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Studio Professional Update V2.15c
(Online Version)
This update is for all Studio V2.14 users. It mainly updates the
current Canon and Epson Workbench driver and provides additional
support for the latest Epson printers. It updates the Studio
printing program, PageStream 3.1/3.2 and ImageFX Studio driver.
If you own V2.13 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) or CompuServe.
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
Sweden:
Örebro Videoreklam
Slottsg. 12
70361 Örebro
Tel/Fax: 019-123807
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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.
This update fixes a serious problem with the Studio V2.14 driver
that might cause Amiga systems with a slow 68000 CPU to crash.
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Notices for users of the Epson_ESC-P2 output module
This update will replace the Epson_ESC-P2 output module for the
Studio printing program. Density 6 will now print using
360*720dpi in order to support using profiles simulating Windows
95 normal paper printing.
Note that the online version of the Studio V2.15 update contains
additional profiles for older Stylus Color (II, 500,...) printers.
The floppy disk version of the update doesn't contain these
profiles because lack of disk space.
So, if you didn't get profiles offered for older Epson printers
(Stylus Color, Stylus Color 500...) with this update, check out
the Internet (AmiNet) or one of the AmiNet CDROMs. For more about
these profiles read below.
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Notices for Epson Stylus Color 400, 600, 800, 1520, 3000 users
First, most of the new software included with the Studio V2.15
update is intended for these new Epson printers.
Before installing this update, you should have installed the
Studio printing software once. It actually doesn't matter for
wich printer you install the Studio software. However, it's best
you once install the main Studio software for an Epson ESC/P2
emulation printer. Run this update after you installed the main
software.
After installing the update, the software will be setup for your
new Epson printer for normal DIN A4 sized paper with 720*720dpi
(Density 7). If you want to use a different paper type or print
resolution, you usualy do have to change the color adjustment.
For the Workbench EpsonP2 driver this is done using EpsonP2Pref.
You can find several setups in the "Presets" menu of EpsonP2Pref.
For the Studio printing program, this is done using color profiles
as described in the Studio manual.
US Letter size paper users should change the paper size in the
"Module Config..." windows of the Epson output module to US
Letter. The default is DIN A4 and thus would cause blank pages to
be printed on US Letter paper. Changing the paper size of the
output module might cause some errors message to appear as the
paper size settings in the Studio printing program are not valid
for the selected paper size. Ignore them. Instead use the "Max
Page and Print Size" menu item to correct all settings for the new
paper size to the maximum value possible on US Letter. A menu
item that you should note yourself as it's sometimes pretty
usefull.
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The Stylus Color 400 printer only offers Epson ESC/P2 Raster
emulation. The larger Stylus Color 600 and others do offer ESC/P2
emulation. The difference is, that basicly all text format
commands of the ESC/P2 emulation won't work with the rather simple
ESC/P2 Raster emulation of the Stylus Color 400. If you do get
funny characters printed using the EpsonP2 Workbench driver, make
sure you did select the new ESC/P2 Raster checkmark in the main
window of the EpsonP2Pref program in order to not send text
formatting commands to the printer. Some of these unwanted text
formatting commands are not ignored by the printer and instead
funny characters can appear at the output.
You can also use the ESC/P2 output module on the Stylus Color 400.
I don't see much sense in doing so, except when generating a
dumpfile that has to work with different ESC/P2 printers. In this
case make sure you set the left margin in the output module
configuration to 0, wich enables the ESC/P2 Raster emulation.
Next, make sure MicroWeave is ON for printing 720dpi.
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The new Epson printers offer a smaller unprintable margin. While
all older Epson compatible printers print something like 2880 dots
per line on a US Letter or DIN A4 page, the new Epson printers are
different. In order to allow using the increased print area and
make sure the ouput is centered on the page, the EpsonP2 Workbench
driver now supports a "Large Paper Size" setting for the new
Stylus Color 400/600/800/1520/3000 printers. The checkmark can be
found in EpsonP2Pref's "Page Size and Margins..." window. The
setting should always be turned ON for these printers (and most
likely new Epson models). Enabling the checkmark also causes the
EpsonP2 Workbench driver automaticly to enable MicroWeave for
printing 720 dpi as required by these printers.
If you want to generate ESC/P2 compatible printer files that work
with older ESC/P2 printers, don't enable "Large Paper Size". In
this case, it's your responsibility to enable MicroWeave for
printing 720dpi. Only older Stylus Color (II,...) Epson printers
allow printing 720dpi without MicroWeave.
---
In order to show the power of the Studio Color Management System,
profiles simulating the colors of Epsons Windows 95 driver are
included. These profiles will cause Studio to print simular to
the Windows 95 Epson driver. Epson did a pretty good job with
their Windows 95 drivers. So you can expect the same nice colors
using the included profiles with Studio. There is only a very
very minor difference in the dither pattern as the Windows 95
driver uses a slightly different dither method. All profiles
simulating the Windows 95 driver are for use with the Floyd
Steinberg Serpentine dither method.
