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-
- IMPORTANT
-
- This is a limited version of CanonStudio. All the major color
- managament functions are not available. As a result, the color of
- your output might be bad with this limited version. In order to
- get decent output now, do not increase the print resolution to
- 720dpi. Use the Gamma, Brightness and Ink Limit settings to
- increase brightness if necessary.
-
- Again, the registered CanonStudio version offers a color
- managament that does give you powerfull control over the output.
- Also, many color adjustments for the current Canon printers are
- included.
-
-
-
-
- COPYRIGHT
- ---------
-
-
- THE CANONSTUDIO AND THIS MANUAL IS COPYRIGHT 1992-96 BY WOLF
- FAUST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS PRODUCT (CANONSTUDIO) IS
- SUBJECT TO PROPRIETY RIGHTS. YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY, OR TRANSFER
- THE PRODUCT, OR ANY COPY OR PORTION, WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT IN
- WRITING FROM WOLF FAUST. ALL DISTRIBUTION- AND MARKETING RIGHTS
- TO THE SOFTWARE (DRIVER) ARE VESTED IN WOLF FAUST.
-
- The Installer is Copyright 1991-1992 by Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All
- Rights Reserved. Distributed under license from Commodore.
- "More" is Copyright 1986-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights
- Reserved. Reproduced and distributed under license from
- Commodore.
-
- 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.
-
- What do you get additionaly with your registered version of
- CanonStudio not available in the limited version:
-
- - The first professional Color Management System (CMS) on the
- Amiga. This system ensures that the colors printed match the
- colors on the screen. Unlike similar systems on other computers,
- all parameters of the CanonStudio Color Management System can be
- adjusted by the user. There is no need for you to buy expensive
- printer profiles or phosphor type files. The system can be
- automatically adjusted to your printer using a scanner calibration
- tool shiped with the registered version of CanonStudio.
-
- - CMS printer profiles for all major Canon printers and paper
- sorts are included.
-
- - Image processing functions to improve output quality: blur,
- sharpness, mirror, automatic contrast enhancement, and many more.
-
- - ARexx support. Application programs can use CanonStudio for
- printing in 24 bit using ARexx or a special Studio/CanonStudio
- Server mode. Several applications already support CanonStudio's
- server mode (XiPaint, PhotoWorX Pro, PageStream 3.x, Personal
- Paint, ImageFX, Art Effects); many more will be released soon.
-
- - Supports the printing of many graphics formats in portrait or
- landscape mode without the need for much memory. Formats like
- JPEG, IFF ILBM, IFF DEEP, GIF, PNG, PCX, Targa, OS 3.0 Datatypes,
- and many more are supported.
-
- - The CanonStudio picture printing program now offers output
- modules. Output modules give you direct control over
- CanonStudio's output device. This can be either the Workbench
- printer device (as in this limited version), an IFF graphic file,
- or a BJC printer. Each module has its own settings and
- preferences, making switching between modules dead easy. The
- registered version of CanonStudio ships with various BJC and BJ
- Extended Emulation modules and an IFF ILBM output module.
- Note: Output modules can improve output speed dramaticly.
-
- - The poster printing function is also available in the registered
- version.
-
- - A printed manual. Don't expect a real printed manual. This
- manual was printed using a normal 600dpi laser printer (on DIN A4
- paper - no binding done). But it's FAR better than what you get
- as readme file here and it's cheap.
-
- - Registered users get an update service. You'll get an upgrade
- notice if major changes have been made to CanonStudio.
-
- Please note the features listed above are subject to change
- without notice.
-
-
- ATTENTION: We are planning a release of CanonStudio on CD ROM.
- This would allow us to ship additional software. The price of the
- CD ROM will most likely be equal to the disk version. So please
- note if you would prefer a CD ROM of CanonStudio. In case the
- CD ROM is available you will receive the CD ROM instead of the
- floppy disk version. Note that the CD ROM will not include any
- printed manual - instead will offer ready to print dumpfiles for
- your printer. This safes us a lot of postage costs and thus makes
- the CD-R more affordable.
-
- You can register CanonStudio from (don't forget to note wich
- printer you own and if you prefer CD ROM):
-
- 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 or Eurocheques in german marks drawn on a german bank(!)
- accepted. For international cheques add US$15 bank charges to the
- amount above. No credit cards accepted.
-
-
- Or in England you may register and get updates at/from:
-
-
- HiSoft
- "CanonStudio Registration"
- The Old School, Greenfield
- Bedford MK45 5DE
-
- 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.
