     This is CanonDisk V3.90 for Canon BJ and BJC printers

                      COPYRIGHT/DISCLAIMER
                      ====================

Copyright   1991-96   Wolf  Faust.   All  rights  reserved.   All
distribution-  and  marketing rights to the software (drivers) are
vested  in Canon Europe N.V.  The driver disk has been provided to
you  strictly  'as is', without warranty of any kind.  In no event
shall  Canon  and/or  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 driver.  You may not use, copy, or
transfer  the  product,  or  any  copy  or  portion, without prior
consent in writing from Canon Europe N.V.  or Wolf Faust.

Installer   and  Installer  project  icon  (c)  Copyright  1991-93
Commodore-Amiga,   Inc.   All  Rights  Reserved.   Reproduced  and
distributed  under  license  from  Commodore.   More (c) Copyright
1986-93  Commodore-Amiga,  Inc.   All Rights Reserved.  Reproduced
and distributed under license from Commodore.

INSTALLER  SOFTWARE  IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; NO
WARRANTIES  ARE  MADE.  ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NO LIABILITY
OR  RESPONSIBILITY  IS  ASSUMED.   THE  More  PROGRAM  IS PROVIDED
"AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE.  ALL USE IS
AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED.


                        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.

CanonStudio  is especialy recommended to all users using the Photo
Ink  cartridge  of  the  new  Canon  printers.  Note that only the
registered CanonStudio offers you real Photo Ink output.

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.

Registered   users   get   an  update  service  and  an  unlimited
CanonStudio version for all orig. Canon drivers.

ATTENTION:   We  are  planning a release of CanonStudio on CDROM.
This would allow us to ship additional software.  The price of the
CDROM  will  most likely be equal to the disk version.  So please
note  if  you  would  prefer a CDROM of CanonStudio.  In case the
CDROM  is  available  you  will receive the CDROM instead of the
floppy  disk  version.   Note that the CDROM 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):

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.  For international cheques add US$15 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: UK20
Shipping inside Europe:  UK21
Shipping worldwide:      UK24
Only cash or checks in UK drawn on a british bank accepted.

Please  add  UK5/DM  15 if you want the latest CanonDisk included
with   your  CanonStudio.   CanonStudio  does  not  include  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.


                           MANUAL
                           ------

I  know,  reading the "Readme" file of the drivers is a real pain.
But there is a real printed manual available with pictures and all
that  nice  stuff.   The manual is part of the commercial "Studio"
printer software described above (Studio is available from JAM and
other distributors/dealers).


                    INSTALLING CANONDISK
                    --------------------

CanonDisk   is   divided   into  two  independent  parts.   During
installation  a  user  can  choose just the required part, or both
parts.

                    CanonStudio Program

The  purpose  of  the  CanonStudio  program  is to print pictures.
Pictures  are printed directly from disk without the need for much
memory.  For instance you can print a huge 10 MBytes picture on an
Amiga that is equipped with only 1 MBytes of memory.

If  you  have  a colour printer you can print with 24 bitplanes of
colour  accuracy (16.7 million colours).  If you have a monochrome
printer  you can print with 8 bitplanes of greyscale accuracy (256
greys).    If   you   were   not   using   CanonStudio's  printing
capabilities,  the  Amiga's  own  colour  printing  capacity is 12
bitplanes   for   colour  (4096  colours),  and  4  bitplanes  for
greyscales (16 greys).  Printing pictures through CanonStudio does
therefore give a user greater precision.

The  CanonStudio  picture-printing  program works with every Amiga
printer  driver  but  this  version  is  limited to just the Canon
Workbench  drivers.   If  you  require a Version that supports all
drivers purchase the ``Studio Printer Software'' package from your
dealer.

                       Canon Driver

The  Canon  drivers  are  supplements  to  the  Commodore supplied
printer  drivers.   They  are 100 percent Amiga compatible printer
drivers,  even  though  they  offer  many  more functions than the
standard printer drivers.  The additional functions of the drivers
are controlled by the preferences program included with CanonDisk.

The programs and drivers are described in detail later.  Start the
installation  by  double-clicking  with  the  mouse  button on the
Install icon, found in the main drawer of the CanonDisk.




Follow the instructions below to install the Canon software:


* Configure and connect your printer as described in the printer's
user manual and the Amiga system manual.

