Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Johnny,

Suggestion: (and this goes for everyone):

Reduce the size of the margins as much as you can, in the printer driver,
so that you get a larger print of the target patches.

Larger patches make measuring faster and easier. Since the targets auto-scale
to fit the printable area of the paper, reducing the margins will automatically
make the targets print larger on the page!

Also, make absolutely sure that you follow the instructions in the Help
about turning off color management in the driver before you print a target;
and about how to hook the profile that you've created into your printing
application, after you've built it.


Best regards,

David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision


>Hello Folks,
>
>I bought off Ebay the PFP Suite which included the Spyder2PRO
>colorimeter for monitor calibration, just before Colorvision had the
>delay in shipping because of the dramatic increase in demand for their
>fine product. I calibrated my monitor first as CDTobie has recommended
>in the group's messages. Then I dove into the mysterious (for me)
>world of color. I've lived in the BW world for 40 years or more, and
>at a friend's urging made the giant step for Johnnykind into this new
>realm. My first attempt was with the 225 patch readings which produced
>an almost satisfactory result, but still with a reddish yellow cast on
>many of my images. After checking and rechecking the printer, today
>I'm starting on the 729 patch calibration patches. I think this will
>produce a better profile, due to the fact that the squares are larger
>than with the 225 patch printout on a single page. My old eyes had a
>hard time really determing if the reading circle of the colorimeter
>was truly on the square squarely and not overlapping a small portion
>of the adjacent square. I'll post later today the results of the
>larger 729 square test.
>
>Your friend in Photography,
>
>Johnny
>