Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., daschkenas@a... > 
wrote:
> I do have color 
> vision software for calibrating my monitor and profiling papers.


I also bought ColorVision ProfilerPro and tried to use it with a 
DTP22 spectro. To put it all into perspective, I could get 
NOWHERE close to the accuracy of a professionally made 
profile, even using ProfilerPro. 

I'm to the point of thinking that it takes big-money equipment to 
render a truly fine profile. I think my lab uses a DTP41 and 
CompassProfile. Needless to say, after dropping $900 on 
ProfilerPro, and then more on the spectro, and still not getting a 
neutral profile, I was pretty frustrated. I'd say that unless you're
a Service Bureau, sooner or later you're gonna settle into one or 
two papers for personal work. Given that, it's a much better 
investment to just get a quality outside lab to do a profile. They 
go for about $125-$200.

http://www.profilecity.com
http://www.chromatics.com (made mine)

(As a matter of fact, if anybody wants to buy my ProfilerPro, it's 
going for $300. And I'll even donate the money to the Firefighters 
Fund. It's version 2.1, the latest. It's Mac, but I'm not sure if
that 
matters; I think what you're buying is a "key").

-Mark Tucker