Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:
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I'm not sure why Adrian's prints would be off by as much as they are
described.  Usually if an image is really off it is because of settings
being different.  However, I've wondered if there are driver differences
aside from the obvious Mac v. PC distinctions or whether the mechanical
differences among the machines is a factor.

As a practical matter, I think the perfectionists might want to do
fine-tuning of their machines.  From the feedback I get it seems like most
people with similar printers get reasonably close results, but the ones I've
seen indicate that they are not exact copies.  So, whether its driver
version differences or mechanical differences, most are fairly close, but
there may be some that are not so close.
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Thanks, Paul - food for thought. I have found with third party colour inks
(Lyson Fotonic) generic profiles are way out and only a competently made
custom profile will give accurate color. The question for me then would be
how much time, ink and paper it takes to customise the curves.

Tim