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Heavy Chocolate profile for QTR?

Heavy Chocolate profile for QTR?

2005-04-17 by Mr_Misty_44

I'm sorry to say that I don't have an eye-one, only an X-Rite 400 
densitometer. I've switched from a 7500, which I've had monumental 
clogging problems with, to a 2200 with Epson Ultracrome inks. I do 
not 
believe I can construct a heavy chocolate brown profile for this ink 
set with a Densitometer. Is there any one out there who is into
making 
profiles who could add it to the files or who would be willing to
make 
one for me for a price? You could contact me off group if you have 
great experience doing this. Otherwise, is there a spectrometer,
which 
I could use successfully to make profiles with Ultracrome, or MIS 
equivalent inks, which would not cost me $1,500.00?

Thanks,

John H

P.S. I am presently printing on Mohab Entrada Natural although I'm 
looking at Innova papers as well.
JH

Re: Heavy Chocolate profile for QTR?

2005-04-17 by dfaprinting

If you ONLY need a spectrophotometer, then you can get the Eye-one 
Design for around $750 USD from www.ecolortools.com . Let me stress 
this again, get this ONLY if you need JUST the spectro, the profiles 
generated with the extremely limited software are not good (normally 
I would use other words, but I'm trying to be polite). I don't know 
exactly what GMB was thinking when they decided to make a package 
that uses all of 45 patches to make a CMYK profile, they just come 
out looking ugly! That was tested using a printer connected to a 
properly limited/linearized RIP, applied either in the RIP or in 
Photoshop, both methods looked ugly.

I haven't tested the RGB profiles, and based on the CMYK I don't 
think I ever will. I had much better results from Monaco EZcolor 
version 2 than with the Design software. I'm not even very fond of 
the monitor profile that it generated, but I'm willing to try again 
and see if it works better the second time. The only bonus with mine 
was a certificate for half price of either the RGB or CMYK upgrade 
(only one). That means you could get the printer portion of the Eye-
one Photo for about $900USD.

Re: [Digital BW] Heavy Chocolate profile for QTR?

2005-04-17 by Carl Schofield

You might try varying the ink limit values for LC, LM, and Y for the 
Moab Entrada Natural sepia profile until you get close to the chocolate 
hue you are looking for.
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On Apr 17, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Mr_Misty_44 wrote:

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>
> I'm sorry to say that I don't have an eye-one, only an X-Rite 400
> densitometer. I've switched from a 7500, which I've had monumental
> clogging problems with, to a 2200 with Epson Ultracrome inks. I do
> not
> believe I can construct a heavy chocolate brown profile for this ink
> set with a Densitometer. Is there any one out there who is into
> making
> profiles who could add it to the files or who would be willing to
> make
> one for me for a price? You could contact me off group if you have
> great experience doing this. Otherwise, is there a spectrometer,
> which
> I could use successfully to make profiles with Ultracrome, or MIS
> equivalent inks, which would not cost me $1,500.00?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John H
>
> P.S. I am presently printing on Mohab Entrada Natural although I'm
> looking at Innova papers as well.
> JH
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>
>
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