After checking the Lizardtech web site (after posting my message to you of course), I find it made me out to be a lier of sorts. There is a Genuine Fractal Light 2.0 which is an RGB only and will handle files of a restricted size limit which they are selling. Previously, this edition was only bundled with some peripherals and not for sale. Then they started pushing the higher priced PrintPro Edition, once LizardTech bought the product from Altamira, and stopped bundling the Light Edition, replaceing it with the standard edition and a coupon like you mentioned. If this is you case, then both the GF 2.5 and the GF PrintPro are full versions of their respective editions (the key limitation being that the former is RGB capable only while the PrintPro is also CYMK and CIE-Lab capable). Personally, unless one is a prepress professional or someone who sends files to such people, I see no need for CYMK and CIE-Lab capability or reason for the extra expense of PrintPro.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 11:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon Coolscan The coupon states it will upgrade to Genuine Fractals PrintPro which supports CMYK and CIE-Lab support. Brian -------------------------------------------------------------- respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Solomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 9:29 PM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Nikon Coolscan >Not sure what you mean by the 'full' version of Genuine Fractals. Neither am I sure what Dorothy Cutter means. >the version of Genuine Fractals that was included in my package was also >not the 'full' version. It was a version that worked in RGB mode but not >CMYK mode. But I am also not sure what you, Brian, means by "full" version. >The package included a coupon to upgrade to the 'full' package for $99. This indicates to me that they gave you the RGB version of GF 2.5 with a coupon to upgrade to the pre-press edition Genuine Fractals Print Pro for $99 from the Genuine Fractals 2.5. Lizardtech makes three (3) different full editions (versions) of the Genuine Fractals program. One, the original Genuine Fractals (now in version 2.5), is RGB only capable edition; a second edition is Genuine Fractals PagePro XT edition which is for use with QuarkXpress; and the third is Genuine Fractals PrintPro which is RGB, CIE-lab and CYMK capable and directed to pre-press professionals or work directed to offset presses. None of these three editions (versions) are what one would call "light" versions, although in the past a "light" version of the original edition (Genuine Fractals) which was crippled in several ways including a limitation on the size of file it would process was bundled with some scanners and digital cameras. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon Coolscan Not sure what you mean by the 'full' version of Genuine Fractals. Just to let you know my experience, I purchased my Coolscan 4000 from a local reputable dealer (one which is frequently visited by the local Nikon rep) and the version of Genuine Fractals that was included in my package was also not the 'full' version. It was a version that worked in RGB mode but not CMYK mode. The package included a coupon to upgrade to the 'full' package for $99. Brian -------------------------------------------------------------- respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Nikon Coolscan Hi! I just bought a Nikon Coolscan 4000 off the net. I was assured they were an authorized dealer and it had a US warranty. The scanner arrived without the warranty and missing some things like the full version of Genuine Fractals that comes packaged with the scanner. There also was no packing list so I don't know what should have been there. I am sending it back but what guarantees do I have that it will not happen again. I am just assuming that there should have been a packing list. Does anyone who has this scanner remember what is supposed to come with it and can you comment on the warranty? Dorothy -- Dorothy Cutter 290 Cypress Ave. Morro Bay, Ca. 93442 805-772-7232 805-772-8554 fax http://www.dorothycutter.com send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body