#Canon Studio Register
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Huu? Only in Epson Emulation? Can you explain in more details? What did you
select in order to get it not working? Did you simply select the BJC600
emulation in CanonPref? And wich application do you print from?
PS: I (and Canon) knows there are some printers out there having program
resulting in a lock-up. The problem is caused by the printer. However, we
haven't found any indication what exactly is causing the problem. I have to
change the driver for these people to get the printer working… However, this
problem is VERY VERY seldom and does appear in any emulation. So it's not your
problem…
Wolf,
I installed the driver from your file here on CIS. That was a while back, and
I don't remember everything about it, but when I went to install it, I believe
the Epson Emulation was the only thing I was offered – but later in the
process, I was able to select BJC600e. I note that I must select graphics or
text – cannot use both at once. Once it didn't work because I wanted to print
text, and graphics was selected in the workbench. What does one do if printing
something that uses both text and graphics on the same page?
This printer has not been fun to set up! It seems to be quite fragile –
frequently refusing to print, giving error messages, etc. I usually have to
unplug the printer for a while (from both wall and Amiga) and then it works
fine for a while longer.
I've been wondering if I shall have to put it on the Toshiba and use the laser
printer on the AMiga.
Thus far, I've only tried to print text from AutoPilot – pretty simple
printing, I'd think!
—Betty
Betty,
all the latest Canon printers offer 3 emulations. Only two emulations are
usualy mentioned to the user: BJ and Epson. However, in order to make real use
of the printer, you have to use the third emulation available. This emulation
is called "Native" or more recently "Extended".
Now you surely can use the printer in Epson emulation and you shouldn't have
any major problem. However, if you want to print gfx in fast speed and high
quality, Extended Emulation is MUCH better. That's what you get when setting
the emulation in CanonPref to 600e (or any other printer listed).
There is a MAJOR drawback to the Extended Emualtion: you can't mix text and
graphics on the same page. If you try to print text after printing graphics in
Extended Emulation, the best you get is a blank page. You also might get weird
characters printer. There is no way I can get this thing working neither does
Canon's Windows driver. The MS Windows driver simply prints text as graphics.
I'm afraid I haven't found a similar method yet on the Amiga because of
restrictions in the printer.device.
So, decide yourself… either use Epson emulation all the time, or deal with
the extra work of switching emulations. From my experience, the extra work is
worth the better quality in Extended Emulation. Most users usualy run word
processors nowadays able to print text in good quality as graphics.
It definitly is NOT a bug in the software.
Beside: in order to avoid most of the problems, I wrote Canon Extended
Emulation drivers for PGS and Studio. In these cases you can leave the printer
driver to whatever emulation you like. The PGS or Studio output module will
automaticly switch to Extended Emulation and back.
Wolf,
THank you for your explanation. I did set 600e, so I guess I have the Extended
Emulation – but I did not find the instructions at ALL clear. And I learned
the hard way that I could not do text and graphics on the same page. At the
moment, I'm using only text, so it works OK. I guess that if I want to mix the
two, I'll just have to move the printer over to my Toshiba and use the included
driver that came with the printer? (Or use the Epson Emulation?) I really
don't print graphics very often – but I'd almost always need to mix them with
text if I did.
—Betty
Ahhh
So thats why CanonStudio is so much better than ADPro. When I want to make good
copies I use MiGraph's ColorKitPro, ImageMaster and CanoStudio and pass data
between them rather than use ADPro all alone. Ain't multitasking nice?
-ash
Kyfho