Digital BW, The Print

Hi Steve,

> looking for an alternative I can afford right now. Does anyone have
> direct experience with Profile Prism they can relate? My primary
> need is to be able to produce a fairly linear profile with a
> densitometer, if that is possible.

Don't bother.
Whilst a few people report success with PP it seems to be very much a
matter of luck, rather than precision. Most of the people I know who
have tried it have spent a VERY LONG time working by trial and error
to produce 'decent' profiles. What works well for one person also
doesn't seem to work for someone else with the same kit, so
variability of hardware is a serious issue.
I spent months trying to make profiles for my Epson printers, I spent
a lot buying new scanners others recommended and trying different
techniques, but with virtual no success. I did make a couple of
pictorially acceptable profiles for non standard papers, but in
reality they were little better than using a default Epson profiles
with a different paper, often much worse.
If your time is worth anything and you don't want colour management to
become a hobby in itself, don't waste it with PP, just buy a custom
printer profile from someone using decent kit.

Sorry not to be more positive about this, but you can waste a lot of
time and money on PP, I did.

Paul Holman
www.paulholman.com