2009-08-19 by Bob Petruska
Rolin, Thanks for the reply. I was trying to imply in my original post that I have done everything that you listed. I do have my NEC monitor calibrated with
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2009-08-19 by Jim Miller
Just a quick followup: I took a piece of HP APP Glossy home and compared it to the white background of the painting mentioned and the paper is definitely
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2009-08-19 by Rollin
... Basically what is needed is 1) a monitor that has been color calibrated to some a standard, 2) printer color profiles that are for the particular printer,
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2009-08-19 by CDTobie
Thanks for the earlier heads up on calibrating a virtual Windows machine on a Mac. So I tried today with Spyder 3 Elite 3.1.1 and I got a message saying
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2009-08-19 by Allen Weiss
Thanks for the earlier heads up on calibrating a virtual Windows machine on a Mac. So I tried today with Spyder 3 Elite 3.1.1 and I got a message saying
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2009-08-18 by Bob Petruska
I currently have a Canon I950 photo printer that I m very happy with the printout image quality, but it never really matches the monitor to where I m extremely
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2009-08-18 by Cdtobie
The Spyder3 software has never supported OS 9. I know of no way to calibrate an OS 9 display with a Spyder3. C. D. Tobie Global Product Technology Mngr.
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2009-08-18 by zaxman94611
I have some legacy hardware, a Fuji Lannovia scanner, that must be run from a OS 9 platform, so I have a G4. I had to get a new monitor and now would like to
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2009-08-17 by C D Tobie
... At one time they were both based on the same ICS codebase. Over the last couple of years they have diverged increasingly, as development of basICColor has
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2009-08-17 by dizpark
David! Out of curiosity - do you know if ColorEyes and basICColor display is the same software internally . I recall a discussion from some time ago, which
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2009-08-17 by Bob Frost
... Not according to some Mac Experts! Bob Frost ... From: Rollin
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2009-08-17 by Rollin
... The profile created by the Eizo Color Navigator software is being loaded during the boot sequence. I can visually see the effect when it loads. I checked
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2009-08-17 by C D Tobie
... You may be making this unduely complicated. On the Mac you can assign profiles at the OS level, and no utility to load the related LUTs is needed, so for
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2009-08-17 by Rollin
A followup to my original post concerning Spyder3 and the Eizo monitor. In the past, I had received emails regarding similar posts for people who basically
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2009-08-17 by Cdtobie
Yes, a lower whitepoint will better match yellow media; but then what will you do for cool media? Ideally softproofing using the printer profile will correct
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2009-08-16 by Jim Miller
Making some progress on getting printouts to match screen and noticed that the HP Advanced Photo Paper Glossy is distinctly yellower than the white on my
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2009-08-15 by Cdtobie
All good observations. But color on the screen has fewer properties than color in the real world; a measured Lab value must be simplified into an RGB value...
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2009-08-15 by dsainsbu
This is very similar to my experience. Clearly there is some point at which science gives way to art. I am assuming that the hue representation is accurate and
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2009-08-15 by Rick Ryan
... David, I spent quite a bit of time with SpyderProof and my base measurement file and incrementally tweaked and built profiles that I then Spyderproofed
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2009-08-14 by C D Tobie
... One reason is the relative nature of output; the viewing light determines the d-max, the d-min, and the densities... another is the extreme gamut of such
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2009-08-13 by dsainsbu
This is very similar to my question (as yet unanswered #4161) where I profiled and the results were too dark. (When a virtual gretag color chart was output
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2009-08-13 by C D Tobie
... Thats a very deep combination, you should expect raw results to be very dark; even profiled results may be deeper than you want, if you aren t displaying
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2009-08-13 by Rick Ryan
... David, I am using Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper and the standard Epson R1800 Inks. When I printed the 225 sample page all of the colors seemed much
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2009-08-13 by C D Tobie
... What type of paper are you using, and which black ink? What media settings have you tried? Have you printed the SpyderProof images directly from
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2009-08-13 by David Miller
... Hi Rick: You re misunderstanding the purpose of the Media Setting Check image, and how it s intended to be used. You -are- printing it correctly, with
