New Spyder 2.2 Cost me $650
2006-04-08 by davedoughman
It clearly verified what I had suspected. My old inexpensive CRT monitor could not produce enough contrast to properly calibrate my monitor. A new Samsung 214T
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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: SpyderPRO 2.2 Release Date
2006-04-08 by CDTobie@aol.com
... rebooted and got a screen message that there was no monitor profile other than the default laptop setting from the factory. I searched and found the
Re: SpyderPRO 2.2 Release Date
2006-04-08 by Johnny Eades
I went to www.colorvision.com just a short while ago and downloaded SpyderPro2.2 setup and installed it. So it must be there now!!! After downloading it, I
Re: [colorvision_group] SpyderPRO 2.2 Release Date
2006-04-07 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Do you know if the new update for Spyder2Pro is available for download? The ColorVision servers are in the process of being moved, so no new updates will
Re: [colorvision_group] Still having problems with neutrality
2006-04-07 by CDTobie@aol.com
Please print the Print Quality Check Image TIFF from the Targets folder as a full page image, through the profile in question, let dry, and then measure the
Still having problems with neutrality
2006-04-07 by Helen Bach
I m still having difficulties getting a greyscale to print neutrally with profiles made with PFP. The biggest problem is in the highlights. Neutral and
Re: [colorvision_group] SpyderPRO 2.2 Release Date
2006-04-06 by Jan Barkan
Hi Randy, Am relatively new to the forum and have learned much from you all. Do you know if the new update for Spyder2Pro is available for download? Thanks
Re: [colorvision_group] Gamut Mapping
2006-04-06 by CDTobie@aol.com
... From: Tom ... gotten through making a color reference model simplistic handling of in-gamut colors. Handling out of gamut colors
Re: Profoling Canon Pixma iP 4200 printer
2006-04-05 by peter_woelk
Jack, assuming you re using PrintFix pro...inside the Print/Quality custom area (printer driver) there is a quality slider, 1 is best (fine), 2 High an 3
Gamut Mapping
2006-04-05 by Tom
Ok .... you have my deepest respect on handling Gamut mapping. I ve gotten through making a color reference model simplistic handling of in-gamut colors.
Re: Profoling Canon Pixma iP 4200 printer
2006-04-05 by nwkcmk123
... Hi Jack, You may refer to this link for information http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/June_2005.html
Profoling Canon Pixma iP 4200 printer
2006-04-04 by Jack Winberg
Hi again, Gang: I answered my own question, I did check the Enable ICM box in the printer driver, and my first profile came out right on target. Nice, fast
Profoling Canon Pixma iP 4200 printer
2006-04-04 by Jack Winberg
Hi Gang: I m trying to profile a Canon Pixma iP4200 printer. Can anyone tell me if the Enable ICM (Windows Color Management box should be checked?
Re: PrintFix Pro Software - feature request
2006-04-04 by nwkcmk123
Hi David, It will be nice to have 4R profilling incorporate into future release of PrintFix Pro software. Yes, I m using my A4 printer to do quite a lot of 4R
Re: [colorvision_group] PrintFix Pro Software - feature request
2006-04-04 by CDTobie@aol.com
4R (4 x6 ) printers are often used directly from the camera card, and are not profilable in that workflow. If you are using a letter/A4 printer, but printing
PrintFix Pro Software - feature request
2006-04-04 by nwkcmk123
At the moment, PrintFix Pro software allow us to profile A4 size paper. I wonder in future release of PrintFix Pro software, will there be any support for 4R
Re: The taming of the Pictro
2006-04-03 by Tom
... testers can ... Its handy also because it gives you a larger area to review when trying to critique the profiles produced. Definately a positive feature.
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: The taming of the Pictro
2006-04-02 by CDTobie@aol.com
... In this instance sRGB probably just means gamma2.2/6500k, which would be fine. ... tell you what they think of it from the current beta). C. David Tobie
Re: The taming of the Pictro
2006-04-01 by John Vitollo
... Actually you do have the option to print full size in the latest beta software release....good addition! Are you using the beta? If not contact CDTobie
Re: The taming of the Pictro
2006-04-01 by Mike Landry
... settings? ... and Grey ... profile ... you could ... can t say. Try ... read 729 ... Comparing the Fuji-provided profile to the CV729 profile I
Re: [colorvision_group] The taming of the Pictro - gotta say, I'm just tickled.
2006-03-31 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Patience is definately not my strong suit... glad it doesn t always show. ... Those sound like very good settings for Pictro profiling. Whether you
The taming of the Pictro - gotta say, I'm just tickled.
2006-03-31 by Mike Landry
I ordered my PrintFix Pro over a month ago, but it got stuck in the back-ordered logjam. I was patient, though, and it arrived the other day. While I waited
Papers for Purposes
2006-03-30 by Tom
With the color profiling work something is becomming more apparent. Different papers are markedly better for particular types of photographs and the major hues
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Wavelength range of Printfix Pro's DC 1005?
