The PrintWeb Archives Welcome to the PrintOwners Archives! Longtime PrintOwners subscribers are well aware of the wealth of information that has passed through the list since it began in November 1997. However, if you haven't saved all those messages (more than 35,000 messages!), the value may be limited to what you can remember. Even if you have saved them, your software may limit your ability to seach them quickly and easily. And new subscribers have no way of catching up -- except through the Archives. With the creation of the PrintOwners Archives, all current subscribers now have the option of accessing messages from anytime in the list's history -- back to day one. The archive is fully searchable, making it very easy to find past discussions of a particular subject. Fast and easy to use, the archives open a wealth of experience and information to you, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Purpose and Access The archives were created for two purposes. First, to meet subscribers demands for access to the vast amount of information that has passed through the list; and second, to provide a means of supporting the list itself, keeping it free for all PrintOwners to benefit into the forseeable future. An annual subscription fee of just $45 gives you a year's worth of access to the archives, and represents your ongoing commitment to help keep the PrintOwners list free for all PrintOwners to use. All PrintOwners subscribers are encouraged, but not obligated, to subscribe to the archives. The archives are password protected to ensure your privacy and protection from spammers*. Only current PrintOwners subscribers are eligible to subscribe to the archives. When you submit your annual archive subscription fee, you may select your own ID and password for easy, convenient access to the archives. CLICK HERE to sign up for access to the archives; just fill in the form with your ID and password requests, along with payment information, and you'll have access very soon. To go to the archives (after you've received your ID/password), click the title at the top of this page -- "The PrintWeb Archives" -- or the link at the bottom of this page -- "Take me to the Archives!" -- and you'll be transported directly to the archives. Tips for Searching the Archives Your query may contain multiple terms. Searching is very fast if your query results in fewer hits. Searching on a single term that is contained in many messages will take significantly longer. The search results will only return hits that include all the words that begin with whatever you enter in the query box. So, for instance, to find posts on Microsoft Publisher that include something about scanning, enter "publisher scan" in the query box, and that will narrow down your search much more quickly (it's probably not a good idea to include "Microsoft" because there are likely to be posts on Publisher that don't include the word "Microsoft.") You can enter as many words as necessary to narrow your search. Too many words in your query, however, may result in no hits at all. You may specify that search results are sorted either by date, subject, or author (default is by date). You may also specify how many hits per page are shown in the search results (default is 10). Remember that whatever search terms you enter in the query must be at the beginning of the term you're searching for. For instance, you'll get hits for PageMaker by typing "page" but not when typing "maker". Once you find one message that is close to what you are looking for, you can expand the search terms to locate the rest of the thread by searching for the full subject line, or at least more words from it that are likely to be contained in every post of that thread (assuming no one changed the subject line). In summary: Multiple terms result in faster searches Searches only return hits with all the search terms Too many terms may result in no hits at all Search terms should be beginnings of words, not middle or endings You may specify how results are sorted -- date, subject, or author Expand a successful search on the subject line to follow a thread Feel free to e-mail the List Manager, Bob Bergey, if you have questions about the archives. Take me to the Archives! *NOTE: We make no guarantees of privacy or protection from spammers, although every reasonable effort is taken to ensure that only current PrintOwners subscribers have access to the archives, and that spammers cannot collect addresses from the archives.