Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi David and Dave,
Any possibility of getting really really LARGE patch sizes for easier, 
more accurate and less error prone patch readings?

I understand that you can minimize the margins to enlarge the patches 
but many times i would still want larger patches than what i can get 
from minimizing the print margins. I noticed there are still a lot of 
white spaces around the patches.

I also understand that I could have used the patch image in photoshop 
to then resize the patches to whatever size i need it to be except 
that when i do that outside of PFP, it could introduce mistakes or 
errors in the subsequent settings of the profiles and rendering etc. 
etc. within Photoshop - so i would rather keep things as simple and 
straightforward (consistent) as possible and continue to use PFP to 
print the patches.

THank-you.

Regards,
ed.

You're probably right about the patch size in A3 paper but I printed 
out the 255 patch on A4 as I've only got A4 size printers and it was 
quite small. It was made worse by me not remembering to minimize the 
margins. So i had to be really careful on each read to place the PFP 
sensor right ontop of the patch. I would love to have really jumbo 
size patches for A4 size prints so that i can spend less time and 
effort on making sure each read is 100% within the patch of that 
color, and not worry about getting other colors from the border or 
adjacent patch contaminate the reading. Maybe like one of those 
effect you get when you enable the vision-impaired mode in Windows 
where everything gets enlarged.

I've always maintained there were still too many white spaces 
available around the outside of the patches.

Thank-you.

Regards,
Ed.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Green" 
<tomgreen00@...> wrote:
>
> If you print on 13x19 inch paper and print the 729 patch target on 
3 pages
> the patches are huge. 
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
> Date: 11/30/06 10:52:46
> To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [colorvision_group] Extra large size color patches 
option.
>  
> 
> In a message dated 11/29/06 8:33:16 PM, ed_limmy@... writes:
> 
> 
> 
> Any possibility of getting really really LARGE patch sizes for 
easier,
> more accurate and less error prone patch readings?
> 
> 
> Sure: print on larger size sheets, if your printer is larger than 
letter/A4.

> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
>

Hi,

I admit that I agree that. With no margin, my PF is just fitting on
the patches, no color margins left.
I imagine this is a choice, from dev. to let such spaces. Why ? It is
printers related ?

Btw, I'm now sure I've made mistakes, sometines, because of that...

Florent

> You're probably right about the patch size in A3 paper but I printed
> out the 255 patch on A4 as I've only got A4 size printers and it was
> quite small. It was made worse by me not remembering to minimize the
> margins. So i had to be really careful on each read to place the PFP
> sensor right ontop of the patch. I would love to have really jumbo 
> size patches for A4 size prints so that i can spend less time and 
> effort on making sure each read is 100% within the patch of that 
> color, and not worry about getting other colors from the border or 
> adjacent patch contaminate the reading. Maybe like one of those 
> effect you get when you enable the vision-impaired mode in Windows 
> where everything gets enlarged.

> I've always maintained there were still too many white spaces 
> available around the outside of the patches.

> Thank-you.

> Regards,
> Ed.