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Carl, as mentioned in my mail, you need PhotoWorX to convert the images first. StudioDS does support printing many different file formats without need for memory (GIF, Targa, IFF, JPEG, PPM, Sun,…), but not PCD. That would be to much to ask and would also significantly increase the StudioDS price because of Kodak's license fee. As said, I do use PhotoWorX Prof. (a new version just announced in Germany and that will start shiping shortly) as the program is simply the best/fastest on the Amiga (and yes, in several respect this program beats most MAC PCD stuff in speed/quality by far!). Also, StudioDS will be replaced by Studio V2 in August and in this case, you will be able to print from PhotoWorX Prof. using Studio directly. Though, in this case you must have the memory for PhotoWorX… I have some real nice PhotoCD base*16 pics from my last Australia trip (Barrier Reef… Rain forest… waterfalls…). I converted them overnight using VMem. As PhotoWorX does allow selecting several pics for conversion, this is a nice and easy job, though, it took a several hours for 20 base*16 pics. Once converted, I can print them easily without VMem and speed reduction. Is use JPEG for those images so I can give away those pics to users in order to have real nice and HUGE pics for printing 😉 Though, some of the better JPeg pics are still 4-5MByte big. ;-9 Yes you're right, StudioDS was not available in the US because my former distributor (MacroSystem US) didn't ordered them nor paid my bills. But NoahJi's (303-4991975) should have them in stock now or can tell you a dealer who bought the stuff from him if he's allready sold out. — Wolf Faust, Am Dorfgarten 10, 60435 Frankfurt, Germany —