Digital BW, The Print

The PrintFixPRO package uses a colorimeter called (somewhat inaccurately) 
the "Spectro 1005". It is  not a spectrophotometer.

The difference between the PLUS and the PRO versions, once they're 
released, is not that there are two different colorimeters. The PLUS 
version, if I understand correctly, will be only the software in the 
release version. The PRO version will have both the software and the 
colorimeter. It will not be quite as accurate as a $2000 to $4000 Gretag 
Macbeth system, but it's a couple of thousand dollars cheaper - and with an 
adjustment or two, the profiles can be as good as those from the more 
expensive packageAt least that's been  my early experience and the 
experience of several others who have beta-tested the program.

As I mentioned in an early post, the two profiles I've made using this 
package produced profiles which required only a single minor adjustment in 
each of them, to make the print match the monitor perfectly. I should use 
quotes around that word "perfectly" because of course a print will never 
look **exactly** like the monitor, for several different reasons (different 
gamut, reflected versus emitted light, etc etc). What I mean is that color 
balance, brightness, contrast, and saturation were all spot on after that 
single adjustment. Each profile took about 20 minutes (or less? I didn't 
keep exact track) to make, including the time it took to print out the 
reference image, print out three of my own reference images, and make the 
adjustments.

I'll work with my sample of the commercially released PrintFixPRO package 
for a while and then get back to the group with a progress report. Early 
experience is far far better than I'd thought it would be.

Bill Hansen

Bill,

   Please let us know if you are able to use this system with QTR to 
achieve the same results that can only be achieved with the GM Eye-
one when using Ultracrome or K3 inks.
John H



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, wgh2005 
<wgh2005@t...> wrote:
>
> The PrintFixPRO package uses a colorimeter called (somewhat 
inaccurately) 
> the "Spectro 1005". It is  not a spectrophotometer.
> 
> The difference between the PLUS and the PRO versions, once they're 
> released, is not that there are two different colorimeters. The 
PLUS 
> version, if I understand correctly, will be only the software in 
the 
> release version. The PRO version will have both the software and 
the 
> colorimeter. It will not be quite as accurate as a $2000 to $4000 
Gretag 
> Macbeth system, but it's a couple of thousand dollars cheaper - 
and with an 
> adjustment or two, the profiles can be as good as those from the 
more 
> expensive packageAt least that's been  my early experience and the 
> experience of several others who have beta-tested the program.
> 
> As I mentioned in an early post, the two profiles I've made using 
this 
> package produced profiles which required only a single minor 
adjustment in 
> each of them, to make the print match the monitor perfectly. I 
should use 
> quotes around that word "perfectly" because of course a print will 
never 
> look **exactly** like the monitor, for several different reasons 
(different 
> gamut, reflected versus emitted light, etc etc). What I mean is 
that color 
> balance, brightness, contrast, and saturation were all spot on 
after that 
> single adjustment. Each profile took about 20 minutes (or less? I 
didn't 
> keep exact track) to make, including the time it took to print out 
the 
> reference image, print out three of my own reference images, and 
make the 
> adjustments.
> 
> I'll work with my sample of the commercially released PrintFixPRO 
package 
> for a while and then get back to the group with a progress report. 
Early 

> experience is far far better than I'd thought it would be.
> 
> Bill Hansen
>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, wgh2005 <wgh2005@t...> wrote:
>
> The PrintFixPRO package uses a colorimeter called (somewhat inaccurately) 
> the "Spectro 1005". It is  not a spectrophotometer.

Technically, it is a spectrocolorimeter... which is still a spectro, just a different kind of 
spectro. We're after Lab values here, so how accurately it measures Lab is the question, 
and it does that very well.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@colorvision.com
www.colorvision.com