All Windows 95 color settings ("automatic") for various paper and
print resolutions are available in Studio as profiles. You can
also find several other profiles for different dither methods.
Please note that the Studio Color Management System allows
adjusting the software to your given monitor or image source.
This can not be done with the Windoes 95 driver. So, if you want
to get the same output as the Windoes 95 driver, you should set
the Monitor Gamma value in the "Monitor..." window of Studio to
1.9. If not, set the monitor gamma value to a value matching your
system. If your output is too dark/red after setting the monitor
gamma for your monitor, try lowering the monitor gamma value until
the output matches your screen. If the output is to bright,
increase the gamma value. This only has to be done once.
---
MicroWeave: please note that the documentation of Epson states
that turning on MicroWeave will make printing much slower. This
is not correct anymore for the new printers. The Studio output
module do the MicroWeave printing by software similar to the
Windows 95 driver. The MicroWeave offered by the printer itself
("Hardware" MicroWeave) is still slower and but is not used by the
output module.
So, you should always leave the MicroWeave option in the Module
Config window ON, unless you have certain wishes or want to try
things out. Only in the case of 360*360 dpi leaving MicroWeave
off means you can print slightly faster.
The software MicroWeave used by the output modules doesn't cause a
slow down. It also does interleave lines verticaly and
horizontaly. This results in nearly no visible banding in the
output. However, software MicroWeave does require memory on your
system. The amount of memory needed depends on the position of
the printed image on your page, the print resolution and the
output mode (color or b/w). The usual requirement for software
MicroWeave is roughly 1-2.5MByte. In case you do run out of
memory, it's good to know:
1. Unlike other Amiga software, if allocation of memory fails by
the Studio software, you will have the chance to "Retry" in most
cases. This means, if you do run out of memory during printing,
you have the chance of freeing memory by quitting other programs
on your system and continue printing. You don't have to restart
the printing from beginning.
2. Software MicroWeave does require roughly twice the amount of
memory when you start printing at the top of the page. If you set
the Print Dimension Y value to a value of greater than 1 cm (or
0.4 inch), the amount of memory will be smaller. You can also
permanently set the Page Dimension Y value. In this case you
won't be able to accidently drag the print dimensions to the top
margin of the printed page.
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Is it worth printing 1440 dpi? You have to decide yourself if
doubling the print times for printing 1440*720 instead of 720*720
is really worth it. I would recommend printing a high resolution
image of high quality with both densities on the printer. Simply
compare the two printed images and decide yourself. Because I
think the 1440dpi is not worth the extra time/work, it is only
supported by the output modules.
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Notices for Epson Stylus Color 1520 and 3000 users
Note that the Stylus Color 800, 1520 and 3000 use the same output
module for the printing program. Often there was not enough space
to note the Stylus Color 1520 and 3000. So as general rule: if
your Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 is not mentioned, use the Stylus
Color 800 settings. They have been made with the Stylus Color
1520/3000 in mind.
The output module does offer Banner and Tractor setting. These
settings should not be used on the Stylus Color 800. Basicly, the
setting reflects what the Windows 95 driver does documented in
your printer manual:
1. When selecting "Banner" feeding, you can print banners on the
Stylus Color 1520 and 3000. The driver basicly does set the top
and bottom margin of the printer to zero as described by the Epson
manuals. However, the manuals don't mention that there is an
unprintable margin (just some lines) when using software
MicroWeave. If you require continues printing without absolutly
no visible gap, turn off the MicroWeave option and don't use 1440
dpi (wich automaticly enforces software MicroWeave).
2. You can set the module to "Tractor" feeding. In this case,
you want to print on endless paper. For instance, if you want the
driver to print on 10x11 inch paper, set the mode to Tractor and
than set the Paper size to "Used Defined". Set the paper width
gadget in the Module Config window to 10 inch and height gadget to
11 inch.
When setting the driver to tractor mode, it basicly does apply a
larger top/bottom/right/left unprintable margin for the defined
paper size. Again, this is similar to the Windows 95 driver (by
the time of this writting, the Windows 95 driver didn't seem to
work correctly and sometimes print sizes/margins are calculated
wrongly).
Basicly, you you can use any of the three feeding mechanism
(normal, banner and tractor) with endless paper and you usualy
have to choose the one that you want for your specific task
(normal: margins like on normal paper; banner: no top/bottom
margins; Tractor: the usualy increased margins for endless
paper).
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Notices for users of the ONLINE version of the V2.15 update
As described above, there are two versions of the Studio V2.15
update. The online version does contain additional Epson profiles
that don't fit on the floppy disk version of the Studio V2.15
update.
