their own advantages and disadvantages. Don´t think there is an ideal one for all purposes. BMP was used originally by Windows Paintbrush, TIFF (with .TIF extension) and PCX are some other common ones. GIF´s and JPEG´s are used mainly nowadays in Web graphics. I shall not go into detail abt. this, it would be too lengthy and don´t think you have to worry abt. it too much. If you come around to it and buy a picture editing program, or if you already have done this, ea image file format is dealt with individually in the manual, I´m sure. Have a nice weekend, Myra. Peter :>)

Hi, Jill. Can you pls enlighten me as to what card-stock means. I´m not famailiar with that term. Is that cards in bulk package? What thickness do you use? Where do you buy it, in a special shop, on the Web or what? In any case, 6$ for 250 pcs. sounds very cheap. Checked out www.edps-nj.com/index.htm. They do have some interesting items for printer junkies, also papers and cards. But cannot have that being shipped over here. Must find a local source. Bye for now, Peter :>)

Hi Everybody - I'd say "Morning" but here in Maryland it's 3:55 p.m Hey Maurice I found Costco!! I'm almost embarrassed to tell you it turns out that there is one less than 5 mi. from me! You know how you ride by someplace a lot and you never notice it! The building is next to the Home Depot I go to a fairly often but it used to be Price Club but I had never shopped there!Well, I rode up to the Price Club and guess what! It's a Costco now! Not only joined, but got the Fiskars 12" trimmer with the four blades!! Hey Jill they had the HP890 printer for $379.00! I started towards it and my "significant other" grabbed my arm! We've done a whole lot of renovating on the house lately and need to finish paying off some bills, so he figured not giving me a hard time about buying the Fiskars was the lesser of two evils!(Fiskars was $37.99) I could have spent the whole day in that place! We're going back tomorrow to shop. They also had two different packages of the decorative "scissors". Three scissors with a different blade on each pair for $9.95 a box. Hmmmm, might try to slip one or two in the grocery cart tomorrow! Boy that HP kept saying, "hey Lee, hey Lee"!!

Last post, last word should have been gobbledeg o o k! Sheesh! Later, Frank

Hi, Larry. That's how I send things with Communicator. Not home today, at my daughter's in MPLS, using her computer. If you are around Melissa what I do is build whatever I want to send with PMG. When ready to send, go to Edit, click Select All, Copy. Minimize PM, open your mail box, fill in your "to" e-ddress, subject, type in your message, go to Edit, Paste, and your project will appear in the window. Hit "Send" and it's on it's way. As Glenn (I think) said, the receipent has to have a browser capable of receiving HTML, or all they will get is discomboomerated gobblede#$%!! Later, Frank

Want to let you know I found Print Artist that you recommended Larry with a nice $20.00 rebate so cost was $l9.99 at Costco. (think Maurice told us about that) Jill, I can't find Creata Card Gold any place...I can find Creata Card Plus at Costco, is that the same only a newer version maybe? Thanks, Myra

Only suggestion I have is to try reinstalling the program. Back-up your user\project file first. ANYBODY ELSE? Have a better solution? *

Would some kind soul please explain what they are talking about when I read about Bitmap graphic files like BMP,GIF,JPEG,TIFF etc. I am completly at a loss when I start reading all those letters....they baffle me! There are others also that I am always coming across. Thanks, Myra

Hi, Daisy and thks for yr info. Hmmm, seems as if i do have some corrupt files after all, doesn´t it? I really do select the solid filling option and nothing happens. Any ideas anyone what to do? Happy weekend to you all, Peter :>)

Guess my ol'pal Sandi is getting me out of my "lurkdom" mode. To make the old pad look new you need cotton fabric in a print,solid, PMG picture, or a scanned image on fabric, and a paper-backed fusible such as "trans-web"or "Wonder-Under". Tip your pad upside down on the paper and trace around it. Cut leaving at least 1/2" all around. Iron the fusible to the wrong side of your fabric. Follow the instructions that come with it regarding the temp of the iron. Peel off the paper and lay the fabric rightside up on the top of the mouse pad and iron it on. Turn the pad over and trim the access fabric with your rotary cutter or scissors. Have fun. Juanita

