Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul; I've already had enough similar feedback off-list to 
have canceled that idea already. Who do you buy profiles from?

Steve K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Holman 
<pholman@g...> wrote:
> 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