IrseeSoft Meinrad-Spieß-Platz 2 D-87660 Irsee Germany EMail: mail@irseesoft.de WWW: www.irseesoft.de Readme for V7.12beta ==================== This version introduces eight new drivers with improved print quality: HP_DeskJet930C HP_DeskJet950C HP_DeskJet970C Changes: - 600x600dpi with PhotoRetIII (4 intensity levels per dot) for plain paper & matte inkjet paper - 1200x1200dpi & 2400x1200dpi for glossy paper - improved color correction - duplex option for Deskjet 970 (not tested yet as this printer isn't available to us at the moment). - no more support for printer built-in fonts (switch on GfxTxt mode or use DeskJet 540 driver) General changes: - imroved speed for pages that contain white or black&white areas, especially for word processors or ghostscript. Readme for V7.11beta ==================== This version introduces eight new drivers with improved print quality: Epson_StylusColor660new Epson_StylusColor740new Epson_StylusColor760new Epson_StylusColor860new Epson_StylusColor900new Epson_StylusColor1160new Epson_StylusPhoto750new Epson_StylusColor1200new and three preliminary drivers (limited to 600x600dpi): HP_DeskJet930C HP_DeskJet950C HP_DeskJet970C Changes to Epson drivers: - Real 1440dpi is now supported, 1440dpi are now also shown in applications - Color correction tables have been improved - Reduced drop size (Supermicro Dots) for Stylus Color 760 & higher and Stylus Photo printers. Changes that also apply to Canon BJC1000/2000/6000/6100/7000/7100 drivers: - Color correction calculations have been extended from 8 to 16 bit per channel to ensure smooth colour transitions * As the Canon BJC printers are no longer available to us, reports on print * quality or bug reports are appreciated very much! Changes in Turboprefs (when new Epson drivers are selected): - The setting "Quality" has been replaced by "Cartridge"- this is not used for Epson printers. - The setting "Density" now combines the print resolution (dots per inch) selection and the quallity selection (low, medium, high, ...). I.e. the quality is selected and an info box below the "Density" cycle gadget gives information on the print resolution and method (i.e. ink save mode, drop modulation mode, ...). - The paper size selection now includes printer specific sizes, e.g. envelopes or "panorama paper". Changes in GraphicsPublisher (when new Epson drivers are selected): - Additional information on the selected print density is available in the "Print" window. - Additional printer specific paper sizes are available in the "Page setup" window. Overal changes: - In the beta version, a logfile is written to "ram:t/turboprint.log". If you should have problems, please include the logfile with your bug report. Please use "bugreport.form" for your reports. Driver notes: Epson Stylus Color / Photo - For quick printing of text documents with a mix of black text and coloured text or colour images, a resolution of 360 dpi is recommended. In this mode, additional black ink nozzles will be activated for those parts of the page, where only black text is present. -------------(readme for Turboprint Pro 7.10)--------------------------- IrseeSoft Meinrad-Spieß-Platz 2 D-87660 Irsee Germany EMail: mail@irseesoft.com WWW: www.irseesoft.com / www.irseesoft.de TURBOprint Professional 7.10 (C) 1997-2000 IrseeSoft "ReadMe" - Additions to the manual Please also see our website for most recent information on new versions, driver updates and bug fixes. Additions to Chapter... Chapter 2: Installation ======================= The installation procedure needs Installer V43.3 or higher! -------------------------- Installer V43.3 is included with the Turboprint disk. If you are using the "MCP" utility, you will have to copy the new Installer to your hard disk or deactivate MCP temporarily. Installation on a Draco computer by MacroSystem ----------------------------------------------- Turboprint can be installed on a Draco computer. However, IrseeSoft can't guarantee the functionality, as the Draco is not 100% Amiga compatible. Before you install Turboprint on a Draco, you must carry out the "personalization" procedure on a regular Amiga, as the Draco can't write to Amiga floppy disks. Usage of Turboprint with a PicassoIV graphics card / the Picasso96 driver ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In connection with older versions of the Picasso96 driver software the following problems may occur: Problem: Printout from applications like FinalWriter, Wordworth, PageStream is in wrong colours (e.g. background in dark green) Solution: Install the latest version of Picasso96 Problem: Text display in the GraphicsPublisher is incorrect. Text is invisible or charactes are "cut off". Solution: Install the latest version of Picasso96 or choose a 16 or 24 bit screen in the GraphicsPublisher. Usage with the PD software 'Executive' -------------------------------------- If you use the task scheduler 'Executive', you have to make the following settings to be able to print from FinalWriter: Add a new rule in the Executive editor: Task = FinalWriter Parameter = TASk+CHILDTASK and NOSCHEDULE Priority = Leave it alone Chapter 3.2: TurboPrefs - Index Card "Config" ============================================= Changed settings for some printer drivers ----------------------------------------- (Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 6xxx, 7100): - The setting "Quality" has been replaced by "Cartridge" - "Cartridge" is used to switch between 4 color and photo cartridge. - The setting "Density" now combines the print resolution (dots per inch) selection and the quallity selection (low, medium, high, ...). I.e. the quality is selected and an info box below the "Density" cycle gadget gives information on the print resolution and method (i.e. ink save mode, drop modulation mode, ...). - The paper size selection now includes printer specific sizes, e.g. envelopes or "banner paper". Chapter 7: GraphicsPublisher ============================ Changed print menu for some printer drivers ------------------------------------------- (Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 6xxx, 7100): - Additional information on the selected print density is available in the "Print" window. - Additional printer specific paper sizes are available in the "Page setup" window. Problems when printing ---------------------- If the text objects are being printed too small, there is probably not enough free RAM memory available during printout. The wrong text size is caused by a bug in the OS routines that generate CompuGraphic outline fonts. Solution: Make sure that there is enough memory available during printout or open the GraphicsPublisher's settings requester and reduce the value "Text / Max.Print". Thus, text objects will be printed in slightly lower quality but in the correct size. Chapter 9: GNU Ghostscript ========================== Turboprint comes with GNU Ghostscript 4.03, not the current Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10. The reason for this is that the Aladdin license does not allow the bundling of Ghostscript with commercial software - the GNU licences allows this if some rules are respected. Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10 from Aminet (internet or Aminet CDs) does NOT support 24bit printing with Turboprint, as the code for Turboprint support has to be compiled together with the other Ghostscript sources. A version of Ghostscript 5.10 with Turboprint support and also the sourcecode that has been added will be available on our WEB pages. Chapter 10: Hints for Printers ============================== Canon BJC printers - head cleaning & cartridge alignment -------------------------------------------------------- There is a "BJC-Utility" for newer BJC printers (BJC1000, BJC2000, BJC4200 and higher). The BJC-Utility is programmed as an "Installer" script, so make sure that Installer V43.3 or higher is accessible in the current drawer or "C:". Canon BJ monochrome inkjet printers ----------------------------------- The emulation must be set to "Canon BJ" mode at the printer (DIP switches, see your printer's manual). The international charset must be set to "Set 2" at the printer (DIP switch). In TurboPrint, choose the driver "Canon_BJ". Newer models (BJ-10ex, BJ-2xx, BJ-3xx) can also be used in EPSON LQ mode, which offers more fonts. To use EPSON LQ mode, the printer must be switched to "LQ" mode (DIP switches, see your printer's manual). Choose the "Epson_LQ,SQ" driver in TurboPrint. Canon BJC colour inkjet printers -------------------------------- The emulation must be set to "LQ" mode at the printer (DIP switches, see your printer's manual). Canon BJC - newer models without DIP switches (BJC 210/240/4100/4200, ...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- These printers must be configured to the "LQ-Europe/Asia" mode. The following procedure must be carried out once: When switching on the printer, keep the POWER button pressed. Soon the printer will start "beeping". Wait until you have heard 8 beep sounds, then release the POWER button. To check your printer's configuration, switch off the printer. Then keep the POWER button pressed until you have heard 2 beep sounds. The printer will then print a status sheet. Canon BJC 240, 250, 4200 and 4300 with photo cartridge ------------------------------------------------------ Use the driver Canon_BJC240photo or Canon_BJC4200photo when printing with the photo cartridge. For best printouts use the "Canon HR-101" or a similiar inkjet paper. Unfortunately, we don't know any glossy papers that are suitable for printouts with the photo cartridge. Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 6xxx, 7xxx -------------------------------- These printers have no built-in text mode at all. Text can be printed via Turboprint's "Text as Graphics" mode, which can be enabled in the "Turboprefs" settings menu, index card "Text" (chapter 3.5 in the manual). This only applies to programs that use the "text mode" like text editors or DirOpus. Canon BJC 6000/6100 ------------------- - There are five density levels: 180x180dpi - for draft printing only, saves ink 360x360dpi - for drafts with a quite qood color reproduction 360x360dpi + "drop modulation" (3 different drop sizes) for final printouts on plain paper especially for black & white documents of documents with text + graphics (very high speed when black & white parts of page are printed) 720x720dpi - for final printouts on inkjet paper 1440x720dpi - for maximum print quality on inkjet paper - Set the Cartridge gadget to "Color" if the black cartridge is used and to "Photo" if the photo cartridge is used (left print head, the right print head always carries a 3-color cartridge). Canon BJC 7100 -------------- - There are six density levels: 300x300dpi inksave - for draft printing only 300x300dpi - for drafts with a quite good color reproduction 300x300dpi + "drop modulation" (4 different drop sizes) - for final printouts on plain paper 600x600dpi quick - for black & white documents or documents with text + graphics (very high speed when black & white parts of page are printed) 600x600dpi - for final printouts on inkjet paper 1200x600dpi - for maximum print quality, only available on inkjet paper - Set the Cartridge gadget to "Color" if the 3-color cartridge is used and to "Photo" if the 6-color cartridge is used (right print head, the left print head always carries a black cartridge). Canon BJC 2000 -------------- - There are five density levels: 180x180dpi - for draft printing only, saves ink 360x360dpi Quick - for drafts with a quite qood color reproduction recommended for black & white documents or for documents with text + graphics (high speed when black & white parts of page are printed) 360x360dpi - 720x360dpi - 360x360dpi + "drop modulation" (3 different drop sizes) highest quality - quality is actually higher than at 720x360dpi Canon BJC 1000 -------------- - There are three density levels: 180x180dpi - for draft printing only, saves ink 360x360dpi Quick - for drafts with a quite qood color reproduction recommended for black & white documents or for documents with text + graphics (high speed when black & white parts of page are printed) 360x360dpi - highest quality Citizen Printiva600c -------------------- When making colour printouts, please note the following: * Spool files The driver creates four spool file for the four colour components of a page. You can change the path of the spool files. Enter the path and filename in the text gadget "print to file" on the file card "printer". It is recommended to spool to a hard drive, as the spool files can become very large. Example: If you have entered "Name" = "Work:Prt", four spoolfiles named "Prt.0", "Prt.1", "Prt.2" and "Prt.3" will be created on the hard drive partition named "Work:". Epson Stylus Color Series ------------------------- The unprintable margin at the top of the paper can be set to 0, 1 or 2 lines (index card Config / Printer-Settings). Epson Stylus Color II --------------------- If you use plain paper, the black ink may bleed into the coloured inks. This effect depends on the kind of paper you use. To avoid bleeding, use an inkjet paper or choose the driver "Epson_StylusColorIIs". This driver generates black by mixing yellow, magenta and cyan inks. Epson Stylus Color IIs ---------------------- For colour prints, choose the driver "Epson_StylusColorIIs". For b/w prints, choose the driver "Epson_Stylus820+IIs". The maximum resolution of the printer is 360x720dpi. Epson Stylus Color 400, 600, 800 and Photo ------------------------------------------ * Inkjet papers: You can use all non-glossy inkjet papers with these printers. In Turboprefs please choose "720dpi Paper" or "360dpi Paper". Glossy inkjet papers: At the moment we can only recommend EPSON's "High Quality Glossy Paper", "Glossy Film" or "Photo Paper". We have tested other glossy papers, but the ink doesn't dry. * 1440dpi mode (only Stylus Color 600 und 800): The 720x1440dpi mode must be enabled in the "printer settings". The main benefit of the 1440dpi mode is a printout with almost no visible "banding" effects. In most application programs the 1440dpi mode is shown as 720x720dpi. This is no error. To save time and buffer memory, print data is sent to the driver at 720x720dpi and then converted to 1440x720dpi. The printer operates at 1440dpi internally. Epson Stylus Color 300 ---------------------- This printer has a very limited text mode, i.e. it prints only uppercase letters. This only applies to programs that use the "text mode" like text editors or DirOpus. Please print text with a word processor like FinalWriter or WordWorth. HP-Deskjet printers - Head cleaning & cartridge alignment --------------------------------------------------------- With the new DeskJet printers, it is no longer possible to start the print head cleaning or cartridge alignment procedure at the printer. For this purpose we programmed the "DeskJet-Utility" you can find in the "Extra" drawer of Turboprint. HP-Deskjet - 540C, 4xx, 6xx and 850/870/890 ------------------------------------------- The maximum resolution of these printers (600x300dpi resp. 600x600dpi) can be used only for black&white printouts. If you get b/w printouts instead of colour printouts when using applications like Final Writer or Wordworth, you will have to reduce the print resolution or "density" within the application. HP_Deskjet 880C,895C -------------------- These printers support real 600dpi color printing. At 600dpi, however, the printer's