[PRODIG] averaging profile target readings

[Bob Smith]

Okay....  I still would like to hear comments one way or the other as 
to why averaging readings is or isn't a good idea.  I've never owned 
any profiling tools where averaging multiple targets was easily 
accomplished (key word being easily).  So I've never done it.  The 
quality of the profiles I've built is directly related to how carefully 
I print and read a single target.  By "carefully print" I mean how 
closely the printing condition used to create the target match the real 
world printing conditions when the resulting profile is put into 
regular use.  By and large I've been pretty successful at building 
profiles but I've always thought that a good system of averaging would 
only serve to raise the likelyhood that I'd get a great profile since 
it would devalue an error made on one or two poorly read or produced 
patches.  I've looked forward to the day when I could justify the cost 
of one of the higher end profiling packages where averaging can be done 
easily.  I currently use an EyeOne Photo package with EyeOne Match.  
Now I hear that averaging might not be a good thing.  If there's a 
logical explanation out there I'd like to hear it.

Thanks
Bob Smith
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