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Legacy with Win 7-32 & 64 bit

This page will examine the use of our Legacy programs with XP and Windows 7

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Time is money. And with GraphiTech's Global Management System you can Cost and Track any job within the plant in Real Time! Instantly!

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Estimating

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GraphiTech

Global Management System for Printers

Digital Estimator
Starting at just $175!

GraphiTech's Digital Estimator is the most Powerful, Accurate and Easy-To-Use software available anywhere! Using sophisticated dual-matrix lookup tables for click rates along with inventory, bindery and numerous utilities, you'll be amazed at how you ever estimated jobs before.

And our Basic Digital Estimator starting at just $175 will give you this incredible power without spending a fortune doing so. The Basic package includes everything needed to estimate even the most complex jobs (See full specs and Capabilities at above Link).

Up to nine options are available that you can add to this remarkable program to make it an even better way to estimate. Options include Artificial Intelligence Button, Full Bindery Edit, Stock Inventory, Price List Generator, Front Desk Estimator, Historical Ledger, Reports Package, Electronic Job Ticket, Invoicing and more.

In addition, the Digital Estimator interfaces with our other programs such as Job Costing, Job Tracking, Budgeted Hourly Cost Analysis, Scheduler and our Full QuickBooks Invoicing program that permits users to post jobs directly to QuickBooks IIF import files. If on GraphiTech Maintenance, the Full $1,475 program is FREE. Click Here to see the true power of GraphiTech's new Digital Estimator. Click Link for Special Pricing if New User or Not On Maintenance.

Millennium Professional Estimator Starts at $1000

The GraphiTech Millennium Professional Estimator has been derived from our Legacy Professional Estimator (which is still in use). However, this version contains far more capability than our original Legacy version.

Now you can completely specify those toughest jobs in just minutes. The 8.5x11 Job Jacket prints in Portrait mode and includes Pre-Press Notes and full Job Description with additional sheets that include Pick Slip, Full Job Notes from All Departments and more. Other reports include Production Layouts, Quotations, Time/Cost Summaries, Delivery Tickets with job specific details never before possible... and all based on a single screen Worksheet. From Pre-press to Press to Bindery, each area of this incredible program enables the user to enter data for an order as well as data for an estimate or both!

And, by using an icon tray, numerous additional features may be accessed right at the Worksheet. These include an Artificial Intelligence Button, Full Bindery Edit, Stock Inventory, Price List Generator, Front Desk Estimator, Historical Ledger, Reports Package, Electronic Job Ticket, On Screen Layouts, Invoicing, Historical Ledger, Top Revenue Customer Report, Full Networking and more. In addition, stand-alone programs such as Budgeted Hourly Cost Analysis and QuickBooks Invoicing Interface are also included as part of the Full program. FREE upgrade if on Maintenance 3 Years. Not on Maintenance but own Legacy? Cost is $1,400 (Reg. $4,100). Click Here for Special Pricing if New User or Not on Maintenance.

Job Tracking Only

Only $775 Starter Pak Single Computer

One of GraphiTech's newest product is called TermSys Touch Job Tracking. It is a Real-Time Shop Floor Data Collectiion system utilizing both Touch Screen and a Bar Code Scanner at each collection terminal.

This product includes sample Scan Sheet, 5 badge holders, Wireless Bar Code Transceiver & Scanner, Software and Documentation manual for the Job Tracking System. Easily Upgrade Starter Pak (at $775) to Network Version (up to 10 computer terminals) for an additional $675. Total cost for Multi-Computer, Network version is $1450.

Job Cost & Tracking

Only $1795 for 5 user, Single
Computer with Reports

If you wish to also have a Data Collection System that includes Real-Time Data Collection of both time and materials plus production analysis, see Job Costing & Tracking on this page to the right. Job Costing, Job Tracking and Integrated Reporting with Network and up to 10 computer stations is only $3570 complete, or the Single Computer version is only $1795. That's a $3,500 decrease over our prior version of Job Costing which contained separate Data Collection Module and Reports. The full system can handle up to 99 employees assuming 10 employees per computer however the optimal maximum is actually 50 employees.