So, here are some info's about the additional profiles and who
should/can use them:
The additional profiles allow Studio to print using similar colors
to the latest Windows 95 driver (V2.2-V2.22). All profiles are
made for the Floyd Steinberg Serpentine dither routine. This is
maybe not the best dither routine for printing using Studio, but
as far as the colors in the output are concerned, it comes closest
to the Windows 95 driver.
To check all available profiles on your installed system you can
use the "Avail..." button the "Match..." window of Studio. All
profiles are adjusted to a Monitor Gamma of 1.9 in order to
simulate the Windows 95 driver (read notes above for SC
400/600/800/1520/3000).
Stylus Color 400:
You will find some additional color profiles specificly for the
Stylus Color 400. Colors printed using these profiles more
closely match the Windows 95 driver colors. The normaly shipped
profiles are already fine. So these profiles are most likely only
of use to those, who need exact document sharing with a PC.
(These Stylus Color 400 profiles may also be located on the normal
floppy disk version of the update)
Stylus Color 400/600/800/1520/3000
Note that you also might find a special High Quality (HQ) profiles
for the Stylus printer based on the Windows 95 driver. Each of
these HQ profiles is roughly 150KByte in size (normal 15KByte).
They will also result in a similar increased need for memory
during printing. HQ profiles simply offer a greater precission
for adjusting colors. Thus it can simulate the Windows 95 driver
colors more closely. So these profiles are most likely only of
use to those, who need exact document sharing with a PC.
Stylus Color:
Users of the first Stylus Color printer will find these profiles
very usefull. Note that the install program will only install the
profiles for you and will not alter your current Studio settings.
The profiles basicly support all the print resultions/paper types
offered by the Windows 95 driver.
In order to use these new profiles, you have to select them first.
In case you still don't know how to do this (haven't read the
manual?):
1. Select the Floyd Steinberg (Serp.) dither routine. The profiles
have been made for this dither method.
2. select the wanted output mode (color or b/w) and print
resolution.
3. Get into the "Match..." window and select the Stylus Color
profile wanted.
4. Enable the "Color M. System" checkmark in Studio's main window.
5. For a first test, you might also set the Monitor Gamma value
in the upper right corncer of the Monitor... window of Studio to
1.9. This is not required, but recommended. You should get a
fine printing if everything listed above is done correctly. Than
start altering the Monitor Gamma until the output matches your
monitor.
Note you can tell the old from the new profiles simply by the
dither method (new ones use Floyd Steinberg Serp.) and version in
the comment (the new ones are all V1.0)
Stylus Color II, 500, Pro and Pro XL:
These users will find Stylus Color 500 profiles that basicly work
with all the four printers. Please read the notes for the Stylus
Color above on how to install/enable the new profiles.
Again: if you did not enable the correct profile and color
management system, Studio will do a bad job of printing colors.
If this happens, check and double check the fours steps mentioned
above. The new profiles really result in very similar output to
the Windows 95 driver and thus, the quality should be acceptable.
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Notices for Epson Stylus Photo users
Software for this new Epson printer is still under development.
However, you can install this update for the Epson Stylus Photo.
It will basicly be the same install as for the Stylus Color 400
and the setup will not make use of the Photo feature of the
printer. The SetupStylus program fully supports the Stylus Photo
already.
IMPORTANT: You currently use the standard ESC/P2 output module
until better software is available. Don't forget to set the left
margin to the default value of 0 in the ESC/P2 output module
configuration window. This will enable the output module to use
ESC/P2 Raster instead of the ESC/P2 emulation wich can causes
faulty characters on Stylus Photo at the left top margin.
Similar, when using the EpsonP2 Workbench driver, make sure the
ESC/P2 Raster option in EpsonP2Pref is checkmarked. Also, make
sure that MicroWeave is set to ON when printing 720dpi on the
Stylus Photo.
Again, this all should be the default for the Stylus Photo you
installed the software for. But keep the above in mind until the
real Stylus Photo software is complete. Especialy when seeing
funny characters in the output, check the above. And if
everything was setup correctly, don't forget to check your printer
cable and port before writting a bug report.
Sorry for the low speed currently... I hope the planned Stylus
Photo module will be MUCH faster by using a different printer
mode.
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New features in the Studio printing program
Studio V2.15 now supports the TIFF image format (note: users of
the Studio V2.14c online update achive already got the TIFF
support). Studio tries to support all requirements defined by the
TIFF V6 specifications. However, it supports far more than those
minimum requirements. It's extremly unlikely you'll find any
Amiga program that supports TIFF as much as Studio does.
