PrintMaster project types include banners, calendars, crafts, greeting cards, invitations, labels, signs, and scrapbook pages. Versions include Platinum, Gold, and Express for digital download. In September 2010, PrintMaster 2011 was released. PrintMaster 2.0 is the first consumer desktop publishing solution at retail to offer Macintosh and Windows compatibility and integrated professional printing. PrintMaster is available in Platinum and Gold variants. Over the years, it was updated to accommodate changing file formats and printer technologies, including CD and DVD labels and inserts and photobook pages.
It was unique in that it provided libraries of clip-art and templates through a simple interface to build signs, greeting cards, posters and banners with household dot-matrix printers.
Since the early 1990s, the name has been used for basic desktop publishing software package, under the Broderbund brand. The court found in favor of Broderbund, locating specific instances of copying. In 1986 PrintMaster was the target of a lawsuit by Broderbund, who alleged that PrintMaster was a direct copy of their popular The Print Shop program. PrintMaster was a greeting card and banner creation program for Commodore 64, Amiga, Apple II and IBM PC computers.Īs of 2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is offering the PrintMaster brand as a licensing opportunity on its website.