In addition, GraphiTech offers the opportunity to have your Licensed Software reside in the cloud for easy access from virtually any device. Ideal for collecting data while on-the-road. This does incur a monthly fee if cloud based data collection is desired.

This product includes sample Scan Sheet, 5 badge holders, Wireless Bar Code Transceiver & Scanner, Software and Documentation manual for the Job Costing & Tracking System. Easily Upgrade Single Computer version (at $1795) to Network Version (up to 10 computer terminals) for an additional $1775 Complete. Total cost for Multi-Computer, Network version is $3570. Note that in both cases (single-computer version and multi-computer version), the Reports program is a networked version that may be installed on any computer in the plant and be able to access any reports, location data and costs from those computers.

12/15/2012, amended 1/29/13

Windows 7 & Legacy (Dos)

Printing with Legacy (Dos) under Windows XP and greater

Under Windows XP, you can use a dos command that will allow printed output to go to the LPT1 port but actually be printed on any USB printer attached to your computer. This is done using the following command.

NET USE LPT1: \\Server\Printer_Name /Persistent:Yes

Note that case is not important and this command is entered at any DOS prompt. Of course, it is assumed that the printer does attach to the USB port and that you are outputting to the LPT1 port for your DOS programs. Locate name of server (your computer) by right-clicking "My Computer" and clicking "Properties". Look at tab called Computer Name.

Alternative Print Method for Windows7 Using a Product called DOS2USB

An Alternative means for printing under Windows 7 would be to purchase a small utility called DOS2USB. This remarkable little utility will allow you to print any report, job ticket, etc in either regular or condensed type to any printer in the plant. It can be downloaded at DOS2USB.COM and you can try it out before purchasing the product. It is produced by a company in India but I have purchased two myself and three others for another company and have found that their payment method is extremely secure with no problems at all. If you decide to use this utility, be sure to change the LPREDIR utility at the Master Menu by hitting *-Utilities followed by 8-Line Print Redirect. Make all the Entry and Exit Control Codes equal to zero. Leave the 132 and 80 Ptr Col values as default (see sidebar to right of table in program).

General Info using Windows7

Our Legacy (DOS) programs are able to run under Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit). This comes as a surprise to many since Legacy generally was restricted to 32 bit operating systems (or smaller) previously.

Windows 7-32 bit

The Legacy programs run great under this operating system and no further enhancement or modification of the operating system is required.

Windows 7-32 bit Full Screen

You must usually disable the display that normally is used with Windows7. Then the Generic Display will automatically be used in place of the Win7 Display. Once that is done, use of the ALT-SHIFT key will generally produce the full screen that many enjoy when using the Professional Estimator. To return to the smaller screen, use ALT-SHIFT again. An alternative is to choose a screen resolution of 1280x768 and an 8x12 ratio for the Font Size (under settings followed by properties of the Display Properties).

How can you run Legacy in Windows 7-64 bit?

Note: This can only be done if running in single user mode. Do not use for a networked computer.

There is a little trick that can be run with Windows 7 that fools the operating system into thinking it is running an XP machine. It is called Windows XP Mode using Virtual PC. The only caveat is that the Operating System must be Windows 7 Ultimate or Professional.

Note: If you already own the Professional Version, you can skip this section and review the procedures for installing Windows XP Mode below.

Upgrading to either the Professional or Ultimate from the Basic Version is easy to do by just searching the website for either the Basic to Ultimate or the Professional to Ultimate operating system.

Installing Windows XP Mode - Downloads

The Windows XP Mode software can be downloaded by going to https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode.

Warning: Windows 8 is trouble.

Don’t be fooled into thinking you can download this procedure and use it with the Windows 8 version and obtain similar results. Windows 8 will NOT work for these procedures, and you may find that your network fails to work as well. Let's wait until Microsoft works out the bugs for Windows 8 running under a network before thinking about using this operating system.

Scott Thatcher.