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Studio V2.13 Part I Update If you own a Canon BJC printer, get the Update Disk Part II. If you own any kind of Epson Stylus printer, get the Update Disk Part III. This disk will update all Studio versions to version 2.12. The Studio Update Disk Part I includes the new Deskjet 6xx and 8xx software. The Part I Update is aimed at all users not having a Canon BJC or Epson Stylus printer (wich requires Update Part II or III). The installation program on this disk will update your installed Studio software. It will not change your original Studio disks. However, YOU DO NEED YOUR ORIGINAL STUDIO DISKS for this update. The update avoids changing your settings without permission. So you can update and continue as usual. The software will be updated in place. It is recommended to make a backup of your system and Studio software before running this update. If you do have problems with the new software, you can always use your backup and don't forget to report the problems to Wolf Faust with all details. The installation program will check your installed Studio software automaticly and will update all installed software as far as available by this update. Not all changes done will be prompted to you. For instance, if you used the CanonBJC800 output module so far, it will be updated quietly. While all printers will benefit from this update, most changes of this disk are mainly targeted at Deskjet 6xx and 8xx (xx means any number like 00, 50, 55, ...). The Part II disk is mainly aimed at Canon BJC 610 and BJC 4100 users. Part III offers the latest software for Epson Stylus printers and adds Stylus Color IIS and II support. Please note that not all parts of Studio V2.00 - V2.06 are updated. However, all major parts are updated. If you still think you are missing something, contact your distributor and ask for a complete set of V2.12 disks for a minor handling fee. So here is a list of the included software: - Improved printing program and CMS tools. - New Workbench DeskDriver and DeskDriver4C software. - New output modules for the printing program: o Canon BJC 4100 o Canon BJC 610 o Deskjet 6xx, 8xx, 1600 - Canon BJC 4100 Setup software - New Deskjet 6xx, 8xx profiles for the printing program - Minor fixes to the output modules: o Fargo Primera (Greyscale printing fixed) o Canon BJC 800 (DIN A3/US Ledger printing fixed) o PCL_5C (some old PCL 5C printers had problems) --------------------------- 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: 08-284-1266 Tel: 069-978410-26 Fax: 08-284-0922 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: 03432-2969 WI 53186 023-296166 Tel: 414-548-8120 Fax: 03432-3103 Fax: 414-548-8130 (English Version) (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: Phoenix-DP Almathera TU Amiga Ordinadors BP 801 Plaza Pedro IV No 4,7-3 64008 Pau Cedex 08120 La Liagosta Tel/Fax: 059829500 Barcelona Tel: (93) 560 3604 Fax: (93) 560 3607 ------------------------------ General Please note: the first task you should perfom after installing Studio is to adjust the gamma value of your monitor in the printing program. In the past, people complained about too dark output of Studio. Please note that the gamma value determined using the gamma window of Studio only describes the value for the screen mode used for displaying the gamma window (ie. your Workbench screen mode). This screen mode usualy has a different gamma value than the value used for displaying your image. We will address this problem in one of the next releases. in the meantime: if your output of Studio is too dark even if you are sure all CMS settings are correct for your setup, lower the gamma value in Studio's Monitor window until the output has the correct brightness. Once done, all your prints should be fine in brightness and color hue. ----------------------------- DESKJET NOTES Dear Deskjet 6xx/8xx (xx = 00, 60, 50, ...) user. WARNING: The current drivers are able to print 600*600dpi in greyscale mode. Please note that the printer is unable to print 600*600dpi in color mode. Don't try to print color in 600dpi mode (Density 2 or 6 with the 600x600 option set in DeskPref/DeskPref4c) or you might mess-up your printers output. The driver will automaticly print in SuperGrey mode when trying to print 600x600dpi. In order to print 600x600dpi, set the 600x600dpi gadget in DeskPref/DeskPref4C. This will double the print resolution from Density 1, 2 and 6. Use Density 2 or 6 for 600 dpi b/w printing. Deskjet 8xx users should NEVER use density 5 (600*300) dpi for printing. This mode is not supported by the Deskjet 8xx family and can currently only be used with the Deskjet 6xx family. Deskjet 6xx and Deskjet 8xx should always enable the 600x600 gadget in the DeskPref 4C preference program. This will enlarge the printable area for graphics. Please note that the printers do have an unprintable margin of roughly 1.5 cm (1.2 cm plus 3 mm tolerance because of mechanical reason). It also avoids printing offsets between different graphic pages. DeskPref4C offers two presets in the menu for Deskjet 6xx and 8xx users. "Set I" adjusts the driver for 300dpi greyscale printing and 300 dpi color using an Ordered dither method. "Set II" adjust the driver for 600 dpi