Studio does support TIFF images with RGB, CMYK and YCbCr color
space and alpha channel. It supports images saved in strips or
tiles. It supports various precissions. The decompressions
codecs supported are None, RLE, PackBits, LZW, G3, G4, JPEG and
more. Please note that the JPEG decompression support is
according to the Tech Note #2 tag 7 scheme. The older JPEG
compression described in the TIFF V6 specification is not working
reliable and instead the new specification is used.
As usual, Studio does print TIFF images with nearly no requirement
for memory. Because of the way TIFF images can be stored, Studio
might need a bit more memory than with other supported image
formats. There is no easy way to calculate the memory required by
the program to print an TIFF image. You can increase the print
speed for certain type TIFF images if you do allow Studio to make
use of more memory if available. The allowed memory usage is
controlled by the Memory menu items of Studio. In case you don't
have enough memory to print an image, try saving the TIFF images
with/without a compression method. For instance, a 40MByte image
file generate by a drum scanner may require only 100KByte of
memory to get loaded by Studio. A much smaller 1MByte TIFF LZW
compressed image might need 512 KByte more memory. Anyway, you'll
find that Studio doesn't need much memory for printing TIFF
images. So enjoy.
Parts of the TIFF routines are based on the work of Sam Leffler
and others. Many enhancements/bug fixes/cleanups have been done
by Wolf Faust in order to make the library work the way it does.
It took months to create this TIFF support. Anyway, it wouldn't
have been as good without the support of:
Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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Studio Prof. History:
E = removed bug
C = changed
I = improvement
03.09.97 V2.15 E - Color CMS profile was loaded when printing
using PageStream 3.x in greyscale mode
using the Studio driver with Studio set
to color. Studio didn't switch automaticly
to greyscale CMS profile as selected by the
user in PageStream.
E - PrtDevice Halftone and Order were not 100%
similar to the printer device method.
C - server dpi info was overwritten by BMP routine.
C - Binary (that is not Photo) assembler BNoise
dither routines might show vertical stripes
in light colors caused by random number
generator introduced in V2.13.
E - Fixed a minor bug that caused the V2.14c
TIFF reader to ignore DPI information.
I - Now compiled using SAS/C V6.58
E - Fixed a bug in the left/right find() function
that might cause longword access on odd address
boundary (caused crash on old 68000 and 68010).
This bug was introduced in V2.11. So far no user
reported this problem but it's serious.
The bug affected CanonBJ-EC, ImageFX, PGS
drivers and the Studio printing program.
E - Fixed a bug in the printing program causing
the IFF ILBM output module to display error 14
when printing a poster with a startpage greater 1.
E - Fixed a bug in the printing program introduced
in V2.14c (online) causing the IFF ILBM output to
fail printing non dithered 8/24 Bit images.
E - Fixed a bug when printing posters with a
startpage > 1: in certain cases the last lines
of the previous page are mixed with the start
of the first (start)page printed.
I - Changes done to the multilevel dither routines
allowing independent number of shades for each
print color (required by upcoming Epson Stylus
Photo module).
I - Output modules for the Epson Stylus Color 400,
600, 800, 1520 and 3000 added.
I - Now uses AsyncIO link library V39.2
I - "Large Paper Size" added to EpsonP2 driver.
I - EpsonP2 Workbench driver may now sends less data
I - EpsonP2 driver perturbation of error
diffussion dither might have caused serious
vertical stripes. Now more randomized.
I - EpsonP2Pref "Presets" menu updated for new printers.
I - support for the Stylus Color 400, 600, 800,
1520, 3000 and Stylus Photo added.
I - IFF ILBM output module now warns when trying
to print CMYK to 8/24 Bit file.
I - major speed improvements when printing
using a startpage > 2.
I - Updates several output modules (Canon and Fargo)
V2.15b Oupps... fault address of french Studio distributor
and dither preview was disable in Studio.
31.10.97 V2.15c E - Problems when printing from <1mm of the top
margin using 1440dpi and the
StylusColor800_1520_3000 output module fixed.
E - Calibration 2-4 didn't worked with the
SetupStylus program on the SC 800/1520/3000. Fixed.
I - EpsonP2 WB Driver now can be limited to
ESC/P2 Raster emulation commands for the SC 400
and upcoming other low end printers from Epson.
E - The V2.15 Update(!) install program did not
setup the default color correction for the
new Epson printers when installed, until
users used the Preset menu for selecting
a color adjustment or simply edited the color
adjustment. Because of this, the print quality
of the EpsonP2 driver was much lower directly
after install. This problem only applied
to the V2.15(b) update(!) install program.
I - Setting the left margin of the EpsonESC-P2
output module to 0 will cause the driver to
use ESC/P2 Raster instead of ESC/P2 emulation
for printing (important for SC 400/Stylus Photo)
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COPYRIGHT/DISCLAIMER
Copyright ©1991-97 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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