BELINDA CABUSAO

ANA KARENINA G. LAMPA

The Print Shop is a basic desktop publishing
soft ware package originally published in 1984
by Broderbund. It was unique in that it
provided libraries of clip art and templates
through a simple interface to build signs,
posters and banners with household dot-matrix
printers.
History of Print Shop
• Originally developed by David Balsam and Martin
Kahn and published, in 1984, by Broderbund
Software
• The Print Shop first debuted on Apple II but was
such a huge hit that eventually it was ported to other
personal computers of the era, including the
Commodore 64, and anything that could run MS-
DOS.
• In 1987 , it was awarded a “Diamond” certification from
the Software Publishers Association for sales aboves
500,000 units.

• It became one of the most popular Apple II titles of all

time. Versions for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and the
Atari8-bit family followed, as did a variant for Apple
IIGS.
The Print Shop Companion
• Developed by Roland Gustafsson and released in 1985, added a
calendar feature, an updated graphic editor, font and border
editors, and a "Creature Maker" game, as well as an expanded
library of fonts, borders, and graphics.

• Design to complement The Print Shop, The Print Shop

Companion featured additional graphics, a new graphics editor, a
border editor, a font editor, "Tile Magic" (similar to The Print
Shop's kaleidoscope feature), Creature Maker, and a weekly and
monthly calendar generator.
The New Print Shop
• A printing program came out in 1988 developed
by Forte and  Turning Point Software, published
by Brøderbund Software and released for Apple
II and MS-DOS and Windows followed in 1993.

• The New Print Shop used a semi-graphical user

interface and allowed for the printing of posters,
cards, and banners with custom graphics and fonts.
Many new versions of The Print Shop followed, such
as Ensemble II. Now over 20 years old, Print Shop still
generates printed greeting cards, banners, and signs. It
offers new types of printed output, including CD
and DVD labels and inserts, iPod skins, and photo
book pages. For small-business users, it also offers
projects such as business cards, letterheads,
and presentations.