Digital BW, The Print

>  Would the
> > GretagMacbeth counterparte do any better for the extra 450 bucks?



I have not used PrintFix, but I have used earlier Colorvision  
products going back a number of years, and was always pleased with  
the results. A few years ago Gretag had a special on ProfileMaker,  
and I went for it, thinking that a much more expensive product must  
be even  better.  I have not found this to be the case.  My testimony  
is entirely anecdotal, and limited to color profile generation,  so  
keep that in mind, and it is true that I am now getting good profiles  
with PM 5 (seems better than 4), but is PM worth the extra money?   
Not that I can see. Maybe it has more elaborate features for tasks  
like profiling presses etc- I don't know.  It does seem to have lots  
of options.  But just for generating profiles for home fine art  
printing, my guess would be that your extra $450 could be much better  
spent on ink or paper etc.

I have a question re: generating profiles for a split tone ink set  
such as one of the new K6 Cone split tone sets.  Does the aspect that  
the inks vary in color have any bearing?  Or are the profiles based  
on density only, and therefore unaffected?  I have not yet generated  
any black and white profiles yet so I'm unfamiliar with the process,  
but I'm gearing up to do so, and thinking about a split set on a 9500.

James Irelan

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