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2009-08-13 by Rick Ryan
I just purchased Spyder 3 Studio and when I printed the Media Setting Test images the colors seemed very dark and the four small pictures matched the Clogged
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2009-08-11 by C D Tobie
... Eizo s run dimmer than most other displays, as they are intended for low light matching for serious work. ... In this case Luminance really means
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2009-08-10 by Robert Peirce
Oops!! that should have been -6 @ 5400, not -2. Also, for some reason, that first L value was on a new line when I wrote it but got appended to th previous
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2009-08-10 by Robert Peirce
... L=106.945 a=-2.245 b=-21.070 and K=6529 This is on a MacBook Pro set at 6500K and 2.2G. I can t comment on the a & b values; they seem to be close to
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2009-08-10 by C D Tobie
... Excellent match for whitepoint, a* and b*; L* is the one thats off. Be sure to use the Colorimeter window while at the SpyderProof screen; toggle
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2009-08-10 by Bob Frost
... Which OS? ColorNavigator does not work with Win764 or Vista64 and a Spyder3. Bob Frost. ... From: Rollin
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2009-08-10 by Rollin
I have two monitors on the system running off a single video card and use the WinColor app to load the profiles. One is the Eizo CG222W and the other is a
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2009-08-10 by C D Tobie
... Run it on a non-problematic display, and review the SpyderProof images at the end of the process. Thats the best visual check available. Measurement-based
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2009-08-10 by Rollin
Anyone have any suggestions on how to verify if the Spyder3 is working correctly?
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2009-08-08 by Allen Weiss
Thanks David, especially for the explanation, which makes perfect sense. I never would have figured that one out on my own. Allen
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2009-08-08 by Cdtobie
Yes, but the logic is a bit complicated. Profiling your display under Windows will produce an ICC profile that Windows will then make available to color
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2009-08-08 by Allen Weiss
I apologize if this has been asked before, but it didn t show up in a search. I am moving from Windows to a Mac. I profiled my new Mac display with the Mac
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2009-07-29 by Rollin
I am curious if there is a simple check to ensure the Spyder3 is working correctly. I have the Spyder3Elite 3.0.7 release. After building a profile and using
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2009-07-23 by C D Tobie
Anyone who owns Spyder3Elite or Spyder3Pro, is available in the next week or two, and would be interested in in beta testing an upcoming software product,
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2009-07-19 by Dave Sainsbury
No complaints with the output from my Epson 4880 printer with Ilford Smooth Pearl paper using the profile made and tweaked. I just wish I knew why I needed to
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2009-07-16 by Bob Petruska
Dave, thanks for the reply! I started with a completely clean system, new clean hard drives. The only printer calibration software installed is Spyder3Print.
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2009-07-15 by C D Tobie
... Errr... Spyder3... ... Yes... ... Probably doesn t count. Until we have it officially supported, then its an open question... there are just too many
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2009-07-15 by Tom Husband
... Thanks, David, for the quick reply. What s the latest generation? Is Vista 64 bit supported? If it is it will probably work with 7. I get a little
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2009-07-15 by C D Tobie
... Hmmm... I m not even going to touch this; since you are using an unsupported OS (Win7), on a challenging configuration (Windows dual display), with our
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2009-07-15 by Tom Husband
I just profiled my dual monitor setup two weeks ago and am now getting the nag screen but only for one monitor. When I click through it it takes 30-40 seconds
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2009-07-13 by David Miller
... They re specifically tagged so that they can be identified as Spyder3Print profiles, so because of this: technically, it s possible to screen or filter
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2009-07-13 by Bob Petruska
My backup printer profiles are not corrupt, they are from a total back up made a few days after the profiles were initially made months ago. My drives are
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2009-07-13 by C D Tobie
... Then the specific route is: Users You Library Preferences Datacolor Spyder3Print Data ... But its a lot easier to access it directly from the
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2009-07-13 by David Miller
... You re putting them in the wrong place. Starting with the 3.5 software, the working copy of the measurement .xml files is moved into a different folder,
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2009-07-13 by robert49brake
... I m using OS X 10.5.7
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