Re: Profiling the BEST RIP
Re: Profiling the BEST RIP
- Subject: Re: Profiling the BEST RIP
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:12:45 +0100
on 05/12/2001 18:10, Lee Badham at email@hidden wrote:
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We sell and provide ICC profiling solutions in the UK and we want some
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advice on profiling the BEST RIP. Normally we use a combination of
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Colorvisions ProfilerPRO and the KODAK Colorflow to generate and edit
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profiles. This works very well for every RIP except the the BEST.
You absolutely have to linearise the printer and reduce the TAC BEFORE
profiling. Then run your TAC in the profile at 400% Short, very short black
and not too wide of black (what extends into the dark saturated colors.
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It appears the BEST RIP only supports 16bit profiles. If you supply an 8
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bit one generated from ProfilerPRO, all the calibration goes out of the
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window and the RIP ignores the profile. The result is a complete mess.
Best have been making the profiles with 16 bit precision for some time now.
I have created 8 bit profiles that have worked without any problems.
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Kodak colorflow generates 16bit profiles, but (unless anyone can shed
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some light) we can't set the black generation at a high enough starting
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level to stop the profile using too much black ink. It only allows us to set
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the black start at 85, which is too light. Also the fixes target uses far
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too much black for an inkjet.
Again linearise first.
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Is there a way of getting an 8bit profile to work on the BEST RIP?
Unless this is unique to Designer Edition 8 bit profiles work. In XL or
ColorProof you have to 'tie' your profile and base printer linearisation
(bpl) together in Profile Keeper.
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What is the best software for generating profiles on the BEST RIP?
Best use PrintOpen 4. Profile Maker also works well. Most any profiler that
allows big cuts in the black and black width should do. Don't forget that
when editing the profiles to use the forward relative tag and check absolute
as well when saving as the perceptual won't do much for simulation proofing.
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape