Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> Especially now that I'm getting spoiled with the quality of curves 
that the
> X-Rite spectrophotometer can help make.  My interest in making 
curves with
> the huge variations we see in scanners is getting diminished.
> 

> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com

This brings up an issue I've been meaning to ask you. Why would a 
Spectrophotometer be better than a densitometer to tweak your curves 
when reading a test step wedge directly off a printer? And what is the 
cost of the X-rite spectrophotometer, I'm familar with their 
densitometers.

Something to do with accuracy or sensitivity to color?

In a nutshell summary, what is your workflow when generatating a new 
curve, assuming you have the printed wedge in front of you, i.e. not 
a scanned in file from somebody?

I have a friend who has a computerised way of generating curve data, 
but uses a densitometer. I was arguing that it might not get all the 
color tones right, esp with VM.?

Speculation as to if Colorbyte will eventually pick up the RIP ball 
(say for VM or any inkset/printer/OS) and run with it, giving yet 
another option?

Kind of a newbie question really, but if I'm ignorant, I'm ignorant...
Jim H.