greyscale printing (Ordered dither) and 300 dpi color using the slower Blue Noise dither. Simply try out wich one fits your needs (and paper!) best. Or make your own settings starting with one of these two presets. It is rarely known that the Deskjet 8xx printers offer an enhanced mode for printing color images. This mode is a major improvement to other Deskjet's currently available - including the Deskjet 6xx and 1600 series. The new Deskjet 8xx output module for the Studio printing program supports this new mode. It allows you to use the printers enhanced 64 color mode. In this mode, you can print up to 64 colors at 300dpi. Normal drivers only offer you 8 colors per addressable printer dot. The Deskjet 8xx output module offers you to select the number of printable colors beside the print density. If you select "300:300/64" as "Density" in Studio, you get 300*300dpi with 64 colors per dot. Note that this improved color mode requires more computing time and thus is often somehow slower. Using this mode does not improve text or simple line art graphics with primary colors. The main improvement comes with color images. ------------------------------ STUDIO PRINTING PROGRAM After three years work Studio's V2.10 CMS printing system is finaly done. With release V2.10 we finaly have CMYK support built-in and various precise profiles. The system now basicly allows you to control any color aspect of your printer. We can now concentrate on the rather "simple" things. V2.11 adds an ink limit control function. ---- Beside offering new Stylus software, the Studio (V2.11) printing program update is mainly a speed update. In the worst case, speed of Studio will only increase by roughly 10%. But under certain conditions, Studio can get 10 times faster than it's previous 2.10d version. The speed increase depends on your settings and the image you print. Mainly the IFF ILBM and dither routines offer improved speed. So printing large IFF ILBM images - especialy in landscape mode - can get much faster. The dither routines now skip left/right margins in the output where no primary color (C,M,Y,K,...) is printed. This can dramaticly improve speed depending on the image. In order to do this - and other upcoming optimizations - all dither routines had to be completly rewritten. ---- Studio (V2.11) now offers you to limit the amount of ink/color printed using the former Separation window. The window can be selected with the "Color..." windows using the "Color: Separation, Weights, Usage" gadget. Note: you can only limit the amount of ink with disabled CMS. Otherwise it's the CMS profiles task to limit the amount of ink. When should you use this function? Usualy whenever your output without CMS becomes to muddy/dark because of too much ink being printed. For instance, let's assume you want to print without CMS on a Stylus Color or Canon BJC 610 printer at 720dpi. In this case, limit the amount of ink to 50% per print color. 50% is the smallest amount giving you full ink coverage on these printers. In most cases, you only have to use the gamma slider in the "Color..." window in order to get good results without CMS. As described in the Studio manual, there are special cases where printing without CMS might be wanted. Users wanting to create profiles should first find out the correct ink usage for the printers before printing the color calibration images. Enter the limits into CMSScan afterwoods. The ink limit for your printer can usualy easily be seen when printing the b/w greyscale calibration picture with 100% ink usage. ---- Studio (V2.08) now supports the PNG image format (PNG is pronounced "ping"). The PNG format is intended to provide a portable, legally unencumbered, well-compressed, well-specified standard for lossless bitmapped image files. We hope PNG will soon replace the well known GIF format. Beside offering more features than GIF, PNG also offers a very good lossless compression. We are sure PNG will soon become a well known standard beside JPEG/JFIF format used for lossy compression ---- Studio (V2.09) now supports the PCX image format. This format is very popular on MS DOS PC's. Studio supports 1,2,4,8 and 24 bit PCX files. Studio is also able to print the first image of DCX images. DCX images are mainly generated by fax software. ---- Studio (V2.10) now offers a saturation slider in the "Color..." window. An additional separation window allows you to control the separation used by Studio when printing color images without CMS. ---- The new separation functions offered are used for converting RGB screen colors to CMYK printer colors. Please note that the separation settings are used only if you print a color image without using the CMS. CMS profiles provide their own separation settings as the profiles are made for a specific separation process. Changing the separation process would result in faulty colors in the output. However, you can change the separation function used by the CMS by changing the profile settings using CMSEdit. Studio currently offers five different separation functions: Internal UCR/GCR: Uses the default internal separation. The method is simple: Studio will print a black dot if a cyan, magenta and yellow dot would otherwise be printed at the same place. Custom UCR/GCR: