From: wfaust@venus.UUCP (Wolf Faust)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Canon 800 (color BJ) driver
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:02:18 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1992Aug24.182217.6031@CERIS.Purdue.EDU> jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath) writes:
>
>Has anyone seen a driver for the new (relatively) Canon color
>bubble jet printer?  I believe the model number is either 800 or
>820.

I  received  your email but my reply bounced (somebody didn't paid
his  bill  in  the  chain to you...).  so let's do it in public as
there  might  be  others interested in buying a cheap ($2300) CMYK
color printer.

A CanonBJC800 driver is available from Canon for free.  I'm pretty
sure this driver sets new standards on the Amiga:

-  free definable dither routines (many presets are included)
-  ink compensation
-  allows you to do color adjustment without loosing color details
   (ie. brighten up a picture and still print 4096 colors)
-  compression for fast graphic dumps
-  supports the various BJC800 modes from software
-  customizable tab stops
-  free definable page margins and page size
-  arXon switch box support
-  seperations
-  mirror function
-  typeface and default color selectable via software
-  font independent KS 2.04 preferences program

And  in  case  you  are  lucky....   you'll  also  get  a copy of the
CanonStudio   program  and  you'll  never  ask  for  ASDG's  ADPro
PrefPrinter saver or TruePrint.


How to get the driver package (1 full disk)??????????

Canon  does have the worldwide distribution rights...  so it's for
free and give the Canon Hotline a call.

Now what happens is, that they do not support Amiga in US... but
give them a call anyway so they may start supporting the Amiga in
the  future.   At  least  in  Germany and England they start doing
Amiga support in a way no other company does...

Now  that  Canon  US  knows  your request, how do you get the
driver? There are several ways:

I.
You  can give Canon UK a call:  ++44-81-6474044 I'm sure
they can manage to send you a driver to US, though it's surely not
their  task  doing US support...  but at least you get it for free
(hmm...   well  assume $4 for the international phone call).  Also
note:   they  currently  only have a beta version.  Release of the
final driver version is this week...

II.
Or   call   the   Canon   UK   BBS  and  download  ++44-81-6694586
(V32/V42bis).   Warning:   BJC  package  is huge ~100KB.  Again...
only beta version...  but fully working...

III.
Another  but  more  expensive  way  is, to send $25 cash (add $5 if
payed by international cheque).  To 
Wolf Faust
Am Dorfgarten 10
W-6000 Frankfurt 50
Germany
Tel: ++49-69-5486556 (GMT)
In  this  case  you  receive  the  registered CanonStudio version,
drivers and future update notices.  Oh yes...  surely your receive
the  final  version  this way (simply because it does require some
days to send the money ;-)



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