This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Judi, I have both a Primera (with the dye sublimation option) and an HP500C. In the thermal wax mode the Primera does an excellent job of printing graphics, but print quality is, to me, unacceptable on photographic images in the thermal wax mode. In the dye sublimation mode, all of…
Wolf, I'm glad we were able to have this friendly discussion. Thanks for your comments. Tom
Russell, Assuming you have selected the appropriate settings for the Primera in Printer Preferences and Printer Graphics, if you are seeing no reaction out of the printer, it probably means you are using too long a parallel cable or you have a switch box between the Primera and the parallel…
Jim, I paid $279 for my DPS RC-2000 remote from a local Amiga dealer. I don't believe I've seen it advertised anywhere either, but it is a very nice piece of equipment and a perfect match for the TBC IV's. Tom
Gracia, You have a standing invitation. Just drop me a note before you come to Raleigh and I'll give you my phone number and directions. Tom
Carl, What version of the Amiga driver for the Primera are you using? I am using V. 2.2 and it does not support dye sublimation printing! The driver gives settings for the dye sublimation mode, but the printer is inactive when I attempt to use that setting. It works perfectly…
Wolf, The folks at Fargo say they have an Amiga driver that will be completed soon that will allow dye sublimation printing on the Amiga. Are you stating that this driver will not work with AdPro or any other program that uses the Printer Preferences? I have no doubt that…
Jerry, I think you will like the remote control for the TBC IV's as much as the TBC's themselves. The remote saves all that flipping between screens, memorizes lots of programs that are available for instant recall on the fly, and allows real time color processing . I think it's…
Carl, If you will E-mail me your address, I'll send you a dye sublimation print that I made yesterday on the Primera using their driver for Windows. It is made from a Kodak PhotoCD, and I think it is excellent quality for the money. However, I certainly would not expect…
Carl, I have only had the Premiera about two months so my experience is not extensive. I am not doing dye sublimation printing on the Amiga because (as far as I know) the dye sublimation driver for the Amiga is not yet available, although the author of the driver (who…
Gracia, Gosh…does this mean I now know a real live movie star??? When you plan to be in Raleigh again, let me know in advance and I'll E-mail you my phone number. Be glad to have you stop by and take a look at my Amiga editing suite, printers, etc.…
Gracia, I know all about the wilds of NC as I live in Raleigh. I have to confess, however, that I don't have the foggiest idea where Cooleemee, NC is. Tom
Jerry, I, for one, am very relieved to hear you are pleased with the video ouput from the TBCIV's since I rather strongly recommended them to you. Did you also purchase the RC-2000 remote control as well? How do you like it? I have found this a very fine combination…
Gracia, Please see my answer and question to Wolf Faust on the Primera. I have used the Primera for a couple of months now and feel it is an outstanding color printer *for the price* in both the thermal wax and dye sublimation modes. If you have specific questions about…
Wolf, I hope you won't mind my jumping into this thread on color printers. For aover a year I have used an HP 500C to print both color and B&W. Recently I purchased a Primera color printer for use on both my Amiga 2000 and Amiga 4000 as well as…
Erik, That's really interesting! How nice of C= to credit the seller rather than the purchaser, especially when the rebate coupon from NewTek clearly indicates that the rebate is for the end user. Frankly, considering the dismal state that C= is in, I really never expected to see this $100.…
Doug, Sorry, but I have not really experienced anything like you describe with DV3. When I have some time over the Thanksgiving holiday, I'll look closely and see if I have just missed the problem you are describing. I'll get back to you on this. Tom
Fred, That would make for a very Merry Christmas indeed! Tom
If it comes true, that's good news. I can only hope that my Toaster 4000 is actually registered with NewTek. I have made five phone calls and sent a letter trying to make certain that it is registered with no response from NewTek. I might also add that although I…
Paul, With the caveat that it's always difficult to describe the characteristics of a color image with words, I would state that the S-video output from the Toaster/PCA is sharper (i.e. less soft looking), there is much less noise in saturated colors especially reds, the chroma and luminance signals show…
Fred, Regarding the topic of "Where's the mousepad" I'd like to relate my experiences with NewTek. I purchased the double Upgrade in July when the Toaster 4000 card and 3.0 software were first made available by NewTek. I kept my older Toaster card in my Amiga 2000, installed the 3.0…
You are absolutely right about the subjectivity of such things as the quality of a printer's output or the quality of video produced by a camcorder, etc. My decision to purchase the Primera was made only after seeing sample thermal wax output sent to me by Fargo upon my request.…
Jim, First let me say that I am not in the same league of video expertise as Frank Vanella. I am a serious video *amateur* using an Amiga 4000, Toaster 4000, two DPS TBC IV's, and the DPS Personal Component Adapter in an editing suite for the purpose of working…
Gary, I appreciate your correction. You are indeed right …the proper term is thermal wax transfer. A printer expert I am not. I have only worked extensively with two printers: the HP 500C and the Primera. Although the HP500C is a fine printer for monochrome prints, I have only been…
Geir, I cannot upload the Amiga driver for the Primera color printer because it is a copyrighted product of Fargo. Fargo can be reached at (612) 941-9470. Their FAX number is (612) 941-7836. Be advised that the present version (2.0) of the Amiga driver cannot be used with the Photorealistic…
Mike, I have been so impressed with the quality of graphics done in the normal dye transfer mode with the Primera that I have not found it necessary to use the dye sublimation mode for color graphics. I only use the dye sublimation mode for printing photographic images, e.g. from…
