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Re: [Digital BW] Problem profiling Ilford Gold Fibre Silk with Spyder3Print 3.0

2008-03-09 by Michael Ring

john dean schrieb:
> That's a natural paper without oba brightness.
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That's what I thought, too. But the Colorimeter shows those weird readings, for other papers the b-value is a lot less, usually about 5-20.

I will clean the white tile as proposed by CDTobie and will try again.

Thank you very much,

Michael Ring

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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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>> In a message dated 3/9/08 5:41:28 AM, michael-ring@... writes:
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>>> The Spectrometer does seem to have a very hard time with the Ilford
>>> paper. The reading for Paper-White is way off on the b-axis.
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>>> I am getting Lab values of 99.06 0.93 -97.24.
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>> As you would find in the archives of this list, this is a known
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>> overly whitened papers. You need to clean your white tile thoroughly
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>> cleaning solvent and a WHITENER FREE cloth, such as a lens cloth. Then 
>> recalibrate and try again. If that does not solve the issue, contact
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> me off-list and 
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>> I'll set you up for tech support or device replacement.
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>> C. David Tobie
>> WW Product Technology Manager
>> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
>> Datacolor Inc.
>> CDTobie@...
>> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
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