PrintMaster

File Format
Name	PrintMaster
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics PrintMaster
Extension(s)	.sdr, .shp, .sdx

Early versions of the PrintMaster desktop publishing software stored clip art in a pair of files: an .SDR file containing names, and an .SHP file containing graphics. The file formats are very similar to those used by The Print Shop.

A related(?) program named NewsMaster also used .SDR and .SHP files, and added an .SDX index file.

Format

SHP files apparently consist of a sequence of image segments. Each segment has a 4-byte header that includes the height and width, followed by the image data, followed by a 1-byte trailer.

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/swinnund/disk3/CLIPART/ → BOBPMGR?.EXE, KENSPM.EXE, MONEYPM.EXE, PEANUTS2.EXE, PM*.EXE, SYMBOLS.EXE (Self-extracting ZIP format)
• http://cd.textfiles.com/somuch/smsharew/CLIPART/ → PM-*.ZIP
• http://www.page6.org/st_lib/standard/st0140.php

Links

• Wikipedia: PrintMaster