lbaeza Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hi there Please take a look at the label on the picture. Was this label printed using an Atari program? Which one? Note that some letters are printed on double width...Any ideas? Kind regards, Louis BQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Lots of programs can do this. What kind of printer(s) do you have access to? Would you find it acceptable to print them on a modern Windows system, because it likely would be a lot easier to do? -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hello guys Most of the old Atari 8 bit magazines had at some time or another a short type in program that would let you print (disk)labels. And most have been scanned and uploaded somewhere on the net. sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Well it is the fifth Disk...What does "JLM" mean? Is/was it som sort of Magazin Disk or is it a private Collection? In case one you could try to contact the publisher. No bad joke... I allready established some contacts to (formerly)(german) publisher(s) / groups, and got some usefull informations. Often they even remember the number of printer ribbon used per month . Why not the programs they used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Lots of programs can do this. What kind of printer(s) do you have access to? Would you find it acceptable to print them on a modern Windows system, because it likely would be a lot easier to do? -Larry Hi Larry Do you have the name for any of those label printing programs from back in the day? I have access to an Atari 1029, and a Seikosha GP500 printer. Windows font is an option. I googled for some dot matrix fonts, found some but I was not able to locate on with the double width feature. Do you know any? Kind regards, Louis BQ Edited July 25, 2016 by lbaeza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi there Found this program called "Label Maker (19xx)(Jones, Matthew)(US)[bASIC].bas" on atarionline.pl: http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=1.%20Biuro&tg=Label%20Maker&PHPSESSID=ac69e155ba601253be600dd52e0154f4#Label%20Maker I tried it on Altirra: ...but the printer output emulation is text only. Any ideas how to set up Altirra in order to correctly display the underlined and enlarged text? Kind regards, Louis BQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 it's probably much easier to use modern programs/with modern inkjets/lasers to produce the desired result http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Templates-%26-Software/Software/Avery-Design--Print.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Try modifying this program from Antic http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n11/Label_Maker.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 OK some answers that hopefully will help... 1) Windows really is the way to go. If you can't find a font or fonts that please you, you haven't looked enough. The Avery software is great. I've used it for all kinds of labels. Using a laser printer would probably produce the best results, but inkjet is good, too. 2) You have a Seikosha GP500 printer, hopefully it is for an Atari or Centronics and not a Commodore since C= interface probably can't work with the A8. That means it is either (somewhat) Epson compatible or maybe C-Itoh. 3) If you really want to do this on the Seikosha, I recommend "Daisy Dots." This was probably the very best printer program for the Atari. You will find lots of PD fonts for Daisy Dots on the web. There were also some programs called "Epset" and "Proset" in Atari mags (Analog, IIRC). I've posted those here in this atr. Also, look for a PM from me with some other ideas. -Larry Printer Utilities.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 yes. the avery software (freeware) that i linked to above is very good. if you're even semi-patient you can get good results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Nice labels! -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 cheers anyone want the template? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I would 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Yeah - I have tons of floppies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Likewise. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 atari disk labels.zip there you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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