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---LoodleList, a HyperCard 2.0 stack for maintaining an online database of disk and files labeled by LOODLEΓäó.
LOODLEΓäó is a shareware utility ΓÇö an incredibly low priced shareware utility, we hasten to add! ΓÇö for making labels for 3.5 inch Macintosh disks. It is designed to print labels on standard sized label forms such as those used by the Apple Laserwriter and other sheet feed printers (including the IW-II and LQ).
Complete instructions for use are available online in HELP under the OPTIONS menu ΓÇö or under the BALLOON menu if you are using System 7. Basically all you do is pop the disks into the slots and LOODLEΓäó will make up labels for you. If you wish, you may add graphics and other design elements. LOODLEΓäó also allows you to prepare a text catalog of all your disks and files. Chapter 2 of this document gives more information on the programΓÇÖs operation.
Some of LOODLEΓÇÖS many features:
ΓÇó Completely Automatic: Just put the disk in the drive and LoodleΓäó takes care of all the disign and formatting to put all the disks contents on a perfectly spaced label.
ΓÇó Choice of Page Formats: Already formatted for all popular commercially available label forms ΓÇö 6 per page, 9 per page, 12 per page (for European standard A4 forms), and ΓÇö for ImageWriter users ΓÇö the single label pin feed form.
ΓÇó Graphics: Dress up your labels with graphics that you clip from your clipboard or icons that you can select from the actual applications you are saving on the disks.
ΓÇó Comments: Add neatly placed notes to the labels ΓÇö about the disk contents to help identify the disk, or your name when loaning disks, or maybe your copyright information for distributing disks you produce commercially.
ΓÇó Archive Listing: You have the option of listing the actual contents of archive files prepared with Stuffit and Compactor.
ΓÇó Customize your standard label appearance: Use the option key when entering icons or comments in order to create a customized ΓÇ£backgroundΓÇ¥ that will appear on all the labels you make ΓÇö include your company Logo or what ever.
ΓÇó Font control: You may select a fixed font size that will always be used on all disk labels in the set, or let LOODLEΓäó choose the optimum size for you. You can choose any font in your system for printing.
ΓÇó Edge effects: The name of the disk is printed on the edge so you can find disks in stacks. The amount of free space left on the disk can also be printed on the edge of the disk so you can maximize your use of floppies.
ΓÇó System 7 friendly! Able to optionally include/exclude aliases on labels. Even has...Help Balloons! (Note: LOODLEΓäó moves the Help menu into the balloon menu when running system 7.)
and . . . New in version 5.3:
ΓÇó Volume Catalogs: You can now prepare a sorted listing of all the files on any attached volume: hard drives, Syquests, CD ROMs, what have you. You can print these out for quick reference or import them into Databases, Excel files, etc. for easy on-line reference. Include file sizes and creation and modification dates (if you wish to help distinguish most recent versions of files).
ΓÇó EDIT MENU enhancements: You can now use the edit menu and the clipboard to move picture, Icons and Comments between labels.
• Set Special Characters: You can now change the special characters («» and •) that are used to set off the names of Folders and Archive files. This is to facilitate printing in fonts that don’t have these characters, such as “Osaka”, the system font in Japan.
ΓÇó Auto Eject: You can now optionally have the disk remain in the slot instead of automatically ejecting after the label is formed. This may be useful if you plan to copy icons from the disk to the label.
LoodleΓäó... the handy dandy disk labeler from Josh & Nik!
¡ Important Information !
...A note about the forms:
What kind to use, how to use them, and where to get them....
LOODLEΓäó is designed to be used with standard, commercially available label forms. LoodleΓÇÖs producers have no connection at all with any manufactureres of these forms. LOODLEΓäó is set up for any and all types of forms now in general use: 6-label, 9-label or 12-label to a page forms for sheet feed printing, and single label pin feed labels. You may need to adjust certain Page Setup options to get them to print correctly... Imagewriter II users will need to select "Tall Adjusted" for the multiple label forms.
6 to a page forms:
The 6-to-a-page forms are available from various sources. There are two similar forms which are manufactured by two different companies. One is made made by Williams & Macias Co. and may be obtained direct from them at Williams & Macias Inc., South 3707 Godfrey Blvd., Spokane, WA 99204 (1-800-752-4400). Another is made by Laser Label Technologies, 1333 South Jefferson St., Chicago, IL 60607-5099 (1-800-882-4050)[Laser Writer Disk Label 2.75 x 2.75 (Z161)6-UP stock #ZLB5375]. Both these forms will print nicely on the Laserwriter with no special problems regarding alignment. With other devices some minor adjustments may be needed.
