Keith k.a.cooper-at-northlight-images.co.uk (keith cooper)::1/10/04::1:59 am:: GMT+0100
>> amazing >> A lottery ticket scanner used as a chart reading device for making >> profiles. > >Just goes to show how easy it must be after all to make profiles ;-) I'm not sure what you're saying here making profiles is, indeed, relatively simple with the right equipment the Printfix is an amateur level chart reader at best, that was my point. It's amazing what some folk will sell as a solution in this industry. Any scanner based chart reading is pretty severly flawed, unfortunately, as Thomas (Pixl) writes very eloquently elsewhere in this thread. >I believe the latest PrintFIX update provides for improved calibration of the >scanner. are you not concerned about the quality of that scanner? After 25 years as an advertising photographer I am very aware what impression a good, and, perhaps, a less than good print will make. And after 6 years in colour management I know how much a good profile can contribute to print quality. If you have a Printfix, I will offer you a free profile for a suitable printer / ink and paper if you will use the Printfix to profile 2 printers. One printer at your place, one [4000] at mine. You'll send me charts for my spectro, I'll do the same for your Printfix. I'll want to see your 2 prints of our testimage - and you can have copies of my 2. That way we get a good comparison of printfix -v- Pro solution. Of course printer settings are all important so it'll not be a totally conclusive test but might give you a few ideas. I just spent 7 days with US colour management guru Steve Upton, we probably spent 20+ hours discussing ways in which we can improve the making of profiles for inkjet printers. I'd love to be able to use a 100 dollar device, it would have saved me the many thousands I've felt it necessary to spend on various spectrophotometers and the worries I have about carrying them around too. Maybe it's just me but I'd be unwilling to risk limiting the quality of my printed work for the sake of a good profile. ====== Forwarded Message ====== michael-at-infocus-photography.co.uk (Michael Wilkinson) >I'm on my 3rd printfix scanner, would I recommend one? NO , enough said. I think Michael sums it up in his quote. Best Regards Neil Barstow Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management http://www.colourmanagement.net/ http://www.apple.com/uk/creative/neilbarstow/ =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
