Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "helen_bach2003" 
<helenbach@h...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
> 
> I was stupid enough to buy a PrintFix when it came out - one of the
> worst purchases I've made, and Colorvision's support was totally
> useless. Could you tell us more about the PrintFixPro printer
> profiling hardware and software. I've been unable to get any
> worthwhile info from Colorvision beyond marketing hype. How does it
> compare with ProfileMaker and the Eye-One?
> 

The colorimeter will not be as accurate.

It may be close, as the old system that was exactly like this was 
close, but not as accurate. Owning many different tools (hardware and 
software and including the old Colorvision system), I can tell you 
that a real spectrophotometer is the best way to go. Short of that, I 
would say you might consider having someone build your profiles for 
you. The i1 Photo and Xrite Pulse are both very good, and to journey 
above that is more than another $2000 to $4000 for the software 
(Gretag PMP starts at around $2000 plus you need a spectro). I'm 
currently using Xrite's Monaco Profiler Platinum, or Heidelberg 
Printopen with either an i1 or Xrite DTP20UV (Pulse spectro), and all 
I can tell you is that they work well. Profiler gives a bigger 
target, but they both produce excellent results. I haven't tried the 
Pulse software, and may never try it (since I have Profiler). It was 
simply only another $50 for the full Pulse system, with the Optix XR2 
for the monitor, over the price of the spectro alone. I would 
recommend that you throw another $500+ at your colormanagement 
solutions if you definitely want to do the profiles yourself. If the 
Printfix Pro software is worth having, I would still recomend a real 
spectrophotometer to use with it, and you might want to get the UV 
filtered version of that spectro.