8 to a page forms:
8-to-a-page format is produced by Avery, Co. (N┬║ L7164) for the European market. There are 8 labels per page on an A4 size sheet. These labels require that the printing go almost all the way to the end of the page at top and bottom. This may result in some clipping of the ends of the top and bottom labels on the sheet on some printers that canΓÇÖt print that close to the edge - notably the Apple Laserwriter. If your printer has this limitation, you may want to print labels without border patterns as these will look better and not show the clipping effect. For PostScript equipped devices such as the Apple LaserWriter, there is a fairly large margin. To minimize this you will be remined to set the ΓÇ£Larger Print Area (Fewer Downloadable Fonts)ΓÇ¥ choice in the Page Setup dialog under Options. (On the IWΓÇÖs specify ΓÇ£Tall AdjustedΓÇ¥).
9 to a page forms:
The 9-to-a-page format will fit the forms sold by the Avery Co. (N┬║ 5196) and are widely available at computer software outlets and office supply stores.
The Avery forms call for printing each page three labels wide at 2.75 inches each. The Apple Laserwriter II NT and NTX cannot print that wide, due to memory constraints imposed by the Postscript interpreter. Therefore your labels will be centered in each space with small margins along the sides to allow for the obligatory margin from the Laserwriter. You should use the “Page Setup…” dialog to minimize this: Choose “Options” and then check the choice that says “Larger Print Area (fewer downloadable fonts)”. This gives the smallest possible margin and the best looking labels. You may also want to print without the border to keep the label more symmetrical looking. This constraint may not be true for non-postcript equipped printers. The labels will look quite nice either way, actually, so experiment for yourself. The 9 per page Avery form must be inserted into the printer so that the labels start at the top of the page, with the little extra tab labels at the bottom.
12-to-a-page forms:
12-to-a-page format is used on European style A4 size papers. There are two different forms available, produced by two different manufactureres: One is produced by Avery, Co., and the other is manufactured by Samuel Jones & Co. Ltd (A4 Laser Sheet 12 Lables,UP LPL 3.5 Disc 68x68 w/o 3120, P/N 87657. Available from CompuPrint Limited, Huntington Gate, East Portway Industrial Estate, Andover Hants, SP10 3SJ, England.) NOTE: These choices work very much like the 9-label choice, i.e. you will need to check the larger print area choice when using postscript printers.
Single label forms:
You may also use the single label forms sold as continuous sheets of pin feed labels. The single column pin feed label rolls are fed into the ImageWriter in the usual way. You should check the ΓÇ£No Page BreaksΓÇ¥ option on the regular ImageWriters (not an option on the LQ).
About LOODLEΓäó Files:
Label lists can be saved as files on disk, in keeping with the user interface guidelines. However, since it is not always likely that you will want to do this, you are given a preference setting to turn off the warnings about saving files that is issued whenever you close a file.
About LOODLEΓäó Preferences:
The various option settings you select (1, 6, 9, or 12 page format, border pattern, typefaces and filter choices, catalog options and Page Setup Choices) will be saved when you close the program. Users on multiuser systems may find their settings changed if someone else has been using their copy of LOODLEΓäó. To keep settings from changing once you have them adjusted properly, lock the application using the lock box from the "Get Info" dialog in the Finder. For those who care about these things: the settings are saved in the data fork of the application, not in the resource fork, so there should be no conflict with virus checkers, etc. If the application is locked, you will hear a beep when you quit the application to advise you that the current settings are not being saved. You also have a preferences setting to omit the save settings warning and to automatically either discard or save settings at program shutdown.
Note: You can pass this program around freely (please do screen for viruses!) and try it out to see if it is useful to you. If you intend to keep it, then send in the $10 please. That's quite a bit cheaper than the forms themselves cost! Some people don't pay for shareware - Saddam Hussein comes immediately to mind - but you do. Like Wilfred Brimley says: "It's the right thing to do."
Please send suggestions for improvements, bug reports etc. AND THE $10 to:
Josh & Nick Franco
1117 Kagawa Street
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Please mention which version of LOODLEΓäó you have. And thank you so much.
P.S.: In answer to several queries... LOODLEΓäó tries to list all the files in one column on the label in 12 point type. If the list is too long, it shrinks the type down as needed (in increments of 1 point) to a minimum size (6 points is about as small as we can comfortably read from a laserwriter, but you may choose to go as small as 4). If the list is still too long, LOODLEΓäó splits the list into two columns, at 12 points, and shrinks the type as needed. If the list is still too long for two columns at the minimum size, it just leaves off the end of the list. There's only so much useful information you can fit on those little labels.
Thanks to all for your suggestions and feedback. LOODLEΓäó has continued to grow and improve because of users like you. We hope this new version meets your needs.
NB: Please include this notice with all BBS postings.
For information, technical support, etc., please include a self-addressed stamped envelope, or you may contact us by E-Mail at:
