RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
- Subject: RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:39:12 EST
In a message dated 11/22/00 1:04:58 AM, Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
writes:
<< That doesn't sound good. So there aren't source and destination
profiles? Then why does Epson claim the RIP is "ICC and ColorSync
compatible?" What does that mean? Maybe that carries about as much
weight as when QuarkXpress says the colors are "Pantone calibrated?"
The 5000 is supposed to deliver great output on its own, simulating a
generic Dupont Waterproof or Matchprint, but what if it's used in a
situation where the proof must be matched to an in-house Dupont or
Matchprint? And of course the profiles don't address the specific
5000--only a generic one. And since Epson/EFI doesn't technically
support the use of ICC profiles, then it's probably difficult, as
some of you have found, to figure out how to profile and download the
profiles. Funny how a device can be ICC and Colorsync compatible but
loading ICC profiles is not supported. Does that make any sense? >>
EFI can say that they are "ICC and ColorSync compatible" because you can
physically see and convert ICC profiles, in ColorWise Pro Tools, to control
color. The Fiery RIP, however, does not use ICC profiles to control color
output it uses proprietary Simulations. When you convert an ICC profile to a
proprietary simulation something bad happens because the integrity of the
profile goes into the toilet and any results that you might have expected to
get are out the window. So if you are forced to use an EFI Fiery RIP and the
intent is to match a customers in-house Matchprint you start off with
SWOP/COM-M simulation and make curve adjustments until you get a visual match.
If you are interested in a Mac based RIP that has control over output and
device profiles you might want to look into Xitron's Proofer RIP (XPR). XPR
is a harlequin based RIP which allows for ICC color management that really
works. The image quality is not quite as good as the Fiery but if your using
the 5000 as a contract proofer the image quality you do get is plenty good
enough.
Dan Gillespie
ColorGeek.com
1853 Harrington Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-581-5177
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