Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 3/7/06 3:09:39 PM, halgage@... writes:


> 
> I have been thinking about buying equipment/software to calibrate my 
> LCD monitor, digital projector, and Epson 2200/7600 prints. I teach 
> Photoshop in seminar form here in Anchorage, Alaska and would like to 
> offer the service of calibrating photographers monitors and printing 
> system (I am on a Mac but want to cover Mac and PC systems). Are 
> there restrictions in the license and/or hardware that would stop me 
> from doing this?
> 
> I have looked at the PrintfixPro Suite and found it on sale for $549 
> at Calibration-Direct http://www.calibration-direct.com/
> prodprintfixsuitepro.html
> 
Given your criteria, thats the only product below a thousand bucks that will 
do all the things you need. As for licensing; you can certainly build profiles 
for individual's printers with this setup, but they really need to spring for 
their own Spyder; there is no allowance for profiling monitors beyond your 
own site, and your own laptops. This would be true, to the best of my knowledge, 
with all such monitor profiling products. But leaving an $89 Spyder2express 
behind on each site shouldn't stretch the budget too far...

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


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
> but they really need to spring for 
> their own Spyder; there is no allowance for profiling monitors beyond 
your 
> own site, and your own laptops. This would be true, to the best of my 
knowledge, 
> with all such monitor profiling products. 

I can check the license for Xrite and Gretag when I get home, but I'm 
pretty sure that as you said, this is not allowed for both of those 
products. Your students/consultees really should have their own monitor 
calibration anyway, since they seem to need to be done often. Even LCDs 
can drift with usage.

In a message dated 3/7/06 5:03:41 PM, halgage@... writes:


> Wow, what a great reply. Thanks David. Adding in a $89 Spyder2express 
> to the deal sound very doable.
> 
> Although you said that this as the best choice under $1000, what 
> other choices would you recommend above the $1000 mark? And would I 
> really be gaining that much?
> 
It would entail the rather stiff jump from PrintFIX PRO Suite (which includes 
Spyder2PRO for monitor calibration) for about $599, to a bundle well above 
$1000 in the form of EyeOne Photo, or a Pulse Suite. These choices offer 
additional things like scanner calibration, faster patch reading, and in some cases 
minimal CMYK printer profiling (not a level of CMYK profiling you would want to 
be selling profiles from, however), so there are definately reasons one would 
consider them. Whether these are extras you need, or need enough to pay the 
difference in cost, is something you'd have to determine for yourself.

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


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