Digital BW, The Print

Greg wrote:

> Well that would be a vast improvement over what they offer in the
> DJ130. I wonder if you can easily get the reading back out, and what
> kind of different targets it can use? It would be a shame if it only
> worked with HP targets and software. Otherwise you could buy the
> printer just to use the spectro... How much does that iO and i1 combo
> cost??? The printer is less money!

It has a calibration stage where all the inks are measured by
the internal Eye One with UV filter. 10 minutes. After that a
profiling step can be done which takes 20 minutes with some
time drying but that 550-700? patches target can also be
measured after any time of drying. Of course you can also do
both: make a profile right away so you can start printing and
let the target dry afterwards for a more precise profiling. I
guess you can also calibrate from time to time to keep older
profiles up to date. GMB cooperated with HP on the profiling
software. RGB profiling. Distribution of the profiles from a
harddisk on the printer to the systems connected to it with
the internal Ethernet connection. Harddisk also gives the
systems back faster as it will spool the rest of the print
jobs. There will be extra software if needed for CMYK
profiling etc.

I think you can use the HP as an auto spectrometer for other
printers too. Depends on how the target is described and where
it is hidden. Any other profiling system outside will work 
too. Of
course if the profiles are bound to work only within that
system then it will be far less universal.  An Eye One with iO
costs 4000 Euro now, 60% of the price of the Z3100 44", and
more than the Z2100 24" price.


Ernst
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