Datacolor User to User Support Group.

David,

I have a few more questions that have sprung up while contemplating the Spyder 3 Print, 
which by the way is starting to shape up as the winner in my mind. 

1} You made a comment in a dpreview forum recently. You said "Datacolor spectro reads 
much smaller patches, so less ink and paper is used to provide a much greater number of 
patch measurements. It also measures quickly: overall profiling time, even with spot 
measurements, is comparable (or even faster) than other solutions with swiped 
measurements." Can you please elaborate on the "or even faster" portion of your 
comment. The spot measurement feature and time involved measuring has been one of 
the concerns that I have had.

2) One of the participants in the same dpreview forum said that the Spyder is supported in 
most third party applications. Is that true? I wasn't quite sure what the person was 
referring to.

3) I noticed in the Northlight-images review that "saturation" is the default rendering 
intent in the software. Why is that when in most published material these days I seem to 
see "relative" as the suggested rendering intent for photography? I presume that's not a 
big deal either way since you can change it anyway?

4) I have read in Bruce Fraser's "Real World Color Management" that they generally 
recommend reflective spectrophotometers over reflective colorimeters, generally finding 
the former more accurate. Can you comment on that and try to put it in perspective as it 
relates to the Spyder 3 Print as I know Spyder 3 uses a colorimeter?

Thanks again for you feedback.

John