Digital BW, The Print

Where do the Printfix Suite and the Spyder2 Suite fit into this mix. The
Printfix Suite also seems to have hardware for both printer and monitor
and the Spyder2 Suite comes with a software only printer management
system. Your response has helped me understand the two ends, but I'm
still a bit confused about the value of the solutions in the middle. I
want to get the job done, but money, of course is always a factor.
Thanks very much for you time and help.
Howard
 
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Subject: Re: [Digital BW] what type of calibration system
 

In a message dated 3/6/06 3:18:32 PM, hrodkin@... writes:


> I'm pretty confused by the range of Colorvision products and I'm not
> even sure how to ask the question.
> I'm a serious, but not professional photographer, who both scans
slides
> and negatives and shoots digitally. I have a 19' Dell flatbed monitor,
> and an Epson 2400 printer. By following the Epson manual my prints are
> close, but only close, and the monitor and especially the print with
> preview are not. How close will the Spyder2 Suite get me to seriously
> managing my color through to the final print? I guess the question is
> what can I expect from each of the products?
> 

I'd go through them all, but its probably not necessary if we approach
it 
this way: If you want to control your prints, you want a spectro-based
printer 
profiler. For ColorVision that means PrintFIX PRO, and the bundle that
adds 
monitor calibration to that adds Spyder2PRO, the high end monitor
calibrator, for 
only around a hunderd bucks more, so thats the thing to get: PrintFIX
PRO 
Suite. If you are determined to work with your canned printer profiles
instead of 
custom profiling your printer, then you can decide if you want the extra

features of Spyder2PRO (projector calibration, multiple monitor
matching, ambient 
light correction) or if   you just want to calibrate you monitor to
common 
settings, in which case Spyder2 would be sufficient.

Oh, and since this is the B&W list, I'll mention that the PrintFIX PRO
Suite 
would be of use in tuning B&W print systems as well... <G>

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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