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This disk contains Studio Professional V2.08. Version numbers
shown by the programs on this disk may differ and are only updated
in case the program itself was changed.
This file contain notes about changes made after printing the
manual. We also feel that it is your right to have the
information about changes made to previous versions:
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Studio now supports the PNG image format (PNG is pronounced
"ping"). The PNG format is intended to provide a portable,
legally unencumbered, well-compressed, well-specified standard for
lossless bitmapped image files. We hope PNG will soon replace the
well known GIF format. Beside offering more features than GIF,
PNG also offers a very good lossless compression. We are sure PNG
will soon become a well known standard beside JPEG/JFIF format
used for lossy compression
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Installation problems?
Please note that the Commodore installer sometimes shows problems
with various other sized system fonts. Temporarily switch back
your system to the default Topaz 8 font for installation, in case
the Installer doesn't show you all text in a proper format.
We had some (6) cases of bad devices/filesystems causing the
installer to crash during/after installation. Avoid these bad
devices/filesystems as they are likely to cause other crashes on
your system too. This warning is especialy for Emplant users. In
most cases you are still able to install Studio after booting from
a orig. Workbench disk. In this case, select "Expert" mode
during installation. After installation, you are required to
setup the Studio driver manualy by either using the Preset menu of
the installed driver preferences program.
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DESKJET NOTES
Dear Deskjet 660C/850C user. This version of Studio was made with
the new HP printers in mind. However, we are working on further
software and color profiles for these printers. Please return
your registration card. We will ship you improved software for
free once HP is able to ship developer units and we finished
the development (release planned for July/August 95).
The free update mainly covers color adjustments. You can also
adjust the colors yourself if you don't like to wait. The drivers
already support the new printers with one minor tradeoff: you
can't use the advanced color mode of the Deskjet 850C. A driver
supporting the new color feature of the Deskjet 850C will be added
beside the color adjustments.
WARNING: The current drivers are able to print 600*600dpi in
greyscale mode. Please note that the printer is unable to print
600*600dpi in color mode. Don't try to print color in 600dpi mode
(Density 2 or 6 with the 600x600 option set in
DeskPref/DeskPref4c) or you might mess-up your printer.
In order to print 600x600dpi, set the 600x600dpi gadget in
DeskPref/DeskPref4C. This will double the print resolution from
Density 1, 2 and 6. Use Desnity 2 or 6 for 600 dpi printing.
Register now...
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STYLUS COLOR NOTES
Please note that Studio does output very good ESC/P2 code. If
your Stylus Color printer shows stripes in the output, try
cleaning your print head several times. It's definitly not a
problem of Studio. We received several reports from users that
turned out to be problems with bad ink heads and mechanical
reasons.
So, clean your ink head several times as described in the printer
manual. In case this doesn't solve your problem, try using the PC
calibration tool that comes with the Stylus Color. We will try to
ship a similar calibration tool for Studio in the next upgrade if
possible.
And as a final note: please note that stripes in the output also
depend on the printing speed and the dither method used. Some
dither methods do show more banding than others. This is a
general effect on all ink jet printers.
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Canon BJC and BJ
Different to the manual, Custom ResX and ResY defines the page
size for the CanonBJ5-230 and CanonBJ-EC in 1/360inch. The page
size does include the unprintable margins. The driver will
automaticly subtract the margins for you. The margins depend on
the printer and emulation (Extended Emulation offers a larger
printable page size).
Set the dip switch:
Canon BJC 70: Enable Epson emulation on the printer.
Canon BJ 30: Enable Epson emulation on the printer.
Canon BJ 200ex: Enable BJ emulation on the printer. Turn AGM off.
(for DIN A4 turn 1, 3 and 4 ON - the rest OFF).
Studio now offers several profiles for the Canon BJC 70 and BJ 30
printer. Users may also use the BJC 4000 profiles with minor
differences.
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Studio Prof. History:
E = removed bug
C = changed
I = improvement
01.11.94 V2 E - Release of the German (not English) version
07.11.94 V2.01 E - Serial number check failed on some
serial numbers (only affected 20 users with
serial #xxxxxxx9 and #xxxxxxx0).
E - Defining a custom dither in the driver
preference editors may lead to an endless loop.
(only affected color drivers).
E - Color output using density below 3 and
an error diffusion dither may lead to a crash.
21.11.94 V2.02 E - Printing a JPEG image from Studio with
histogram/clipping AND landscape function
enabled may caused a crash. All other image
formats were not affected.
28.11.94 V2.03 I - Release of the English version
I - Error buffer is initialised at margins,
avoiding stripes with strip-printing programs
19.12.94 V2.04 I - 40-50 percent speed increase while using
the printing programs Blue Noise dither methods.
26.01.95 V2.05 I - minor enhancement to the installation script
avoiding problems with bad system software
I - minor enhancement to the report program
C - Studio Gadgets are now ghosted at all places
when an error requesters appear.
I - New Mitsubishi monitor CIE data added.
20.02.95 V2.06 I - Canon BJC600e output module added.
I - CanonBJ-EC driver now supports 600e print modes.
I - minor improvements to installation.
27.02.95 V2.07 I - MAJOR speed improvements (2-3 times faster)
in the Studio printing program:
+ all dither routines are written in assembler.
(driver routines have always been in assembler)
+ Canon and Epson ESC/P2 output module now supports
double buffering with async. IO.
+ optimized printing with Workbench module
if image doesn't cover complete page.
E - IFF DEEP images sometimes didn't load
correctly (only when landscape/effect or
poster function was enabled).
E - Gamma correction of monitor values were done
after clipping/histogram. This resulted in a
too dark output with clipping/histogram and
CMS enabled.
E - Sierra3 and Sierra2 dither routines were swaped.
Selecting Sierra2 resulted in Sierra3...
E - A fault made it into the Stucki color binary dither
routine in V2.04. Ouups.
I - Canon BJC 70, BJ 30, BJ 200ex Extended mode
Workbench driver added.
I - Studio Extended Emulation output module added for
BJC70, BJ 30 and BJ 200ex
I - Canon BJC 70 CMS profiles added
I - 600x600dpi mode added to DeskDriver/DeskDriver4C
I - Laserjet 5P/5MP support added to LaserDriver/SetupPJL
C - Defining custom pages sizes for CanonBJ5-230 and
CanonBJ-EC changed.
10.07.95 V2.08 I - Support for the new PNG image format added.
E - Problem with reading compressed Targa images fixed
E - Version 2.07 didn't install the SetupPJL program
for Laserjet 4L users. Users had to select PCL 5e
during installation for getting SetupPJL.
(Continue by pressing 'Q')