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Broderbund Print Shop 21 Deluxe

4 stars (Borderless Printing with Epson R300 series printer) - I purchased Print Shop 21 (Standard) for one reason and one reason only: Borderless printing. I'm sure there are other packages out there that can do the same thing but it was time to upgrade PS anyway. I selected borderless printing in the Epson R300 print setup menu (with compatible paper) and got a perfect borderless greeting card, really professional in appearance. To me, it was well worth the $29. ---One more note; I had to tweak my NVidia 5200 video card settings in Windows XP to get any graphics to show up. How did I know how to do this?, Broderbunds EXCELLENT web based technical support, unbelievable! However, this is a compatibility issue so that's why it only gets 4 of 5 stars. Now to play with the other features this program has to offer! 2 stars (Good desktop tool but extremely poor customization) - I have been using Print Shop (PS) Deluxe since version 15, then version 20, and now version 21. And I use it quite frequently, for example, to create CD and DVD labels and greeting cards. It offers a nice collection of fonts and art clips. But the biggest problem with PS is its extremely poor customization and configuration options. They are non-existing. Given the popularity, one expects Broderbund to enhance the software to allow minimal customization. During installation, you have two options: either install the entire thing (and it would take several GBs) or install a minimal version (but you do not know what the minimal option offers) and have your CDs (or if you are lucky, your DVD) nearby to mount when essentially everything you want has to be read from the CD or the DVD! For my situation (installation on a laptop) I had to install the whole thing (as I do not wish to have to take my DVD along). Thus I had to let go of several GBs of my harddrive, even though I use only a tiny portion of PS (essentially, labels and greeting cards; I do not have any use for banners, booklets, brochures, ...
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