Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hello,

at the end of october 2007 I downloaded the softare update für my 
PrintFiXPro hardware named "Spider3PrintSetup.exe" with a size of app. 
183 MB. After installation the version 3.0 and the library version 1,70 
is shown.

Today I looked at the colorvision.ch page and found a file 
Spyder3Print_win.zip.

After downloading and unzipping this file I found that it has the 
name "Spyder3Print 3.0b3 Setup.exe" and a smaller size and an older 
date 30.08.07 than the file downloaded in october above mentioned.

Here My question: which version is the actual version I should use.

Best Regard
Erhard (Germany)

Thx for the quick answer!

Best regards
Erhard

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 1/1/08 5:46:54 PM, emarkscheffel@... writes:
> 
> 
> > 
> > at the end of october 2007 I downloaded the softare update für my
> > PrintFiXPro hardware named "Spider3PrintSetup.exe" with a size of 
app.
> > 183 MB. After installation the version 3.0 and the library 
version 1,70
> > is shown.
> > 
> > Today I looked at the colorvision.ch page and found a file
> > Spyder3Print_win.zip.
> > 
> > After downloading and unzipping this file I found that it has the
> > name "Spyder3Print 3.0b3 Setup.exe" and a smaller size and an 
older
> > date 30.08.07 than the file downloaded in october above mentioned.
> > 
> > Here My question: which version is the actual version I should 
use.
> > 
> 
> The version currently listed on the US site for download (thus the 
official 
> "current version") is Spyder3Print_win.zip at 149.63 MB, creationd 
date of 
> Nov7, 2007. If in doubt, download from colorvision.com, not 
colorvision.ch. Final 
> beta versions may be identical to release versions, but xN cause 
confusion, so 
> we try to avoid having them up for public download...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
> 
> 
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Just noticed this Q & A so I did a check of my own copy of 
Spyder3Print. Likewise my copy was v 3.0 Library 1.70. I am now 
downloading the new version and would like to know what the 
difference is to the previous version, and do I need to uninstall the 
v 3.0 Library 1.70 that I installed last October? How come there was 
no announcement of this release? 


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 1/1/08 5:46:54 PM, emarkscheffel@... writes:
> 
> 
> > 
> > at the end of october 2007 I downloaded the softare update für my
> > PrintFiXPro hardware named "Spider3PrintSetup.exe" with a size of 
app.
> > 183 MB. After installation the version 3.0 and the library 
version 1,70
> > is shown.
> > 
> > Today I looked at the colorvision.ch page and found a file
> > Spyder3Print_win.zip.
> > 
> > After downloading and unzipping this file I found that it has the
> > name "Spyder3Print 3.0b3 Setup.exe" and a smaller size and an 
older
> > date 30.08.07 than the file downloaded in october above mentioned.
> > 
> > Here My question: which version is the actual version I should 
use.
> > 
> 
> The version currently listed on the US site for download (thus the 
official 
> "current version") is Spyder3Print_win.zip at 149.63 MB, creationd 
date of 
> Nov7, 2007. If in doubt, download from colorvision.com, not 
colorvision.ch. Final 
> beta versions may be identical to release versions, but xN cause 
confusion, so 
> we try to avoid having them up for public download...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
> 
> 
> **************************************
> See AOL's top 
> rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?
NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
>

On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Keith R. wrote:

> Just noticed this Q & A so I did a check of my own copy of
> Spyder3Print. Likewise my copy was v 3.0 Library 1.70.
>

What you already have is the CORRECT version. It's RELEASE
version 3.0, library version 1.70.

> I am now
> downloading the new version and would like to know what the
> difference is to the previous version, and do I need to uninstall the
> v 3.0 Library 1.70 that I installed last October? How come there was
> no announcement of this release?
>
>
Don't uninstall anything! What you already have is correct! Whenever
you see a "b" in a version number, it's generally used to denote
a "beta" (test, pre-release) version rather than a shipping, "release"
version.

Don't use the beta version from the colorvision.ch site, that's not the
correct version and they should be fixing it.


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Colorvision

David,
Thanks for the reply, but I'm still am confused. As of yet, I've only 
downloaded the version dated 7NOV07. I have not uninstalled the 
version 3.0 LIB 1.70 which I downloaded and installed in late 
October. The confusion is CDTobie stating that the version dated 
7NOV07 is the latest.

"The version currently listed on the US site for download (thus the
official "current version") is Spyder3Print_win.zip at 149.63 MB, 
creationd date of Nov7, 2007.

This particular version is a smaller file size(approx. 149.6 MB) 
compared to the version I downloaded(approx. 178 MB) and installed 3 
WEEKS EARLIER.
I have only downloaded from the US site, and it did not have a "b" in 
it's version.
THUS THE CONFUSION!

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> 
wrote:

> What you already have is the CORRECT version. It's RELEASE
> version 3.0, library version 1.70.