-
- The PageStream CanonStudio driver
- ---------------------------------
-
- The registered version of CanonStudio now ships with a driver for
- the current PageStream 3.0i DTP program. Using this driver, you
- can directly print from PageStream using the CanonStudio print
- program with all it's features. The driver also adds a spooler to
- the program.
-
-
- Starting the CanonStudio program
- --------------------------------
-
-
-
- CanonStudio may be run from either the Workbench or a Shell. When
- CanonStudio starts it looks for a file in the CanonStudio_Prefs
- directory called CanonStudio.prefs which contains your most
- recently saved settings for printing. If the settings file cannot
- be found, CanonStudio uses its default internal settings. You can
- override the internal default settings by saving the settings in a
- file named DefaultSettings. The CanonStudio installation process
- will actually save a DefaultSettings file if available for your
- printer.
-
- CanonStudio can be launched from the Workbench by double clicking
- on its icon, or it can be run from a Shell. CanonStudio can be
- started with various Tool Types or Shell arguments:
-
- SETTINGS=File
-
- File is the name of a settings file for CanonStudio preferences.
- The default settings file is CanonStudio.prefs in the
- CanonStudio_Prefs directory. The CanonStudio settings are saved
- in the specified file every time you click on the Save Settings
- gadget in CanonStudio.
-
- Please note that CanonStudio also stores its server, default and
- output module preferences files in the CanonStudio_Prefs drawer.
- If you specify a different preferences file than CanonStudio.prefs
- in the CanonStudio_Prefs drawer, CanonStudio will still use the
- other preferences files saved in that drawer. If you specify a
- prefernces file in a different drawer, CanonStudio tries to locate
- the other preferences file in that drawer also.
-
- This way you can choose between different CanonStudio preferences
- with the same output module configuration, or not.
-
- PUBSCREEN
-
- CanonStudio opens a window on the default public screen. You may
- specify a special public screen by setting the Tool Type
- PUBSCREENscreen name The screen name is case sensitive. and the
- CanonStudio program will open its windows on your application's
- screen.
-
- TOPAZ
-
- CanonStudio is font independent. All text is displayed using the
- system font. If TOPAZ is specified, only the topaz 8 font is
- used.
-
- REXX
-
- CanonStudio will open an ARexx port after all the files specified
- during the startup procedure have been processed.
-
- NOFILEREQ
-
- If files are specified during startup, these will be processed and
- a filerequester will appear asking for further files to print.
- The filerequester will not appear until all the files specified
- during the startup procedure have been processed. If REXX has not
- been specified, CanonStudio is then terminated.
-
- SCALE | NOSCALE
-
- If SCALE (default) is used, a check is made as to whether the IFF
- ILBM CMAP (colormap) chunk of a file is shifted or scaled. Some
- applications (DeluxePaint 4.1, for example) write their color
- values shifted (0xF0) instead of scaled (0xFF), causing colors to
- be printed too dark. By default you should start CanonStudio with
- the SCALE option. Newer programs write their color values scaled
- (Art Department Professional, for example). In general, don't
- worry about this setting unless you get light greys printed in
- areas that should be white. You can disable the check by
- specifying NOSCALE.
-
- SERVER=Servername
-
- This keyword is used by applications that are able to use
- CanonStudio's or Studio's server link. This feature is only
- available in the registered version of CanonStudio.
-
-
- CanonStudio for beginners
- -------------------------
-
- After starting CanonStudio a file requester opens asking you to
- select IFF files for printing. You can avoid the file requester
- by specifying files as arguments on Shell startup, and/or by using
- the NOFILEREQ option described above.
-
- If you start CanonStudio from Workbench the file requester can be
- avoided by multi-selecting the picture icons. See your Amiga
- system manual for more information about multi-selection.
-
- In either case, Shell or Workbench, a file requester does not
- appear if you have already specified a picture file upon startup.
- If no file is given, the file requester opens and you can
- multiselect files for printing. Again, see your system manual for
- multiselection.
-
- If you are not sure about whether you want to print a particular
- file, don't worry, unless you have specified the NOFILEREQ option,
- on startup the file requester will appear again after processing
- the selected files.
-
-
- The Main CanonStudio Windows
- ----------------------------
-
- After successfully selecting the file(s), the two main process
- windows open. One window is sized as large as your monitor
- allows. This window gives you an overview of the size of the
- printing page, the picture size, and the position for printing.
- You can use the mouse to position and size the picture on the
- page.
