Fine Print for Windows 3.1/95 Version 1.41 November 4, 1997 Fine Print Description ---------------------- Fine Print is a Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 printer driver. Fine Print prints any multi-page document onto fewer sheets of paper by printing 1, 2, 4, or 8 document pages onto each physical sheet of paper, while maintaining document integrity and clarity. Fine Print also allows you to customize your printouts by adding headers, footers, and watermarks to your pages. Here are a few of the benefits of Fine Print: * saves significant amounts of paper and toner, and extends printer life * works with any standard Windows application which has a Print function * works with any Windows printer (inkjet, PCL laser, PostScript, bubble jet, etc.) * particularly useful for spreadsheets, email, electronic manuals, draft memos, technical papers, presentations, Web pages, Adobe Acrobat PDF files, software source code * can be used to efficiently archive large amounts of physical documents * saves weight for business travelers--carry only 1/2 or 1/4th the amount of paper * supports all standard Windows print features such as fonts, graphics, page size, etc. * Stationery feature prints a header, footer, page number, date and time stamps with your document * a watermark may be underprinted on a page at a 45-degree angle. Watermarks include Confidential, Draft, Eyes Only, etc. * simple to install and easy to use Installing Fine Print --------------------- After unzipping the Fine Print file, run INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions. If INSTALL.EXE is not successful, you can install Fine Print as you would any other printer driver. In Windows 3.1, use the Printers applet in Control Panel; in Windows 95, open the Printers folder and double-click "Add Printer." For detailed instructions, just double-click the file SETUP.HLP in this directory. Uninstalling ------------ Run UNINST.EXE and then remove Fine Print from the Printers folder on your system. Updating from a previous Fine Print Version ------------------------------------------- For those of you who are already registered, run the INSTALL.EXE file and your copy of Fine Print will be automatically updated to this version. Company History --------------- We are Single Track Software, a company founded in 1995 by Jonathan Weiner and Mark O'Brien. Our mission is to create printing products that maximize the functionality of existing printing hardware. Our innovative approach to printing allows us to create software on all Windows platforms that works with all existing printers. Support Information ------------------- We are committed to providing excellent support for our customers. We can be reached for technical support and comments via email at support@singletrack.com. Download information -------------------- Fine Print can be downloaded from the following sites: Single Track Software http://www.singletrack.com ZD Net http://www.hotfiles.com search for keywords: Fine Print C|Net http://www.shareware.com search for keyword: fineprt.zip Winsite http://www.winsite.com click Search Archive search for keyword: fineprt.zip Recent changes -------------- 1. Fixed a problem with A4 support. Fine Print now fully supports letter, legal, A4 and B4 paper sizes. 2. Fixed a problem with underlined text in Microsoft Word. 3. Fixed a problem with WordArt. 4. Removed the Page notation from the Page meta tag for international markets. 5. Fixed a bug in PageMaker output. 6. Better international date and time support. 7. Page border fixes. 8. Excel and Word cell borders fixed. 9. An option to disable display of Fine Print's print dialog box on every print job. 10. Support for the "Properties" button in application Print dialogs to set default paper size and orientation. 11. Fixed a bug with the skip display option causing "unregistered" message. 12. Text clipping problems fixed. 13. Fixed printing problems from Adobe Acrobat 3.0. 14. Fixed problems printing tab leaders from Word. 15. Fixed a problem with date display. 16. Fixed page centering and border problems on printer with asymmetrical margins, notably the Hewlett-Packard Deskjet series. 17. Fixed a GPF which sometimes occurred under Windows 3.11. -- 1.31 -- 18. Fixed a problem that caused a GPF when doing shading with Excel and Word. -- 1.40 -- 19. Changed 1-up printing so that it does not scale the output if borders are turned off and no header or footer is defined. This means that there is no need to switch from the Fine Print driver for normally printed output. 20. Fixed problems printing text in non-Western character sets. 21. Fixed line spacing problems when printing indented text. 22. added support for double-byte character sets (e.g. Japanese Windows). -- 1.41 -- 23. the installer now checks if it is running under Windows NT, and if so it exits cleanly. Setting Default Paper Size -------------------------- In many countries the default paper size is A4. It is possible to set Fine Print to always use this or other supported sizes by default. The default paper size in Fine Print can be set by using the Properties dialog box. This dialog box is available from most applications in the same place that the printer driver is selected. It is also available from Win95 by right clicking on the Fine Print icon in the printer panel. From there, select the Details tab and click the Setup... button. Note on Watermarks ------------------- Watermarks do not print on most Laserjet 4 models from Windows 95 applications. Printing from the same applications under Windows 3.1 works correctly. Exceptions to this rule include the Laserjet 5 series of printers. The only known workaround to this problem is to install the Windows 3.1 driver instead of the Windows 95 driver. This should cause no ill effects and watermarks will print correctly. This is not a Fine Print bug. Please see Microsoft's Web site for more details: http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q130/5/08.htm Registration ------------ You have downloaded a trial version of Fine Print. If you decide to use it, registration to the full version costs $19.95. The registration mechanism we use allows payment by check, credit card, and electronic payment. When payment is received, you will receive a registration key which you then enter into Fine Print. Once you have registered by entering your key, two things will happen: 1. The "unregistered" message printed on each page will be removed. 2. The 10 page limit will be removed. Registering entitles you to receive all future upgrades to Fine Print for a single platform. A version for a different platform (e.g. Windows NT) will require a separate registration fee. To register, click the Register... button in the Fine Print window and then click the Registration Info... button in the dialog box. Enter the Registration key we have sent you. Site license information is available in the Registration Info... dialog box. OEM license and bundle arrangements are welcome. Windows NT Support ------------------ We are currently working on a version of Fine Print for Windows NT. It will be shipping in the fourth quarter of 1997. Please check our web site for further release information. We hope you enjoy using Fine Print as much as we have enjoyed creating it. Please contact us at singletrack@kagi.com if you have questions or problems.