Thanks Eleanor, will keep your info in mind when I look around. I thought about calling Gateway to see what they'd recommend. Since I have their "Gold Premium Service & Support" I guess I should use it. Donna

To my knowledge, there is no way of changing the degree of drop shadow - at least through the effects menu. The way that I USED to do it, before discovering the Effects menu, was to just Duplicate the Text I wanted a drop shadow with, highlight it, then change the color of the duplicate to what color shadow I wanted, move it behind the original text in whatever 'drop' you would like. If this isn't clear enough let me know.

Thanks for the scanner info. Sorry, it was Eleanor that said she has a Gateway. I thought it was you. I'll have to check out Microtek website. That was one of the scanners I was looking at, also the HP. Donna

Michael, Glenn,& Larry,Thanks for your prompt responses to my (well let's just say) not too intelligent questions.<G> Just chalk it up to being "a blonde"! At least I do have an excuse. Maybe not a good one, but it's still an excuse. I'm still new to all this stuff and just don't have anyone else to tell me what to do and why, so I really appreciate you guys taking the time to help me. Glenn, my printer is HP820Cse. At the first sign of streaking I refilled, no mess or spills, and the cartridge printed great, no cleaning cycle. Thanks again, we're so lucky to have so many smart people to help us. Donna

You mentioned, Donna, that you have a Gateway computer. So do we and we, too, think it's great. However, if you are getting a scanner with a SCSI card to install be very sure that there is an IRQ slot available on your computer between 7 and ll. Otherwise, choose a scanner with a Parallel Port connection, the easiest way to go. We have a Microtek E6 which came originally with the SCSI card that I mentioned and we found out the hard way that it just wasn't possible to install on our computer. They did send us a parallel port connector that works very well and we would highly recommend it. Good luck with your search. Eleanor

Hi again, I must be dyslexic. It is "top RIGHT hand" icon. Maurice.

Hi Jill, the URL for the translator is http://www.altavista.digital.com/ Click on the top left hand icon that says "Translations." Have fun, Maurice.

How can I alter the appearance of the drop shadow,i.e., more up or down, more right or left side or the thickness?

So Sorry, I didn't read your message thoroughly. I see now you said you DID choose the pattern. I just now tried it with Cooper Black font and it worked just as it is supposed to. I gave it a black outline with a blue fill; changed the fill to green, changed the outline, fill, and shadow styles several times. Yes, the effects show in the preview window.

Did you select "SOLID" as the fill pattern before you selected the fill color? Otherwise, the fill pattern is NONE, hence, nothing changes.

Thanks. I don't think I need all the details. Guess I'll just leave it as it is. I let my programs install where they want, but I have folders to organize other things, such as projects, documents, pictures, shortcuts, etc. and all downloads are saved directly to the ZIP drive. Sounds like partitioning would be more trouble than it's worth, at least for my situation.

Hi Peter and Glenn....please post the web site of the translator so I can take a peek. Thanks. Jill

Morning Larry. Thanks for the easy to read and understand note about how to access the pics. I will set things up this afternoon, after I do the food shopping and other chores. Larry, I think I see a second income for you in this line of work. Plenty of people are writing books about how to simplify procedures. Consider it! Cheers. Jill

Morning, Jill. Pls use the translator with caution. I have tried it a couple of times and it seems to be able to cope with simple "tourist-type" of sentences, but for more advanced or special words, you can easily get a good laughter from the translation. So, it can be a lot fun too, that´s not too bad, is it? Actually, this is more Maurice´s department, but I think he would basically agree upon that translating a language is very difficult to automate, you have to use the head also. And, may I add, as we all know, computers are rather dumb machines. Have a good day to you, Jill. Peter :>)

Morning Jill, The translator is not a reliable means of communicating explicitly. Helga and Ute got a real kick out of it. It kinda changes the order of things, which changes the meaning or intent. It's fun though. You gan get a general idea from it. Bye for now.