-
- The smaller window contains all the tools you need to control
- colour, dithering method, etc. While dragging the picture in the
- large main window by mouse, the values shown in the tools are
- updated accordingly. Most of the tools don't need a great deal of
- explanation. (But let's do it anyway.)
-
- Paper Dimension:
- ----------------
-
- These are two gadgets. One is showing you the width of the
- maximum printable area of your printer, as specified by the
- printer driver Canon drivers allow you to specify this width as
- Custom ResX. This gadget is read-only. The other gadget defines
- the height of the maximum printable area of your printer. This
- setting is defined as the physical area of the page that can be
- printed on. For instance, if you have DIN A4 paper with a size of
- 21.0cm * 29.7cm and your printer always leaves a top and bottom
- border of 1cm, you should enter 27.7cm here.
-
- Ruler Dimension:
- ----------------
-
- Ruler Dimension defines the area shown in the large main window.
- The number of pages shown in the window depends on the Ruler
- Dimension setting. You should try to adjust the aspect of the
- Ruler Dimension to your screen mode and aspect of the paper being
- used. This avoids possible mistakes when choosing a Print
- Dimension.
-
- The height of the ruler cannot be altered if you enable KEEP
- ASPECT in the WINDOW ASPECT menu item. CanonStudio makes sure the
- print page shown in the larger window always has the correct
- aspect by altering the ruler height depending on the window width.
- CanonStudio uses the operation system for finding out the screen
- aspect required for this calculation. If you use a graphics board
- with a Workbench emulation, this calculation may fail if the
- Workbench emulation is not set-up correctly. Choose a Workbench
- screen mode with an aspect ratio that matches the real screen size
- being emulated.
-
- Page Dimension:
- ---------------
-
- Now that you have defined the maximum print area of your printer
- for a given paper size, you may define the required subpage size.
- For example, you may want to decrease the printable size if you
- have a DIN A4 sized paper with logo at the top which should never
- be overprinted. Let's say the logo is at the top border position
- and is 2cm in height. Now you should reduce the print height from
- Paper Dimension by 2 (that is, to 25.7cm) and define a border of
- 2cm at the top ( Page Dimension Y = 2cm).
-
- Print Dimension:
- ----------------
-
- Lastly we have the actual print size of the picture. There is
- almost no limit to the size that can be specified here. Just be
- sure the upper left-hand corner of the picture will be printed on
- the first page (If not, you'll get an error requester anyway.).
- The Print Dimensions X will be applied to all of the left-most
- pages in a poster print. All of the top-most pages of a poster
- print will be affected by the Print Dimensions Y setting.
-
- Density:
- --------
-
- This gadget in the upper right of the window shows you the
- densities supported by the printer driver. Select the required
- density by clicking with the mouse on the gadget. If you are
- using the Canon printer drivers, try using Density 1 and/or 2
- instead of 6 and/or 7. This ensures that the colour adjustments
- and dither routines of the driver are not used.
-
- Col:
- B/W:
- ----
-
- Below the Density gadget you'll find the Color and B/W gadget.
- This allows you to select the output of a colour picture as
- greyscale or colour. If you select colour and your printer driver
- does not support colour, greyscale is used automatically.
- CanonStudio automatically forces you to use b/w in this case.
-
- Color:
- ------
-
- A window will open when you click on this gadget. This window
- (see figure colset ) contains many sliders that enable you to
- control the colour, brightness, and more, of your picture. While
- most functions are simple to use, some notes should be made:
-
- The Gamma slider allows you to brighten a picture without losing
- too much detail. Owners of printers with dot gain problems (most
- "cheap" printers USD <3000 have dot gain problems!) should use
- this slider to increase the brightness of the output. Generally
- you should select a value in the range 20 to 30 to increase the
- brightness.
-
- The Weighs sliders are important for printing colour pictures on
- monochrome printers. The colour components of the colour picture
- are weighted according to the slider settings. What are weights
- good for? Well, a red and green pixel, both with the same colour
- value of 50, do not have the same luminance when they are
- displayed on a colour monitor. Most likely the green will appear
- brighter, due to the way monitor tubes are built. Because of
- this, when converting a colour picture displayed on a monitor to a
- greyscale picture for printing, you have to consider the different
- weights (luminances) of the tube colours. By default CanonStudio
- uses the weights as defined by the NTSC and PAL standards. If you
- have scanned a picture with an RGB scanner, the colours are not
- weighted to these standards and are most likely weighted equally.
