dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (09/12/89)
I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain, comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help. Please respond to the net or via E-mail as you see fit. Dave Dunlap E-mail: dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (09/14/89)
In article <111900076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain, >comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or >on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help. Well, the ones I know about: Sticky Business (Williams & Macias) Bulk Mailer (Satori) FastLabel (Vertical Solutions) All three should be available by mail order. I got Sticky Business direct from Williams & Macias, the others were listed in a MacWarehouse catalog.
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (09/14/89)
In article <111900076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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#>I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain,
#>comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or
#>on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help.
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#>Please respond to the net or via E-mail as you see fit.
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#>Dave Dunlap
#>E-mail: dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
First of all, I've found it much easier to generate large
numbers of nametags in Unix with a troff macro. But
sometimes it's easier to make them on a Mac.
I use PageMaker with various nametag templates I've set up
in which the constant information is on the L/R page. Then
I have two text blocks each for the names and title/company
information. If I have a relatively small number of nametags,
I just type over the information that's there. Another approach
is to have the constant information printed when you get your
card stock perforated. The advantage is that you can get this
done in color. The disadvantage is that I've found that simple
perforated cardstock feeds through a laserprinter with a Canon
engine (Imagen, Apple LaserWriter). But when you have it printed,
the curl in the stock introduced when it goes through the press
is apparently too much for the laserprinter to handle and it
constantly jams. So I usually print on plain paper and photocopy
onto the cardstock.
If you have a larger number, you can set up the fields to
flow into each other. The problem is that PageMaker is incapable
of doing this from page to page and retaining formats unless
you set up these flows manually. What I usually do is to set
the name in larger letters in its own text block and then
allow four lines for other information below it. Let's say
I have 500 nametags to print. I usually print 8 per page,
so I need 63 pages. What you would have to do is to position
16 text blocks on each page (you could copy them as a group,
but that's still 63 operations) and then flow in text and
laboriously click in the flow 1,000 times (actually 998,
499 each for name and other information). Then you could
flow in names and other information easily; my database
produces the necessary files to do so. That's why I do
this in Unix. I set up a macro once and then merge it
with various files of names and other information.
I suppose you could do such a job in TeX, if you have it,
much more easily. The trick in such programs is to properly set
traps. For instance, I have a trap which springs after one
line of text, reduces point size, and changes from bold to
regular.
Steve Goldfieldhallett@shoreland.uucp (Jeff Hallett x4-6328) (09/14/89)
In article <111900076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain, >comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or >on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help. > Get StickyBusiness written by Williams & Macias. I believe you can get it for under $100 from MacConnection. It will do name tags for you plus it has about 140 templates for other kinds of stickers, rolodex cards, index cards, etc. The product is fairly pleasant to use, but does have a couple of annoying bugs (nothing that crashes the system) that I have come over. I'm planning on writing a letter to W&M documenting those bugs. It should do well by you. -- Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414 Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 548-5163 : EMAIL - hallett@positron.med.ge.com
straka@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (richard.j.straka) (09/15/89)
In article <111900076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain, >comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or >on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help. I use an old standby, Silicon Press (v1.1). It mixes graphics and mailmerge text, offers independent layout setup (1-up, 2-up, 3-up, whatever. You define where the labels are, not the program). It is a real workhorse. It is several years old, but still is compatible with every release of system software I have ever installed. It uses standard mailmerge-format ASCII text which can be easily inported from other aplications. It could use some upgrading, but I still swear by it. BTW, IW, LW, both work just fine. -- Rich Straka att!ihlpf!straka MSDOS: All the wonderfully arcane syntax of UNIX(R), but without the power.
dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (09/15/89)
Thank you all for your responses to the net and via E-mail. As I have responded to some of you, I should be receiving a demo of Sticky Business soon. I'm glad to see that someone else is using it. Thanks again. Dave
jerry@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Jerry Lieberthal) (09/15/89)
From article <111900076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, by dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu: > > I am wondering if anyone out there knows of an application, public domain, > comercial, or otherwise that produces name tags on a LaserWriter or > on an ImaeWriter. Thanks in advance for any help. > > Please respond to the net or via E-mail as you see fit. > > Dave Dunlap > E-mail: dbdg0480@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu I don't know about commercial programs (believe there are some), but I wrote a program some time ago to do that. It works on lasers and imagewriters. -- Jerry Lieberthal College Of Engineering-Cad/Cam Lab jerry@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (414) 229-5428
John.Marum@f444.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Marum) (09/16/89)
It's a bit expensive but some data-base programs (like 4th demension) have a way to make labels, which are similar to name tags. You can enter all the names, companies, etc into a database (or use your current one) and print them on labels of various sizes. You might try "Sticky Business" as well. 444 -- ------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNet: 1:161/445 UUCP: sun!apple!bmug!<User.Name> INTERNET: bmug!<User.Name>@apple.COM or <User.Name>@bmug.fidonet.org USNAIL: BMUG, 1442A Walnut St. #62, Berkeley, CA 94709-1496 ------------------------------------------------------------- BMUG ARPANET ADDRESSES: Newsletter submissions: pub@bmug.fidonet.org Membership or business: biz@bmug.fidonet.org Information: info@bmug.fidonet.org Help Line Questions: help@bmug.fidonet.org
hallett@pet3.uucp (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) (09/18/89)
In article <3202@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> straka@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (richard.j.straka,ih,) writes: > >I use an old standby, Silicon Press (v1.1). It mixes graphics and mailmerge >text, offers independent layout setup (1-up, 2-up, 3-up, whatever. You > [...] >It uses standard mailmerge-format ASCII text which can be easily inported >from other aplications. A while ago I posted requesting information on a program that could print envelopes reliably on both Imagewriters and Laserwriters "reliably" (meaning that I can easily print many envelopes the same way all the time) and can use mail-merge files used by MS Word. Can Silicon Press do this? I assume then that I could set up a legal envelope template that holds my return address and business logo as static items and then print them from a mail-merge file. Can Silicon Press read EPSF files for use as static graphcs items? (Business or group logo is EPSF...). Help here is appreciated. -- Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414 Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 548-5163 : EMAIL - hallett@gemed.ge.com