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This is CanonDisk V3.10 for Canon BJ and BJC printers
COPYRIGHT/DISCLAIMER
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Copyright ©1991-95 Wolf Faust. All rights reserved. All
distribution- and marketing rights to the software (drivers) are
vested in Canon Europe N.V. The driver disk has been provided to
you strictly 'as is', without warranty of any kind. In no event
shall Canon and/or 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 driver. You may not use, copy, or
transfer the product, or any copy or portion, without prior
consent in writing from Canon Europe N.V. or Wolf Faust.
Installer and Installer project icon (c) Copyright 1991-93
Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced and
distributed under license from Commodore. More (c) Copyright
1986-93 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced
and distributed under license from Commodore.
INSTALLER SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; NO
WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY
OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED. THE More PROGRAM IS PROVIDED
"AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS
AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED.
CanonStudio
===========
This is the LIMITED VERSION of CanonStudio. You can use it for
printing pictures. Though, many functions have been disabled
forcing you to register and get the latest full featured version.
This program is included as free offer to all Canon users and is
not part of the main Canon drivers. Canon is not responsibel for
any support, update or warranty regarding CanonStudio.
In case you use CanonStudio register the program or this product
will most likely not be supported in the future (programs do cost
more than time to develop). Also, your shareware fee is my
motivation for enhancements. If you like, you may also buy the
commercial "Studio" printer software from your Amiga dealer
instead of registering CanonStudio. Studio does additionaly offer
you a nice printed manual, driver support and drivers for various
non-Canon printers.
Registered users get an update service and an unlimited
CanonStudio version for all orig. Canon drivers.
You can register CanonStudio from:
Wolf Faust
Am Dorfgarten 10
60435 Frankfurt
Germany
Internet: 100116.1070@compuserve.com
CompuServe: 100116,1070
Shipping inside German: DM 40
Shipping inside Europe: DM 45
Shipping worldwide: DM 50 or US$35 (see below!)
Cash. For international cheques add US$15 to the amount above.
No credit cards accepted.
Because of other work/vacation: please register from JAM during
March-June 1995.
Or in England you may register and get updates at/from:
JAM
75 Greatfields Drive
Uxbridge, UB8 3QN
Shipping inside England: UK£20
Shipping inside Europe: UK£21
Shipping worldwide: UK£24
Only cash or checks in UK£ drawn on a british bank accepted.
Please add UK£5/DM 15 if you want the latest CanonDisk included
with your CanonStudio. CanonStudio does not include any Canon
Workbench drivers.
PLEASE, DO MAKE SURE THE AMOUNT IS RIGHT. In the past there were
a huge amount of users not paying the proper amount when sending
checks. Please note CanonStudio is non-profit and as I'm planning
to ship printed CanonStudio manuals for registered users, there is
no room left for cuts after paying the high german
bank/postage/tax charges.
MANUAL
------
I know, reading the "Readme" file of the drivers is a real pain.
But there is a real printed manual available with pictures and all
that nice stuff. The manual is part of the commercial "Studio"
printer software described above (Studio is available from JAM and
other distributors/dealers).
INSTALLING CANONDISK
--------------------
CanonDisk is divided into two independent parts. During
installation a user can choose just the required part, or both
parts.
CanonStudio Program
The purpose of the CanonStudio program is to print pictures.
Pictures are printed directly from disk without the need for much
memory. For instance you can print a huge 10 MBytes picture on an
Amiga that is equipped with only 1 MBytes of memory.
If you have a colour printer you can print with 24 bitplanes of
colour accuracy (16.7 million colours). If you have a monochrome
printer you can print with 8 bitplanes of greyscale accuracy (256
greys). If you were not using CanonStudio's printing
capabilities, the Amiga's own colour printing capacity is 12
bitplanes for colour (4096 colours), and 4 bitplanes for
greyscales (16 greys). Printing pictures through CanonStudio does
therefore give a user greater precision.
The CanonStudio picture-printing program works with every Amiga
printer driver but this version is limited to just the Canon
Workbench drivers. If you require a Version that supports all
drivers purchase the ``Studio Printer Software'' package from your
dealer.
Canon Driver
The Canon drivers are supplements to the Commodore supplied
printer drivers. They are 100 percent Amiga compatible printer
drivers, even though they offer many more functions than the
standard printer drivers. The additional functions of the drivers
are controlled by the preferences program included with CanonDisk.
