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            FinePrint Version 3.60

                 July 9, 1999


Description
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FinePrint is a printer driver for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows
NT 4.0.  FinePrint 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.  FinePrint
also allows you to customize your printouts by adding headers, footers,
and watermarks to your pages.


Benefits of FinePrint
---------------------
* saves significant amounts of paper and toner, and extends printer
  life

* works with any standard Windows application which has a Print
  function

* returns control to your application quickly, which allows you to
  continue working while FinePrint prints your document in the
  background

* 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


New Features in Version 3.x
---------------------------
* gives you a true preview of your print job before you print it, even
  when your application does not have a Print Preview feature

* lets you delete pages from your print job before you send it to the
  destination printer

* bigger scaling for better readability, even at 4-up and 8-up

* provides full support for duplex printers

* prints booklets and double-sided jobs on any printer

* displays tool tips which explain all FinePrint features

* FormFactory feature lets you save print jobs for use as custom
  electronic forms (letterhead, invoices, etc.)

* supports more than 50 different paper sizes

* one price now gets you FinePrint on all supported platforms


Installation
------------
To install FinePrint, run the program FPxxx.EXE (Windows 95/98) or
FPNTxxx.EXE (Windows NT), where "xxx" is the FinePrint version number.
Then follow the onscreen instructions.


Uninstalling
------------
In the Start menu, open the Programs folder, then open the FinePrint
folder and select "Uninstall FinePrint."  You may also uninstall FinePrint
in the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet.


Recent Changes
--------------
-- July 29, 1998 (v3.10) --

1. released version 3.10

-- August 1, 1998 (v3.10a) --

2. fixed a problem where text was sometimes clipped along the left and
   top edges of the page

3. fixed printing problems when the FinePrint Driver was not the
   default printer.  this caused print jobs from Netscape 4.05 and
   some other applications to fail.

-- August 5, 1998 (v3.10b) --

4. fixed problems printing fonts from PDF files.  see the "PDF font
   correction" check box in the Printer Options dialog.

5. FormFactory no longer causes "access denied" error messages

6. fixed problems with margins and forms.  when a form is selected,
   both the form and the document are drawn with Original margins,
   so the Margins combo box is disabled.

7. the second installation of v3.10 no longer deletes your old v1.x
   or v2.x FinePrint Driver.

8. thin line segments no longer disappear in the final printout

-- August 5, 1998 (v3.10c) --

9. fixed problems printing multiple copies from Word

10. fixed problems printing embedded double byte fonts in PDF files

-- August 7, 1998 (v3.10d) --

11. fixed problems with missing graphics, borders, line segments, etc.

12. fixed problems printing compressed DIBs

-- August 10, 1998 (v3.10e) --

13. stationery is now printed correctly when the "Not at all" dialog
    setting is chosen

14. FinePrint now installs correctly under the original Windows 95
    release

-- August 24, 1998 (v3.10f) --

15. fixed problems printing some fonts from Excel VBA editor under
    Win 95/98

16. fixed accelerator key conflicts (Defer/Defer All) in the main dialog

17. options for the destination printer (Properties button in the
    Options dialog) are now saved and restored for each printer

18. added "Extra margins" and "Test page" items in the destination
    printer Options dialog.  rearranged the Options dialog to make it
    easier to use.

-- September 8, 1998 (v3.11) --

19. improved handling of mixed portrait/landscape print jobs

20. landscape PDF files now print correctly at 4 and 8-up

21. white text from PDF files now prints correctly

22. fixed problems with upside-down bitmaps

23. printing a large number of documents under NT no longer causes out
    of memory problems

-- September 11, 1998 (v3.11a) --

24. fixed problems when cancelling the spooling phase of a print job
    to the FinePrint Driver on some NT systems

-- September 16, 1998 (v3.11b) --

25. colored patterns on rotated landscape pages now print correctly

26. dashed lines now print correctly from NT

27. out of memory conditions when printing PDF files are now handled

28. fixed problems with 1-up scaling

29. fixed clipping problems where content was sometimes drawn outside
    of the page boundary

30. fixed a problem printing single-sided documents to a printer which
    is set for double-sided printing

31. FinePrint Driver settings (paper size, orientation, etc.) are now
    preserved when you install a new version of FinePrint