- In this case all sliders should be set to 3333 (that is, 33.33%)
- resulting in a total weight of 100%. The total weighting may
- exceed 100 percent.
-
- Dit.:
- -----
-
- You can use the Dit. gadget to open the dither window. The
- dither window contains all the gadgets required for selecting or
- defining the desired dither method for printing. CanonStudio
- includes more than 50 of the latest dither methods, covered later
- in a separate chapter.
-
- Note that you can select different dither methods for color and
- greyscale output in the dither window. The current dither method
- is shown on the right-hand side of the Dit. gadget and is
- automatically updated if you change the shading of the output.
-
- Set Aspect:
- -----------
-
- When you click on this gadget CanonStudio automatically sets the
- print height of your picture to a value so that your printed
- picture has the correct aspect ratio. This requires a correct
- aspect ratio or DPI chunk saved in your picture. After setting
- the correct aspect ratio, a circle would be printed as circle and
- a square would be printed as square, no matter what the physical
- aspect of the printer's dots are.
-
- See error chapter for possible problems caused by pictures saved
- with Art Department Professional.
-
- Starting Page:
- --------------
-
- If you are printing a poster you may define the page to start
- printing with. This is especially useful if you had some trouble
- with the printer in the middle of the print job (out of paper?),
- and you wish to restart the printing with the page that aborted.
-
- Copies:
- -------
-
- Enables you to define the number of copies of the picture you wish
- to print. Canon LBP users should note that the Copies value set
- in CanonPref is faster, but the pages are printed in a different
- sequence.
-
- Port:
- Land:
- -----
-
- Use the Port or Land cycle gadget to select the output format
- Portrait or Landscape. Please note that it is a major feature of
- the registered CanonStudio that it is able to print in landscape
- mode without requiring much memory.
-
- Effect:
- -------
-
- The effect window is only usable in the registered version of
- CanonStudio and allows you to control the image enhancement
- functions of CanonStudio.
-
- Match:
- Monitor:
- --------
-
- The Match and Monitor windows are for controlling the Color
- Management System of the registered version of CanonStudio.
-
- Print:
- ------
-
- After all settings have been made in the main process window, you
- can click on the Print button. A small status window will appear,
- telling you the number of pages, copies and (after some seconds)
- the estimated printing time. The estimated printing time is not
- very precise at the beginning of a print. It may require a little
- while before the remaining time shown is more accurate.
-
- CanonStudio includes a printer spooler of its own. Because of
- this you can keep selecting pictures for printing while the
- printer is still actually printing. If you selected multiple
- pictures on startup, the main window will appear with the next
- picture file. After defining the print size of all previously
- specified pictures, the file requester appears again.
-
- Save Settings:
- --------------
-
- There is almost no limit to how many print jobs can be defined!
- You can define the priority of the printing process on startup of
- CanonStudio and save all setting by clicking on the Save Setting
- gadget. If you set this priority to less than zero (the default
- is -1), printing is done in the background there by enabling you
- to use your Amiga as desired for other tasks. (Except powering
- off, of course.)
-
-
- Quit:
- -----
-
- You can terminate CanonStudio by clicking on the file requester's
- close gadget or the Quit gadget.
- The Studio Menu
-
-
-
-
-
- The CanonStudio Menu
- --------------------
-
- The smaller main window of CanonStudi offers a menu with
- additional functions.
-
- Hint: If you have activated the larger (picture positioning)
- window of CanonStudio, press any character key and the smaller
- window will become active again. After this you can use keyboard
- short-cuts or the mouse for accessing the menu.
-
- The PROJECT menu allows you to start or cancel printing of the
- current image. In both cases, the two CanonStudio windows will be
- closed and the filerequester will pop up again for further file
- selections, unless you specified NOFILEREQ while starting
- CanonStudio.
-
-
- The SETTINGS menu is very similar to the Workbench preferences
- programs. You can load or save any CanonStudio settings. Reset
- to Default activates the settings defined by the
- ``DefaultSettings'' file saved in the CanonStudio_Prefs drawer.
- This file is usually installed by the CanonStudio installation
- process in order to set-up CanonStudio for your printer. You can
- alter the default setting any time by using the Save As menu item.
-
- CanonStudio will use internal default settings if no
- ``DefaultSettings'' file is available. CanonStudio saves its user
- settings in a file named CanonStudio.prefs unless a different
- setting file has been specified during startup. This file is
- saved every time you use the Save menu item or click on the Save
- Settings gadget. Last Saved causes CanonStudio to re-read and
- enable the settings saved in the file. Please note that
- CanonStudio uses a different setting file if it has been started
- from another application as a server. You can use the Open menu
- item to load your usual settings saved in CanonStudio.prefs or any
- other previously saved setting file.
