Hi Scott, I read through Mark Levine's posts a few months ago about
the nature of MonacoPROFILER's linearization process. I now
linearize with MP even if I've linearized in-RIP. Love the results.
I don't do it unless I have to - I keep a database of what devices
benefit from it and which don't. In a few situations the reults are
acutally worse when it is used, so don't do it unless it makes sense
to. If you've achieved excellent linearity in-RIP then I would
perform a single step profile, espicially for inkjet. Sounds like
you've done it both ways and like the results with linearization.
Cool - you are among a very small minority of people who do so :-]
BTW, I hate to call it linearization since it doesn't directly
linearize the printer prior to profiling. I like "device customized
profile target generation" but I'm open to other, shorter ideas...
I don't remember anything about UV though.
What is the reasoning behind always filtering out the UV energy
when using the lin step in Monaco?
They don't say anything about it but I noticed from experience
(testing it both ways) that the results are best with UVex
measurements, even on some papers without OBs. I suspect MP is using
a chroma based linearization method like older versions of ColorBurst
(which use the same XRite tech) for which UVex is strongly
encouraged, and for good reason.
