READ_ME.TXT v. 04.19.93 ABOUT PAPERDIRECT PaperDirect offers (via mail-order only) a wide variety of laserprinter/photocopier compatable products, targeted specifically at the home-based Desktop Publishing market. Besides the requisite white and colored papers, Avery labels, report covers and presentation products, PaperDirect offers many products with pre-printed, artistic designs. Included amongst those are designs for letterheads, certificates, business cards, tri-fold brochures, envelopes and much more. PaperDirect offers a PaperKit for $19.95 (refundable with your first order) that contains a sample of almost every paper product they offer. I have put my PaperKit samples into clear sheet protectors, and they virtually fill a 3-inch thick, 3-ring binder! Whether you just dabble in DTP, or do it on a professional level, your money will be well spent. PaperDirect 205 Chubb Ave. Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071 1-800-A-PAPERS ABOUT MY UPLOADS The templates are Calamus 1.09N .CDK files, grouped in folders named according to PaperDirect's catalog, i.e. the 'LETRHEDS' folder contains templates for PaperDirect's pre-printed 'Letterhead' papers. Since I'm not sure what File #'s will be assigned to which uploads, the following is a complete list of all FOLDERS that I will be uploading RSN <REALLY> but, not necessarily in this order: #xxxxx BROCHURS (Brochures, tri-fold) #xxxxx BUSCARDS (Business cards) #28402 CERTIFS (Certificates) #28403 FRAMES (Frames/borders) #xxxxx KIDS (Kids designs) #28404 LETRHEDS (Letterheads) #xxxxx MAILPLUS (Mailers Plus, tri-fold w/rolodex-card) #28405 MESSAGES (FYI, NEWS, UPDATE, etc.) #xxxxx PSTCARDS (Post cards) #xxxxx THEMES (Designs for special occassions) Each folder will contain this file (or a revision of it), several .CDK files (templates), and possibly an additional .TXT file explaining particulars about the .CDK's in the folder. Because some templates incorporate PD fonts (d/l'ed from GEnie) which you may not have, those fonts will be included in the FOLDER containing the template that uses them. IMPORTANT NOTE 1: In naming the templates themselves, I had to make a choice between using PaperDirect's design names, or their stock numbers. Since I feel that it is easier to recognize a particular design by its name, I opted for that method. However, this creates a problem in that a Letterhead of a particular design has the same name as a tri-fold Brochure of the same design. If you want to keep all templates of the same design in one, coordinated group, i.e. all PWRPOINT templates, rename the individual PWRPOINT templates to your liking (I use LETRHEAD, TRIFOLD, BUSCARD, etc.) and put them in a folder named PWRPOINT. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Why not combine all templates of a similar design into one, large .CDK? Because a Letterhead template has a Portrait orientation, while a tri-fold Brochure template has a Landscape orientation. The two orientations simply don't mix. THE TEMPLATES I designed the templates using a MEGA ST4, SM124, Calamus 1.09N and an SLM804 Laserprinter. Although Calamus SL can 'load' 1.09N files, it is my understanding that SL's measurement system is somewhat different and may cause minor discrepancies to occur. Therefore, I can offer no assurances that these templates will be accurate when used with SL and I apologize for that in advance. Each template accurately represents its respective PaperDirect namesake. The various levels of raster indicate how my own eyes perceived the different colors of the pre-printed designs, but only in terms of their brightness relative to black/white. I have made no attempt to maintain raster-to-color integrity across the full spectrum of templates. Therefore, although all frames having a 20% raster on one template design indicates that they are all the same color on PaperDirect's product, a 20% raster on a different template design would not necessarily represent that same color. Sorry but, it's the best I could do without SL. Some of PaperDirect's papers are pre-printed on both sides, thus their corresponding templates are two-page .CDK's. While some of the template's graphic elements are not exact visual duplicates of PaperDirect's designs, their size and location are accurate to finest degree possible with 1.09N. All of the frames comprising each page of each template have been grouped together and protected. MEASUREMENT SETTINGS Since the typesetting/printing industry use picas/points as a measurement scale, the templates were designed with Calamus' PAGE LAYOUT 'Measurement' set to 'Pica' and 'Font Size' set to 'Points'. While there may not be any alignment problem if you use other settings, those are the industry's standards