Uses the standard linear UCR and GCR percentage settings defined by the UCR and GCR integer gadgets. The meaning of this setting is very similar to that used by various DTP and image processing programs on the Amiga. Under color removal (UCR) describes the practice of removing quantities (here defined in percentages) of yellow, magenta and cyan from where the black is printing -- literally removing color from under the black. Greyscale component replacement (GCR) removes yellow, magenta and cyan ink from where all three inks print together, and replaces them with black. The black plate carries most of the tone in the reproduction, therefore neutrals (greys) are easier to print. Again, you define the percentage of how much color should be replaced. Custom UCR / Weak GCR: This setting uses the standard linear UCR setting as described above, but with a preset "weak" non linear grey component replacement function (Weak means less black is used). The non linear function results in composite grey being used for bright shades and black is only used for dark shades. This gives you fewer distrurbing black dots in lighter areas of your output. The output will look less grainy. Instead of offering a GCR setting, this method offers a setting for defining the maximum percentage of black being used by the replacement function. Usually a value between 80 and 100 percent gives good results. "Custom UCR / Medium GCR": This setting is similar to Custom UCR / Weak GCR. However, the GCR function will use black for brighter shades. "Custom UCR /Strong GCR": This setting is similar to Custom UCR / Medium GCR. However, the GCR function will use black for bright shades and the increase of black is nearly linear to the amount of composite grey of the processed color. So, when do you need the separation functions? Mainly when not using the CMS or when generating a profile using the tools (CMSScan) described later in an extra chapter. There is no general rule for which type of separation is best. The "Internal UCR/GCR" function is very fast and offers decent quality. The "Custom UCR/GCR" function is mainly offered for compatibility with other programs. The last three non-linear separation functions offer good quality. If your printer offers good ink coverage without bleeding and similar problems, Custom UCR / Weak GCR gives best results. For instance, if you own a normal inkjet printer, Custom UCR / Weak GCR often gives the best results when using coated paper. Plain paper often results in rather worse output as too much color ink is being printed. In those cases Custom UCR / Strong GCR might be better. Simply give it a try and see what you think is best for your printer, paper and dither method. Again note: when generating a CMS profile make sure you select the correct separation function for your set-up. Otherwise all printed calibration pages might be useless because they would have been made with a bad separation function. ---- Studio (V2.10) now includes several output modules for PCL compatible printers (mainly DeskJets and LaserJets). All output modules use Hewlett-Packard's "Printer Command Language" (PCL) in various forms. The installation program will install the proper output module for your printer. However, if you can't find an output module listed for your specific model of printer, choose an output module that matches your printer's emulation. We get many letters asking for output modules for specific printers, even if a generic module is available. In most cases these letters have been unnecessary. For instance, there is not one single drawback if you use a generic PCL 5C output module instead of a specific DeskJet 1200C module. (PS: You can use this module in b/w mode on Laserjet PCL 5 printers too!!!) The PCL 5C module was designed to work with several printers, including the PaintJet 300XL. The differences between the various DeskJet and PCL output modules are minor. Often the output module will offer you settings in the Config window which are already known by the preferences program for the Workbench driver. So if you don't find a specific setting described here, use the index of the Studio manual to learn about the meaning of the setting. First some general notes. Most modern DeskJet printers are able to print 600 dpi maximum in greyscale mode, while the color mode supports only 300 dpi maximum. If you own Studio V2.10 or higher, the program will automatically switch from color to greyscale printing if you choose a density of 600 dpi. When it comes to color printing, the DeskJet 8xx output module is a little different. Please note that a printer like the DeskJet 850C offers 300 dpi color printing similar to the cheaper DeskJet 660C printer. But the DeskJet 850C printer also offers 64 color shades per addressable printer dot, compared to the normal 8 colors. This results in a much better output quality when printing images. So once the DeskJet 8xx output module is selected, the "Density" gadget in Studio will also show you the printable color shades per addressable printer dot. ---- Following additions have been made to the ARexx interface of Studio V2.10 and V2.11: VERSION Returns the version of the Studio ARexx interface. Up to version 2.09 Studio returns 1 in PRTSTUDIO_RESULT. Version 