Digital BW, The Print

Anyone interested in buying my X-Rite 810, please contact me off-list.

;-)

(that's a joke for the humor impaired)


> Barry,
>
> as others have suggested the XRite 810 is a reliable workhorse,
> and I did buy
> mine from eBay at a good price. However, I have found that the
> better way to
> go is the XRite Digital Swatchbook. It's a lot cheaper than a new
> 810 ( though
> a bit more than an eBay deal on a used one).
>
> The big benefit is not in the price, however: Not only does the
> Swatchbook
> replicate all the functions of the 810 (via the included
> Colorshop software), but
> also calculates dot gain and acts as a spectrophotometer! The
> bonus on top of
> that is that your readings are automatically entered in palettes
> you can save
> and export (to Excel or wherever you like). Beats typing in
> values from the 810
> by hand.
>
> More info on: http://www.xrite.com/X-RiteGateway.asp
> (and no, I am not associated with X-Rite! <s>)
>
> These solutions do not address your monitor calibration needs, however. I
> use X-Rite's monitor calibrator for that  with Optical. There may
> be solutions
> that only use a single instrument for everything, but I have no direct
> experience, so cannot comment.
>
> Antonis