PROGRAM: GREETING CARD DESIGNER
COMPUTER: TS2068 (80-col. printer required)
PRICE: $19.95
AVAILABLE FROM: E. ARTHUR BROWN COMPANY
3404 Pawnee Drive
Alexandria, MN 56308
One of the most popular software programs to emerge in the past few years is PRINT SHOP. PRINT SHOP is a graphics program that lets you design banners, letterheads, and greeting cards with your computer and print them out with a dot-matrix printer. Almost everyone has received at least one greeting card or invitation produced with this program.
But, PRINT SHOP is only available for the so-called “real” computers… IBM, Apple, and Commodore. Does this mean that we TS 2068 owners have to do without again?
No! Thanks to Zebra Systems (the same great folks that brought us Tech-Draw… ZPRINT80… and many other fine products), we now have… GREETING CARD DESIGNER!
GREETING CARD DESINGER works with any of the more popular TS2068 parallel printer interfaces (AERCO, Tasman, A &J), and any of the following dot-matrix printers…
- Epson RX/FX
- Gemini 10X/SG10
- Memotech DMX80
- Panasonic 1090/1091
- Prowriter 8510
GREETING CARD DESINGER comes with a 16-page manual, and a cassette tape with 2 programs on one side, and a library of 23 graphics on the other.
The two programs are the greeting card design program itself, and a graphic design program. This program enables you to design and save your own graphics for later use.
I found out how well the graphic design program works by necessity. The graphic library side of my review copy would not load (I tried 3 tape players!), so I had to design my own graphics.
Putting the program (and my lack of artistic ability) to this test proves how well this program is put together. I was printing my first card in minutes.
GREETING CARD DESIGNER gives you a variety of options to choose from. There is a menu of 8 different borders (you can use any 2 in one card), 2 type fonts and 2 type sizes. Also, using the graphic design program , you have an unlimited choice of designs. You are only limited by your imagination!
I believe in this program so much, I will be providing a new graphic for you to use in each issue of T-S HORIZONS. The first one is in this issue!
If you come up with a unique graphic, send it to me at:
Bill Ferrebee
MOUNTAINEER SOFTWARE
749 Hill STreet #6
Parkersburg, WV 26104
In one word GREETING CARD DESIGNER is… GREAT! I hope Zebra Systems has plans to release programs for banners and letterheads, so that we can have as much flexibility as PRINT SHOP owners!
