The Print Shop

The Print Shop is a desktop publishing application from Brøderbund. Released with names "The Print Shop", The Print Shop Deluxe", The Print Shop Professional", "The Print Shop Ensemble", "The Print Shop Premier", along with others.

Early versions of it stored clip art libraries in a pair of files whose names begin with "GR", and which apparently use extensions ".NAM" and ".DAT". The .NAM file contains names, and the .DAT file contains graphics.

A version of it named The New Print Shop used a variant format with filename extensions ".PNM" and ".POG".

There are many other file extensions, for different graphics formats, format versions, border graphics, fonts, etc. These include .PNG, .CNG, .PBG, .PBD, .POB, .PFN, .PNF, and probably many others. More research is needed here.

Format Compatibility
The Print Shop versions 20-23.1 can open files from the following :


 * The Print Shop® version 10 and newer
 * American Greetings® CreataCard® 5 and newer
 * American Greetings® Spiritual Expressions 3 and newer
 * American Greetings® Print! Premium 3 and newer
 * PrintMaster® version 7 and newer

Click Art
A DAT file consists of a 572-byte raw bitmap segment for each (bi-level, 88×52) image. It is usually a multiple of 572 bytes in size.

POG files are apparently the same as DAT files, except that they begin with a 10-byte header.

The Print Shop versions 1-4
Deluxe Versions 1 (1992) to version 4 (1996) uses 5 - 7 extensions to identify project types. File headers begin with ascii or.

The Print Shop versions 5-6
Versions 5-6 (1997-1999) uses 15 different extensions, identical to earlier versions but different structure, to identify project types. Files are in a proprietary format, header begins with hex values ""

The Print Shop versions 10-23.1
Versions 10-23.1 (2000-2010) uses 20 extensions to identify project types. All are in the "OLE2" document container format.

The Print Shop versions 2-5
Versions 2.0 (2010) through 5.0 (2019) use the file Format .PSproj for all projects. Software cannot open previous versions.

Specifications

 * PM_PS_BS.ZIP → PM-PS-BS.DOC - Has a description of NAM/DAT format

Software

 * PSVU - DOS program that displays New Print Shop .POG/.PNM files.
 * PSVU - DOS program that displays New Print Shop .POG/.PNM files.

NAM/DAT

 * http://cd.textfiles.com/swinnund/disk3/CLIPART/ → PS?.EXE, PSCHURCH.EXE, PSFLAGS.EXE, PSGRAPH?.EXE, PSRGANG.EXE (Self-extracting ZIP format)
 * http://cd.textfiles.com/hamradio/misc/hamgraph/

PNM/POG

 * http://cd.textfiles.com/swinnund/disk3/CLIPART/ → NPS?.EXE (Self-extracting ZIP format)
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/pog/graphic5.pog

Various

 * Some files at http://cd.textfiles.com/640swstudio/CLIPART/ (index)
 * Some files at http://cd.textfiles.com/somuch/smsharew/CLIPART/
 * Some files at http://cd.textfiles.com/powerpakgold/GRAPHC_F/ (index)

Links

 * Wikipedia: The Print Shop
 * History of The Print Shop and PrintMaster