Digital BW, The Print

Except that you are using an Epson module and an Eye-One (or similar) to
adjust a machine which will then be combined with the Epson profile.  It's
only as good as the weakest link.  It's only as good as the software and
device used to "recalibrate".  Remember a printer's LUTs are the same thing,
in effect, as an ICC profile.  I'll take a lot of convincing that this is
better than a custom GM profile from, say, Eye-One Photo but I am prepared
to listen to what colour experts such as Bruce Fraser have to say. I still
contend that this is a workflow improvement solution (a reduction in the
number of ICC profiles flying around) rather than a net benefit in colour
fidelity.  Does anyone know what bit depth the LUTs are being rewritten at?

(BTW this discussion would likely be better held on the Colorsync list in
which the experts do tend to participate.)


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:21:24 +0100
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] more colorbase misc.
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Well, as I said in an earlier post, the Epson profiles (whether made by
> Logo, Seiko Epson, or X-rite) are probably made with top-of-the-line gear
> and software than most normal people can afford. I've used a Colormouse and
> and i1Pro to make printer profiles, and tried to improve them with
> DoctorPro, but it is not an easy matter to get a good profile, and the
> 'experts' say that one profile that is good at everything is an
> impossibility. Too many assumptions and subjective decisions have to be made
> in the profile-making software.
> 
> So I suspect that having an expert at Logo or X-rite making and tweaking a
> profile to meet Epson's requirements, is probably going to be better than
> you or I can do. So if we can simply recalibrate our printers to match
> theirs, life should be simpler and better.
> 
> "The proof of the pudding is in the eating", so we'll see!
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>
> 
> 
> But what are the advantages over a simple custom profile?  This question is
> at the heart of the matter.