2.10 returns 2. Version 2.11 and higher returns 3. INKLIMIT (GREY|CYAN|MAGENTA|YELLOW|BLACK|TOTAL) INKLIMIT (GREY|CYAN|MAGENTA|YELLOW|BLACK|TOTAL) Value Reads or writes the amount of ink limit used for a specific output color. Values of 0 to 100% are supports for all colors. TOTAL supports 0-400%. The commands require Studio V2.11 or higher. Use the Version command for detecting the Studio version. COLOR GREYSCALE Selects the default output print mode. The previous setting is returned in PRTSTUDIO_RESULT. No error is reported. Note that it is valid to select COLOR even if the image selected is a greyscale one or the printer driver selected doesn't support color. The setting mainly reflects the default preset. Studio will automatically switch to greyscale printing if required. The commands require Studio V2.10 or higher. Use the Version command for detecting the Studio version. SEPARATION SEPARATION 0-4 Sets the type of separation used when printing a color image without using the CMS. The previous setting is returned in PRTSTUDIO_RESULT. If there was an error, RC is set to 10 and PRTSTUDIO_RESULT to "Illegal value". The following values are supported: 0: Use the default internal separation. 1: Use the standard linear UCR and/or GCR settings defined by the UCR and GCR commands. 2: Use the standard linear UCR setting with a preset weak (Weak means less black is used for replacing composite grey.) non linear grey component replacement function. The GCR command can be used for defining the maximum percentage of black ink being used by the replacement function. 3: Use the standard linear UCR setting with a preset medium non linear grey component replacement function. The GCR command can be used for defining the maximum percentage of black ink being used by the replacement function. 4: Use the standard linear UCR setting with a preset strong non linear grey component replacement function. The GCR command can be used for defining the maximum percentage of black ink being used by the replacement function. The Separation command requires Studio V2.10 or higher. Use the Version command for detecting the Studio version. UCR UCR 0-9999 Sets or reads the amount of under color removal (UCR) in percent. The setting is used depending on the type of Separation selected. The previous setting is returned in PRTSTUDIO_RESULT. If there was an error, RC is set to 10 and PRTSTUDIO_RESULT to "Illegal value". The UCR command requires Studio V2.10 or higher. Use the Version command for detecting the Studio version. GCR GCR 0-9999 Sets or reads the type of grey component replacement (GCR) used by the separation function. The meaning of the GCR value mainly depends on the separation function being used. The value either defines the percentage for black generated from a color by the GCR function, or it defines the maximum amount of black ink to be used. The previous setting is returned in PRTSTUDIO_RESULT. If there was an error, RC is set to 10 and PRTSTUDIO_RESULT to "Illegal value". The GCR command requires Studio V2.10 or higher. Use the "Version" command for detecting the Studio version. -------------------------------- History: E = removed bug C = changed I = improvement 10.07.95 V2.08 I-Support for the new PNG image format added. E-Problem with reading compressed Targa images fixed E-Version 2.07 didn't install the SetupPJL program for Laserjet 4L users. Users had to select PCL 5e during installation for getting SetupPJL. 21.07.95 V2.09 I-PCX file format support added I-DCX file format support added 27.11.95 V2.10 I-Switched to SAS/C V6.56 compiler. Optimizer now seems to work fine and thus was fully enabled. I-This is the major improvement in V2.10: Scaling, Dithering, Border handling, Effects, CMS, and much more... rewritten for complete CMYK(!!!) processing. Slightly faster too. I-And this is the second major step: CMS now accepts CMYK profiles and profiles with various precission. I-Saturation control added to the color window. I-Update to PNG compression library E-BNoise b/w dither method was not reentrant since V2.07. Now reentrant again. I-Separation functions/settings added. Binary CMY->CMYK and CMYK->CMY functions added beside the standard UCR/GCR functions. I-SEPARATION [0-4], UCR [0-9999], GCR [0-9999], GREYSCALE, COLOR and SATURATION [-50 - 50] Arexx commands added. Arexx Version command will now report "2" to reflect the changes. E-A problem reported by a user when printing from ARexx hopefully got fixed - even though I couldn't repeat the problem on my machine. The problem seems to cause dark/black images being printed when not using the the PANEL command prior to PRINT or PRINT WAIT. I-Blue Noise non binary dither method (previously only used by Fargo output module) now much faster. Also fixed: BNoise 30% was printed as 50%. I-Studio Version is now supplied to the output module. I-Studio will now switch to greyscale printing for a specified print density if output module doesn't support color printing for a specific resolution. For instance, a Deskjet 660C can only print greyscale at 600dpi. I-Added additional functions to Studio server for upcoming PageStream V3 server printer driver. These functions offer an easy way to a future setup window of the PageStream driver. E-Canon BJC800 output