Digital BW, The Print

Barry,

I use a densitometer to build curves for making digital 
negatives with peizo. While I don't have recomendations 
for densitometers I have done an excel spreadsheet that 
takes in densitometer readings from a printed step 
wedge, does the interpolation, and spits out values for 
a correction curve to linearize the steps. If anyone 
would like it to play with let me know.
I started an attempt to produce a curve for the VM inks 
on my 1200 and EAM last weekend, though I didnt have 
time to get far it looked promising. The approach is to 
straighten the steps with the RGB curve alone, then get 
the toning by adjusting the individual inks + and - so 
the density stays constant but the color changes. 
Someone in here mentioned doing exactly that this week 
with success.

A setup procedure for producing VM curves reliably with 
a minimum of iterations is the goal. If anyone else has 
time to work on this it would be great as my time is 
very limited.

Larry
> Hi All,
> Is there anyone using Quad inks that uses a densitometer to 
> calibrate their system? If you do could you please let us know what 
> model densitometer you might use? I am using a windows XP system and 
> are considering the purchase of a X- rite densitometer. 
> I think that it would be a acurate way to set up the monitor and to 
> check the dot gain on my 3000.
> Any comments?
> 
> Barry
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