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Re: Calibration

2012-01-19 by Keith

Thank You! I'm assuming that I would choose density, correct? I think that's what I selected last time.

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Terry Ritz <t.ritz@...> wrote:
>
> In Spyder3Print you pull down <Tools> and choose <Calibrate>. Then pull
> <Tools> down again and select <Measure>. In the Measure tool click on
> <Export to...> and choose a file name and location. Once done you have to
> specify either Lab or Density, and then take your measurements.
> 
> Terry.
> 
> On 12-01-18 5:12 PM, "Keith" <kjrslr@...> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you both, Mike & Terry!
> > I did make the calibration print with the slider indicating 100, so it sound
> > that at this point I'm good to go. For now. Until my next question. If it is a
> > typo, it's gone unquestioned for almost 7 years.
> > My next question concerns reading the cal print. The last time I went through
> > this(I did this ONCE-well over a year ago) I used my DataColor
> > spectrcolorimeter, but can't remember the steps I took. Since all the
> > documentation involves the Eye-One, is there anyone that uses the DataColor
> > spectro. I know it can be done, I just don't remember how.
> > Thanks! 
> > 
> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Terry Ritz <t.ritz@> wrote:
> >> 
> >> That must be a typo. You want the calibration slider set to 100 to determine
> >> how the paper responds to a full ink load. Measuring the step wedge that's
> >> printed will then help you determine where to set the ink limit for the
> >> paper. You will set the calibration slider to the ink limit value when you
> >> make your second calibration print.
> >> 
> >> Terry. 
> >> 
> >> On 2012-01-17, at 8:36 PM, "Keith" <kjrslr@> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> "To print the first Ink Separation Test Page, place a piece of the paper for
> >>> which the Curve will be designed in the printer, make sure the calibration
> >>> slider is ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT(100), click the Print button and you're
> >>> off."
> >>> 
> >>> However in the ink calibration box(in the calibration mode) the slider is
> >>> all the way to THE RIGHT and the box indicates 100.
> >>> So which why should the slider be placed? All the way to the left,
> >>> indicating 1, or all the way to the right, indicating 100.
> >>> 
> >>> So which is it?
>

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