The programs and drivers are described in detail later. Start the
installation by double-clicking with the mouse button on the
Install icon, found in the main drawer of the CanonDisk.
Follow the instructions below to install the Canon software:
* Configure and connect your printer as described in the printer's
user manual and the Amiga system manual.
* Set your printers dip switches as described in the table below:
Printer Switch OFF Switch ON
BJ 10e 3, 6, 7, 9 5, 8, 10
BJ 20 all except -> 5, 10, 11
BJ 30 Set the printer to Epson Emulation
BJ 200 all except -> 1, 4, 10, 11
BJ 200ex all except -> 1, 3, 4
BJ 300 all except -> SW1-1 and SW1-2
BJC 70 Set the printer to Epson Emulation
BJC 600 all except -> 1, 4, 12
BJC 600e all except -> 1, 11
BJC 4000 all except -> 1, 4, 11, 12
Please note these settings reflect those of DIN A4 paper size
users. US Letter paper users require a slightly different setting.
* Boot your Amiga with your usual system or Workbench disk.
* If you don't own a hard drive, prepare an empty floppy disk by
using the system Format command.
* We anticipate that most Canon users will want to install the
program on to a hard drive. If you do not have a hard drive then
you must install some parts (documentation and CanonPref) of
CanonDisk onto an empty floppy, using the supplied installation
program. You cannot run the Canon software directly from its
installation disk because it is stored in a compressed format.
* If your system has only a single floppy drive (and no hard
drive), the installation program will cause a large number of disk
swaps while it gets things prepared for the main installation.
* Double click on the Install icon found in the main drawer of the
CanonDisk. The installation process is automatic and uses the
Commodore standard Installer program. The installation process
has been designed to provide on-line instructions as you install
the product. Any questions that you might have about the
installation process should be answered by the on-line help
contained in the installation program.
The install program will copy the driver to your system disk. In
order to do so, you need 45 KByte empty disk space on your system
disk. Additional programs can be saved to an empty floppy disk or
hard disk and may not be saved to the system disk.
! Most likely floppy users must make space on their system disk in
order to install the driver. This can be done by deleting unneeded
programs using the Workbenchs 3.0 "Delete..." menu item.
The installation program will do the job for you if you like.
You will be asked before each file is deleted.
Here is list of programs that might be deleted:
Sys:Utilities/Clock (13 KByte)
Sys:devs/printers/generic (1.5 KByte)
Sys:system/nofastmem (1 KByte)
Sys:c/Edit (15 KByte)
Sys:c/Diskchange (0.5 KByte)
Sys:c/Lock (0.5 KByte)
Sys:c/Search (1.5 KByte)
Sys:c/MagTape (1.5 KByte)
Sys:c/Which (1.5 KByte)
* Canon BJC800 users should note, that the Canon BJC800 printer is
a single page printer. The printer does not support continuous
form paper. Because of this the page length must be defined! The
driver can do this automaticly for you, in case you set the paper
length in Workbench preferences to 250 lines. Don't forget to
turn on "Enable Form" in the CanonBJECPref program! Select a
paper type of "Wide Tractor" for printing on DIN A3 sized paper.
* Select a paper type of Wide Tractor for printing on DIN A3 A3
sized paper on BJ 230 or BJ330 printers.
* Please note that each Canon driver uses it's own setting files.
You may install several Canon drivers as long as they are
different.
* The installation program also installs a README file with the
driver and CanonStudio covering the software in detail.
* In case of problems with the software use the "Report" program
described by the installed README file!
After successfully running the Install program, try printing from
the application with which you normally print. In most cases you
should straight away notice major improvements in speed and
quality, but you can do much better once you have adjusted all the
settings of the driver to match your environment. The
installation program is unable to adjust all the driver settings
for your printer because every printer, paper and ink is
different. It is your task now to use your experience with your
software and printer to further adjust the settings made by the
Install program. This will result in further improvements in
output quality.
Please share your printing experiences with other Canon users by
sending your settings to Wolf Faust. This will allow future
enhancements of CanonDisk. You can easily print your settings
using the Report program mentioned in the error chapter. Please
don't forget to mention the name of your printer, and the type of
paper you are using.
(Continue by pressing 'Q')