The Print Shop for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Prairie poet

  Can't get zero stars or I would

  I spent good money on this piece of dung. It would be better if it didn't work at all rather than frustrate the living blazes out of me every time I opened it up. Have tried several projects and have NEVER had a success. Today attempted to make a Valantine card and every time I clicked on the color of the font the size and left justify bounced back on eleiminating my center justify, and size 14 font. Then couldn't erase the message "type your message here" ...maddening. Finally, just for the halibut I printed the darned thing only to discover that the app doesn't support two sided printing , a message appears telling me to re-insert the paper for the other side . WHAT A PIECE OF TRIPE.

  
  
• By Goldie Finch

  Best Home Publishing Program Ever!

  I have used MANY such programs on Windows operating computers including The Print Shop. When I switched to Macintosh, I tried two other programs. Frustrated with those, despite the poor ratings on the Windows version of The Print Shop, I decided to go for it! The Print Shop for Windows is by far—the best home publishing program I have ever used! It is easy to learn and contains a wealth of graphics. Items from the internet are easy to acquire and put into the project. This is a much better program than the Windows version. I highly recommend this program to everyone.

  
  
• By deniseisthusonetaken???

  Love!Love!Love!

  If you have used and loved older print shop versions, this is awesome. It’s a bit different than my old PC version, but with a bit of patience it works great. Easy to learn. It looks like some new features that I have yet to test. It took me about 20 Minutes to finish a project that I have worked on all day with no success. Now I can say “DONE!” and move on to the next thing. The old PC version now backed by some serious Windows power. I’m looking forward to the next time my mother asks me to print something out for her.

  
  
• By Abigail20039

  A Blast from the Past- But not in a good way

  I took a $30 chance on this because I have used the old MacKiev versions of The Print Shop for Windows for decades. I work with a nonprofit that has a large event every Spring. I use it to create calendars and flyers and most importantly maps for the event. These old versions are getting unreliable with newer versions of PC so I tried this one. It is much more difficult to use and the output to both of my printers is unacceptable. The graphics on the screen look like 480X640. I import quality images into it and it makes them look terrible. I feel like this was ported over from a Windows 95 version. It is awful.

  
  
• By Bannerattempt

  Needs much Improvement

  After using this software, specifically for banner making, I wanted to pull teeth. Would ask for a refund. Couldn’t move my images around without tons of spasms of ads that wouldn’t be there but its a glitch issue. Best way to be described as winning a game of solitare on the computer. You know how the cards jump off and theres like a constant layer by layer of where they’ve been every millisecond? its like that. I could not work because the ads on the side layered themelves into the work and I couldnt see what I was doing. To be super specific it was when I wanted to “Match” another color and paint.

  
  

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