Derek derek-at-derekcooper.com (Derek Cooper)::30/1/04::2:33 pm:: GMT-0500 >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Harrison >Sent: January 30, 2004 3:38 AM > >>I would heartily recommend a specific paper ink combination profile, >>done by either Neil Barstow or Thomas Holm<snip> thanks Chris. > >I would heartily agree with Chris about getting a custom ink / paper profile >built. Just to clarify - you can't calibrate you a printer, you can only >profile it. You calibrate a monitor, then profile it cause you can adjust >the brightness, contrast, black point and temperature. With a printer, what >you get with the inks is what you get - no way to change that. In 3-4 years printer profiling we have found different. You can and must <calibrate> a printer, that's what we are doing when selecting from different options (like media types) in the manufacturer's driver, they linearised/calibrated the printer to work well with their own papers/inks, sometime they got it right!
this is why we put so much emphasis on pre-assessing printer settings before printing charts to make a profile. Especially with non original consumables. AND with a good RIP you really can calibrate, we call that calibration a <linearisation> in printers. > >I have built many profiles for customers with great success. I highly >recommend it. Just ensure you calibrate and profile your monitor while >you're at it to get the best results. and get the printer settings right too, it's is a not at all trivial part of the process. have a read of http://www.colourmanagement.net/profiling_inkjets.html and download the colourmanagement.net RGB profiling kit v.5,x which contains an extensive manual. Regards, NeilB. Apple Solutions Expert colourmanagement.net :: Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management custom profiling, training, implementation, seminars, resell:: Gretag+eyeOne. basICColor Display etc. XRite. GTI viewing booths www.colourmanagement.net/ :: www.apple.com/uk/creative/neilbarstow/ =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
