Digital BW, The Print

Hi again,
here's the page for the Sypder 3 Elite ...
http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc-s3elite.php

If I were buying one I'd be tempted to go for one of the packages that includes the printer spectrocolorimeter as well as the monitor colorimeter however - Printfix Pro Suite (with the Spyder 2) is now discounted and is not much more than the Spyder 3 ... but the new Spyder 3 Studio package that replaces the Printfix Pro Suite looks very good with the later monitor colorimeter - the Spyder 3. 

http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-pp-s3studio.php

You pay more but again, you get a printer profiler too. A few custom profiles soon add up in cost.

C. David Tobie can help further with the Spyder products - he's always happy to advise where possible.

Richard

At 02:44 p.m. Wednesday 14/05/2008, you wrote:

>Thanks Richard for your suggestions. I will indeed start with the 
>calibration software and see how that works on the two MS machines 
>(Vista and XP) and if necessary opt for Spyder 3 simply based on a 
>quick google review of the websites. 
>While Spyder 2 seems simple to use and less expensive, after looking 
>at you personal site highlighted in you message and seeing your 
>excellent photographs and then rereading your post "... best not to 
>buy the cheapest...", I'm inclined at this point to get Spyder 3 if 
>quickgamma turns out to be unsatisfactory as a long term solution. 
>Thanks again, very much appreciate your help. 
>
>--- In <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
>Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>>
>> Don't be daunted with monitor calibration - although I would 
>recommend a hardware calibration tool like the X-Rite Display 2 or 
>Spyder 3. Best not buy the cheapest as they are less flexible in 
>available settings.
>> 
>> Until you buy a calibrator you could try this: 
><http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html>http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html - I haven't tried it, but it could 
>be a stop-gap.
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> At 04:53 a.m. Wednesday 14/05/2008, you wrote:
>> >Also, the thought of having to calibrate the computer monitor is 
>> >daughting, I expect this will be a concern even with the still to 
>be 
>> >announced printer or even a 38000. If anyone has any suggestions 
>or 
>> >links regarding monitior calibration made easy, or installing 
>RIP's 
>> >made easy, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>> 
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>> 
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>> --Diana Black
>>
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