2009-05-15 by Jon Cone
No, it s not really possible to match Piezography inks fade-resistance with color pigments. We can get close to UC with ConeColor. By example below, 70 MegaLux
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2009-05-15 by C D Tobie
... Right. But we have devices costing more than a small car in our optics lab, and they don t make it to 3.0 either, they just make it a bit further beyond
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2009-05-15 by pr_roark
... That machine does have a reputation for clogging. I wonder what Epson did differently on it that caused that problem. The frequency of complaints is like
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2009-05-15 by pr_roark
... Some of us were also getting 3.0+ density readings with the coating workflows that we experimented with -- particularly running the glossy prints through
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2009-05-15 by C D Tobie
... You are asking either the impossible, or the very expensive, depending on just what degree of improvement you are looking for. C. David Tobie Global
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2009-05-15 by finnkrogvig
I have great success with Epson 4000 and Cone s Piezography K7 inks - currently the Special Edition for matte papers. Nice prints! There is a MPS Selenium
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2009-05-15 by Greg
Since I ve been kind of out of the loop for a while, thought I better ask and see if anyone knows of any new and better spectro s out there. I have an issue
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2009-05-15 by Greg
... It should be somewhere near where the head parks. I don t have that printer so I can t tell you exactly where it is or how to make it visible for cleaning.
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2009-05-15 by Johnny Eades
... How do I locate and clean off the rubber wiper?? Your friend in Photography, Johnny Eades
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2009-05-15 by Greg
... Also clean off the rubber wiper, I bet it has a bunch of goo on it.
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2009-05-15 by Peter De Smidt
Recently, I was in a similar situation. Ultimately I tried InkRepublic s cleaning kit. It did the trick.
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2009-05-14 by Robert Krawiec
I have a 4000 and the clogging can be intensely irritating. What I found helped was the run a humidifier so that I have about 20-30%. I live in Denver so it s
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2009-05-14 by Johnny Eades
I have an Epson R2400 printer that is about 3 years old and am having a single color give me the indication of a clogged nozzle. I have tried all the tricks I
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2009-05-14 by David Whistance
I have a slightly different experience, although that may be because it is more humid here in the UK. I run two 4000 s with Piezography K7 inks in (Neutral
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2009-05-14 by Louis Dina
... Nick, The 4000 has a reputation for clogged nozzles, so whatever ink you choose, try to find an ink that has a reputation for not clogging. Some 4000 s
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2009-05-14 by mehrdad
look into qtr which is software only rip for bw first,if it does not meet you then try some hard solutions like inks... ... -- ... regards, mehrdad [Non-text
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2009-05-14 by lambonick
Hi, I posted this in the Epson 4000 group but didn t get many responses so I thought I d try here. I apologize if this has been addressed previously, I
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2009-05-12 by Louis Dina
... Thanks for the feedback. Tyler, I remember Bill saying the same thing about better accuracy with unscrambled charts. Apparently, the i1 in strip does
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2009-05-12 by Tyler Boley
For what it s worth, Bill Atkinson told us tests by him concluded that devices reported back more accurate measurements from unscrambled charts, I don t recall
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2009-05-12 by Greg
... I prefer the unscrambled patches whenever possible because it give you an idea of what is possible to hit and where there might be problems. That said
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2009-05-12 by Louis Dina
... Greg, At least with the i1 in strip mode, the random option bombed. XRite targets always have a solid black patch as an initial reference, and sometimes
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2009-05-11 by Greg
... You may try the random option too, but it never really helped me much. Pretty sure that 8mm is the minimum size for the i1 to read and at that size it will
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2009-05-11 by Louis Dina
... Greg, Excellent suggestion. I found the Eye One Patch layout XML file in the colorport folder and edited it to allow me to make smaller patches and cram
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2009-05-11 by Greg
Lou, It looks like there are some options missing in the latest version of Colorport. It no longer allows you to reduce both X and Y sizes of the i1 patches.
