Studio Professional Update V2.16c (Online Version) This update is for all Studio V2.15-V2.20 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is the list of the latest Studio distributors: Germany & Swiss & Austria: Australia & New Zealand Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe GSoft Australia Pty Ltd. Veronikastr. 33 PO Box 59 D-45131 Essen Elizabeth SA Germany Australia 5114 Tel: 0201-788778 Tel: 088-284-1266 Fax: 0201-798447 Fax: 088-284-0922 (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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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