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Welcome to Wishbone(TM) Print Tricks.
This "Read Me" file contains the latest information
about running Wishbone Print Tricks to insure the
best playing experience possible. Please
refer to the printed manual for more instructions.
Also, please refer to the printed "On-line Guide"
for details on configuring Print Tricks to launch
your browser and going on-line to the Print Tricks
members only web site.
System Requirements
====================
To run Print Tricks, your Windows PC must have at
least:
- A 66 MHz 486 processor
- 8 MB RAM for Windows 3.1x or Windows 95
(16 MB recommended)
- 30 MB free hard disk space (5 for application +
25 temporary for print spooling at run time)
- A double speed CD-ROM
- A printer (Color Ink-Jet recommended)
- SVGA video (640x480 resolution with 256 colors)
- 8-bit sound card (optional)
To connect to the Print Tricks web site, you must
also have:
- A 14.4 Kbps modem (28.8 Kbps recommended)
- Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or later, or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later
- A subscription to an Internet Service Provider
(ISP), or America On-line 3.0 or later
Opening/Logos Screen
====================
You can click on the moving logo or press any letter
key to skip the animated logos.
Shortcut/Control keys
=====================
control-S Turns button press sounds off and on.
control-V Displays or hides the software version
number.
control-Q Quits the application.
Help
====
Clicking on wishbone turns help on and off. When help
is on, the Wishbone voice will describe the action of
buttons and hot-spots as the cursor moves over them.
Library Screen
==============
To Exit click on the door knob.
Importing Pictures
==================
All formats - The program will not let you import a
very large picture. (Larger than 1024
pixels on a side.)
.BMP files - All types are supported.
.JPG files - All types are supported.
.TIF files - Only 256-color images which use packbits
compression or are uncompressed are
supported.
Printing
========
Known printer driver bugs affecting Wishbone Print
Tricks:
1) On HP DeskJet 600 series printers, when printing
banners and a print is canceled the printer can be
put in a state that will cause crashes of the printer
or printing software later. This can happen when
using Wishbone Print Tricks or any other software
which uses various fonts at a very large size on a
multipage document.
2) Using several HP printers drivers, if a print of a
multipage document is canceled, temporary (EMF and
spool) files can be left on the system. These are
normally left in the \windows\temp and \windows\spool
\printers folders. They will remain on the system
until a user removes them.
3) With several HP printer drivers, there is a small
amount of memory that is lost each time the print
dialog is used (3-400 bytes). This memory is
recovered when the system is re-booted.
4) On the HP 1200c PCL printer, when color matching
is used, a dotted pattern is printed under text and
pictures. This can be avoided by not using color
matching. Other printers/drivers with special
color-matching modes may also exhibit this problem.
To avoid it, don't use the special modes.
For other printing problems, see Troubleshooting below.
Downloading
===========
Wishbone Print Tricks Art Packs Download Instructions
To download additional art packs to use within Print
Tricks, go on-line through your CD-ROM. Once you have
accessed the "Art Packs" area:
On Windows 95 and Windows 3.1
1. Download the files (preferably to the Wishbone
directory), then
2. Copy the .WIF files to the "Readymad" directory
within Wishbone
3. Copy the .DLD files to the "Pictures" directory
within Wishbone
4. The files should appear in the program immediately
in their appropriate areas (Downloads, Export, and
their own category)
Uninstalling
============
To remove Wishbone Print Tricks software, use the
Uninstall program in the Wishbone program group. This
will remove all files that were created during
installation except the fonts. Files you created (like
saved or downloaded ReadyMades or exported Pictures)
will remain until you delete them or the folder
containing them.
To delete fonts on Windows 95 use Start->Settings->
Control Panel->Fonts then right-click on the font to be
removed and select DELETE.
To delete fonts on Windows 3.1 open the Control Panel,
open the fonts control panel, select a font from the
list and press the delete button.
The fonts installed with Wishbone Print Tricks are:
Agatha
Albert
Anglican
Brandyscript
Brunswyk
Buckingham
ComixHighlight
CookieHollow
FirstGrader
Funstuff
GhoulySolid
MarkingPen
MirkwoodGothicBroad
Painter
WeirdoWarp
Troubleshooting
===============
Animation and Sound:
If you are experiencing problems with animation or
sound:
1. Set your monitor graphics mode to display 640x480
resolution with 256 colors.
2. Before running Print Tricks, exit all running
programs, including those that run automatically when
you start Windows (such as screen savers and toolbars).
3. Computers with slower components (66 MHz 486's,
60 MHz Pentiums, 2X CD-ROM drives) or smaller memories
(8 MB RAM) may exhibit poor audio/video performance
and long delays (loads) between screens.
4. If you have no sound card there will be a delay of
several seconds after a button press before the action
is performed. This is to allow time for the sound to
play. To avoid this delay, press control-s. This
disables the button sounds, even if there is a sound
card. Note that pressing control-s again will turn
button sounds back on.
5. Before you start installing PrintTricks, you have to
have a line setting the TEMP environmental variable in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The line usually looks like
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP. This is usually no problem because
the Windows puts this line for you during Windows
installation. However, if for any reason it ever got
deleted from there, you have to put it back into the
file before the installation can proceed normally.
Going On-line:
If you have trouble visiting the Print Tricks web site
from within the Print Tricks program:
1. Run Browser Setup to configure Print Tricks to
launch your browser.
2. Make sure that your browser and dialer are
configured to connect to your ISP, then try launching
your browser to a well-known web page BEFORE running
Print Tricks and going on-line. If you don't see the
web page (make sure it's not "cached" on your hard
drive), call your ISP for support. If you do see the
web page, try launching your browser to
http://www.parroty.com next. If you can't enter the
Parroty site, our web server may be busy or
unavailable, so please try again later.
3. You must run Browser Setup after installing the
AT&T Worldnet browser, or any updated browser you
choose to install later.
4. On Windows 95, Browser Setup will not find 16-bit
versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Microsoft
does not support running 16-bit Internet Explorer
under WIndows 95.
Printing:
This product prints photo/bitmap type documents using
high-resolution data. This involves very large print
files, often 10 MB or more for a single page. If
system memory (RAM) is small (8 MB) and/or unused
disc (swap) space is limited (25-100 MB), then printing
can be slower and may fail when multiple items are
printed at the same time. If the system has run out
of disc/swap space, re-booting usually clears the
problem.
If printing fails often, try freeing up more disc
space (delete unused data files and remove unused
software) for use as virtual memory. Also, try let
one item finish printing completely before printing
another.
On Windows 95, if you have changed Virtual Memory from
the default settings, be sure to allow enough for
printing large documents. To check this use:
Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Performance->
Virtual Memory. The default is to let Windows manage
the virtual memory settings.
Sometimes, printing problems can be fixed by
installing an updated version of the driver for your
printer. These are normally available from the
manufacturer on their web-site and/or bulletin board.
For a copy on disc, contact the printer manufacturer.
Print Tricks Technical Support
=============================
phone: 812-829-1007
fax: 812-829-1020
email: pisupport@aol.com
Special Thanks to
Big Feats! Entertainment:
Sandy Payne, Writer
Stephen Chudej, Wishbone Costume Designer