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Printer's Apprentice 7.0 from
Lose Your Mind Development
Quality utilities for Microsoft Windows

Lose Your Mind Development
Bryan and Suzanne Kinkel
Post Office Box 302
Haverford, PA 19041-0302

web: http://www.loseyourmind.com
sales and information: salesinfo@loseyourmind.com
technical support: helpdesk@loseyourmind.com

ORDERS via Phone: (877) 734-7638 (international callers please call (770) 497-9126)
ORDERS via RegSoft on the Internet:
https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603
Questions regarding orders: (610) 251-0772

(c) copyright 1991-1999 by Bryan T. Kinkel

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Table of Contents
I.	Rave Reviews for Printer's Apprentice
II.	Introduction
III.	A message for users of Printer's Apprentice 6.1a and earlier versions
IV.	Install/Uninstall and system requirements
V. 	This is a shareware product
VI.	Purchasing and Pricing Information
VII.	Technical Support
VIII.	ActiveX and DLL components used by Printer's Apprentice
IX.	System Registry Use
X.	ASP Statement

I. RAVE REVIEWS FOR PRINTER'S APPRENTICE
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"The winner, in my opinion, is a venerable standard: Printer's Apprentice
 from Lose Your Mind Development. It's easily worth the $25 registration
 fee requested..."  -- Brian Livingston, Infoworld, 9/29/97

"Printer's Apprentice takes the lead over competing font management tools
 such as Ares' Font Minder... Printer's Apprentice should be at the
 top of your list."  -PC Magazine October 24, 1995

"Virtually every user can benefit from Printer's Apprentice."
						  -PC/Computing
						   April 1993

"The best-designed Windows font viewer for all font formats..."
						 -PC Magazine
						  October 27, 1992

II. INTRODUCTION
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Thank you for taking the time to look at Printer's Apprentice 7.0, the
best font manager around. This file contains information about the
software, pricing and technical support. Instructions for quickly
installing Printer's Apprentice are also included. The software
manual is contained in an online help file (pa.hlp). 

Printer's Apprentice is a comprehensive, 32 bit font manager for Windows 95.
We have designed it to be the best Windows font manager available today.
With this software you can examine your TrueType and ATM font collection,
print a variety of elegant font sample sheets and catalogs
and install/uninstall fonts. Printer's Apprentice really shines when used
with uninstalled fonts located on CD-ROMs or disks. You can preview
uninstalled fonts with a few mouse clicks. Printer's Apprentice can also
print ultra-sharp catalog listings from CDs without installing a single
font. 

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 also adds font grouping to its list of award
winning features. Now you have the ability to create groups of TrueType 
fonts that can be installed or uninstalled with a few mouse clicks!

If you have been looking for advanced font printing and management,
Printer's Apprentice is for you!

Please take the time to look at the software. If you do any work
with desktop publishing or use many fonts with your PC, we think you
will find Printer's Apprentice to be an invaluable utility.

REMEMBER - This software is shareware!! If you like it, please see the
order information in this file or in the help system.


III. A MESSAGE FOR USERS OF PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.1a AND EARLIER VERSIONS
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Two issues have come up that have convinced us it is time to change   
our upgrade policies.

First, the Internet is both good and bad. On more than one occasion our
technical support people have spoken with individuals who mentioned that 
codes for commercial and shareware packages are available on hacker Web 
sites. Both large and small software companies cannot afford to be 
ripped off by these people. 

Second, for many years Lose Your Mind Development had a policy of 
unlimited upgrades. As long as you had the registration code, you could 
continue to download upgrades and disable the nag screens. Ordering new 
diskettes and manuals was optional. The Windows 95 version took over a 
year to develop and test. It was close to a 100% rewrite of old code. 
Without upgrade revenue, we will not be able to support this product or 
continue future development. 

What does this mean to you? 
1) Is this the first time you have used Printer's Apprentice? Then we
   hope you enjoy the software and do consider registering this
   program.

