About PrintMaster
PrintMaster is a desktop application for creating greeting cards, invitations, calendars, labels and crafts. It provides thousands of ready-made designs that users can customize by changing text and photos, then print on their own paper. The software has been available since 1985.
The product line includes a new line (PrintMaster 10 and PrintMaster 2022) with a current interface, curved text, QR codes, emoji, a calendar tab and Talk to Type, running on Windows 11/10 and Mac. The classic line (PrintMaster Gold v19 and v8 Platinum) offers a larger library of designs and photo projects, animated cards, and a familiar layout for long-time customers.
Key features
- Thousands of ready-made templates for cards, invitations, calendars, labels and crafts
- Clip art libraries: up to 165,000+ images in the new line, up to 1,225,000+ in the classic line
- 1,500+ fonts in the new line, 2,000+ fonts and sentiments in the classic line
- Address book and mail merge for envelopes and labels
- QR codes, curved text, emoji and Talk to Type in the new line
- Family Edition installs on up to three computers in one household
Good fit for
- Creating greeting cards and matching envelopes
- Making invitations, gift bags, tags, calendars, certificates, scrapbook pages, labels and signs
- Opening and editing projects from older PrintMaster versions (v8 Platinum opens 2011, 2012 and 5.0 to 7.0 projects)
PrintMaster: questions and answers
- What is PrintMaster used for?
- PrintMaster is a desktop application for creating greeting cards, invitations, calendars, labels and crafts using templates, clip art and fonts. It is a good fit for creating greeting cards and matching envelopes; making invitations, gift bags, tags, calendars, certificates, scrapbook pages, labels and signs; and opening and editing projects from older PrintMaster versions (v8 Platinum opens 2011, 2012 and 5.0 to 7.0 projects).
- Is PrintMaster open source?
- No. PrintMaster is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Design category, open-source options include Penpot, Graphite and Krita.
- What are some alternatives to PrintMaster?
- PrintMaster competes with Adobe InDesign.
Open-source alternatives to PrintMaster
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Penpot
Design
Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration
MPL-2.0vs Figma★ 61k
Graphite
Design
Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital
Apache-2.0vs Affinity★ 28k
Krita
Design
Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solut
GPL-3.0vs Adobe Photoshop★ 11k
GIMP
Design
Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
OSSvs Adobe Photoshop★ 6.5k
OpenPencil
Design
Generate complete, multi-screen product interfaces on a live canvas. Refine every layer wi
MITvs Figma★ 6.1k
TiXL
Design
TiXL is an open source software to create realtime motion graphics.
MITvs Adobe After Effects★ 5.1k
SaaS alternatives to PrintMaster
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Affinity
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PageStream
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Swift Publisher
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Convitede
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