2006-03-28 by CDTobie@aol.com
... You ll have to be the judge of that yourself, with your dyesub, and your level of expectation... ... deal more shortly. Status T Visual is already
Re: Wavelength range of Printfix Pro's DC 1005?
2006-03-28 by guy_ncognito2000
Would you say a 255 patch would be sufficient for a dye sub or would you recommend a 766? (At almost $3 a sheet, it gets expensive quickly) Any timeline to the
Re: [colorvision_group] Spyder2Pro Counterweight question
2006-03-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
... If the counterweight on your USB cable is too tight to comfortably move up and down, you may wish to open the counterweight s two plastic halves, and
Spyder2Pro Counterweight question
2006-03-27 by Gary
Hey just got PrintFixPro Suite! However the Spyder2 puck assembly is a little confusing - I am under the impression that the weight should slide along the
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
... As long as you follow through with your own suggestion and mount your work on a black backing, then this is legitimate and consistant advice... C. David
Re: [colorvision_group] What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
... As noted in the help accompanying the application, a white base, or a few sheets of the same paper you are profiling, is a good choice for thin media. For
Re: [colorvision_group] Wavelength range of Printfix Pro's DC 1005?
2006-03-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Recent, more linear dyesubs tend to profile very similarly to inkjets, though for dyesub, more patches may be required than for better behaved inkjet
Re: [colorvision_group] Wavelength range of Printfix Pro's DC 1005?
2006-03-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
... With IR and UV filters in place, there tends to not be much data at the extreme ends anyway... mostly this has to do with getting the starting point and
Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by peter_woelk
Tom, yes indeed I do mount my prints on that black paper, the idea to read patches on a black base hit me when I saw that the brands show trough. I didn t
Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by Tom
... Just a question here but .. if the brand shows through the paper enough that the patch reader can detect a difference between a clean patch and a branded
Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by peter_woelk
Hello together, because I use many papers which have printed their brand names (Epson, Canon) on the backside, I recommend (and I do so with success) to use a
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Exactly.. Get a stack of the original media... Keith Keith Krebs Just some guy, caretaker of the Multiverse s largest EPSON printer User Community
Re: What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by Brian Smith
... of ... The only recommendation I have seen is to use the same material that you printed the target on. Brian
What base to use color patch reading - PSP
2006-03-27 by nwkcmk123
Hi, I m have been told that different base (reflective/none or color) will affect the outcome of the patch reading because the base will somehow able to affect
Wavelength range of Printfix Pro's DC 1005?
2006-03-27 by guy_ncognito2000
I am trying to calibrate my Kodak 1400 s linear density and neutrality. I have been offered a spreadsheet to allow me to convert the spectral data into density
ColorVision's Parent firm buying Gretag-MacBeth's Parent Firm???
2006-03-25 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_Eichhof_Amazys.html If this is true, talk about industry synergy! That would merge two Swiss companies, one
Re: [colorvision_group] Spyder2express info
2006-03-25 by Bob Frost
The MS Color Applet. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx Bob Frost. ... From: Keith Cooper
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by CDTobie@aol.com
... True RIP implies a certain level of features, which bring with them a certain pricepoint, which brings with it a bad ratio to the cost of an R1800. Most
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Well, if you use a RIP, you ll have to choose a media setting there instead, or build one, or otherwise similarly define ink laydown... powerful, but more
Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by Helen Bach
Thanks. I already knew the basics (I use IJC/OPM for B&W printing), but not why the lowest eighteen RGB values all printed at the same density. That just seems
Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by Tom
... certain paper. ... RIPs unfortunately tend to be for wide format printers and pro-only printers. Certainly with good color calibration software / hardware
Re: Tutorial: Semi-Automatic Patch Reading w/AppleScript
2006-03-24 by Tom
... this list that he has a ... if anyone is in need ... White out on the nose seemed to help me the most.
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by xun wang
Media setting tells the printer how much ink it should lay on certain paper. If you have a RIP, you can bypass it. ... -- ... xun911@gmail.com www.xun-wang.com
Spyder2express info
2006-03-24 by Keith Cooper
Hi I ve been having a good look at the new Spyder2express and have got some details at http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/spyder2express.html I managed
Tutorial: Semi-Automatic Patch Reading w/AppleScript
2006-03-24 by John Vitollo
For Mac users I have a tutorial on using AppleScript to read rows of patches semi- automatically.
Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by Helen Bach
David, John, Thanks for the answers. I was actually asking for an explanation of how the media setting causes the lack of shadow detail, not criticising the
Re: [colorvision_group] Optimal Viewing Conditions?
2006-03-24 by CDTobie@aol.com
... The problem about the standard this comes from it that it attempts to have it both ways; to define a single viewing condition, and then to change their