Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Walt Mucha 
<wkm@k...> wrote:
> 
> >Those should not be considered as "custom". They only work
> well if 
> >your printer is very close to the same as the printer the
> profile was 
> >built on. For most people, those profiles are within about
> 80%-90%, 
> >and for many of those people, it is close enough. And if you
> live on 
> >the edge and use a third party ink, then you can throw that
> out the 
> >window.
> 
> Right. I'm really skeptical of these profiles. Do these guys
> just output a target send the readings into some profiling
> software and call it good or do they really check the accuracy
> of their work? I don't think they really spend a lot of time
> on them. For desktop printers, whose tolerences aren't very
> close to one another, these profiles aren't much better than
> the ones shipped with the printer. If they are well made then
> they will get you in the ballpark with the Pro series printers.
> 


Many of the profiles I've seen have been made with a small size Look 
Up Table. I think this is done so that the profile fits in with more 
printers. That means that even if your printer is the exact same 
printer the profile was created for, your print will be less than it 
could be.

A smaller size profile also means a smaller file size, which uses 
less bandwidth.

I've also seen at least one paper company that uses really low 
quality software to make their profiles. I don't remember which 
company, and I won't say which software, since that software company 
has not been mentioned here, I don't think I've had to stomp on it 
yet.