and I highly recommend using them. If you are not familiar with points/picas: 1 point = 1/12 pica = 1/72 inch 12 points = 1 pica = 1/6 inch 72 points = 6 picas = 1 inch NOTE: Be aware that Calamus 1.09N's 'X-Y coordinate' system displays whole picas, tenths of picas and hundredths of picas. The rulers are graduated in whole picas and tenths of picas. This can be confusing since one pica contains 12 points, not ten. For example: 10.50 picas equals 126 points. Not 125.00 points, nor 120.50 points. (10.50 picas times 12 points per pica = 126 points) To insure the utmost accuracy, the size and placement of each pre- printed element were first measured, then calculated according to the size and placement of every other element and the overall size of the paper, then sized and placed using Calamus' 'X-Y co- ordinate' system. The final placement of all elements was checked with the screen display set 'User Selectable', 'Printer 1:1 @ 375%', which is the exact-scale setting for Atari's laserprinter. PRINTING YOUR WORK As these templates are not intended to be printed as part of your work, you will have to do something to prevent them from being printed along with your work. This is easily accomplished in one of two ways. 1. Unprotect and delete the template(s). 2. Unprotect and cut the template(s) to the frame-clipboard. Because it would be virtually impossible to allow for all the various minimum margin values, page-offset values and/or paper- feeding characteristics of the numerous printers available, do not expect to design anything using these templates and then print it on your particular printer with everything properly positioned on the paper. (I.E., an individual frame with an upper-left corner 'X-Y' co-ordinate of 12.00 and 12.00 picas will not necessarily be printed by your particular printer at 12.00 picas down and 12.00 picas over from the upper-left corner of the paper.) However, each frame will be properly positioned relative to every other frame, and to the overall page. If you are only producing camera-ready-copy (CRC) to be used by a print-shop, any mis-alignment of the whole page is not a problem because the print-shop will take care of it (hopefully). If you are using your own printer to print directly onto PaperDirect's products, use the 'Select all' and 'Group' functions to group all of your own frames together. Then reposition the grouped frame to correct any mis-alignment. A PROPOSITION As noted previously, these templates were designed with a MEGA ST4 and Calamus 1.09N. I have often considered investing in a TT030- based DTP system and upgrading to Calamus SL but frankly, unless it is financially beneficial for me to do so, I probably won't. If enough Calamus SL users would be willing to pay for templates designed to match the colors and graphics/patterns pre-printed on PaperDirect's products, that might provide enough incentive for me to purchase an appropriately configured TT030 along with applicable software, and redo the templates accordingly. Looking at the economics of that proposition, I would expect that such a system would cost somewhere around $6,000, perhaps slightly more. PaperDirect currently charges $39.95 for their Mac and/or PC templates, all inclusive. If I charged the same amount, that would mean that about 150 SL users would have to buy my templates, just so I could recoup the cost of the TT030 and software. How long that would take is anybody's guess. That would still leave me with no compensation for the time and/or materials to provide the end- product. AH! The trials and tribulations of the Atari developer! I am open to any/all suggestions anyone may have pertaining to a viable manner by which I could realize some sort of equitable financial gain for undertaking such an endeavor. I would not expect to make a fortune but, I have neither the time nor inclination to do it for free either. Much less spend $6,000 for naught. NOTE: I've already contacted PaperDirect about selling the templates to them outright, or supplying disks to them on a consignment basis. As you might suspect, they were not interested. AND FINALLY During the past few years, I have downloaded many, many things from this Roundtable which have provided me much enjoyment and benefit. Many thanks and kudo's to all of those who have uploaded a veritable wealth of stuff, for others to have for only the cost of downloading. As some measure of repayment (at least to Calamus users), I am uploading these templates for your own enjoyment and/or benefit. If you have any comments, pro or con, I invite your response in CATegory #16 (DMC), TOPic 2 (1.090N) or TOPic 20 (SL), and/or to me personally via E-mail (address: J.P.C.). ENJOY! Jimmy Carter Carter's Creative Computer