-
- You can use the OUTPUT menu for selecting and controlling the
- output module. Each output module has its own configuration
- window, described by the manual of the registered CanonStudio.
-
- This PAPER TYPE menu item does the same as the Workbench Printer
- preferences Paper Type gadget. If SINGLE is selected, a formfeed
- is sent after each page. FANFOLD should be used for endless
- (rolled, fanfold, continuous...) paper. MANUAL REQUEST is similar
- to Single except that the program will ask you to insert a page
- each time before printing is started. This is useful if you use
- special paper with your printer which has to be fed in manually.
-
-
- If you have a single-sheet printer (like a laser printer) you can
- use Fanfold to print multiple pictures on to one page. However
- this does not necessarily work with all CanonStudio output modules
- or Workbench drivers. In the case of the Workbench module it is
- often very important that the Workbench driver is not cleared from
- memory between the two dumps. When memory is low, or if driver
- setting have been changed, the driver is usually automatically
- cleared from memory by the system. To find out if this
- ``overlay'' feature works for you, simply try it. Just be sure to
- set the Page and Paper Dimension correctly.
-
- The PRINT PRIORITY menu item controls the priority of the
- CanonStudio print process. Most Amiga applications use a priority
- of zero. A program with a higher priority usually gets all the
- computing time available; if any computing time is left it is used
- by the programs with a lower priority.
-
- CanonStudio uses a default priority of -1 (minus one). This means
- you can use your applications without any major speed losses,
- while CanonStudio takes advantage of all the unused computing time
- for printing in background. If you a priority of 0 (zero) for
- CanonStudio, it will share equally the computing time with all
- your multitasked applications. If a priority of 1 (one) is used,
- CanonStudio will get all the computing time for printing, and only
- the computing time left over is used by other applications (thus
- drastically slowing them down when in use).
-
- If you have several applications running and CanonStudio is
- printing with a low priority, it is very likely that printing will
- get suddenly and dramatically slower if you actually work with
- your applications. CanonStudio may even stop printing for several
- minutes. If you want your printouts fast and don't mind using
- your multitasked application slowly, use a priority of zero or one
- for CanonStudio.
-
- The CONFIG menu provides settings that control the user interface
- and CanonStudio's internal print process. MEASUREMENT allows you
- to select the measurement system used in all CanonStudio windows
- and output modules.
-
- Note: 72.27 points are equal to an inch but most software (like
- DTP programs) assume exactly 72 points for an inch so to avoid
- possible rounding errors and improve calculation speed.
- CanonStudio offers both measurement systems. 72 DTPPoints are
- equal to one inch. One pica is equal to 12 points.
-
- Some image formats (IFF ILBM, JPEG) allow within the file the
- storage of information about the size of the image. You can use
- the ORIGINAL IMAGE SIZE menu item to automatically set the
- printing size of CanonStudio to the original image size. For
- instance, scan a 2in by 2in sized image with ADPro and a flatbed
- scanner. Save it as an IFF ILBM picture, load it into CanonStudio
- and select Original Image Size. This will set the print size to
- 2in by 2in in CanonStudio.
-
- The ORIGINAL IMAGE SIZE menu item is only available if the image
- file contains the required information, otherwise the menu item
- will be ghosted. Please note that some applications may save
- faulty size information based on bad assumptions about the image
- size and aspect.
-
- MAX PAGE PRINT SIZE is a very useful menu item. Use it for
- automatically setting paper, page and print dimensions to their
- maximum allowed values. The maximum size depends on the settings
- in the output module. So if the paper size doesn't work on your
- printer, check the paper size in the output module. It's a good
- habit to select Max Page Print Size and afterwards Set Aspect
- before printing. This will print the image with the maximum
- possible size and a correct aspect.
-
- CanonStudio will automatically call SET ASPECT every time you select
- a picture if ADJUST ON STARTUP is enabled (with a checkmark next
- to it). If you don't want CanonStudio to change the height of the
- printed image every time you select an image, disable Adjust on
- Startup.
-
- The height of the ruler dimension cannot be altered if you enable
- KEEP ASPECT in the WINDOW ASPECT menu item. CanonStudio makes
- sure the print page shown in the larger window always has the
- correct aspect by altering the ruler height depending on the
- window width. CanonStudio uses the operation system for finding
- out the screen aspect required for this calculation. If you use a
- graphics board with a Workbench emulation, the calculation may
- fail if the Workbench emulation is not set-up correctly. Choose a
- Workbench screen mode with an aspect that matches the real screen
- size being emulated.
