Digital BW, The Print

> From: Steve Kale [mailto:stevekale@...]
>
> Here is precisely what I see.  When I open Measure Tool it
> searches for the
> dongle and then says it will operate in limited demo mode.  I
> then click on
> Spot and it asks me to place the device on a white reference.
> When I click
> ok a window called Spot Measurement opens with Lab selected and Reference
> checked.  Underneath reference are the values 80,0 and 0 (54.7, 56.7, 46.8
> if the colour space is changed to XYZ).  These same values appear below
> sample.  I then select Sample and then take the first measurement.  If I
> measure the 100% step on the K ink of the ink separation page I get the
> following values below sample (ref values remain unchanged): 49.3, 49.9,
> 32.1 (Lab 76.0, 3.3, 12.6).  And this is a very black patch.  If I then
> measure the 100% patch of the combo ink, ie a dark grey patch) I
> get 141.9,
> 142.9, 110.7 (Lab 114.7, 5.4, 4.7).  Measuring EEM paper white I
> get 189.4,
> 166.2, 189.0 (Lab 121.4, 33.9, -26.8).

I can suggest a couple of sanity checks. First, make sure there is no crud
on the white reference or on the opening to the Eye-One. Second, make sure
you see a reasonable amount of light if you look into the opening while you
take a reading.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...