Digital BW, The Print

Antonis,

Are you saying that the Digital Swatchbook is also a
densitometer? I did not realize this. I though it was
a spectrophotometer.

-della




> Barry,
> 
> as others have suggested the XRite 810 is a reliable
workhorse, and I did buy 
> mine from eBay at a good price. However, I have
found that the better way to 
> go is the XRite Digital Swatchbook. It's a lot
cheaper than a new 810 ( though 
> a bit more than an eBay deal on a used one).
> 
> The big benefit is not in the price, however: Not
only does the Swatchbook 
> replicate all the functions of the 810 (via the
included Colorshop software), 
> but 
> also calculates dot gain and acts as a
spectrophotometer! The bonus on top of 
> that is that your readings are automatically entered
in palettes you can save 
> and export (to Excel or wherever you like). Beats
typing in values from the 
> 810 
> by hand. 
> 
> More info on: http://www.xrite.com/X-RiteGateway.asp
> (and no, I am not associated with X-Rite! <s>)
> 
> These solutions do not address your monitor
calibration needs, however. I 
> use X-Rite's monitor calibrator for that  with
Optical. There may be solutions 
> that only use a single instrument for everything,
but I have no direct 
> experience, so cannot comment. 
> 
> Antonis

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Della,

the X-Rite software that comes with it gives it that capability.

Antonis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., della ellingson 
<dellaellingson@y...> wrote:

> Antonis,
> 
> Are you saying that the Digital Swatchbook is also a
> densitometer? I did not realize this. I though it was
> a spectrophotometer.
> 
> -della