How well is Colorton II supported by Profiler Pro?
How well is Colorton II supported by Profiler Pro?
- Subject: How well is Colorton II supported by Profiler Pro?
- From: Paul Schilliger <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:40:09 +0200
I am thinking of getting a Colortron for printer profiling with
Profilerpro. The reason I consider this "Dodo" is because a contributor
to this discussion is offering some at a good price ($200 new). I'm on a
tight budget and that's probably the only use I will make of the device.
Profilerpro does not list this device in the supported devices list, but
I inquired at ColorVision and George Rodart answered the following. Now,
is that hassle worth the saving, or will I soon regret my choice and
save up for one of the $600 devices?
Paul,
Profiler Pro does not directly support the measuring devices, instead
it requires that you use the software that came with the device and save
the measurement file as text.
You should be able to use the Colortron if you can get a data file that
is in Lab format.
a) one measurement per line
b) each line is conmposed of the three L a b values
It would look like this:
This is the most basic format, pure Lab values 1 per line for each
measurement
26.61 -1.1 2.79
33.75 -3.66 4.21
41.41 -3.14 -3.43
44.17 1.91 -21.67
43.66 15.41 -47.29
36.24 -1.08 12.45
etc.
In some cases the data file has extra stuff in it.
In this case you can use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel and
edit the data down to just the raw Lab values
Then, save it as tab deliminated text.
For profiling the monitor, the Colortron is not supported and you will
get better results with the ColorVision Spyder.
Regards,
George Rodart
The ColorVision Support Team
email@hidden