internal text mode is not available. Please switch to 300dpi or use the GfxTxt emulation mode that replaces text by graphics. HP-Deskjet 850C,870C,890C ------------------------- At 300x300dpi a "colour resolution enhancement technique" is used, which varies the ink drop size and thus produces finer dithering. If you print on glossy inkjet papers or transparencies or if you get poor results on other inkjet papers, it is important to switch the paper type to "glossy" or "transparency". This means that black will be generated as a mixture of yellow, magenta and cyan. The maximum color resolution is 300x300dpi with 4 different dot sizes (looks almost like 600dpi printout) and not real 600dpi as stated in the printer manual. HP_Deskjet 660C,690C,694C ------------------------- If you print on glossy inkjet papers or transparencies or if you get poor results on other inkjet papers, it is important to switch the paper type to "glossy" or "transparency". This means that black will be generated as a mixture of yellow, magenta and cyan. HP_Deskjet 600C --------------- If you use a "diffuse" dithering pattern, you should disable the switch "pure black". You will get more brilliant colours. HP Deskjet 690C,694C with photo cartridge ------------------------------------------- Use the driver "HP_DeskJet690,694photo" when printing with the photo cartridge. For best printouts use the "HP Photo Paper" or a non-glossy paper, e.g. "HP Premium Inkjet Paper". Most other glossy papers will produce poor results. Lexmark 4076 - ExecJet IIc -------------------------- Choose the "parallel" instead of the "turbo-par" port (filecard "printer") if printouts are slow. This is necessary because the printer's parallel interface doesn't use all control lines. Fargo Primera / Pro / FotoFUN ----------------------------- *** Important *** The printer must receive data continuously. If printer pauses during the printout, a noticeable horizontal line will appear on the image. For this reason, you should not disturb your Amiga while the printer is active. * FotoFUN: The printer needs a very high parallel transfer rate that can't be achieved by Turboprint. Please redirect your printouts to a file and send the file to the parallel port using Fargo's "SendFFF" program. "SendFFF" is included in Fargo's Amiga driver disk. * Spool files The driver creates four spool file for the four colour components of a page. You can change the path of the spool files. Enter the path and filename in the text gadget "print to file" on the file card "printer". It is recommended to spool to a hard drive, as the spool files can become very large. Example: If you have entered "Name" = "Work:Prt", four spoolfiles named "Prt.0", "Prt.1", "Prt.2" and "Prt.3" will be created on the hard drive partition named "Work:". * Printing of several pictures on one page Normally one page will be used per picture. Using the GraphicsPublisher, however, you can print several pictures on one page. * Heat The heat produced by the print head can be changed by the "quality" gadget in Turboprefs. You might need to increase this setting if you print on plain paper (wax transfer mode). For the photorealistic mode we recommend heat setting 4 (medium). * Ribbon type There are 5 different ribbon types for the primera, which can be set using the "medium" switch in TurboPrefs (filecard "Config"). Monochrome: wax transfer black 3-Colour: wax transfer with yellow, magenta and cyan 4-Colour: -"- plus black Photo B/W: b&w sublimation for photorealistic printouts Photo Colour: colour sublimation for photorealistic printouts We recommed to choose "3-Colour" setting even for 4-Colour ribbon. This produces more brilliant colours. * 600-DPI We do not recommend the 600dpi mode, as it is very slow and produces printouts that are almost identical to the 300dpi mode. Chapter 11: Hints for applications ================================== Final Writer / Wordworth ------------------------ Please also read the notes in your manual on page 88. Possible problems and their solution: * Printout is slow You are probably printing in the highest resolution. FW / WW have their own resolution setting which overrides the setting in Turboprefs. In FinalWriter, open the "Print..." requester and set the resolution in the "Graphics..." section. In WordWorth, choose "Print Settings" and select the resolution using the "Density" slider. * Printout shows weird patterns only If you have installed a PicassoIV graphics board, please obtain the latest Picasso96 driver update. * FinalWriter hangs after a part of the page has been printed If you use the PD software "Executive", please read the notes in section 2 of this file. Final Writer / WordWorth with HP Deskjet --------------------------------------- * Top margin is too large on the first printed page We recommend to set the top text margin to zero (TurboPrefs, file card "Text"). This way you will get the correct top margin. * Printout is in b/w only. If you get b/w printouts instead of colour printouts on a DeskJet 540/660/850 you will have to reduce the print resolution (see "Hints for printers"). -END-----------------------------------------------------------------------