QTR-Quadtone RIP

what's the other 10% at this point? They now also own the company that owns Colorvision. 
Talk about a monopoly.
Color management is one area that a lot more competition might benifit. When was the 
last time you easily accessed useful consumer comparisons between the various profiling 
products, and the quality of their profiles?
Tyler

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Alan Kearney <alan_kearney@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
>