* Set your printers dip switches as described in the table below:

    Printer      Switch OFF            Switch ON

    BJ 10e       3, 6, 7, 9             5, 8, 10
    BJ 20        all except ->          5, 10, 11
    BJ 30        Set the printer to Epson Emulation
    BJ 200       all except ->         1, 4, 10, 11
    BJ 200ex     all except ->           1, 3, 4
    BJ 300       all except ->       SW1-1 and SW1-2
    BJC 70       Set the printer to Epson Emulation
    BJC 210+240  Use the installed SetupBJL-BJC2xx program.
                 Perform the "Setup for Amiga" action.
    BJC 600      all except ->           1, 4, 12
    BJC 600e     all except ->            1, 11
    BJC 610      all except ->            1, 3, 11
    BJC 620      (please see printer documentation)
    BJC 4000     all except ->         1, 4, 11, 12
    BJC 4100,
    4200, 4550   Use the installed SetupBJL-BJC4xxx program.
                 Perform the "Setup for Amiga" action.

Please note these settings reflect those of DIN A4 paper size
users. US Letter paper users require a slightly different setting.

* Boot your Amiga with your usual system or Workbench disk.

*  If  you don't own a hard drive, prepare an empty floppy disk by
using the system Format command.

*  We  anticipate  that  most Canon users will want to install the
program  on to a hard drive.  If you do not have a hard drive then
you  must  install  some  parts  (documentation  and CanonPref) of
CanonDisk  onto  an  empty floppy, using the supplied installation
program.   You  cannot  run  the  Canon software directly from its
installation disk because it is stored in a compressed format.

*  If  your  system  has  only  a single floppy drive (and no hard
drive), the installation program will cause a large number of disk
swaps while it gets things prepared for the main installation.

* Double click on the Install icon found in the main drawer of the
CanonDisk.   The  installation  process  is automatic and uses the
Commodore  standard  Installer  program.  The installation process
has  been  designed to provide on-line instructions as you install
the  product.   Any  questions  that  you  might  have  about  the
installation  process  should  be  answered  by  the  on-line help
contained in the installation program.

The  install program will copy the driver to your system disk.  In
order  to do so, you need 47 KByte empty disk space on your system
disk.  Additional programs can be saved to an empty floppy disk or
hard disk and may not be saved to the system disk.
   
!  Most likely floppy users must make space on their system disk in
   order to install the driver. This can be done by deleting unneeded
   programs using the Workbenchs 3.0 "Delete..." menu item.
   The installation program will do the job for you if you like.
   You will be asked before each file is deleted.
   
   Here is list of programs that might be deleted:

   Sys:Utilities/Clock        (13 KByte)
   Sys:devs/printers/generic  (1.5 KByte)
   Sys:system/nofastmem       (1 KByte)
   Sys:c/Edit                 (15 KByte)
   Sys:c/Diskchange           (0.5 KByte)
   Sys:c/Lock                 (0.5 KByte)
   Sys:c/Search               (1.5 KByte)
   Sys:c/MagTape              (1.5 KByte)
   Sys:c/Which                (1.5 KByte)

* Canon BJC800 and 4550 users should note, that these printers are
single  page  printers.  They don't support continuous form paper.
Because  of  this the page length must be defined by the driver if
it  differs  from  the  one  set  in the printer by SetupBJL.  The
driver  can do this automaticly for you, in case you set the paper
length  in  Workbench  preferences  to 250 lines.  Don't forget to
turn  on  "Enable  Form"  in  the CanonBJECPref program!  Select a
paper type of "Wide Tractor" for printing on DIN A3 sized paper.

* Select a paper type of Wide Tractor for printing on DIN A3 sized
paper on BJ 230 or BJ330 printers.

*  Please note that each Canon driver uses it's own setting files.
You  may  install  several  Canon  drivers  as  long  as  they are
different.

*  The  installation  program also installs a README file with the
driver and CanonStudio covering the software in detail.

*  In  case of problems with thesoftware use the "Report" program
described by the installed README file!

* Canon BJC users:  please note that printing 720 dpi or using the
Photo  Ink  cartridge usualy requires major changes to the drivers
color   adjustments.   Use  the  CanonBJECPref  menu  presets  for
adjusting  the  driver  color if you don't want to do it yourself.

Note  that  the Canon BJC will only print 720 graphics in BJC mode
(extended  emulation).   For  best  image  dumps  on the Amiga use
CanonStudio's   CMS   for   printing  720dpi  (only  available  to
registered users).

