QTR-Quadtone RIP

I'm in the market for a printer profiler too and just home from  
MacWorld in San Francisco where I talked with Epson for an hour. They  
liked the Pulse, and thought it was a very solid, well designed and  
useful tool. That said, X-Rite buying GretagMacbeth gives X-Rite  
about 90% of the market share in the profiling department (according  
to this Epson tech) and they decided to scrap the Pulse and go with  
the Eye-One system, which can cost more money depending on  
configuration. Funny thing was neither product was there at MacWorld :(

Alan

On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:50 PM, George Butch wrote:

> The notion of creating my own curves for QTR is new for me. But I
> want to give it a shot. At the same time, I feel I have reached the
> limit of the capabilities of scanner based Monaco EZ Color for general
> color print profile generation.
>
> It appears that the newly merged X-Rite with GretagMacbeth has taken
> the Pulse package off the market. All of the current offerings are
> much more expensive.
>
> I have found a couple dealers who still stock the Pulse at a
> reasonable price. I am looking for some guidance here. Should I buy
> this apparently discontinued product, and is it really the best
> moderately priced tool for my two stated purposes?
>
> Thank You.
>
> George Butch
> Plantation, FL
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