Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
>
> Brian 
> 
> I am sorry but I am not familiar with the various brands available out
> there.  Others here can suggest good, reliable brands and models that 
will
> have the right specs and then you can see if you can find a used one 
for
> sale.  I think it's better to find a few models that fit the bill and 
look
> for them rather than trying to see if the myriad of options currently 
for
> sale will.


Colorimeter:

Color Savvy Color Mouse can be made to export L*a*b* to a text file, 
not as accurate as a spectro. $450 new. I have one, and the accuracy is 
not that bad (now collecting dust). They also made a Spectro version 
that sold for around $1000, but I have no experience with it.

Spectrophotometers:

- Xrite DTP22 also older Digital Swatchbook (good solid units but slow 
manual use!) Make sure the calibration standard has the same serial 
number as the spectro, or it is USELESS!!!!! Xrite will still provide 
service on the Xrite version of these DTP22 (et. al.) but not of the 
OEM versions that you might find lurking around Ebay. Complete rebuild 
is around $450. You will need the old version of ToolCrib to work with 
the Digital Swatchbook, the new version says it no longer works! I have 
a Digital Swatchbook, the accuracy compared to my i1 is very good, but 
different, it should probably go back for a check-up (now collecting 
dust).
- Xrite DTP41 and DTP45 auto scanning spectro (expensive)
- Xrite DTP70 auto scanning spectro (even more expensive)

- Gretag Eye-one (all versions of the SPECTROPHOTOMETER) not Display 
products!

There are many other much more expensive units out there, like the 
price of the DTP70 at more than several thousand dollars (DTP70=$4000+ 
new) your best bet would be to look for a used Eye-one revision A or 
earlier, there was someone selling them at the Fred Miranda forums a 
while back for around $450 each since there is a limitation to the 
upgrades available to those older models. Your next choice up the line 
would be the GMB Design, but don't think you can actually use the color 
profiles generated from the "easy" targets it includes. That package is 
just the cheapest way to buy the spectro, it will however still work on 
your monitor.