Digital BW, The Print

Jerome,

I own ImagePrint, IJC/OPM and QTR.  In my opinion, either IJC/OPM or 
QTR provide better output than ImagePrint.  You can build your own 
gray profiles, set the Dmax for each paper, and get good 
linearization, none of which ImagePrint offers.  I noticed the 
difference on my first print.  The trade off is that it is more work 
since you are often building your own profiles, but there are a lot 
of good profiles available for either IJC/OPM or QTR.

I use IJC/OPM on a Windows XP platform with my 2200 and it does a 
great job.  I also have a 4000, and IJC/OPM has some ink problems 
with that.  Hopefully they are being solved as we speak.  I also use 
QTR with equally good results.  The real difference is in the 
interface for building and editing profiles.  I like features in both 
and wish they could somehow combine all the features into one single 
program.  But they are both excellent.

I use an Eye One spectrophotometer with both IJC/OPM and QTR, so I 
can't offer personal experience in the choice of a densitometer, but 
I have heard many say that the X-Rite 810 is a good one for 
linearizing profiles.  They are usually available for a few hundred 
dollars on Ebay.

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "charlsalash" 
<gureghianj@n...> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   I own the Imageprint rip, but after reading all the good things
> about the IJC/OPM software, I really want to give it a try, it seems
> to be superior to IP. If anybody disagree, let me know!
>    For IJC/OPM a densitometer seems necessary to obtain the best
> results.
>   I see a lot of them on ebay,but knowing nothing about them, it is
> difficult for me to make a choice.
>   So which one are the best for the money? A few names would be very
> helpful.
> 
>   Thanks. Jerome