Digital BW, The Print

No, you can buy a used pro densitometer on ebay for about $400.  Look in the
archives for suggestions on models.  Many of us have the X-Rite 810  TR
which was a $3000 machine new several years ago.  I paid $350 on ebay.

Robert

On 6/2/03 1:02 PM, "johngeyles" <jge@...> wrote:

> 
> 
>> OPM/IJC gives you control over each jet (up to 7), and is
> independent of any
>> ink or paper bundles. You can adapt it to any materials of your
> choice. Having 
>> a densitometer is important for accurate profiles, but in a pinch,
> you can get 
>> there by eyball if you have an existing good grayscale.
> 
> Looks like densitometers are close to $1k (B&H).  Does it make any
> sense to use a flatbed scanner like the Epson 3200 as a
> densitometer ?   In other words, print out your grayscale step wedge,
> then scan it in and look at the grayscale values in Photoshop ?
> 
> Or does the non-linearity of the scanner make it simply the
> moral equivalent of chasing your tail ?  But it seems like with
> a standard grayscale, one could linearize the scanner.
> 
> Just a thought, John
> 
> 
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