Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Richard. I feel that the S3Print SR solution for B&W is very under appreciated, so I'm always glad when someone else sees its merit. Its also great for tints and cross tints, I hope you will try those functions as well. This list is mainly tinkerers, and this solution, while offering lots of options, is not really a hardware tinkering tool, more of a software tinkering tool, so it does not suit many on the list. That might explain why you haven't heard more about it. 

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

On Oct 16, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Richard Smallfield <rich_s@...> wrote:

> Hi,
> I recently bought the Spyder3 Studio calibration kit - mainly because 
> of the extended greys target that is a colour management option.
> 
> I've just done my first proofs - with ABW, QTR and Extended Greys (ie 
> - the Epson colour driver) - the Extended Greys result is fantastic - 
> it's definitely the easiest way to get a dead neutral print from OEM inks.
> 
> The only drawback is the use of more colour inks with this workflow - 
> I'll do a fade test from the three workflows to see how much colour 
> shifts are an issue.
> 
> I've read that the colour driver has less dmax than the ABW driver, 
> but any impact on dmax wasn't obvious in my proofs - it was 
> overshadowed by the excellent neutrality.
> 
> Just thought I'd share this,
> Richard
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