Digital BW, The Print

David, do you guys sell a transmissive spectrophotomete?

Jon



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>
> The "other brand" makes great CreateICC profiles, actually. It's what  
> Paul Roark uses for all his measuring.
> 
> C. D. Tobie
> Global Product Technology Mngr.
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor.com
> CDTobie@...
> 
> On May 8, 2009, at 3:06 PM, "Jon Cone" <jon@...> wrote:
> 
> > Mark,
> >
> > Buy they EyeOne and you can make a soft proof profile in minutes.  
> > It's the best instrument for my money and you can segue it into  
> > StudioPrint linearizations if you wish, make RGB and CMYK profiles  
> > as well as calibrate monitors, etc...  QTR is setup for it to make  
> > the ICC softproofs and you do not have to fool around with another  
> > brand which is not as suitable to making the QTR Create-ICCs.
> >
> > Super easy...
> >
> > Jon Cone
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Terry Ritz  
> > <t.ritz@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Should you decide to do this after all Mark. . . .   You just need  
> >> to find a
> >> way to get the LAB values out of your spectro for a 21 step wedge.  
> >> These
> >> need to populate a relatively simple text file, which is then used  
> >> to create
> >> the soft proof.
> >>
> >> For the other poster who felt that ink and paper toning might not
> >> represented, they are. With the QTR Create-ICC tools you can make  
> >> profiles
> >> that contain only LAB "L" data, or profiles with LAB "L", "A", and  
> >> "B" data.
> >>
> >> I have found the soft proofs to be very useful, at leaset for my own
> >> purposes. I can compare various toned and split toned approaches on  
> >> screen
> >> before I make my print. More recently, Jon Cone's folks sent me  
> >> soft proofs
> >> for his Special Edition inks, one for a six ink version and one for  
> >> a seven
> >> ink version. I could see how the two differed, and compare them  
> >> with the
> >> inkset I had at the time. Of course I followed up by having some  
> >> real prints
> >> made before a purchase, but I learned enough with the soft proofs  
> >> to keep
> >> going.
> >>
> >> Terry.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 06/05/09 4:48 PM, "Mark Savoia" <mark@> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You are always the guy of reason. I don't know why I want to do this
> >>> either. This always happens when a new client wants to "outfox" me
> >>> thinking he has a better way to do it. And you are right, 99% of
> >>> clients don't know how to use it anyway, while 99% never need me to
> >>> make any adjustments to their files, it IS almost perfect. Damn I  
> >>> hate
> >>> when your right!
> >>>
> >>> Although I appreciate the grounding, you can NOT have my DTP-41 :)
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>> http://www.stillrivereditions.com
> >>>
> >>> On May 6, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Tyler Boley wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I can't help specificallt for the dtp-41, but I'll trade ya my old
> >>>> i1 for it and then you have this solved...
> >>>>
> >>>> You know, I went to great effort to make preview profiles for every
> >>>> PTone StudioPrint ink setup I have here, warm, Selenium, splits,
> >>>> blends, the whole dealy-bob, thinking I'm supplying a helpful tool
> >>>> for my clients to use for file prep.
> >>>> No one, not one, that I can recall since I started Custom Digital,
> >>>> has requested one, and when I've suggested it, never used one.
> >>>> Your StudioPrint output is probably meticulously and beautifully
> >>>> linearized, and no doubt matches your working space on the monitor
> >>>> just fine given the ability to target a given dot gain "out".
> >>>> Soft proof icc based is just not necessary.
> >>>> Just in case, if you do proceed, make sure they check "preserve
> >>>> color numbers" since you won't be printing with the profile.
> >>>> Tyler
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia
> >>>> <mark@> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
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