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- Studio Professional Update V2.16
- (Online Version)
-
- This update is for all Studio V2.16 users. It mainly updates the
- current Canon profiles for the color management and provides
- additional support for the latest Canon printers.
-
- If you own V2.14 or an older version of Studio, please contact
- your distributor for an update. The updates are also available
- for free download from the Internet (AmiNet).
-
- As usual, because of a bug in the Commodore Installer program,
- it's recommended you enable the default Topaz 8 font on your
- system during installation. The installer might not show all
- options during installation with certain different sized fonts.
- This is a general recommendation and does not only apply to
- Studio.
-
- The update program will not alter your original Studio disks and
- will update the installed Studio software. However, you do need
- the first of your original Studio disk for running this install
- program.
-
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-
- Here is the list of the latest Studio distributors:
-
- Germany: Australia & New Zealand
- Deutschland: GSoft Australia Pty Ltd.
- arXon GmbH PO Box 59
- Assenheimer Str. 17 Elizabeth SA
- D-60489 Frankfurt Australia 5114
- Germany Tel: 088-284-1266
- Tel: 069-978410-26 Fax: 088-284-0922
- Fax: 069-978410-30 (English Version)
- (German Version)
-
- The Netherlands: North America:
- MacroSystem NL Safe Harbor Computers
- Tromplaan 1 W226 N900 Eastmound Drive
- 3951 CL-Maarn Waukesha
- Tel: 034344-2969 WI 53186
- Fax: 034344-3103 Tel: 414-548-8120
- (English Version) Fax: 414-548-8130
- (English Version)
-
- United Kingdom: Belgium:
- HiSoft Click! b.v.b.a.
- The Old School, Greenfield Boomsesteenweg 468
- Bedford MK45 5DE 2610 Wilrijk
- Tel: 0525-718181 Tel: 038281815
- Fax: 0525-713716 Fax: 038286736
- (English Version) (English Version)
-
- France: Spain:
- Free Distribution Software TU Amiga Ordinadors
- 82 Rue De Sailly Plaza Pedro IV No 4,7-3
- 59390 Toufflers 08120 La Liagosta
- Tel: 03-20020663 Barcelona
- Fax: 03-20821799 Tel: (93) 560 3604
- Fax: (93) 560 3607
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-
- Notices for Canon BJC users
-
- You must have a Studio CanonBJ-EC driver and CanonBJECPref program
- installed in order to get the driver updated by this update disk.
-
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- Introducing with Studio V2.16 you can find a "Fit Image on Page"
- menu item. You can use this menu item to automaticly fit the
- wanted picture on a page. The picture size is maximized and
- centered on the page with correct aspect ratio.
-
- The corresponding ARexx command is: MAXFITIMAGE. If there was an
- error, RC is set to non-zero and PRTSTUDIO_RESULT returns the
- error text. Note that the VERSION command now returns 4 from
- Studio.
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- New Canon profiles in Studio V2.16 added
-
- Studio V2.16 now comes with many new profiles. These new profiles
- are based on Canon's latest MS Windows 95 driver V3.93. Using
- these profiles with Studio will give you identical colors in the
- output as with a PC using the Canon Win 95 driver.
-
- How good are Win 95 drivers adjusted? It requires much work to
- get the colors in the output of the printer adjusted correctly.
- So far, there is no way to generate perfect profiles automaticly.
- Studio does ship with CMSScan wich is used to make profiles
- on the Amiga. Sometimes the results achived using profiles based
- on CMSScan are better, sometimes worse in comparison to the
- current Windows 95 drivers.
-
- You'll find that the profiles based on the Win 95 driver will give
- very good output quality especialy when based on new printer
- drivers and when using wide spread print media. It's easy to
- understand that adjustment efforts are more focused on the usualy
- used print media like plain paper or Canon's High Resolution Paper
- HR 101.
-
- Older printers are usualy not adjusted with the quality achived by
- newer calibration software. That's why you'll most likely find
- some Win 95 profiles for older printers to be worse compared to
- the profiles generated by CMSScan on the Amiga.
-
- But basicly things are rather simple: if you do not like the
- colors in the output, make sure you did use the correct
- settings/media/print head as mentioned in the profile. If you are
- sure the setup of Studio was done correctly, try a different
- profiles. There are usualy several profiles for various settings
- and print media to choose from.
