Thomas, Interesting comment "I was talking about using scanners for profiling printers, something they are not made for."
I'm reminded that Moto Guzzi use an engine in their motorcycles that was designed for a 4 wheel all terrain vehicle. My Anshutz target rifle is designed to shoot holes in paper targets with amazing accuracy,that's what it was designed for.Its still just a rifle ! I'm not saying you are wrong at this point in time but clearly if profiling is to be made a standard feature of anyone's workflow ,and it should be, then it has to be by an affordable process. Yesterday Quantel Paintbox cost �250,000. Today Photoshop cost �750 or so. I can not afford a perfect profile to be made of my Epson 1270 on paper of choice, I only use it for thumbnails of images on the CD / DVD I'm supplying, but it would be good to provide an accurate representation,hence the ( misguided) choice of printfix Now if Printfix can produce a profile that is "OK" ,despite the awful scanner they provide, then tomorrow someone will be providing a next generation version that does a better and probably cheaper job. I'm in no way denigrating the far sighted people like yourself who have pioneered and championed colour management,without you we would still be burning coal,I'm just aware that it will be brought to the masses at affordable price,s and soon. I'm of the opinion that the likes of Epson, HP etc should be providing colour management as standard with their printers in a way that enables users to choose their own inks and papers. Stanley, who make hammers, don't design them for just one sort of nail, its a choice left to the user. Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files __________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Holm / Pixl" > Michael Wilkinson wrote: > > > Hello Thomas > > http://www.imapro.com/scanners.htm#QCS-3200%20Flatbed%20Scanner� > > is the A3 Flatbed scanner I own, Ive got 3 actually,I bought 2 used ones as > > spares when > > the importers, Imapro UK, closed their doors for business some years ago. > > Ah, but then they are used for scanning for which they are probably fine. > >> > Best Regards, > Thomas Holm / Pixl Aps =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
