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#ADPro/Epson Driver Lvls

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#37608From: Judi PeppApr 1, 1992 8:30 PM
I think I have version problems with ADPro and ADPro's Epson ES-300C Driver. We purchased Adpro, version, 2.0.5 at the end of Feb and just received the ADPro driver, version 3.0.2 for the Scanner yesterday. The ADPro manual with the scanner says the loader is intended to be used with ADPro 1.0.3 or greater. (I'm also in support and tend to sympathize the the or greater statements!). Well anyways, when I load using the Epson loader I get the message "This loader is a new version. Using it may be dangerous." Being the adverturous sort, I went ahead anyways. The SCAN in preview worked fine, but not in fine mode or when I attempted to abort. It didn't work (oh how I hate that phrase!). The screen went blank with the exception of a non movable cursor arrow and a title bar across the top. Nothing I could do, but reboot. I suppose since the initial warning message was there, the rest of the description is probably known. My question! What level of ADPro do I need! How do I get an upgrade! It seems that a version we bought last month should be fairly recent? Or is it possibly wrong in the way that I installed it (followed instructions) or operator error! The standalone version works fine. Thanks for your help! Judi Pepp – via Whap!
#37674From: ASDGApr 2, 1992 10:30 PM
Please register your ADpro 2.0.5 with ASDG. The EPSON driver you received is looking for ADPro 2.1.0 or later. The manual, well, was overly optimistic. To provide greater function and capability, the interface between ADPro and its modules required change. The warning facility (flagging mismatched versions) was put in place to let you know WHY things failed when mismatched versions are teamed up. The upgrade from 2.0.5 to 2.1.3 is free, by the way. pk
#37787From: Mike SchillerApr 5, 1992 12:59 AM
ASDG: (Perry?) I've just gotten an A3000 (traded in my 2000) and with it an IV24 board. I've noticed ADPro doing something strange. If I save an image to the IV24 in non-overscanned mode it works fine, displaying the picture in the 16.5m color mode. If however I try and save the picture in overscanned mode (over WH) it will only save it in the 4096 mode, and quite frankly HAM mode is better than that! Is this a known problem with ADPro, or am I doing something wrong in the settings? Please let me know, as this makes it hard to use the IV24. -Mike Schiller In sunny Fort Lauderdale
#37792From: ASDGApr 5, 1992 1:24 AM
I have not encountered this before. We have two IV24's and have not seen this. Neither has anyone reported this till now. Can you fiddle with your FYE commodity and see if that changes anything? Also, there have been several versions of the GVP libraries (and roms). Is it possible that you might have older roms or library software? pk
#37841From: Mike SchillerApr 6, 1992 2:40 AM
Perry: Well, the actual board is fairly old, it was one of the first production ones. It does have the newest (?) ROM (v2.0) on the card, as well as the software is also the 2.0 update. I've noticed that the board seems to have trouble with overscan in their MacroPaint program as well, if I use some of their overscan settings everything goes crazy. I'm hoping that it's not a hardware problem, although if it is, I'll send it off to GVP as I just got it within the week. -Mike Schiller In sunny Fort Lauderdale
#37805From: Judi PeppApr 5, 1992 4:29 PM
It's registered under my fiance's name. I'll give a call into ASDG with the proper info. Thanks for the confirmation (and what level I need). – via Whap!