Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> 
> In a message dated 1/20/07 6:22:25 PM, photoman6262@... writes:
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> > Another question is  how do the profiles created with PFP2
> > compare to the results obtained with the Imageprint Rip that are 
sold
> > with the Epson Pro printers?
> > 
> I haven't been keeping up on what is offered as bundles with the 
various 
> Epsons, but I certainly wasn't aware of Imageprint bundles, last I 
looked it was 
> ColorBurst (but this may vary country to country as well). At any 
rate, RIPs 
> are less and less necessary for OEM ink printing as the printers 
become more 
> linear. The comparisons I've seen between B&W RIP output with OEM 
inks, and B&W 
> PrintFIX PRO 2 output with OEM inks has shown both to be quite 
acceptable, with 
> the added advantages of flexibility, control, and easy preview 
going to PFP2. 
> By the way, best RIP results still require PFP or some other patch 
reading 
> tool for linearization of the RIP.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com

> You are right about the rip after I took a second look but hanks 
for the answer to my question.
Ron