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Re: [Digital BW] A question about d-max

2011-01-17 by Cdtobie

>>On the other hand, d-max is less than impressive. I get a value of 1.56 
(datacolor Spyder3) resp. 1.50 (x-rite 810, calibrated, must be a bit 
old...

0.06 difference between very different devices is actually very good...

>>Now, as I said, this is not my final ink/paper setup, and maybe I should 
just move on. But still, I see this as an exercise in my learning 
process and I wonder if I did anything wrong?

Well, matte media are typically in that range; by the time they are under glass, it's fine. 


C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Imaging Color Management
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Jan 16, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Louis de Stoutz <loudest@...> wrote:

> On the other hand, d-max is less than impressive. I get a value of 1.56 
> (datacolor Spyder3) resp. 1.50 (x-rite 810, calibrated, must be a bit 
> old...).
> 
> Now, as I said, this is not my final ink/paper setup, and maybe I should 
> just move on. But still, I see this as an exercise in my learning 
> process and I wonder if I did anything wrong?
> 


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