Main Area and Open Discussion > General Software Discussion
envelope printing freeware?
mooncat:
Is there a basic free envelope printing program out there suitable for occasional personal use, not batch printing or label printing? Shareware programs of the type seem relatively expensive but so far my web search has turned up nothing comparable in freeware. I'm hoping someone has had better luck.
cthorpe:
Well, I found a few possibilities
Kurlo contact manager (Java) - http://www.kurlo.com/
From features list:
Print envelopes
Select from common envelope sizes or customized envelope sizes to print address lists and/or individual addresses
Quick Envelopes - http://www.ed-it.com/p_qenv.htm
From the website:
Your favorite Word Processor does envelopes!
So does QUICK EnvelopesTM! And it doesn't cost $395, you won't have to attend a two day seminar, you won't need wizard help, and you will not have to wait 3 minutes for it to load. Simply the easiest to use envelope printing you will ever use.
and finally
Envelope Wizard - http://www.freeware4u.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=26&func=showdown&id=118
This program will guide you through the steps, necessary for using your computer and printer for addressing an envelope. At each step along the way, you be asked to provide information for addressing the envelope. You may then proceed to the next step, if you find that you have made a mistake in a previous step, you can back up and redo it
Don't know how any of those work, but they may be what you need.
edbro:
You could always use OpenOffice Writer. Of course, that's overkill if all you need is an envelope program.
hawleyj:
I have used the Splinter Creek Envelope Wizard for a couple years and it works just great for my needs. It should do just what you ask. Someone already mentioned it and where you can get it (freeware4u) but since they hadn't used it I thought I would add my recommendation. I haven't tried Quick Envelopes but I do notice that it is a 2mb+ download while Envelope Wizard is a 212kb zip file. It also is very clean in that it has no installer - you just put it in a directory of your choice (Program Files / Envelope Wizard would seem an obvious possibility ) and create a shortcut to it. The only thing I have found to be a problem is that it will cut off address lines that are too long - it will show them in their entirety when you input them but truncate them when you print. I don't know at what length it truncates but it takes a pretty long line - I've only experienced it once or twice in which case I just split the offending line into two lines.
I looked for a free plain vanilla envelope printer for a long time before I finally found this one. I was suprised that there weren't more out there. I guess everyone just expects you to use your word processor to create envelopes but I find that a hassle. This one just did exactly what I needed - no more and no less - and it was a small, clean program.
mooncat:
Thanks to each of you for the help, but especially to hawleyj for directing me to the relatively obscure but excellent Splinter Creek Envelope Wizard. It worked perfectly the first try and was easier to configure and faster than the two shareware downloads I tried which about 20.00 for the permanent license. Download available at http://www.freeware4u.com. This free app should be much more widely available on the Net.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version