If you experience strong stripes/banding of 1mm height in your BJC
610  and  620  output:  make sure you run the print head alignment
test  as  described  in  the BJC manual.  Also make sure the print
head  is  ok.   Perform a printer nozzles test as described in the
manual  and  clean the print head several times.  In some cases it
can  help to print 20-30 fully colored pages if the print head was
new.   The stripes are not caused by the printer driver.  However,
your  print  mode,  dither  method  and  paper used are important.
Don't  try  to print high resolution on bad paper.  You rather get
worse results compared to 360 dpi dumps.  If you do experience 1mm
height  stripes,  try  switching the dither method.  The BJC often
prints  less  horizontal  stripes  when  using  an error diffusion
(Floyd,  Stucki,...)  or  Blue  Noise dither method.  However this
might slow down your printing speed .

*  Canon  BJC  4xxx  users:  please note that printing 720*360 dpi
using   the  CanonBJ-EC  Workbench  driver  requires  major  color
adjustments.  Use the CanonBJECPref menu presets for adjusting the
driver for 720dpi support.  Note that the Canon BJC 4xxx will only
print  720*360dpi  graphics in BJC mode (extended emulation).  For
best  image  dumps on the Amiga use CanonStudio's CMS for printing
720*360dpi  (only  available to registered users). 

*  Canon  BJC  210  and BJC 240 (= BJC 2xx) users should carefully
note following limitations:

1.   The  Canon BJC 2xx can't print color graphics and text on the
same  page.   The  printer  can  only  print color in the Extended
Emulation  set  using CanonBJECPref's "Emul" gadget. See the
readme file for the limitations of the Extended emulation.

2.   Any  try  to  print  color  graphics  with  the drivers Epson
emulations will result in a bad greyscale output.  Don't try it.

3.   In order to help you switching, CanonBJECPref offers a preset
menu  for  both, the BC 02 and BC05 cartridge.  Using the presets,
CanonBJECPref will be setup to the wanted emulation and the colors
of  the  output  are  adjusted  accordingly (for normal NeuSielder
ColorCopy xerox paper).

4.   Note:   after  installing a PageStream 2.x driver, select the
CanonBJC800  driver  from  PageStream.   The CanonBJC800 driver is
compatible  with  the  BJC  210 and thus there is no BJC210 driver
necessary.

*  This  note  seems  necessary  as  I  got  several  user letters
reporting  problems  after not following this install instruction:
Users  of  the  new  BJC 210, 240, 4100, 4200, 4550 should run the
SetupBJL  program  once  after  installation.  This makes sure the
printer is set to the proper emulation and possible bad characters
at the start of the page are avoided.

*  User  of  the  Photo  Ink  cartridges should be aware, that the
CanonBJ-EC  driver  only  offers Photo Ink when using the Extended
emulation and the print mode was set to "Photo Ink".  Also, if you
do  use Photo Ink, I strongly recommend registering CanonStudio as
only  CanonStudio  offers  a complex color correction able to give
you  Photo  like  quality advertised (by the time of this writing,
CanonStudio's  Photo  Ink  output is even better of better quality
than those of the Windows 95 driver!!!)

* Users that do have to switch print cartridges manualy, should be
aware  of problems caused by bad treatment of the print cartridge.
For  instance,  BJC  4200,  BJC  4550, and BJC 240 users switching
between  the  normal  ink  cartridge  and  the photo ink cartridge
should take great care in storing their cartridges.  Especialy the
Photo Ink cartridge is easily damaged when touching the cartridges
print  head.   If  you  do want to seal it, use the tape that came
with  the  cartridge  (if  you  don't have a real container).  Try
avoiding  the  (usualy orange) plastic shield that covered the new
print head without taping the print head first.

Important:   use  SetupBJL  to clean the print head after changing
it!!!   Otherwise  your  output  might  have bad colors (to say at
least)


After  successfully running the Install program, try printing from
the  application with which you normally print.  In most cases you
should  straight  away  notice  major  improvements  in  speed and
quality, but you can do much better once you have adjusted all the
settings   of   the   driver   to  match  your  environment.   The
installation  program  is unable to adjust all the driver settings
for   your  printer  because  every  printer,  paper  and  ink  is
different.   It  is your task now to use your experience with your
software  and  printer  to further adjust the settings made by the
Install  program.   This  will  result  in further improvements in
output quality.

Please  share  your printing experiences with other Canon users by
sending  your  settings  to  Wolf  Faust.   This will allow future
enhancements  of  CanonDisk.   You  can easily print your settings
using  the  Report program mentioned in the error chapter.  Please
don't  forget to mention the name of your printer, and the type of
paper you are using.





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