How Does Print Master Software Work?

Getting Started

Print Master is a great graphics software package. Users can create their own customized greeting cards, posters and newsletters. It is not necessary to be an artist because the software guides users through the creation process. It does this step by step. It also has templates that make it quite easy to get started with your own designs.

Invest in Print Master Platinum 18, the newest version, to get the best set of features and options. The lower priced Print Master Gold 18 is also a good starting package that saves you about twenty dollars.

Be sure that your computer meets the system requirements for Print Master. Minimum system requirements for both packages are a 500 MHz Pentium III computer, running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista. Running Print Master requires 128 MB of ram for an XP system. Minimum memory for Vista is 1 GB of ram.

The programs ship on DVD. You will also need a DVD-ROM drive to install your software. Your monitor must be capable of displaying 16-bit color at 800 x 600 pixels. Hard drive space needed for installation of the Gold 18 version is 1 GB, for Platinum 18 it is 2 GB. Additional software and hardware requirements include Adobe Shockwave, Adobe Flash Player and Internet Explorer. You can download these programs if necessary.

Once you install your software, you can begin making projects. Print Master has easy to use menus, on screen and online help. First select the type of project that you want to create from the dozens available. There are thousands of templates that you can customize. If you prefer, you can start a project from scratch, using a blank document, instead of the designed templates.

Enhance your projects with clip art from the Print Master library or your own photos. Print Master Platinum 18 comes with a complimentary one year to subscription the Million Images Club. Users can use this site to find and download even more images and photos for their projects. The software includes basic and advanced photo editing tools.

With Print Master, you can add interesting text to your creations. The text editing tools will allow you to create headlines, customize typefaces and enhance over 600 existing fonts. Add designed frames, buttons, borders, and shapes to your projects. Insert tables and charts. Use sound, animation and videos to enhance your creations. Print Master even has a built-in Scrapbook Creator.

Share all of the projects that you create. Print Master provides users with several options, including saving projects in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You can email your projects. A mail merge module makes it easy to send them to multiple email addresses. Convert your projects to slide shows or digital scrapbooks that can be viewed on any computer. With a monochrome or color printer attached to your system, you can easily print your projects for display or sending to friends by regular mail