ADDGRADE - Designworks 1.21 README October 1993 

Please read the following information carefully because it is not 
included in the Designworks Getting started or User guides.


Imports and exports
===================

This section provides information about the import and export formats
which are supported by Designworks.


Imports
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Adobe Illustrator (.ai, .eps)
This import format is for reading clipart files saved in the Adobe
Illustrator format. It can handle graphics, but any text in the file
is ignored.

CGM metafile (.cgm)
This import format is for reading clipart files saved in the 'Computer
Graphics Metafile' (CGM) format, based on ISO 8632. Text font
information is not preserved.

GEM image (.img)
This import format is for bitmaps saved from GEM programs. This import
can handle black-and-white images, and 16-colour images, provided they
do not exceed 64k bytes in size.

GEM metafile (.gem)
This is the format used by the Designworks Clipart, because it is the
most compact file format for bezier-curve based line-art.  There are
various different versions of this standard (relating to different
versions of GEM), but this import format can handle them all. Text
font information is not preserved.

PC Paintbrush Bitmap (.pcx)
This import format can handle black-and-white, 8-colour, 16-colour,
and 256-colour files.

PostScript EPSF (.eps)
When you import an EPSF file, it is kept internally by the program in
EPSF format. EPSF files can only be printed properly on a PostScript
printer.

Tiff Bitmap (.tif)
This import format can handle black-and-white, greyscale, and
palette-colour files, but not 24-bit rgb files.  It can accept files
using the 'packbits' or 'ccitt' compression, but not LZW compression.

Tiff part of EPS file (.eps)
Some EPSF postscript files include a TIFF version of the picture, this
import format allows you to read that part of the file. 

Windows DIB Bitmap (.bmp)
This import format can read black-and-white, 16-colour and 256-colour
files, but not 24-bit rgb files.

Windows Metafile
Text font information is not preserved.


Exports
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General Comments:

Bitmap Formats
When exporting to a bitmap format, the results should match the
original picture accurately. If you choose to export 'selected objects
only' then the bitmap will be just big enough for those objects. If
you do not, it will enclose the whole page. Remember that the higher
the resolution you select, the larger the file produced. An A4 page in
black-and-white at 300dpi will take up about 1 megabyte of disk
space.

Line-Art formats
Designworks has some features which are not supported by many line-art
file formats. Most cannot represent graduated fills, or thick dotted
lines, or custom line styles.

CGM metafile (.cgm)
No graduated fills. No thick, dotted lines. No custom line styles.
Bezier curves are converted into sequences of straight lines.

GEM image (.img)
Black-and-white and 16-colour files only.

GEM Draw (.gem)
No graduated fills. No thick, dotted lines. No custom line styles.
Bezier curves are converted into sequences of straight lines.

GEM Artline 1.0 (.gem)
No graduated fills. No thick, dotted lines. No custom line styles.
Bezier curves are represented as curves in this format.

GEM Artline 2.0 (.gem)
Linear and Radial graduated fills are supported. 
No thick, dotted lines. No custom line styles.
Bezier curves are represented as curves in this format.

PC Paintbrush Bitmap (.pcx)
Black-and-white and 16-colour files only.

PostScript EPSF (.eps)
Everything except 'Random Fill' is supported.

Tiff Bitmap (.tif)
Black-and-white and 16-colour files only.

Windows DIB Bitmap (.bmp)
Black-and-white and 16-colour files only.

Windows Metafile
No thick, dotted lines. No custom line styles.  This format does not
actually support graduated fills, but they are simulated by the export
code, and should work in most cases.  Bezier curves are converted
into sequences of straight lines.


Technical Notes on Printers
===========================

The information below provides advice about using the following
printers with Designworks. This information is not provided in the
Designworks manuals. For more information about using any of these or
other printers with Designworks, contact Softline.  We have included
in these notes the version number of the driver that was used during
testing. If your driver is less up-to-date, and you are having
problems, please contact the printer manufacturers for an upgrade.
More recent drivers should work, but if you are experiencing problems,
please contact Softline.

Canon BJ10e
(Portable bubblejet) This was tested with the Canon BJ10 driver
v1.21.3. Everything prints correctly, but the driver has a minor bug
when 'fast graphics mode' is selected - it gets the page size wrong.
Tested with the Windows 3.1 driver v.1.0, no known problems.

Canon BJ300
No known problems. Tested with Canon Bubblejet 300/330 driver v1.2r1.
When printing to high-resolution inkjet printers, you may want to
avoid printing large areas of solid black, as the large quantity of
ink will tend to soak into the paper.  Tested with the Windows 3.1
driver v.1.0, no known problems.

Canon BJC800
(A3 Colour bubblejet) Tested with a pre-release driver v0.75. Note
that pattern fills may not work properly if you choose a non-square
aspect ratio on the printer driver's Setup dialog. 