Good Morning Melissa, I have no intention of letting you hang. We have a long battle ahead of us. The goal is for you to be able to include whatever you want in an E Mail. To get there we are going to need some help from others who use communicator. I use IE4.0 and it works different. I know it can be done with communicator just don't know specifically what buttons to push. Frank sends me stuff all the time and Daisy uses it. Larry said he is off to the car show. Frank is gone for the weekend. I have to go do some work and will be back this evening. Between this group We WILL get you up to speed. NEVER GIVE UP. It will happen.

Hi, Daisy, Michael and everyone else. Thks for the input. Yeah, I do know abt. the format font and effects windows. Have tried it out w/o success. In the effects window, I can select outline style as well as color for outline and any change is immediately reflected in the preview window, same w/ shadow effects. But when I select fill pattern (whichever pattern, solid or other) and choose color for the filling, nothing happens (well, a little blinking of the font in the preview window, but that´s all). Also, if I select OK and come back to the workspace, there is also no filling done. I use in this case the Cooperblack font, but I think which outline font has nothing to do w/ it. Any ideas, anyone? Maybe I have some corrupted files? Do you get filling of color or pattern in the preview effects window? Pls adv. Peter :>)

Glenn, To my knowledge it is just as an attachment. Communicator is not up to IE's level in a lot of departments and IMO this is another one of them.<G> Just have her locate her "picture folder" (or wherever she has her pics) and "attach." If her recipient has an HTML enabled browser then they will see the picture right after the message text…..Hope this helps, friend.....Jill, good morning and did we find our pics in Calendar Creator?

Hi folks. For those of you who have used this translator, is it accurate? Could I, for instance, translate a note for a parent who does not understand English and have them be able to read the note in the language I designate???? .....without rolling on the floor in laughter? Thanks. Jill

Morning Chuck, I think it is more TV magic than software, but who knows what the folks in the govt. are up to nowadays<G>…..

Hello Larry, The intent of my Mail question was to know specifically how to include a picture inside the body of the E Mail In IE4.0 as you know there is an add picture button or you can attach it as a file. Tell Me for Melissas benefit just exactley what to do to accomplish this.

Morning Michael...that is tooooooo funny. Could you please post the web site for the translator and send me a copy of my post that kept you in stiches? Perhaps my bilingual Spanish friends will get a good laugh, too. Thanks. Jill

Morning Daisy, Unless you wish to purchase a program called Partition Magic (or similar program) the only way to partition your hard drive is to "fdisk" through DOS and of course this means you will be reformatting and hence lose what you have unless you have backups to your data. I personally like my drives NOT partitioned as I do not like that way of organizing. Instead I recommend that folks just make FOLDERS for various categories….If you wish I could go into much more detail….Larry

Hello Melissa. Watch out. You might start to orbit soon! Told you you'd have fun. Can't stop, right! Well, now. Don't pay those high prices for card paper. You know the kind that comes twenty to a box, white and starts with the letter A. The price is at least $10. Better to invest in something called CARD STOCK. It comes in every color of the rainbow and then some. Only costs about $6 for a ream of 250 sheets. Once you find card stock, you'll never pay high prices again. Save your ink-jet-coated paper (the expensive stuff Glenn is talking about) for good photos. You can also purchase glossy paper but that is also for your good photos. I make calendars using card stock and insert photos with good results. When you are using colored card stock, remember that your colored inks will be changed by the color of the card stock. Only use the very pale colored stock if you plan to use colored ink. Otherwise, your black on a beautiful colored stock will make a fantastic card and be very pleasing to the eye. Cut the edges of your stock with the Fiskars rotary trimmer using Victorian blade or something cute and there you have it! Now, don't overload your circuits! At the rate you are learning, you'll soon be in the "expert" category. Cheers. Jill

Melissa, I do a lot of photographs on my greeting cards. The best paper that I have found yet is Kodak. Photograph quality paper. Photo weight. It's cost is $29.95 for 50 sheets at Office Depot. I have tried several other papers but, nothing is as good as Kodak. If anyone else knows of anything better. Let us know. Chuck in Redding

Morning MARK, I don't know if I have ever tried in PM, like Chuck I use other programs to do so like Corel, PrintShop, Print Artist, etc which will all do text-on-a-curve very easily.

