RE: iCColor vs DTP70

Ken,

Just a slight correction about the DTP70….it does NOT require “babysitting” at all. It’s fully automatic. The only hands on interaction is to initially feed the first sheet, which is only sometimes a bit tricky with heavy or laminated charts. It then feeds automatically until the end of the chart. The largest chart (2989 in CMYK mode) can be printed on 3 sheets of letter size, so you only need to start the feed on 3 sheets. The sheets will feed and eject themselves automatically. It’s very quick and very accurate. Again, the only time I had trouble feeding it was on heavy (350gsm) paper that was matte laminated. But I still managed to coax it through.

 

Bob

 

 

On 2/28/07 2:12 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:

Thanks Ken,
I am not sure what to get. I use to have a Spectrolino / Scan which I loved but it was so slow. I kept my eye one. I am reading in a  lot of charts again making profiles with Monaco Profiler 4.8 and I am getting tired of using the eye on ruler. I just don't know if I should spend the 1700.00 for the iO.

That’s understandable—it’s a lot of money! I have a DTP41 which as far as I know is the model before the DTP70. It’s a very good device, but if the DTP70 operates in a similar way, it’s really not much less work than the i1 with the ruler. After printing the charts, first you have to trim the paper to size. Then you have to feed one column at a time, sometimes re-feeding the same column if there is a mis-read which can happen often depending on the type of paper being fed. You also need to use your hands to “track” the chart as it feeds so that it continues through in a straight line.

So the point is, you still have to babysit it the whole time. I had a Spectrocam when they first came out and that was certainly better than measuring one patch at a time, but the ruler design made it difficult. The ruler for the new i1Pros is so much improved that it’s really not too bad. I got rid of the Spectrocam for the DTP41. Assuming that the DTP70 reads charts in the same way as the DTP41, in my opinion you will not save much effort, if any, over the i1, so I’d still stick with the i1...

Hope that helps.

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Ken Fleisher

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National Gallery of Art
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