Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Excellent decription.  Makes me more confident with reading my 
patches and not being overly anal about the whole thing.  I do know 
at times however that a printer can have trouble with the heads or 
there can be a very minute amount of gunk on the paper that will 
cause an anomaly in the reading apart from just missing patches etc.. 
My idea with throwing out the anomalies of three patch readings would 
catch either situation although a careful examination of the patches 
beforehand should ceratinly suffice for print problems on the 
patches...  What you say makes sense.  Nothing to worry about.

Bravo on a great product.  I've been printing with my dj130 now for 
quite awile using default profiles and resisting the urge to get 
custom profiles made (because I wanted an i1 in the past.)  Now after 
just one day with the PrintFixPro I feel like the last 20% of the 
printer has been unlocked.  I printed a photo heavy on browns out 
last night that the custom HP profiles had destroyed.  In the past 
the colors looked aweful and I thought the browns were just out of 
gamut for the printer or something.  After profiling with PFP the 
image is AWESOME!  It looks just like the monitor.  A little darker 
because I'm viewing under standard lighting.  Thanks for the great 
product.  Anyone using the default HP profiles for designjet printers 
really NEEDS one of these.

-Jonathan



> The nose of the spectro is 10mm wide. The opening in it is 7mm 
wide. The 
> measured area, within that 7mm illuminated area, is 4mm wide. This 
allows for 
> "over-illumination" necessary to accurately measure translucent 
materials. So when 
> you notice that the nose of the spectro has crowded the edge of the 
patch, 
> and remeasure it, chances are that you still weren't off enough to 
have effected 
> the reading. In fact, since the gap between patches is typically 
about a 
> 1.5mm, you would have to be over the line, and have the nosecone 
onto the next 
> patch before it would effect readings. Try it in the spot measure 
function, 
> you'll find this to be true. So a lot of concerns about reading 
accuracy and 
> reading times, are just obsessing about things that simply don't 
matter. If you read 
> a chart slowly and precisely, and then read it fast and dirty, as 
long as you 
> scan for errors before building the profile, I don't think you'll 
be able to 
> tell one from the other... just (as Red Green would say) keep your 
stick on 
> the ice...