-
- It is very likely that one of the two main CanonStudio windows
- will be covered by other windows while you work with CanonStudio.
- Use the menu item WINDOW TO FRONT or Amiga-f to bring the
- CanonStudio windows back in front.
-
- The MEMORY USAGE menu item has a major influence on the memory
- requirement and printing speed of CanonStudio. Using the default
- Normal setting, CanonStudio tries to avoid using memory whenever
- possible without losing too much (or any) print speed. If your
- Amiga doesn't have much memory available you might have to set the
- menu item to Low in order to prevent low memory error messages
- during print time.
-
- CanonStudio should run perfectly well with 1 MBytes of free
- memory. However, you can trade memory for print speed. Certain
- functions run much faster if your Amiga has several megabytes of
- free memory and Memory Usage has been set to High. In any case,
- CanonStudio always tries to leave some memory unused so that you
- can multitask other applications while printing in the background.
-
- The COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM menu allows you to open the two main
- windows for setting up the color management system. The Printer
- Profile gadget opens the same window as the Match gadget of the
- smaller main window -- the Match window. The Monitor gadget in
- the Match window opens the same window as the Source/Monitor menu
- item. Both windows are described in the registered CanonStudio
- manual.
-
-
-
-
-
- The Status Window
- -----------------
-
- The status window appears on startup of CanonStudio and remains
- open until you quit CanonStudio. While printing, the window is
- sized to its maximum size, and shrunk to a small bar when not
- printing. The status window displays the current print job in
- progress and estimated printing time. Two gadgets exist in this
- window and both are active if a picture is being printed:
-
-
- "Abort" the printing of all pictures.
-
- "Skip" skips the current picture, and printing will start with the
- next picture. A requester appears to make sure your printer is
- ready for the next picture in case there was a problem printing
- the previous picture.
-
-
-
- CanonStudio And Printer Drivers
- -------------------------------
-
-
- CanonStudio was designed to work with all proper written Amiga
- printer drivers, though, CanonStudio is limited to Workbench Canon
- drivers only. If you want a version that works with every driver,
- get the commercial Studio Printer Software from your dealer. If
- the printer driver supports its own kind of colour adjustment or
- dither routines, turn them off! If you are using one of the
- CanonStudio drivers this can be easily done by printing using
- density 1 or 2.
-
-
- Errors and Fixes
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-
- If you can't solve a problem with the software, a "Report" program
- can be found on the CanonDisk. Report prints all driver and
- CanonStudio settings to a specified disk. Simply return that disk
- and any further details or samples to the author. Very often in
- the past users didn't supply enough information to help us find
- the cause of the problem. Please, use Report and give us any
- detail or file you have involved in your problem.
-
- Report also performs some further system checks. A requester will
- appear if there is something wrong with your system.
-
- Here is a list of things you should supply when asking for help:
-
- - A disk holding the Report output files.
- - Which application program version do you use.
- - Which Workbench revision you are using.
- - Include a faulty dump of the program, as a file (use the CMD
- program from the Workbench disk for this) and in printed form.
- - Include the image you try to print from CanonStudio.
-
- Note: any report disks or samples are not returned unless
- requested. Too often, returning a disk would cost more postage in
- Germany than buying a new disk. Also note: include postage if
- you want an answer. Stupid questions well covered by this or the
- system manual are not answered.
-
-
- Set Aspect doesn't work?
-
- This problem will most likely happen to CanonStudio users with
- pictures saved by Art Department Professional. Clicking on Set
- Aspect does not set the correct aspect ratio of the image for
- printing. Usually the width of the image is too small, or the
- picture is too tall to put it another way. Make sure Art
- Department Professional saves the correct aspect ratio by using
- its Set Pixel Aspect operator. The dpi values saved by Art
- Department Professional are importend for the Set Aspect
- function..
-
- To dark pictures?
-
- If your graphic dumps are too dark or wrongly colored, it may be
- because you are using a bad papre with the wrong kind of dither
- method. Try increasing the gamma slider in the color window.
- However, the only real cure to this problem is done by the Color
- Managament System available in the registered version of
- CanonStudio.
-
- Altered print height?
-
- In case the print height is altered everytime you select a picture
- in CanonStudio, check your ADJUST ON STARTUP setting in the menu
- of the smaller main window.
-
-
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