> Don't uninstall anything! What you already have is correct! Whenever
> you see a "b" in a version number, it's generally used to denote
> a "beta" (test, pre-release) version rather than a 
shipping, "release"
> version.
> 
> Don't use the beta version from the colorvision.ch site, that's not 
the

> correct version and they should be fixing it.
> 
> 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> Colorvision
>

On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Keith R. wrote:

> David,
> Thanks for the reply, but I'm still am confused. As of yet, I've only
> downloaded the version dated 7NOV07. I have not uninstalled the
> version 3.0 LIB 1.70 which I downloaded and installed in late
> October. The confusion is CDTobie stating that the version dated
> 7NOV07 is the latest.
>
> "The version currently listed on the US site for download (thus the
> official "current version") is Spyder3Print_win.zip at 149.63 MB,
> creationd date of Nov7, 2007.
>
> This particular version is a smaller file size(approx. 149.6 MB)
> compared to the version I downloaded(approx. 178 MB) and installed 3
> WEEKS EARLIER.
> I have only downloaded from the US site, and it did not have a "b" in
> it's version.
> THUS THE CONFUSION!
>
>

Any application that shows a "b" in the version in the About screen
(such as 3.0b3, which means 3.0"beta"3) is not a release.

There have been no updates to the software since the release in late
October, so na matter what date had been listed on the web site
(someone who put it there did so by mistake, apparently), what you
already have installed is the "release" and it's the only installer
that should have gone up on the web site.

David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Colorvision

Thank you for the reply. I will delete the "new" download. For the 
record, what I originally downloaded(and what I am being told to keep) 
was NOT a beta version,(it was not v.3.0b3). As I stated, I was just 
confused because Mr. Tobie had said that the latest version was dated 7 
NOV 07, and I had down loaded and installed 3.0 in late October. Also 
the difference in file sizes(from 178 MB to 149 MB) added to the 
confusion.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> 
wrote:

> Any application that shows a "b" in the version in the About screen
> (such as 3.0b3, which means 3.0"beta"3) is not a release.
> 
> There have been no updates to the software since the release in late
> October, so na matter what date had been listed on the web site
> (someone who put it there did so by mistake, apparently), what you
> already have installed is the "release" and it's the only installer
> that should have gone up on the web site.
> 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> Colorvision
>

I am based in the UK, but can't get to colorvision.com to download 
the non-beta version. Whenever I click on Support | Software Updates 
from the home page, it directs me to the colorvision.ch site.

How do I download the non-beta version?

Regards,
Thomas

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 1/1/08 5:46:54 PM, emarkscheffel@... writes:
> 
> 
> > 
> > at the end of october 2007 I downloaded the softare update für my
> > PrintFiXPro hardware named "Spider3PrintSetup.exe" with a size of 
app.
> > 183 MB. After installation the version 3.0 and the library 
version 1,70
> > is shown.
> > 
> > Today I looked at the colorvision.ch page and found a file
> > Spyder3Print_win.zip.
> > 
> > After downloading and unzipping this file I found that it has the
> > name "Spyder3Print 3.0b3 Setup.exe" and a smaller size and an 
older
> > date 30.08.07 than the file downloaded in october above mentioned.
> > 
> > Here My question: which version is the actual version I should 
use.
> > 
> 
> The version currently listed on the US site for download (thus the 
official 
> "current version") is Spyder3Print_win.zip at 149.63 MB, creationd 
date of 
> Nov7, 2007. If in doubt, download from colorvision.com, not 
colorvision.ch. Final 
> beta versions may be identical to release versions, but xN cause 
confusion, so 
> we try to avoid having them up for public download...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
> 
> 
> **************************************
> See AOL's top 
> rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?
NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
>

I have the exact same problem from Denmark.

regards,

Peter

From: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of thom999manson
Sent: 4. januar 2008 09:38
To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [colorvision_group] Re: actual version aof Spider3Print

 

I am based in the UK, but can't get to colorvision.com to download 
the non-beta version. Whenever I click on Support | Software Updates 
from the home page, it directs me to the colorvision.ch site.

How do I download the non-beta version?

Regards,
Thomas

So if I understand you correctly, I should either use the beta or 
revert to version 2? Which of those two options would you recommend?

Regards,
Thomas

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 1/4/08 8:04:39 AM, thomas_manson@... writes:
> 
> 
> > I am based in the UK, but can't get to colorvision.com to download
> > the non-beta version. Whenever I click on Support | Software 
Updates
> > from the home page, it directs me to the colorvision.ch site.
> > 
> > How do I download the non-beta version?
> > 
> 
> We have recently integrated our downloads, so that either site 
should now 
> take you to the same list of downloads. What we haven't done is to 
clean up the 
> version numbers to avoid confusion. That should occur soon.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
> 
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