Morning Melissa, Increasing your RAM would cause a minor increase in speed, depending on a lot of variables including processor speed, cache, etc, but would "allow" more things to happen at once. Scanning would be better and multitasking other things would increase. The current prices are right and it is a painless, easy thing to do (i.e. YOU can do it), without having it done for you…..Larry.

Sorry about that. I don't think it can be done in Printmaster. I can do it in Adobe Illustrator 7.0 Yo might try the Text Shape with half circle and get close to what you want to do. It will not be perfect. Perhaps some of the more knowledgable folks can give us some help? Chuck in Redding

friend, sorry I didn't catch your question last night. You were right, waaaay to slow and tired, Friday was like a typical Monday and I just was too tired to hang with you guys. In Netscape mail program you can "Attach" any file including pictures, sound files et al….Larry….AM off to a car show soon so will check in later.

I have seen in many movies and TV shows where people have a photograph of a car about a mile away and can zero in on the license plate and read it. What kind of software program will allow you to do that? Also would this improve a picture or photograph when you want to enlarge it and not get pixels. Any suggestion? Chuck in Redding, CA.

referring back to my previous entry, I would like the text in the circle to follow the contour of the perimiter of the circle,( the text to be in a circular form... ) I have no problem with just putting text inside of a circle. Any help ?

Glen, the altavista translator was a blast. I wrote the entire messge in German and sent it to my friend. Thanks for the tip. I can't wait to hear from her. Chuck in Redding

Mark, just put a text box in the circle and you are ready to go. Chuck in Redding CA.

HELLO EVERYONE, I HAVE PRINTMASTER GOLD, I WAS WONDERING IS THERE A WAY TO PUT TEXT IN A CIRCLE? I HAVE A BADGE MAKING GIZMO AND NEED TO PUT TEXT ON THEM. ANY INFO WOULD BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. THANKS

Hi Steve, I have a firend that has recovered her mouse pad (ironed fabric to it). However she prefers to be a "lurker" at sit in the background and just read. That's you Juanita : - } (I know she'll be reading this). How about jumping in here and telling us how you did it? That should get her going. Sandi

Hi Larry, the blade sharpener that I have is only good for the straight blades. Works great. If you are refering to the "mats" I have had mine forever. Olfa and Fiskars make them in several sizes, I have both brands and other than the color of the mat don't notice any difference. I actually prefer the mats over the fiskars paper cutter I just bought. You must keep them on a flat surface, I hang mine on the wall when not in use. I use mine for just about every cutting job I have from fabric to card stock. You can also flip them over and use either side. Pressing to hard when cutting can cause scoring marks but I have never had a problem with this at all. Hope this helps. Sandi

Hi Melissa, I live in Alaska but I'm originally fro Louisiana, been here for about 20 years. It's about 10:50 here but I've been on the computer most of the day. I've started to move some of my fonts to the second file. Let's just say it's going to take some time to get them sorted out. I have enjoyed this site since I found it about a month ago. When I got my PMG. I too am a beginner I have only had a computer for about 3 months. But I did learn alot about them when my IBM flatbed scanner and my canon printer went to war and nuked my computer insides. Let's just say Sony ( computer brand) knows me well. In the end I wound up with a canoscan600 because it was friendly to my printer.......Gota go to bed . I'll check in again tomorrow.....S

Thanks for answering Larry, I need to re-ink black only now, just purchased color...ouch. I am using cartridge average of one to two months. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. You can e-mail me if you like, schedule is sporadic, but will check back with chat later Sat. night. Thanks again. Trisha

Glenn, ???? If I have some place to download pictures I don't know it. Beats me!!! Thats above my head?<:-) Melissa

Larry, if I partition my hard drive would I still be able to use the Recovery Disk that came with my computer? Or would I 'just' have to repartition after using it? Shoot, I have had to run it twice the first month already. Not near my record on the old machine though. <G> My computer came with a 8GB hard drive. It would be nice to confine the kids to their own sectors.

