Digital BW, The Print

I have submitted a ticket to Datacolor on this but need a reply ASAP. 

For some reason (software bug I guess) my Spyderprint (ver 3.5b9) is putting a negative sign in front of the b reading on just one patch (A14 of page 3 of the 729 patch target). This makes it read a yellow patch as cyan. It does the profile no good at all.

While I await a full response from the Datacolor desk, does anyone on the board know how to directly edit that particular record in the generated profile so I can just remove the negative sign and keep going?

Thanks

Alistair

On Mar 27, 2009, at 3:00 AM, hp9180profile wrote:

> I have submitted a ticket to Datacolor on this but need a reply ASAP.
>
> For some reason (software bug I guess) my Spyderprint (ver 3.5b9) is  
> putting a negative sign in front of the b reading on just one patch  
> (A14 of page 3 of the 729 patch target). This makes it read a yellow  
> patch as cyan. It does the profile no good at all.
>
> While I await a full response from the Datacolor desk, does anyone  
> on the board know how to directly edit that particular record in the  
> generated profile so I can just remove the negative sign and keep  
> going?

First, clean your white tile with a mild cleanign agent, recalibrate  
on it, and measure the patch again. If the combination of paper  
whiteners and fluorescence in your yellow ink is extreme, and the  
patch still overflows, just read the slightly less saturated patch  
next to it instead; that far out its not going to make a difference.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
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> On Mar 27, 2009, at 3:00 AM, hp9180profile wrote:
> 
> > I have submitted a ticket to Datacolor on this but need a reply ASAP.
> >
> > For some reason (software bug I guess) my Spyderprint (ver 3.5b9) is  
> > putting a negative sign in front of the b reading on just one patch  
> > (A14 of page 3 of the 729 patch target). This makes it read a yellow  
> > patch as cyan. It does the profile no good at all.
> >
> > While I await a full response from the Datacolor desk, does anyone  
> > on the board know how to directly edit that particular record in the  
> > generated profile so I can just remove the negative sign and keep  
> > going?
> 
> First, clean your white tile with a mild cleanign agent, recalibrate  
> on it, and measure the patch again. If the combination of paper  
> whiteners and fluorescence in your yellow ink is extreme, and the  
> patch still overflows, just read the slightly less saturated patch  
> next to it instead; that far out its not going to make a difference.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Global Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> CDTobie@...
> 
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> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
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Thanks for the response David. The tile is clean so I will just use the neighbouring patch.

regards

Alistair