Datacolor User to User Support Group.

In a message dated 9/16/06 4:45:12 PM, eeprete@... writes:


> You realize you are almost making this too easy of a choice. A couple more 
> questions, if you
> don't mind, and anyone else can chime in as well. What the number of patches 
> on the max
> target? Is it 7XX? or is it the 2XX number you mentioned?
> 
Currently, though the 225 patch target sees the most use, the max is 729. 
We'll be adding further options in version 2 later this year.
> 
> Also, since your company is so close with Pantone does the PFP perform any 
> better with the
> new(er) Pantone inks that were released.
> 
Pantone is, at the moment, an honorable adversary.   But I still have friends 
there, and have worked with their inks at various times. I see no difference 
(in terms of custom profiling accuracy) between working with the Pantone inks, 
than with other quality brands. Any ink must be within certain parameters and 
have certain compatibility with the printer, the inks, and the media involved 
to profile effectively, and those boundries are even tighter if you are 
printing using the OEM RGB driver, which is expecting something in the range of the 
OEM inks on OEM media. So with any third party ink, the harder it tries to be 
different from the OEM version (going for a bigger gamut, say, instead of 
attempting to match the OEM gamut and composition), the more likely it is that it 
will be problematic, at least on some media, or at some settings. And with 
any ink (including OEM inks), if I look hard enough, I can find a paper and 
setting combination that is at least borderline incompatable, and that won't 
profile well. I spend a lot more time doing the opposite, and searching for the 
most optimal combinations...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com