The Print Shop 4.0 User Guide

This User Guide is designed to help you learn the software. Be sure to also check out the Video Tutorials and the Blog for additional ideas. To access the User Guide, either click on a topic to the left, choose a commonly accessed topic below, or search for a topic above.

In addition to the information available in The Print Shop 4.0 User Guide, Technical support is also available if you encounter an issue with the software. Solutions to common technical issues can be found using these links, or if necessary report a problem to our Support team.

E-mailing Projects

You can share your finished projects in an e-mail with your friends, family, co-workers, or anyone else you'd like. There are two ways your project file can be shared; as a PSproj file, which is a editable The Print Shop Project, or as a JPEG, which is an image file.

Sending a PSproj file via E-mail

You can send your project to someone so that they can edit it and print it if have The Print Shop 3.0 or The Print Shop 3.5 installed. To send a file do the following:

Click on the Sharing Tab.
Click on the Share by E-mail Button.
Choose your e-mail provider from the dropdown menu.
In the What to share drop down choose The Project File.
Enter your E-mail Address and Password.
Enter the recipient's e-mail address in the "To:" Field.
Edit the Subject and the Message Text, if necessary.
Click on the Share Button.
The program will save your project and send it in an e-mail to your recipient.
You will get a confirmation box when the project has been successfully shared.
Click OK to close the box.

Sending a JPEG image of your Project via E-Mail

You can send your project as a JPEG, so that anyone can open, print, and forward it. People who receive your project as a JPEG will not need any special software to open the project, however the project cannot be edited once it is converted to a JPEG.

Click on the Sharing Tab.
Click on the Share by E-mail Button.
Choose your e-mail provider from the dropdown menu.
In the What to share Dropdown choose An Image of the Project.
Enter your E-mail Address and Password.
Note: Your Password information is not and cannot be stored by the program.
Enter the recipient's e-mail address in the "To:" Field.
Edit the Subject and the Message Text, if necessary.
Click on the Share Button.
Choose the quality of the image you want to send.
The program will save your project and send it in an email to your recipient.
You will get a confirmation box when the project has been successfully shared.
Click OK to close the box.

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