Installing the Hardware Key

 

Getting Started with PrintShop Mail

 

About the hardware key

 

Without a hardware key, PrintShop Mail runs in Designer mode. In this mode, all PrintShop Mail functions are available, but you can only print up to 25 records per session andPrintShop Mail  is printed over each layout.

 

If you have a hardware key from older versions of PrintShop Mail, it will need to be upgraded. Otherwise, PrintShop Mail will run in Designer mode. See Upgrading PrintShop Mail,  for more information.

 

To install the hardware key

 

(Windows)

 

Attach the hardware key to the parallel port or USB port on your computer.

Note: If the parallel port is not free, first unplug the device currently connected to the port. After you install the hardware key, reattach this device on the back of the hardware key.

 

Here is a picture of the USB hardware key (though your key may differ in appearance):

 

 

You can use each credit on your hardware key to print one record.

 

To see how many credits are on the hardware key,

  1. Start PrintShop Mail.

  2. From the Help menu, select Credit Information.
    (Mac OS:) from the PrintShop Mail menu, select Credit Information.

 Mac OS

 

1. Attach the hardware key to the USB port.

2. Locate the folder "Hardware Key Installer".

3. Double-Click the Aksusb installer.

4. Press the"Install" button to install the Hardware Key driver.

5. Click the Quit button to finish the installation.

6. To check if the driver has been installed correctly,  start up PrintShop Mail, from the Help menu, select Credit Information.

 

Notes:   

  1. To install the hardware key driver, you need to log on as "root"

  2. Before installing the hardware key for Mac OS X, make sure that the hardware key drivers for the OS 9x platform are deleted from the system. The drivers of OS 9x are not compatible with OS X. If these drivers remain installed, the hardware key for OS X will  not work. You can do this as follow: press command + F and search for MacHasp on your local disks (usually this can be found on the system folder of OS9 - extensions folder) When a list is shown with MacHasp4Shim and MacHaspUsbDD, delete them and make sure to empty the trash.

To see how many credits are on the hardware key,

 

  1. Start PrintShop Mail.

  2. From the PrintShop Mail menu, select Credit Information.