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Quick Start Ticket Printing Guide for TicketBench and RaffleBench Software

Creating a New Ticket File

Selecting your Paper Size and Orientation (Ticket Layout)
File Dropdown Menu >> “Page Layout” >> Paper Size Tab

TicketBench Plus & RaffleBench Plus: 8 Paper Sizes to choose from.
TicketBench Pro and Enterprise and the 8 Paper Sizes plus an option to define any paper size.
Select Paper Orientation (Portrait/Landscape)
TicketBench Enterprise Only: You have the option to print a double sided ticket by selecting Double Sided in the Duplex section.

Selecting a Ticket Size and Number of Tickets per Page
File Dropdown Menu >> “Page Layout” >> Page Layout Tab

Enter # of Columns and # of Rows to determine how many tickets will be printed per page.
Leave the Margins at 0.0 unless you are planning on trimming the margins off (for example, in the case of a bleed). Refer to these subjects in the Help manual for further explanation.

Laying Out a Ticket
ADDING TEXT - Click on the Text Tool (T button) then click the cursor on your ticket

The Edit Text window will appear where you can type in your information and change the text characteristics (font type, font size, font style, text color and line spacing, border color and border type)
Rotate Text – Right click on the text. Select Rotate from the pop up menu.

Add a Ticket Number
Click on the Number Tool (S# button) and click the cross hairs on your ticket

To edit the ticket number, double click on the ticket number box. In the Ticket Number window you can change the properties of your ticket number, including the appearance
Rotate Number – Right click on the number. Select Rotate from the pop up menu.

Creating a Ticket Stub
TicketBench Plus & RaffleBench Plus:

Click on the Line Tool (the button that has a line drawn from 11:00 to 4:00)
Click on the ticket, hold down the left mouse button and drag your mouse to create the line.
Double click the line to pop up the line dialog box.
Use the Line Pattern Dropdown to choose the style of virtual stub you would like to see on your ticket.
When you are ready to do the real print run on perforated ticket stock, select the stub on the ticket and delete it, or else it will be printed on the ticket, which you don't want.

TicketBench Pro and Enterprise:

Click on the Ticket Stub Tool (the rectangle that has a stub on it).
In the Stub Tool Window, select the stub length and stub placement.
NOTE: It is in this Ticket Stub Tool Window that you indicate when you do or do not want the stub printed.

Adding Images to a Ticket

Click on the Image Tool (camera button) and place the cross hairs on your ticket where you would like the image to be located.
In the Open Image File window, browse your file system to select the image file that you want to import. (We accept BMP's, GIF's, JPG's, PNG's, ICO's, TIF's, TGA's, PCX's, WBMP's, and WMF EMF's.)
Click on the Open button.
To change the image size you can either drag the corner selection point, or double click on the image and change the pixel size.

Saving a Ticket File
To save for the first time: under the File Dropdown Menu, select “Save Project As”:

Type in the name you want for you file. The software will ALWAYS save the file with a .tkb extension.
In the “SAVE IN” box at the top of the Save As window, browse your file system to locate where you want to save the file.
Click on the Save button, or select Save Project under the File Dropdown Menu.

Printing a Ticket File in Print Preview Mode (Sample will print in the background)

To view and print a page of tickets in Print Preview Mode (which is the only mode you can print in if you are using an evaluation version of our software),
Either select “Print Preview” from the File Dropdown Menu or click on the Print Preview Button that has the picture of a page with the magnifying glass.
To print, click on the little printer.

Printing a Ticket File in Full Print Mode

Select “Print” from the File Dropdown Menu or click on the little Printer Button.
Enter how many tickets you want to print.
TicketBench Enterprise Only: has stacked and partial stacked printing (Z-sort).

Creating a Ticket Proof (TicketBench Enterprise Only)

Select Generate Proof from the File Dropdown menu.
Browse your file system to select where you want to store the proof.
Use the dropdown to select the format that you wish to save in (.png, .jpg, .bmp, .tif)

Using the Project Wizard
We have created several ticket templates that you can choose from if you prefer to get started this way:

Under the File Dropdown menu, select Project Wizard
Select the type of ticket template (ex: General Admission 2x4 with Stub 2)
To change the text, double click on the text box that you want to edit. In the Edit Text box, you can change the actual text, along with the font, size and color, etc.
Once you have made all your changes, under the File Dropdown menu, select Save Project As. (See notes about on Save a File.)

Setting Print Margins

The blue line on the ticket workbench represents the printer's margins. Any information outside of the blue line will not print. The printer margins are located in the Printer pull down menu under Margin Layout
The printer margins automatically adjust to your default printer margins. To change the printer margins, go to the Printer Dropdown Menu and select “Margin Layout” and type in your printer margins
To determine your printer margins, you can either check your printer manual or with the manufacturer, or you can calibrate them yourself. (See the user manual under the Help Topics for instructions.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO THE HELP TOPICS UNDER YOUR HELP MENU

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