Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Martin,

I am using their monitor calibrator and when I read your response I
was afraid that you'd found a problem with that.

Thanks,

Richard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley"
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> * -----Original Message-----
> * From: Richard Cooke [mailto:rcooke@r...] 
> * Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:17 AM
> * To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> * Subject: [Digital BW] For Martin (somewhat OT?) Monaco didn't work
> * 
> * 
> * Martin, 
> * 
> * In a message to Mark (I don't know his last name) you said:
> * 
> * "I tried Monaco was not happy with the results."
> * 
> * Could you elaborate on what results you got and why you weren't happy?
> * 
> * I do b&w and a bit of color and I am using the Monaco monitor 
> * calibrator.  I'm not completely happy with my color prints 
> * and maybe I'm chasing something that's not my fault.
> * 
> Richard,
> 
> This was 2+ years ago and I bought the Monaco basic package in an
effort to
> get my scanner, monitor and printer calibrated. It did not include a
monitor
> "spyder" or sensor. Since the monitor "calibration" was by eyeball
it didn't
> work out very well for me and the printer profiles really weren't
usable.
> 
> I think for this type of application to provide a decent level of
accuracy
> you need an instrument(s) to measure the output. Scanners don't seem
to be a
> workable replacement for spectrophotometers. I wound up buying
ColorVision's
> OptiCal with the Spyder and ProfilerPro along with a Spectrocam
> spectrophotometer to measure printer output. This all cost me about
$2,500
> which was actually pretty cheap as they were having a special
package deal.
> ColorVision now has a package that is about half that price but I
have no
> idea as to the quality of the "spectro-colorimeter" included. The
bonus with
> the ProfilerPro was that it could create profiles of grayscale ink sets
> which the Monaco would not do at all at that time.
> 
> I don't recommend going with the ProfilerPro and Spectrocam unless
you want
> to make high quality color profiles yourself. You would probably be
better
> off having a few profiles made for you professionally with really
high end
> equipment at $100 to $200 each. OptiCal and the Spyder (or something
similar
> from another company, perhaps Monaco has something now) is in the
$200 to
> $300 range and worth the expense.
> 
> Martin Wesley
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