2) If you purchased 6.5 or upgraded to 6.5 via one of our mailings, then
   you are entitled to a free upgrade to version 7.0. 

3) If you are a registered user of 6.1a or previous versions, then you
   will notice that the registration code does not work. We hope that
   you will help support this product. 

   The Upgrade Package costs $12.00 You can order by sending a check payable to

   	Lose Your Mind Development
        P.O. Box 302
        Haverford, PA 19041-0302.   
   
   Upon receipt of your check, we will email you a new registration code,
   so please include an email address.   

   Your name will be checked against a database of registered users!
   So please don't order at this price unless you purchased a
   previous version.

So, if you are a registered user of a pre-6.5 version of PA, and you want to 
use the 7.0 version, you need to upgrade. We want to be able to provide 
you with more high quality software in the future.

We are sure many of you are now wondering what the future upgrade policy 
will be. Simply, minor upgrades will always be free. We owe it to the 
users to fix bugs, etc. Major upgrades of the software will most likely
have a fee. If you have any questions about this change in our upgrade
policy, please don't hesitate to email us at salesinfo@loseyourmind.com.


IV. INSTALL/UNINSTALL AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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To install Printer's Apprentice, you need a computer running Windows 95, 98 or
Windows NT 4.0. We recommend at least a Pentium class machine with 16 megabytes
of memory.

This version of the software does not require the Visual Basic run time
file (VB40032.DLL OR VBRUN300.DLL). 

** Information about OCX and DLL versions shipped with this software can
** be found at the end of this file.

        To install Printer's Apprentice 
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        1. Create a temporary directory and unzip the distribution
           .ZIP file to that directory.
        2. Double click the SETUP.EXE icon found in that temporary
           directory. This program will install Printer's Apprentice on 
           your computer.
        3. After you have installed Printer's Apprentice, you can delete
           the temporary directory and the SETUP.EXE file.
        4. We recommend placing the distribution .ZIP file on a backup
           floppy in case you need to reinstall Printer's Apprentice.

After Printers' Apprentice is installed, run the software by choosing the
Printer's Aprentice icon on the Start menu.

If you need to uninstall this software, use the Start Menu to select
the Uninstall item from the Printer's Apprentice group.


V. THIS IS A SHAREWARE PRODUCT
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Because this is a shareware application, we encourage users and companies to
distribute this program. If you are a commercial shareware distributor or
online service (Web, FTP site, BBS, etc), please refer to the information
in the file VENDINFO.DIZ. This file explains the terms of distribution for
this software.

VENDINFO.DIZ also contains standard descriptions for the software. We ask
that you use this text for your online descriptions and catalog text in
reference to FontReview.


VI. PURCHASING & PRICING INFORMATION
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Printer's Apprentice is a shareware program distributed and supported
by Lose Your Mind Development, an Association of Shareware Professionals
member. Lose Your Mind Development has been in business for over seven years
programming and distributing Windows font products.

You are encouraged to put this program through its paces to see if you
find it of value. If it is a utility you feel you will use in your home
or office work, we kindly ask that you pay for it. If not, please run
the uninstall program and remove it from your computer system.

Pricing for Printer's Apprentice is as follows:

   /---------------------------------------------------------------\
   | Printer's Apprentice for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0             |
   |                                                                |
   | $25.00	Printer's Apprentice 7.0 (electronic delivery)      |
   |		You will be sent a Registration Code via email.     |
   |            Please make sure you provide us with an email       |
   |            address.                                            |
   |                                                                |
   | $33.00	Printer's Apprentice 7.0 on diskette, USA shipping  |
   |                                                                |
   | $35.00	Printer's Apprentice 7.0 on diskette, outside USA   |
   |            shipping                                            |
   \ ---------------------------------------------------------------/

   1. MAIL - CHECK / MONEY ORDER
      If you wish to pay via a check, please enclose a check
      payable in US dollars to

      Lose Your Mind Development
      P.O. Box 302
      Haverford, PA 19041-0302

      Checks can be made payable to "Lose Your Mind Development"

      We prefer you to pay via mail with a check because we get
      charged a per-transaction fee for credit card processing.