Canon LBP 8-III
No known problems. For best results, always print at full 300dpi
resolution, and choose the 'halftoning' option from the Designworks
Print dialog box. (No version number available in the driver).
Tested with the Windows 3.1 driver v.3.09, gen. v.1.65, 'Enable
TrueType fonts' on the printer driver dialog must be selected.

Canon CaPSL
(For Canon LBP8-II, LBP8-III, LBP4 ) The 'bitmap mode' option in the
printer's setup dialog must be turned on when printing from
Designworks. Tested with driver v1.530. 

Epson 9-pin Dot Matrix 
Including Epson JX80 and EX800 colour printers.  Tested with driver
v2.07; Pattern fills do not work with this printer driver.  Tested
with the Windows 3.1 driver v.1.0, no known problems.

Epson 24-pin Dot Matrix
Including colour models.  Tested with driver v2.23; Pattern fills
only work properly at the 180x180 resolution. Tested with the Windows
3.1 driver v.1.0, no known problems.

HP Paintjet
Some colours come out much more brightly on the printer than they
appear on the screen: you may need to 'tone down' the colours, by
selecting a paler tint, to get best results. The printer driver's
Colour Settings dialog has no effect on printouts from Designworks.
Tested with version 1.01 of the "HP Paintjet Series 1.0" driver.
Note: the older "HP Paintjet Series" driver (without "1.0" in the
name) is not recommended.  Tested with the Windows 3.1 driver v.1.0,
no known problems.

HP Deskjet 
You need version 1.01 (or later) of Designworks and the "HP Deskjet
Series v2.0" driver to print correctly to the Deskjet. For best
results, the settings should be:  for black & white: Standard Black
or  Greyscale Scatter (not  Greyscale Pattern) for colour: Unlimited
colours, Advanced Scatter.  Tested with v.3.0, no known problems.


HP Laserjet
No known problems. For best results, always print at full 300dpi
resolution, and choose the 'halftoning' option from the Print dialog
box. Tested with version 3.4 of the driver.  Tested with the Windows
3.1 driver v.1.1, 'Print TrueType as Graphics' on the Options dialog
box must be selected.


HP Laserjet III
For best results, always use the full 300dpi resolution, and select
the 'halftone' option on the Designworks Print dialog.  Tested with
the Windows 3.1 driver v.31.3.89, 'Print TrueType as Graphics' on the
Options dialog box must be selected.

Kodak Diconix 330c
This printer works with both the HP Paintjet 1.0 printer driver and
the Diconix printer driver.

NEC P5/P6
See Epson 24-pin dot matrix.

NEC P9XL
Tested with the Windows 3.1 driver v.1.0, no known problems.

Postscript Printers

The program has been tested with the normal Windows driver for
Postscript (v3.4), and the QMS driver (v1.0E). The 'random' pattern
fill prints as plain grey: use the special postscript textures if
required.  Tested with the Windows 3.1 driver v.3.5, no known
problems.

When preparing postscript files for a typesetting bureau, check with
the bureau to see what sort of typesetter they are using, and discuss
the correct printing options to use. If you select 'Linotronic 300' in
the driver's printer type, you will be able to choose the 'A4 extra'
size which allows a little extra room around an A4 page for cropmarks
and captions.

If you are printing to a postscript printer which does not have the
usual set of built-in fonts, you may need to modify the designwk.ini
file to make some fonts work properly. We assume that postscript
printers have the following fonts:  Courier, Times, Helvetica, Avant
Garde, Bookman, Century Schoolbook, Helvetica Narrow, Palatino,
Symbols, Zapf Chancery and Zapf Dingbats.

If your PostScript printer does not contain one or more of these
fonts, you can make Designworks print the fonts correctly by removing
the corresponding line from DESIGNWK.INI. The program will then
download the font to the printer, rather than assume that the font is
built-in.

For example, if your printer does not have Helvetica Narrow, open your
DESIGNWK.INI file and delete or comment out the line in the PSfonts
section referring to that font (insert a semicolon at the start of the
line to comment out the line):

[PSfonts]
; Sans Narrow=Helvetica-Narrow,,-Bold,-Oblique,-BoldOblique

Note that because Designworks downloads fonts to the printer, a job
containing many different fonts may take a long time to print, or even
exhaust the printer's memory. We suggest you avoid including many
different fonts in a job printed on a PostScript printer.


General Notes for other printers

If you do not get good results with the printer driver supplied with
your printer, you may find that one of the standard drivers supplied
by Windows would work better - for example most 24-pin dot matrix
printers can be driven using the standard Epson 24-pin (LQ-compatible)
driver.



Copyright (c) GST Software Products Ltd, 1992.
