Printer's Apprentice 8.1 A font manager for Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista & XP readme.txt Copyright © 2006-2016 by Bryan T. Kinkel and Lose Your Mind Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Latest version can always be found on http://www.loseyourmind.com Direct download: http://www.loseyourmind.com/PrintersApprenticeSetup.exe Purchase Printer's Apprentice via secure web page: https://secure.avangate.com/order/checkout.php?PRODS=1429446&QTY=1&SRC=PA80 Printer's Apprentice FAQ http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80faq.aspx Printer's Apprentice Blog - All the latest news, progress reports and development notes http://blog.loseyourmind.com Printer's Apprentice on Twitter - News and updates, via Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/loseyourminddev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. What's New in 8.1 3. System Requirements 4. Purchasing and Pricing Information 5. How To Upgrade & Receive a New License Key 6. Technical Support 7. Association of Software Professionals Statement 8. No spyware, no adware, no malware 1. INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for taking the time to look at Printer's Apprentice 8.1, 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 font manager for Windows 7, Vista and XP. 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 supports TrueType, OpenType and Adobe Type 1 formats. 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 8.1 also adds font grouping to its list of award winning features. Now you have the ability to create groups of TrueType, OpenType and ATM 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. 2. WHAT'S NEW IN 8.1? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice 8.1 has been developed from the ground up to work with Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP. For a list of new features, please see http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80.aspx . 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To install Printer's Apprentice, you need a computer running Windows Vista or XP. You will also need the .NET Framework 2.0 Runtime. The Printer's Apprentice setup program will automatically download and install .NET 2.0 if needed. But we recommend downloading and installing it first. The .NET Framework 2.0 Runtime is available directly from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en 4. PURCHASING & PRICING INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice is a shareware program distributed and supported by Lose Your Mind Development, an Association of Software Professionals member. Lose Your Mind Development has been in business since 1991. You are encouraged to put this program through its paces to see if you find it of value. If this software will be used in your home or office, 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 8, 7, Vista & XP | | | | $24.99 Printer's Apprentice 8.1 (electronic delivery) | | You will be sent a License Key via email. | \ --------------------------------------------------------------/ Links to purchase the software online can be found on our web site. http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80.aspx#order 5. HOW TO UPGRADE AND OBTAIN A NEW LICENSE KEY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Previous uses of Printer's Apprentice can upgrade to Printer's Apprentice 8.1 for $15. Ordering details can be found at the link below. http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80upgrade.aspx 6. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. EMAIL: helpdesk@loseyourmind.com WEB: http://www.loseyourmind.com MAIL: Lose your Mind Development Post Office Box 184 Berwyn, PA 19312-0184 Before contacting us with a question, be sure to check out the following Web resources: Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80faq.htm Version History : http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80/versionhistory.txt 7. Association of Software Professionals Statement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This program is produced by a member of the Association of 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 technical problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please contact the ASP Ombudsman online at http://www.asp-shareware.com/omb . 8. No spyware, no adware, no malware ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice is supported entirely by license fees paid by users of the product. Printer's Apprentice contains no spyware. Printer's Apprentice contains no adware. Printer's Apprentice contains no malware or viruses or other code whose purpose is to harm your PC. The application setup and executable files are digitally signed. Our software can communicate with the Lose Your Mind Development web server (http://www.loseyourmind.com) to check for updates and new versions. This operation is entirely user initiated. No private information is stored or sent to our server. Printer's Apprentice contains no remote shutdown or similar code. If you lose the license key for the version you purchased, Lose Your Mind Development will replace it for you. If you have any questions about these statements, please contact helpdesk@loseyourmind.com.