Digital BW, The Print

> Yes I cringed when someone on a different forum pointed to that place 
> with the sleazyRGB target. I can tell you from the point of view of 
> an i1 Design owner, that target just DOESN'T WORK! 

The 45 patch target does sometimes give quite usable profiles, but it's a bit of a lottery 
(and some would say the same chance of winning :-)
If you have a look on the site I've covered profiling in the Eye One Design package 
separately from printer profiling with the large targets
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/eye_one_design.html
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/eye_one_printer_profiling.html

> Are people actually paying for this? 

Unfortunately people do seem to. The problem is that they then think that their printer is 
useless or that colour mangement is just a big con.

> You'll find that 
> the better profile services are not using the Match software but the 
> more expensive Profile Maker Pro software, or other comparably 
> expensive software from other manufacturers.

Yes, I've made a few profiles with the Eye One Match software for some people locally, but 
that was for a few pints of beer after helping them out with some other printer 
problems ;-)

I know how much skill, expensive software and knowledge it takes to do the job well and 
I'd rather get on with taking pictures :-)

> ****** Keith if you are looking for another product to review, try 
> the new Prinect Profile Toolbox from Heidelberg. I've read through 
> the users guide, and there are some improvements over the Printopen 4 
> that I'm using, now if I could only come up with the nearly 
> $2000.00USD to upgrade!

Thanks I'll have a look into it

by for now

Keith Cooper