Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... 
wrote:
> Take a careful look at both the display calibration features and 
the printer profiling features of the CMunki before committing to it. 
And compare that feature set to what you'd get in Spyder3Studio... 
> 
> 


From the Xrite website:
"New RGB and CMYK printer profiling technology delivers a high 
quality printer profile. Simply scan one test chart of only 50 
patches and ColorMunki calculates an interim profile having learned 
how your printer behaves with these colors. It then produces a second 
chart of 50 patches that perfects your profile once you scan it. 
ColorMunki is so smart it even has the ability to optimize your 
profile based on images for specific colors, black & white, and flesh 
tones for example"

Oh great, another "What were they thinking" moment! This reflects 
back to when I tried that STUPID eye1 Design package that GMB sold. 
Unless the so simple a simian could operate Munki can run in a more 
expanded patch mode, run from it! As fast as you can! Yes I'm sure 
the software has matured such that it will make a profile that isn't 
totally ugly, but with only 50 patches it is still rough at best, and 
only decent on printers that are really linear. WHat it is trying to 
do is get a rough linearization curve with the first 50 patches, then 
make the profile off the second target. I'm sure this approach works 
better than the Design (sl)easyRGB did, but your money would be 
better spent on a higher functioning unit.

If you display is in question, then you should probably buy a better 
display and start there.

I think I'm going to send Xrite an email about the munki after I 
research it a little more. I wrote back and forth about the Design 2 
(or so) years ago, I guess they didn't listen. When I talked to GMB 
about the Design they pretty much told me it was just to sell the 
spectro for people to use with other software, which is the only way 
it worked properly. Again, I'm sure the linearization step goes a 
long way to fixing the problems with the small patch count targets, 
but I doubt it is worth the cash.