Re: Comments on Monaco EZColor 2?
Re: Comments on Monaco EZColor 2?
- Subject: Re: Comments on Monaco EZColor 2?
- From: "Ernst Dinkla" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:35:55 +0200
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Subject: Re: Comments on Monaco EZColor 2?
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> In a message dated 8/30/01 10:33:23 AM, email@hidden writes:
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> >I was very interested in Profiler Pro. It delivers a nice RGB 'profile'
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> >an Epson print driver (with a Spectrocam). But getting a CMYK
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> >profile of similar quality for my Wasatch SoftRip to drive the 9000
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> >is something that seems impossible.
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> I would have to guess that it ws related to ink limit and raw chart
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setting
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> issues if ProfilerPRO wouldn't do the job, that's the area in which PRO
is
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> noticably different than most such software. I'll withhold judgement
until
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> you get a different package and have better luck with it, however! Some
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RIPs
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> are like that...
I think that guess fits the conclusion of what Rudy (most) and I made of
my tests. You call it 'different', I think more in terms like
'insufficient'.
You mention 'raw chart'. Using the RGB target 'raw' without the CMYK setup
conversion actually gave a far better profile in the sense of the wide gamut
possible with the Epson 9000 and neutral greys. That that doesn't deliver
a proper CMYK profile (black + black control) is another matter.
The method described in the manual is delivering dull images (with the
default settings) or unpredictable solarisations (with several other
settings).
You probably know your way around the limitations, the manual is more
focused on the default settings than anything else. If it could deliver a
profile that used the gamut possible with inkjets it can only base it on
extrapolation of the created CMYK chart, that is a risky task and not
necessary.
The RIP seems to be alright, it works alright with other profiles made with
expensive and cheap profile creators.
Ernst