[Logic] QSLing - Direct Printing

[K1UQ]

500 cards equals 125 sheets (with 4 up per sheet).  Time is based on speed
of your printer.  If you are handling one card at a time using purchased
cards with a pre-printed design, then you most likely will print B&W (as
most people do with labels anyway) and again it comes down to printer
throughput.

Addresses are right from my log file (LOGic).  When printing, not only are
such fields as Date, Freq, Time, Band, etc. entered, but so are the address
lines.  All at once - one pass.  No labels, no mailing envelopes (when using
the wide card with #10 & #9 envelopes).

I should add, as the process is automated, all I need do is load stock into
printer (my B&W is an HP Laser Jet 4) start printing and walk away.

There's a little more up on web if you browse... take a look under both K1UQ
QSL as well as LOGic pages.

73,  Bill   K1UQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken "AB5A" Eckel" <ab5a@clarc.org>
To: <logic@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Logic] QSLing - Direct Printing


> Bill,
>
> Nice QSL designs.  How do you print addresses? On a large run, say 500
> cards,
> how long does this take?
>
> 73,
> Ken AB5A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: logic-admin@mailman.qth.net [mailto:logic-admin@mailman.qth.net]On
> Behalf Of K1UQ
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:40 AM
> To: logic@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Logic] QSLing - Direct Printing
>
>
> Hello LOGic Users,
>
> A few ideas, etc....
>
>
> LABELS vs. CARDS -
>
> You can use your custom QSL card and print directly to it, skipping the
> agony, time applying/printing, and cost of printing labels.
>
> One of the beautiful things about LOGic is its ability to create a report
> (aka a "form") pretty much to your own liking.  You can select what fields
> to include and how they will be automatically filled out.  You also
> determine where the fields need to be with respect to your card's existing
> layout.
>
> Your report can "look" like the reverse of your QSL (should you be
printing
> on the back).  Here you will create all the fields in which you will make
> your entries.  You can fill in text lines, QSO info, enter "X" inside
boxes,
> etc.
>
> Easiest way to begin is to start with an existing report and modify it to
> suit.
>
> Your printer needs to be able to handle your card stock size; check your
> manual.  You can test by cutting paper down to match QSL card size then
see
> if printer handles OK.
>
> A friend prints his pre-printed QSL card and runs them through his HP
> printer just fine.  His card is VERY constraining - meaning his fields are
> close together, he has various check boxes scattered about, etc.  No
problem
> for LOGic or his printer.
>
>
>
> CARD LAYOUT EXAMPLES -
>
> I print the entire QSL card - front and rear.  If you'd like a glimpse,
> check out:  www.K1UQ.com  enter K1UQ and go to "K1UQ QSLs".  Here you can
> see the possibilities.  You can setup your report to do just about
> anything - from one QSL card per QSO, or one QSL card handling many QSOs
as
> in a DXpedition, contest, or other event where you work the same station
> multiple times.  This site, started a year ago, has been somewhat dormant
as
> other projects have been in the way.
>
> My latest adventure created a report that prints QSL cards ONLY - no
labels,
> no return address stickers, no printing addresses on envelopes... the QSL
> cards are inserted into WINDOW envelopes - what could be simpler?
>
>
> A WORD ABOUT CARD STOCK -
>
> There are a number of manufacturers of pre-perforated card stock.  Most
are
> four cards per 8.5 in. by 11.0 in. sheets, with each card 4.25 in. by 5.5
> in.  I rather like this enlarged size as it allows more room for printing.
> Drawback is you need  # 5-1/2 Baronial (aka  Invitation) size envelopes
> which cost a bit more.  I haven't found a suitable window envelope in this
> size.
>
> Another pre-perforated size stock yields three cards from an 8.5 in. by
11.0
> in. sheet.  Each card is 8.5 inches wide - yes, full width.  These cards
fit
> nicely in #10 Window envelopes, and allow inclusion of a preprinted #9
SASE.
> Using #9 allows you to print and insert flat - no folding which saves even
> more time.  This size has saved me the most time - I print just the
card...
> all the QSO info I desire, the address I am mailing to, and my return
> address.  I take the card, a #9 SASE, and insert in a window envelope and
> apply self-stick postage.
>
>
>
> I hope you may find the above either informative or useful.  I also hope
it
> stimulates you to explore the vast possibilities LOGic provides.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Lawless  K1UQ
>
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