-
- IMPORTANT: Note that the Win 95 driver can't be adjusted for the
- monitor gamma like Studio. Because of this, set the Monitor gamma
- to 2.1 if you want identical colors in the output compared to the
- Win 95 driver. This note should help users working in a
- mulitplattform environment.
-
- All Studio profiles based on the Canon Win 95 driver are made for
- the Floyd Steinberg Serpentine dither method. This dither method
- is very similar to the one used by the Win 95 driver. Use the
- Avail gadget in the Match...-window for a list of installed
- profiles and their used dither method and print resolution.
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- BJC 210, 250, 240 users should use the BJC 2xx or 210 profiles
- with Studio. The CanonBJC 2xx printers are basicly compatible
- with each other. For instance, you can use the BJC 250 profiles
- on the BJC 240. Only the photo ink profiles of the BJC 240 and
- 250 can not be used with the BJC 210 as this printer doesn't
- support the BC 06 Photo Ink cartridge.
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- Canon BJC 4000, 4100, 4200, 4300, 4550, 4650 profiles are mainly
- compatible to each other as long as the recommended print mode and
- print resolution in the profile is supported by the printer output
- module.
-
- For instance, you can't use the Canon BJC 4xxx profiles asking for
- a Fine+DMT print mode on a BJC 4200. These print modes are only
- supported on the new Canon BJC 4300 and 4650 with DMT print head
- BC 21e. The DMT print mode profiles are one of the rare cases
- where the new BJC 4300/4650 profiles do not work on the older BJC
- 4xxx printers. Because of this, the profile names do end with a
- uppercase D for easy identification in the Match window of Studio.
- Otherwise, I can't think of a profile on a BJC 4xxx that can't be
- used on any other BJC 4xxx printer.
-
- So, check the print mode and recommended print head in the profile
- comment before using it. Make sure you do have the required
- settings and print head installed. This should result in very
- good output.
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- The new Canon BJC 4300 and 4650 can print 720*360dpi. Still,
- Studio is installed for 360*360dpi for these printers similar to
- the MS Windows 95 driver. The reason for this is simple: these
- new printers offer a feature called Drop Modulation Technique
- (DMT). Using DMT Studio can control the drop size of the print
- head. Results achived using DMT and 360dpi are usualy much better
- than using the higher 720*360dpi resolution.
-
- This is why the default recommendation for BJC 4300 and 4650 users
- is: use 360*360dpi with DMT when possible. IMPORTANT: Make sure
- you do have the proper DMT print head BC 21e (regular ink) or
- BC22e (photo ink) when enabling DMT in the output configuration
- window.
-
- But if you don't like the recommendation, you can always switch to
- 720*360dpi and use other included profiles.
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- Studio Prof. History:
-
- E = removed bug
- C = changed
- I = improvement
-
- 10.03.98 V2.16 E - A fault in the V2.14 and V2.15 CMS trilinear
- interpolation routine could cause an overflow
- in case the profile values differs greatly.
- As the fault introduced is usualy minor,
- the fault mainly becomes visible in sudden
- color changes of a smoth gradient.
- I - The gamma window for measuring the users monitor
- gamma now works on 16/24 Bit screens.
- I - All multilevel dither routines
- (Floyd, Jarvis, Stucki, Burkes, Sierra)
- are now implemented in assembler.
- This causes a total 30% speed increases.
- I - Added Canon BJC 80, 250, 4300, 4650 modules
- I - Profiles for BJC 2xx and 4xxx printers
- based on the Win 95 V3.93 drivers added.
- E - SetAspect ARexx command did not work correctly
- while Landscape mode was enabled.
- I - Fit Image on Page menu item and ARexx command added.
- C - ARexx Version command will now report "4" to
- reflect added commands.
- I - New monitor settings added.
- I - CanonBJEC Workbench driver now supports
- BJC 250/4300/4650 and DMT.
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- COPYRIGHT/DISCLAIMER
-
- Copyright ©1991-98 Wolf Faust. All rights reserved. The Studio
- update disk has been provided to you strictly 'as is', without
- warranty of any kind. In no event shall Wolf Faust be held liable
- for any loss or damages arising out of any action, from whatever
- source, concerning the use or inability to use the software. You
- may not use, copy, or transfer the product, or any copy or
- portion, without prior consent in writing from Wolf Faust. The
- disk can be distributed via AmiNet, CompuServe or CIX as long as
- no payment for the software is asked. Any other distribution is
- strictly forbidden.
-
- Installer project icon (c) Copyright 1991-93 Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved. Reproduced and distributed under license
- from Commodore.
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