Norm, The number for Micro Warehouse is 1-800-367-7080. No, the $780 was the price of the Primera Color Printer only. Micro Warehouse did not stock the Photorealistic Upgrade. I had to order this directly from Fargo Electronics at 1-800-327-4622 at a cost of $250. The driver for the dye transfer…
I hope you won't mind me jumping in here. I renewed my subscription to VTU about five weeks ago and expressly asked if I would receive the Stranhan "5 Things …" tape and was told yes. However, I have never received this tape. I also filled out the questionaire in…
Vernon, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. About two weeks ago I received and installed what is apparently the newest version (3.8.6) of MediaEditor. I immediately began experiencing problems that I had not had under the previous version (3.8.4) of MediaEditor. For example with 3.8.6, at the end of…
Norm, I purchased a Fargo Primera Color Printer and the optional Photorealistic Upgrade kit which enables the Primera to do dye sublimation color prints. Using the 4 color ribbon in the normal (dye transfer) mode, the Primera does a very good job printing color graphics on my Amiga 2000 and…
Jerry, About eight months ago, I sent Interactive Microsystems $25 and asked them to send me a new set of MediaPhile disks. I can only guess that Jim Rickman sent me the newest version of MediaPhile (3.8.6) because I had sent him more money than needed for the first set…
I have not used T-Rexx command screens to control MediaEditor, however, I do use T-Rexx Pro to write Arexx scripts for controlling the Toaster. This makes doing titles, transitions, etc. much much easier than it used to be! Incidentally, this week while I was away I received (entirely unsolicited) what…
I bought my Mediaphile 2.0S controller about two years ago. At that time the 2.0S controller came with a Sony remote transmitter on a stand. The model number of the remote is the Sony RMT-E1S. I have used this remote reliably as far away as 6 ft from the VCR's.…
No, I would be in a real mess if I only had this short a range for my IR transmitter. My transmitter is setting about 2-3 feet away from all three of the VCR's that it controls. The transmitter works quite reliably at this range. Have you check the batteries…
John, Thanks very much for the info on the Scala Echo EE100. I'll be sending you a note requesting a fact sheet. Any chance that it wil ultimately be upgraded to handle A/B roll editing? Tom
A/B Roll Editor
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John, Welcome to the Amiga forums. I have heard many good things of SCALA products and look forward to your comments on the forum. Speaking of comments, I have heard that Scala is developing a Control-L/Infrared controlled A/B roll editing software for use with Scala multimedia products. Can you comment…
That's great news about a possible A/B roll system from SCALA. When this hits the market, I would very much appreciate learning about it from you. Actually, in spite of MediaPhile's problems, I find it a very useful program. It is pretty much a matter of learning to work with…
I don't know that I can offer you much except to commiserate with some of your MediaEditor problems. I am running MediaEditor 3.8.4 in an Amiga 4000/040 with 18 MB of RAM. Only very very rarely does the program crash. I am almost always running the Toaster 4000/3.0 software and…
Paul, I just loaded several buffered CG key pages from my Syquest 105 MB removeable into the Toaster. Each took about 1.0-1.3 seconds to load. Tom
Jerry, I am saving buffered pages to a Syquest 105 MB removeable media drive. This drive is really fast (much faster than the older Syquest 44 or 88 MB removeable media drives) and it only takes about a second to pull up one of the buffered pages. The Toaster 4000…
The Toaster Project Editor module in T-Rexx Pro V. 2.1.3 will allow you to customize the Toaster Switcher anyway you like. T-Rexx Pro is indispensible for many other uses as well. I highly recommend it. Available from ASDG.
Jerry, The switch I have on the AG-1960 simply allows you to select either composite input 1, composite input 2, or the S-video input. I can't simultaneously select S-vdeo and composite, but I can switch between them merely by selecting the correct positon on this switch. So instant A/B comparisons…
Super DJC2 is just a printer driver.
Jerry, I don't believe I'm the person who said that you could edit Toaster transitions in composite and the other video in S-video. I am using the DPS Personal Component Adapter along with the TBC IV's for editing. I output an S-video signal from the PCA's S-video Program Out to…
Brian, Thanks for the info. I don't know if this is possible on the A4000 or not. Probably is, but I like using the RC-2000 to control the TBCIV's better than software control. The RC-2000 allows real time color processing control without having to flip through several screens to get…
Andrew, I purchased the Super_DJC2 driver about a year ago, and I honestly don't remember the price. I believe it was about $60, although it could have been somewhat less. Sorry I can't be more specific. Tom
Shawn, I am presently using an HP 500C printer with both my Amiga 4000 and Amiga 2000 without problems. I use a driver called Super_DJC2 available from Creative Focus Box 580 Chenango Bridge, NY 13745-0580. Phone (607) 648-4082. Although I have ProWrite, I do not use it, preferring instead Final…
John, I bought a new Amiga 4000 with the 120 MB IDE hard disk from a local Amiga dealer in July. The manufacturing date stamped inside the top of the lid to the computer states that it was made in May 1993. About half the time the computer will not…
Jerry, I envy you your multiple I/O port card. Unfortunately, I have long since run out of slots for cards in my A4000 — the lack of enough slots for adding cards is a major problem with the A4000. I even have my TBC IV's mounted in an external case…
Jerry, I am not controlling my TBC IV's via software as you apparently are. I am using the DPS RC-2000 remote control unit for real time processing of the video. Thus I can't really help you with your problem on the TBC IV's software screen. I'm curious about one thing:…
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