module didn't allowed paper width greater 8.5 inch. Because of this, users had to use the slower Workbench driver for printing A3. Similar problems with right margin do exist with other Canon modules when printing 180 dpi. Fixed. I-A bug in the BSC/Alpha Data Multiface III pit.device can cause a lockup of any print program with a priority below 0. All output modules will now open pit.device with a changed priority of zero unless priority was set to high by user (in this case pit.device is always accessed with priority 0 anyway). I-Canon BJC 610, Deskjet 8xx, 6xx, 1600 and PCL 5C output module with CRet and TES (REt) support added. Also drivers and profiles added for these new printers. E-CanonBJ-EC right margin problems when using a different density than 360dpi fixed. I-1200 dpi PJL and Max Res setting added to LaserDriver for Lexmark Optra 1200dpi laser printers. (not included with this update disk) 23.12.95 V2.10b C-Recompiled without SAS/C Peephole Optimizer (just to make sure... as it seems the Optimizer still didn't worked right). E-DeskDriver4C might print 3-4 unwanted characters on a page with some programs. Fixed. E-Fargo Primera greyscale printing problems fixed. I-PCL_5C output module now works with some none 100% compatible PCL 5 printers. Faster too. 20.02.96 V2.10c 20.02.96 V2.10d C-Recompiled with SAS/C Peephole Optimizer E-Fixed a CMS bug introduced with V2.10 causing minor color faults for certain colors/profiles. E-Fixed histogram/clipping function. Output was far to dark for certain images. I-Added CanonBJC4100 driver, output module and profiles (update disk only). I-Added CanonBJC 4100 SetupBJL software. 21.04.96 V2.11 I-ALL dither routines completly rewritten in order to suit upcoming optimize functions and image preview. I-Right/Left margin handling of dither routines is optimized depending on image contents. When effectiv, can lead to 1000% speed increase... I-Following functions have been translated to fast assembler code (% faster): - serpentine binary dither routines (30%) - IFF ILBM read routines (50%) - sharp/blur functions (10%) - 3d interpolation of CMS (10%) I-Added Epson SetupStylus software. I-Added StylusColor/IIS/II output module. I-Added 360*720 dpi mode to EpsonP2 I-New Stylus Color/II/IIS profiles I-Some DJ 6xx/8xx profiles changed/added I-Output modules are now listed in alphabetical order. Doubleclick can be used for selection. E-The blur/sharp filter wasn't giving full quality with Fargo Primera. I-CMSScan ink limit settings added. I-CMSScan now applies a filter to CMYK profiles removing unwanted dots in the output. This means introducing faults to the profile for the benefit of better output. E-DJ 6xx printers don't print correct at 600*600 dpi without presentation quality turned on. Drivers now automaticly enable presentation mode when needed. E-DeskDriver V2.10/V2.10b sometimes printed 3 chars on a gfx page. Fixed. 21.04.96 V2.11b E-Beseitigt Error 50 in V2.11 nach Wahl des obersten Ausgabemoduls aus der angezeigten Liste des Druckprogramms E-Das Druckprogramm verhindert jetzt Ink Limit's von 0 beim Laden der Settings. 05.05.96 V2.11c E-Printing program V2.11(b) didn't load 8 Bit IFF ILBM greyscale image with colormap correctly. Works again now... I-Installation program avoids "String To Long" error message reported by users who accidently removed the ENVARC:STUDIOPATH var. 10.06.96 V2.12 I-PageStream 3.0i Server driver added I-Improved server interface E-2 color IFF ILBM images were not loaded correctly by new V2.11 routines. Fixed E-print dimension rectangle in window was wrong for VERY large (>900 inch!) posters. Fixed 05.10.96 V2.13 I-All binary dither routines are now up to their final speed. This increases the Studio printing program speed further by 5-60%. I-Recompiled for 68060 and full optimizer. I-Now supports progressiv JPEG/JFIF files. Note: progressiv images currently must be printed from memory. I-PNG read routines rewritten for new PNG library Version 1.0 beta 3-V0.89 and ZLIB 1.04 I-Faster image file access implemented in: IFF ILBM, IFF DEEP, PBM, PGM, Targa, Gif, PCX, PNG. I-Fargo output module (Ver3 Rev0) now writes/reads the temporary files much faster (10-15% speed increase). E-Effect window gadget scaling didn't worked for some fonts when opening the window multiple times. Fixed E-Landscape poster printing for small image on computers with much memory and a high memory setting might cause the second row of pages to get inverted. Fixed E-Studio could have crashed if an error occured while reading the image data of a PNG file. Fixed. E-IFF read buffer underrun could cause Error 48 while reading IFF ILBM images. A rare bug in the original Commodore IFF source. Fixed. E-Following serpentine(!) dither had a bug that might have caused a crash in Studio V2.11&2.12: Stucki, Jarvis and Sierra3. Again, only serpentine methods were affected. Fixed. E-Shingling setting fixed in DeskDriver/4C COPYRIGHT/DISCLAIMER Copyright ©1991-96 Wolf Faust. All rights reserved. The Studio V2.13 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 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. More (c) 1986-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced and distributed under license from Commodore. (Continue by pressing 'Q')