      Please take the time to fill out the order form. The
      order form can be printed from the PA.HLP file. You need
      to install Printer's Apprentice first, access the PA.HLP file, and
      jump to the topic "Order Form" from the table of contents.

   2. ONLINE - CREDIT CARD
      Internet users can order via the Internet through the RegSoft.com. 
      They have a secure Web commerce server for our product at 
      https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603 .

   3. PHONE - CREDIT CARD - (877)-REGSOFT   (877-734-7638)
      International callers use 770-497-9126.
      ASK FOR PRODUCT #8603.

      You can order with MasterCard, Visa, American Express or 
      Discover.

      You can also fax an order to RegSoft at 770-497-9234.

      THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY.
      THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS.

      Any questions about the status of order shipment, refunds,
      registration options, product details, technical support,
      volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit
      card orders, etc, must be directed to

      Lose Your Mind Development
      P.O. Box 302
      Haverford, PA 19041-0302
      (610) 251-0772
      salesinfo@loseyourmind.com


VII. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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We really enjoy hearing from our users! If you need to get in touch with
us for technical support, please use the following contact information.
Because Bryan (the author) has a day job, Email is STRONGLY encouraged.

EMAIL:     helpdesk@loseyourmind.com

WEB:       http://www.loseyourmind.com

MAIL:      Lose your Mind Development
           Post Office Box 302
           Haverford, PA 19041-0302

           Phone: (610) 251-0772   7-9 PM EST ONLY!!

Before contacting us with a question, be sure to check out the 
following Web resources:

Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa65faq.htm
Software Version History  : http://www.loseyourmind.com/changes.txt

VIII. ActiveX and DLL Components used by Printer's Apprentice
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Listed below are the version numbers of the OCX/DLL files ship
with Printer's Apprentice inside the SETUP.EXE. 

You may or may not have some of these components already on 
your system. When copying OCX/DLL files, setup compares the 
source file version with what any existing versions on your
computer. If the file exists and is newer, setup does not
copy the file. If the version number is equal or older, then
setup does copy the file. A backup of the original file is
placed in a Printer's Apprentice\Backup folder.

mscomctl.ocx  1,064,456		6.0.84.98	Microsoft
comdlg32.ocx	140,288		6.00.8418	Microsoft
dwcbk32.ocx	 84,480		4.2.010		Desaware
dwvstp32.ocx	185,344		5.0.0.2		Desaware
threed32.ocx	200,704		1.0.0041	Microsoft

asycfilt.dll	147,728		2.40.4275	Microsoft
dwspy36.dll	 75,776		6.0.0.2		Desaware
mfc40.dll	924,432		4.1.6140	Microsoft
msvbvm60.dll  1,384,448		6.00.8495	Microsoft
msvcrt40.dll	326,656		4.22.0000	Microsoft
oleaut32.dll	598,288		2.40.4275	Microsoft
olepro32.dll	164,112		5.0.4275	Microsoft
comcat.dll	 16,384		5.0		Microsoft
	
stdole2.tlb	 17,920		2.30.4261	Microsoft

Used by earlier versions, but not this one - 
dweasy36.ocx	131,584		6.0.0.2		Desaware

You can remove this file from your windows\system folder
if you are certain no other applications use it.


IX. System Registry Use
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Printer's Apprentice does use the Windows Registry to store
the path where the software is installed. This information 
is stored in the following key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lose Your Mind Development\Printer's Apprentice]

This Registry Key is removed when if you uninstall Printer's 
Apprentice.

All other Printer's Apprentice configuration is stored in the
Printer's Apprentice\PA.INI file.


X. ASP STATEMENT
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                 ASP Ombudsman Information                      
                                                                
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  Shareware Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to make sure that   
  the shareware principle works for you.  If you are unable     
  to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member     
  by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.   
  The ASP ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem   
  with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support    
  for members' products.  Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at: 
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