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2009-05-09 by Louis Dina
... Thanks Tyler. I m on a PC so Bill s Apple Script won t work for me. I have Eric Chan s utility, but it only supports the 1728 patch chart. I am trying to
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2009-05-09 by Tyler Boley
... A major unsung attribute of QTR Create Icc is that it will characterize any monochromatic output system. This is useful in many many ways. One, for
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2009-05-09 by Tyler Boley
Lou, from Bill s changes Log.rtf- Added a new free Mac-only application, Extract Monaco Lab , that reads an RGB 729 or RGB 1728 Lab measurement file and
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2009-05-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... Nearest Neighbour is your friend in downsampling targets, if the contrasty lines for patch separations get too small for the spectrometer you can
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2009-05-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... It actually does softproof the toning so represents the final print quite well if the customer knows how soft proofing in PS should work. For printing from
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2009-05-09 by Louis Dina
Does anyone know how to use custom RGB or CMYK profiling targets and import them into Monaco Profiler to build color profiles? (I know it is the B&W Print
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2009-05-09 by Jon Cone
you ve got to be kidding me... Was anyone discussing transmissive profiles? David, we all have to practice civility. Even you do. Jon
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2009-05-09 by Cdtobie
Jon, please stay on topic, and avoid personal insults. C. D. Tobie Global Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater Datacolor.com
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2009-05-09 by Jon Cone
You probably meant non sequitur , similar to the disjointed universal conclusion you made in regard to your testing one for the type of work you do, and my
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2009-05-09 by Greg
... Mark, I would still suggest you download Colorport and learn how to get the data out in the format that you want. Colorport is FREE from Xrite so all you
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2009-05-09 by C D Tobie
... Given that nonsequeter, the answer is: no Datacolor does not sell 0/45 transmissive devices, though I ve always had an interest in it. It would certainly
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2009-05-09 by Jon Cone
David, You re constantly sales pitching your products. I m in the market for one. I thought to take the direct approach with you and just ask a simple question
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2009-05-09 by Cdtobie
Was anyone discussing transmissive profiles? C. D. Tobie Global Product Technology Mngr. Digital Imaging & Home Theater Datacolor.com CDTobie@Datacolor.com
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2009-05-09 by hp9180profile
... Looks like the problem is with your cartridges. Either they are duds or you did not prime them properly. I have tried a lot of different spongeless carts
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2009-05-09 by Jon Cone
David, do you guys sell a transmissive spectrophotomete? Jon
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2009-05-09 by esharamaki
I m having a problem with my 2200. I have UT-3D in spongeless cartidges. I ve switched out the whole set for another. The ink seems to pour out of the
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2009-05-08 by Cdtobie
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.
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2009-05-08 by Mark Savoia
Jon, I made the decision when Tyler informed me he went through the whole process for a bunch of paper and ink combos to provide to his clients and either they
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2009-05-08 by Jon Cone
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
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2009-05-08 by shudaizi
Alistair, Thanks for the info. After numerous misfeeds, I -finally- got one sheet to load via the rear feed (US letter manual feed, velvet fine art setting).
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2009-05-08 by hp9180profile
... We have all felt that! ... That is a good sign. ... What weight is that paper? Is it ~315gsm or more like ~200gsm.? ... You seem to have tried all the
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2009-05-08 by shudaizi
I hope this is not too basic of an issue for this group, which from the threads has an extremely high degree of expertise and a lot of experience with digital
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2009-05-07 by osiobrown
Up for sale is the unrivaled Kodak/Creo iQsmart3 Scanner. Not many of these scanners ever appear used, so this is your chance to own one of the best high-end
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2009-05-07 by pr_roark
... They seem to be good ones -- similar to what MIS uses for the 1400 and most newer printers. ... QTR is useful with that setup. I just did not do the
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2009-05-07 by jag24x
Hi Paul, Thanks for the quick reply! I took your advice from previous posts and got the inkjetcarts spongless cartridges. I ll go ahead and print with the
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2009-05-07 by pr_roark
... Be sure your carts are truly sponge free and not the MIS sponge free carts. (They have a small sponge in the air inlet that the Eboni-6 base appears to
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