32. fixed problems with incorrect spacing of double byte characters

-- October 13, 1998 (v3.12) --

33. fixed problems printing text and graphics from PDF files

34. fixed problems drawing rotated landscape pages to 256-color devices

35. fixed problem with text respacing in certain circumstances

36. fixed problems printing shaded cells from Excel

37. fixed problems printing filled areas from Word under NT

38. fixed problems with double byte character spacing

-- October 26, 1998 (v3.12a) --

39. fixed problems printing rotated landscape pages

40. FormFactory now works correctly when the UI is set to "Before
    printing starts"

41. print jobs sent to FinePrint while it is printing to a physical
    printer are now handled correctly

42. fixed problems with text spacing

43. fixed problems printing certain fonts from PDF files

-- November 4, 1998 (v3.14) --

44. fixed system slowdowns that sometimes occur when FinePrint is running

45. fixed problems drawing filled shapes

-- December 18, 1998 (v3.20) --

46. FinePrint now automatically emulates the destination printer, which
    ensures that line breaks and page breaks will be the same whether
    you print to FinePrint or directly to your printer

47. installing FinePrint no longer requires you to restart Windows

48. fixed display problems in the Information and Registration tabs

49. changed the duplex options and moved all duplex settings into the
    printer options dialog

50. added the "Bypass" layout option which passes documents directly to
    the destination printer without scaling or other modifications

51. stationery files (FP3.STA) now use the same format under Windows
    95/98 and NT

52. fixed problems drawing dashed and dotted lines to some printers

53. fixed problems drawing rotated text on rotated landscape pages

54. fixed problems drawing rotated landscape pages to some printers

55. improved the appearance of booklets by adding a gutter between
    the adjacent pages

56. you can now print multiple copies from FinePrint with the "Copies"
    option on the main Layout tab

-- January 7, 1999 (v3.21) --

57. fixed a scroll bar problem when you delete the last page of a
    document

58. fixed the up/down direction of the "Copies" item

59. reworked the duplex UI to improve ease of use

-- January 10, 1999 (v3.22) --

60. fixed problems that resulted from clicking the Close (X) button on
    the FinePrint dialog instead of the Cancel button

61. fixed a problem with rotated landscape pages under Japanese NT 4.0

-- January 19, 1999 (v3.23) --

62. fixed a problem printing complex clip regions from Adobe Acrobat

63. now produces larger scaling when printing booklets to a printer
    with large margins (e.g. inkjets)

64. fixed problems with the following paper sizes:
    Ledger
    Envelope B6
    US Std Fanfold
    8 x 6 in
    #10 Env. 9.50 x 4.12 in
    DL Env. 220.0 x 110.0 mm
    Fanfold 12.00 x 8.50 in
    Fanfold 14.50 x 11.00 in

65. fixed a problem printing a partial page range from Excel when
    multiple worksheets are selected

66. rotated double byte fonts now print correctly

67. underlined double byte fonts now print correctly

68. fixed a problem with text spacing of smart quotes

69. user-defined stationery is now properly preserved when FinePrint
    is reinstalled under NT

-- January 22, 1999 (v3.30) --

70. initial release of FinePrint Enterprise Edition

-- January 29, 1999 (v3.31) --

71. the "Copies" option is now reset to 1 on each new print job

72. FinePrint now works correctly with the Windows TIFF viewer

73. closing a zoomed preview window with Alt-F4 no longer causes problems

-- March 16, 1999 (v3.35) --

74. fixed a problem where editing, creating, or deleting stationery
    under NT could cause the stationery file to become corrupted

75. fixed problems with deferred printing when "Show FinePrint dialog"
    is set to "before printing starts"

76. fixed a problem where the FinePrint dialog sometimes displayed a
    scroll bar when it shouldn't

77. added options to control how rotated landscape pages are
    displayed and printed.  You should use this if you are having
    trouble printing documents which contain both portrait and
    landscape pages.  See the Printer Options dialog for details.

78. you can now select single or double sided output when doing Bypass
    printing

79. FinePrint now installs a shortcut in the Send To folder, so to print
    a document to FinePrint you can just right-click on the document and
    select FinePrint Driver from the Send To menu

80. fixed problems printing certain text and graphics from Acrobat to
    Postscript printers

81. fixed problems printing some embedded TrueType fonts

82. changes made to the Form and Margins settings are now persistent
    when you are in Booklet layout

83. FinePrint now uses GDI resources much more efficiently.  Complex
    documents which use many fonts or brushes now display and print
    much faster, and without running out of memory.

84. fixed a problem where text on a form was sometimes printed in a
    Wingdings font

85. two-page booklets now print correctly on manual duplex printers

-- March 18, 1999 (v3.36) --

86. fixed problems printing PDF files under NT 4 where sometimes text
    was not bold when it should be, or the wrong characters were
    printed

-- April 5, 1999 (v3.40) --

87. most FinePrint registry settings are now stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, so multiple users on the same
    computer can maintain their own FinePrint settings.