I have 16 MB. If I upgraded to 32 MB would I see a difference in quality. Does it really make that much difference in speed? Thanks to everyone!..Melissa

Hello Melissa first of all you have to have pictures to mail do you have a place on your hard drive where you have downloded pictures. I don't have communicator so I am getting some help to see how it works. Buy the way I know it will work.

Thanks, but I think I better wait until tomorrow. You will hear from me then. Thank you; you will never know how much this means to me. So, good night for now.....Helga

Helga you can feel free to E Mail me any time, even now.

Glenn, Please don't leave me hanging...How do I e-mail pictures?...Melissa

Glenn, can I e-mail you tomorrow? I need to talk to someone...Helga

Hello Larry, In communicators mail program is there an add picture icon like in IE 4.0

Larry, You sure are slow tonight.

Hi Donna, open with a pin hole or just open is about the same. As Mike said you have to have a vent and the size is really unimportant. No, you don't have to do that and all color cartridges that come to mind have a sponge of varying densities to retain the ink until needed. <G>…Larry

Glenn I'm not worthy!! You answered my question before I even asked it!! Sharon, I don't know where you are but it ten til 2 am here!! I can't get off!! These folks know so much!!! ...Melissa

I just tried out the altavista translator for which someone posted the URL here. What a hoot! I translated one of Jill's messages about reinking into spanish and I'm still laughing. I was surprised at how quickly it came back, though. It might help to get the gist of what someone's talking about, though. Thanks for the laughs, and g'night all! Michael

Hello Donna, You didn't say what printer you are filling cartridges for. Like Michael said the spoonges are inside the cartridge and you never see them. If the refill holes are on the top they can be left open. Or taped and a small hole put in the tape, it has to vent. To do a good job you need at least a 10 cc syringe (smaller will be ok)and a #20 needle,a sharp one that will go in the spoonge easily, There is absolutely no reason for spilling even one drop of ink. You just stick the needle in all the way and slowly,slowly inject the ink.If ink is dripping out when you are through let it set on a paper towell (several layers ) until it stops. If you top off before you run out of ink it will work right away and there will be no need for cleaning cycles.

Card paper is usually pre-scored to make it easy to fold into a quarter page size card. The quality of the paper is very nice too, but yes, it is usually rather expensive. The envelopes might also be included in the package.

Hello Sharon with "too many fonts".<G> What I would recommend is to create another folder in the C drive, Windows directory called FONTS2 which will position it directly under your present FONTS directory. (The Fonts directory is a subfolder under Windows directory.) "Drag and drop" your "extra" fonts into this new folder. If you are familiar with Explorer, I would recommend you go to View - Options - View tab and click on "show all files". This will show you all font files with their "extensions". MAKE SURE you do not remove the files that have a .fon for an extension as windows needs these fonts to operate correctly. Windows looks at the Fonts directory upon bootup and will not see the Fonts2 directory, BUT you will still have those fonts which may make up some projects you already have made and you can "drag and drop" them back into the main Font folder if necessary without trying to figure out where they originally came from. Hope this helps….Larry

Fonts - 800?! wow! Just don't remove any MS fonts or fonts whose icon has a red A. The others are fairly safe. If I delete New Zurica, Print Shop asks for it when I open it. The same for Tahoma with MSWord. Start by deleting the variations, Italic, Bold, Extra Bold, etc. It is usually safe to delete the other True Type fonts. You could leave them in the recycle bin for awhile or move them to a different folder where they won't load them everytime Windows starts until you are sure you don't need them. With that many fonts you could get an Out of Memory error in some programs.***** Scanner - Donna - Mine is a Microtek V300. They have newer models now.(Don't they always? ha ha) They also have SCSI scanners. It was very easy to set up and get used to using. No Gateway, I just got an IBM PII last month. I had an HP P75 before that. I have used the scanner with both computers. www.microtek.com for info.

