Datacolor User to User Support Group.

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 size paper profiling?

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 on 4R paper with it, the easiest solution is to 
get a few sheets of the 4R paper you are interested in profiling at 
letter or A4 size for profiling purposes. If you can't acquire larger 
sheets of it, then the target can be cut into quarters, and taped 
together after printing (or if you are crafty, taped together from the 
back before printing, to form an 8x10 sheet). We may add quartered 
targets to the raster targets in the Targets folder at some point, but 
I don't envision adding quartersheet target printing in the interface 
at any time soon. One user reports that its possible (but requires 
precision) to measure the target printed on a single sheet of 4R paper, 
but you'd need to set it up carefully with no margins to maximize patch 
size, and measure very carefully!

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com

-----Original Message-----
From: nwkcmk123 <nwkcmk123@...>
To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:35:00 -0000
Subject: [colorvision_group] PrintFix Pro Software - feature request

   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 size paper profiling?







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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 prints and on various types of paper. Indeed at the
moment, I used the method you mentioned in profile 4R papers but it
will cut down a lot of manual work for me if this feature is available.
   Anyway, thanks for your prompt reply.

Please!
ColorVision,
please consider updating your software for 4x6 printers.
i have a dedicated sony printer that i would like to calibrate.
otherwise, i have had printfix pro for 3 days and am very impressed.
thank you,
Shmuel


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "nwkcmk123" <nwkcmk123@...> 
wrote:
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> 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 size paper profiling?
>

Please!
ColorVision,
please consider updating your software for 4x6 printers.
i have a dedicated sony printer that i would like to calibrate.
otherwise, i have had printfix pro for 3 days and am very impressed.
thank you,

Shmuel

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "nwkcmk123"
wrote:
>
> 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 size paper profiling?
>

David
thank you very much for the info.
i will try this sometime this week.
this may sound crazy, but i read that the best profile for a dye-sub 
printer would be with the largest ~750 color target.  
Is this possible as well?
thank you very much,
Shmuel


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> 
wrote:
>
> >Please!
> >ColorVision,
> >please consider updating your software for 4x6 printers.
> >i have a dedicated sony printer that i would like to calibrate.
> >otherwise, i have had printfix pro for 3 days and am very 
impressed.
> >thank you,
> >Shmuel
> 
> Hello Shmuel,
> 
> Glad you like what you've seen so far!
> 
> There's a way you can profile a 4x6 printer with the existing 
software, if
> you subdivide the 225 patch target in Photoshop and print it on 
separate
> 4x6 sheets:
> 
> - Open up the Targets subfolder in the main PrintFIX PRO folder.
> 
> - You'll find a Photoshop-compatible version of the 225 patch 
target there:
> High Quality Target.tif.
> 
> - You can open this and print it directly from Photoshop. It's an 
untagged
> .tif file; make sure, when you open it, that you leave it that way 
(Photoshop
> should NOT color manage it).
> 
> - LIkewise, you can break this image file up into subsections, and 
print them
> separately on 4x6 sheets. You can probably get rows 1-8, columns A-
H in the
> first print; 1-8, I-O in the 2nd; 9-15, A-H in the 3rd; and 9-15, 
I-O in
> the 4th. Crop these as tightly as you can and print them with the 
patches
> as large as possible on the 4x6 sheets. (If you're going to do 
this for
> several papers, and for future use, save 4 new .tif files for 
yourself
> once you've broken it up this way, so that it will be easy to open 
and
> print them again later).
> 
> - Once you've printed these, with no color management (make SURE 
you have
> this set right: in Photoshop's Print With Preview dialog: no color
> management; and likewise, turned off in the printer driver); you 
can
> measure from them and build a profile. Just make sure you measure 
the patches
> in the proper order.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> ColorVision
> 
> 
> 
> >--- In 
> ><mailto:colorvision_group%
40yahoogroups.com>colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, 
> >"nwkcmk123" <nwkcmk123@>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>  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 size paper profiling?
> >>
>

You can use the same method David outlined. I find the 225 patch target works for my needs. I would try that first. Needless to say it's imperative to read the patches in their proper order no matter which target you use.

Walt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: shmuelmandelbaum [mailto:sm8770@gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 02:34 AM
>To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [colorvision_group] Re: PrintFix Pro Software - feature request
>
>David
>thank you very much for the info.
>i will try this sometime this week.
>this may sound crazy, but i read that the best profile for a dye-sub 
>printer would be with the largest ~750 color target.  
>Is this possible as well?
>thank you very much,
>Shmuel
>
>
>--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> 
>wrote:
>>
>> >Please!
>> >ColorVision,
>> >please consider updating your software for 4x6 printers.
>> >i have a dedicated sony printer that i would like to calibrate.
>> >otherwise, i have had printfix pro for 3 days and am very 
>impressed.
>> >thank you,
>> >Shmuel
>> 
>> Hello Shmuel,
>> 
>> Glad you like what you've seen so far!
>> 
>> There's a way you can profile a 4x6 printer with the existing 
>software, if
>> you subdivide the 225 patch target in Photoshop and print it on 
>separate
>> 4x6 sheets:
>> 
>> - Open up the Targets subfolder in the main PrintFIX PRO folder.
>> 
>> - You'll find a Photoshop-compatible version of the 225 patch 
>target there:
>> High Quality Target.tif.
>> 
>> - You can open this and print it directly from Photoshop. It's an 
>untagged
>> .tif file; make sure, when you open it, that you leave it that way 
>(Photoshop
>> should NOT color manage it).
>> 
>> - LIkewise, you can break this image file up into subsections, and 
>print them
>> separately on 4x6 sheets. You can probably get rows 1-8, columns A-
>H in the
>> first print; 1-8, I-O in the 2nd; 9-15, A-H in the 3rd; and 9-15, 
>I-O in
>> the 4th. Crop these as tightly as you can and print them with the 
>patches
>> as large as possible on the 4x6 sheets. (If you're going to do 
>this for
>> several papers, and for future use, save 4 new .tif files for 
>yourself
>> once you've broken it up this way, so that it will be easy to open 
>and
>> print them again later).
>> 
>> - Once you've printed these, with no color management (make SURE 
>you have
>> this set right: in Photoshop's Print With Preview dialog: no color
>> management; and likewise, turned off in the printer driver); you 
>can
>> measure from them and build a profile. Just make sure you measure 
>the patches
>> in the proper order.
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> 
>> David Miller
>> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
>> ColorVision
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >--- In 
>> ><mailto:colorvision_group%
>40yahoogroups.com>colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, 
>> >"nwkcmk123" <nwkcmk123@>
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>  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 size paper profiling?
>> >>
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