88. FinePrint data files are now stored in the user's Application Data
    folder instead of in a common location.

89. fixed problems with FinePrint Enterprise Edition in a secure NT
    environment

90. fixed a problem that could cause the installer to crash

-- April 7, 1999 (v3.41) --

91. fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when printing very large
    bitmaps under Windows 95/98

92. fixed a problem with occasional missing text in the screen display

93. fixed problems with the installer that sometimes resulted in an
    incomplete installation

-- April 8, 1999 (v3.42) --

94. fixed a problem with printing rotated text under Windows 95/98

-- April 15, 1999 (v3.43) --

95. fixed a problem where the FinePrint program group was created more
    than once

96. added support for printers with non-standard resolutions

97. the installer now creates the Application Data folder if it does
    not already exist

-- June 7, 1999 (v3.50) --

98. FinePrint now supports all international fonts and character sets,
    including Middle Eastern languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.

99. fixed a clipping problem under NT

-- June 14, 1999 (v3.55) --

100. you can now delete multiple pages easily by right-clicking on a
     page and selecting "Enter page delete mode" from the menu

101. fixed a problem printing certain types of text under NT

102. fixed a text clipping problem under Windows 95/98

103. fixed a problem printing certain shapes (e.g. round rectangles) to
     some printers

104. fixed an installation problem that affected some NT and Windows 2000
     systems

-- June 21, 1999 (v3.56) --

105. headers, footers, and watermarks can now be as large as 400 points

106. the installer now optionally makes FinePrint the default printer

107. fixed problems printing End User Defined Characters (EUDCs) under
     Far East versions of Windows

108. fixed an installation problem with the dispatcher

109. fixed a problem where the scroll bar sometimes did not appear in
     the main FinePrint dialog

--- July 9, 1999 (v3.60) ---

110. the FormFactory tab no longer sets the current form when you are
     in Bypass mode

111. fixed problems when printing multiple PDF files to the FinePrint
     Driver under NT.  the problem most commonly caused text to appear
     as black blobs.

112. major improvement in text drawing speed onscreen

113. improved font handling on complex PDF files, so they do not cause
     out of memory errors anymore

114. fixed a problem when printing multiple copies of a job to a
     duplex printer.  each copy now starts on a new sheet of paper.

115. fixed a problem printing to certain Oki printers

116. smart borders now work correctly with PDF page ordering


Company History
---------------
We are FinePrint 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.


Setting Default Paper Size
--------------------------
In many countries the default paper size is A4.  It is possible to
set FinePrint to always use this or other supported sizes by
default.  In the Start menu, open the Settings Printers folder, then
right-click on the FinePrint Driver and select Properties (Windows 95/
98) or Document Defaults (Windows NT).  This will present you with a
list of choices, and you can select A4 or any other supported paper
size as the default.


FinePrint Dispatcher
--------------------
The FinePrint Dispatcher is a program that runs in the background and
manages the flow of print jobs within FinePrint.  The Dispatcher must
be running in order for FinePrint to operate.  If you ever get an error
message about "Could not locate the FinePrint Dispatcher", you can try
re-launching it from the FinePrint program group in the Start menu.  Or,
you can reboot your computer, since the Dispatcher is launched upon startup.


Registration
------------
You have downloaded a trial version of FinePrint. If you decide to
use it, registration to the full version costs $29.95. The
registration mechanism we use allows payment by check, credit card,
and electronic payment.  When payment is received, you will be sent a
registration key which you then enter into FinePrint.  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 8 page limit will be removed.

Registering entitles you to receive free maintenance upgrades of
FinePrint.  Major new releases will be made available to registered
users at a substantial discount.

To register, click the Register tab in the FinePrint window and
then click the Order Form button to fill out an order form.  You can
also click the Register Online button to connect to our registration page.

After you have registered and receive the serial number, enter it along with
your name in the spaces provided.


Support Information
-------------------
We are committed to providing excellent support for our customers.  We
can be reached for technical support and comments via email at
[e-mail].


Contact Information
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sales: [e-mail]
support: [e-mail]
web: http://www.fineprint.com

FinePrint IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
SINGLE TRACK SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SINGLE TRACK SOFTWARE
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL
DAMAGES, EVEN IF SINGLE TRACK SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

FinePrint is a trademark of Single Track Software.