To All, When I was buying my printer I saw that there were different types of paper...card paper, photo paper, and inkjet paper. Is the card paper any different than inkjet or regular printer paper? Is it worth buying? What do ya'll use?...I just thought 15 dollars was pretty steep...Melissa

Michael thanks for answering me. I have Print Artist which came with a fonts manager. I have put all of these fonts in it but I don't know how to use it yet. Could this many fonts cause my computer to be slow? My resources are usually between 75% and 85% and I have about 3.9 GB left on HD but the computer seems to be sort of slow. Is this an extra lot of fonts? I have the same problem as you do Milissa I keep comming back as often as I can get in. I even burned my supper a few nights ago trying to keep up with this chat line......S

Hello Melissa, Just a kid with a new toy huh. Glad you are having fun. Photo paper looks good but it is expensive. HP Premium Inkjet Paper is a coted paper that you specifically have to print only on one side. Produces brilliant colors and I like it best. 250 sheets cost about 17 dollars and worth every penny.

Sharon - I copied all the files with the extensions .fon and .ttf to a backup subdirectory under fonts (in case I wanted to restore something) and uninstalled the fonts I didn't want (I did this from the Control Panel/Fonts). Here's a list of the basic fonts used by Windows. Don't delete these ones. ARIAL.TTF ARIALBD.TTF ARIALBI.TTF ARIALI.TTF SSERIFE.FON SERIFE.FON COUR.FOT COUR.TTF COURBD.TTF COURBI.TTF COURE.FON COURI.TTF FONTS.TXT MODERN.FON ROMAN.FON SCRIPT.FON SMALLE.FON SYMBOL.TTF SYMBOLE.FON TIMES.FOT TIMES.TTF TIMESBD.TTF TIMESBI.TTF TIMESI.TTF WINGDING.FOT WINGDING.TTF

The lowest cost that I have seen for the blades is at Walmart--5.97 per blade. I have the paper trimmer that looks just like a paper cutter. Instead of a blade it has a round blade~~like a pizza cutter~~ attached to a cutting board--then there is the hand held cutter---but the blades are the same(for hand held and paper trimmer)--I like mine because I can cut several pieces of paper at the same time and also have a straight edges to push paper up against. Debe

The cartridge needs air to breathe so that the ink can come out. THe epsons, which I use, have a maze of grooves all around the refill hole to provide that air. I don't know how the HP cartridges do it, so Larry or Glenn can probably answer that part. Michael

Donna - the spongs is inside the cartridge where you can't see it. WHen you insert the needle filled with ink from the hole on the top, you are actually inserting it into a sponge that holds the ink. Nothing special there. Michael

Daisy, what brand & model is your scanner? Sounds like a good (easy) set up. Did you say you have a Gateway computer? That's what I have and I love it! I looked at a couple different brands of scanners and just can't decide which one to get. I rely on everyone here for info since I don't have anyone else to ask. Donna

Hello to everyone whose out there. I have over 800 fonts on my HD just from all of my print programs now my computer is over loaded and I don't know which ones are safe to remove or if I should remove some of them. HELP...........S

Glenn, I am printing out the picture you sent me. I feel like a little kid!!! I am probably going to wear out my cartridge really fast. I 'm sure it depends on what you print but about how long will it last? It just finished!! I wish I had some photo paper, this is AWESOME!!!...Any other goodies you want to share with me??..Melissa

Peter - I select the text, right click and select format. From the font format dialog box I select Effects. From there I can add an outline to any font in any color, and set the fill color for any font. Michael