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This document contains late-breaking information, and answers to frequently asked questions concerning Print Artist 2.5 for Windows.

Insufficient Disk Space to Setup

If you should get a message indicating that you don't have enough disk space to install Print Artist, you can override the disk space check in the setup program.  To do this, choose "Run..." from the "File" menu in Program Manager and type "A:\SETUP.EXE NOMEMCHECK" as the command line.

More Third Party Graphics Path

You can now have Print Artist scan two different paths for third party graphics.  To do this, choose "Directory Setup..." from the "File" menu.

Anti-Virus Software

If you have any anti-virus software running on your system, you should disable it temporarily for purposes of installing Print Artist for Windows; otherwise the install program may crash.

Groups and Color/Shape Functions

Because Groups may contain different types of objects, commands from the Color and Shape menus/palettes are not available for them.  The objects must be un-grouped before the color and shape functions can be applied to them.

"Fit Frame to Letter" Note

The "Fit Frame to Letter" option in the Set Point Size dialog box currently only works if the Word Wrap option is on.  Currently, if Word Wrap is off and you shorten a text object, the frame will not be re-fit to the new shorter text.

Font Limitations

The Print Artist program has a limit of 1200 vertices per polygon.  TrueType or PostScript Type 1 font characters are allowed only one polygon, so the entire character must have no more than 1200 points.  Furthermore, curve splines in the font data are broken up into separate points along the curve.  There are very few fonts that can't work with PA (for example, a complicated font with a wood-cut effect, or with frilly vines creeping in and out of the letters), but in future versions of Print Artist this limit may be raised.

Import Limitations

When importing EPS and WMF images (or pasting from the clipboard,) Print Artist will sometimes say that the image is too complex to bring in.  Try reducing the complexity of the image by removing unneccesary curves and lines, or by reducing the size.

Mouse Problems

Some users may experience problems when using Print Artist for Windows with Microsoft Mouse driver version 9.00.  These problems entail the mouse cursor jumping from one location to another when opening or using the palettes.  Sometimes users may find that going to the Mouse Control Panel and turning off the "Locate" command will fix this situation; otherwise, upgrading to version 9.01 of the driver should fix it.

Printer Notes

If you have a problem with perforation skipping when using the Epson 2550 driver, check its version number and make sure you have the latest one.  The latest Epson 2550 driver from Microsoft (which is Universal Printer Driver V3.1.4, Epson LW 2550, v2.11) doesn't have this problem, and it also supports 360 x 360 printing.

If you are using a Citizen GSX 140 printer, you should use the latest Epson 2550 driver instead of the usual Citizen driver.

Print Artist does not automatically support nonstandard (not 8.5 x 11) tractor feed paper sources (for example, continuous business card or phone index card stock).  If you are able to fit more than one business card on a standard size document, you might have luck manually aligning them to fit the cardstock you are using.  Often, special stock length is evenly divisible by 11 inches, so you could fool the program into thinking it is dealing with regular tractor-feed paper and get the job done.

Banner Printing

When you print a banner, check your Print Options to make sure that Margins are set to minimal and Rotate is set to Automatic.  Also, make sure that the Use Printible Area Values in the Setup Printible Area dislog box is not set.

General Document Printing

The message "Click and drag to position document" on the Hot Preview status line means that you have additional control over where your document print area will actually be printed to a sheet of paper. You can print your document in the Center of a sheet, against the upper left margin, against the upper center margin, or against the upper right margin, depending on the value chosen for Percent Size. Larger sizes mean fewer options.

Of Font Interest

The number of fonts you are shown when you use the Count button of Directory Setup is the MINIMUM number of fonts you have. Not shown in this count are any TrueType fonts you may have. These fonts will be available to you in Print Artist and can be accessed from the font palette. All effects are possible on them.

Cutting and Pasting

When you Cut or Copy any part of a Print Artist document, you put your work into a buffer which can then be Pasted into any Windows application document which has a Paste option. Such applications include (but are not limited to) word processors, spread sheets, and paint programs. However, colors of what you cut and paste will most likely be different than what they were in Print Artist, because each application has it's own particular color palette. 

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