Digital BW, The Print

David:  Is there an upgrade path from 3.5?  Thanks.  Jim
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Miller 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 6004


    
  > 3b.Re: new Spyder3Print SR profiling kitPosted by: "John 
  > Slaughterbeck" jslaughterbeck1@... jslaughterbeck1Fri Aug 
  > 28, 2009 5:17 pm (PDT)
  >
  >
  > Thank you for this review. I just this week purchased the 
  > Spyder3print and
  > the Spyder3pro monitor calibration system. Being a newbie at color
  > management, it's as clear as mud to me and I need all the help I can 
  > get.
  >
  >

  There are videos that I've made, that you can watch,
  that take you through the basics of building
  profiles. You can watch the videos here:

  http://spyder.datacolor.com/learn_videos.php

  The techniques that I'm showing here are the same
  that you'd be using with the new software as well.

  The new 4.0 software has been in the works for
  more than a year, and there are a huge number of
  changes and improvements: some directly related
  to the new SR spectrocolorimeter, and some which
  affect overall use and the original DC1005
  spectrocolorimeter as well. Some important things
  to note:

  - New, improved, streamlined workflow (no more
  Basic and Advanced) and an improved sequence of
  user interface screens.

  - The OSX version is now Universal Binary,
  launches, runs, and builds profiles twice as fast
  as 3.5. The OSX installer itself is also
  Universal Binary. (Meaning that neither require
  Rosetta emulation) The Windows version is also
  faster than before and has a new driver for both
  spectrocolorimeters.

  - Improved compatibility with Vista (and has
  also been tested with Windows 7 RC)

  - The installer size has been significantly
  reduced by approximately 30%.

  - All languages are installed at once, and
  Spyder3Print SR can switch and run in different
  languages without reinstalling (based on your
  OS-level language settings)

  - A new Software Update feature checks for new
  versions automatically.

  - You can print all pages in a multi-page target
  with a single click of the Print button.

  - Patches in the Target window can now be
  selected by mouse clicking.

  - The new EZ targets can be used with both
  spectrocolorimeters. Some people will appreciate
  the larger patches and automatic error checking
  feature...:-) Even with larger patches, we're
  printing 125 patches/sheet, so 2 sheets produce
  a 225 patch profile, with more than twice as many
  patches as the ColorMunki uses on it's 50 patch
  sheets. (And of course, you can still use the
  older targets and print 225 patches on a single
  sheet if you like).

  - And of course: changes that are specific to
  strip reading/scanning with the new SR spectro.
  You only need to press the button once at the
  start of each row, instead of for each patch
  in each row.

  - My strip reading speed with the SR spectro,
  without using the SpyderGuide, is around 2
  patches/second. I can measure the 225 colors
  target in 2 minutes; adding the 238 grays brings
  me up to 4 minutes total. I can measure the 729
  patch target in 7 minutes this way.

  - With the original DC1005 spectrocolorimeter,
  measurement speed (the time between the "open"
  and "close" shutter sound, as each patch is
  measured) has been improved once again. With
  4.0 software, the DC1005 measures each
  patch about 2x as fast as it did with 3.5
  (which in turn was 2x as fast as with 3.0
  software and earlier). This means that those
  with original DC1005's will also find the
  measuring process to be faster and more responsive.

  If anyone is interested in more information and
  has more detailed questions, please email me
  off-list at dmiller@... and
  I should be able to accommodate you...:-)

  David Miller
  Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
  Datacolor



  

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