Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #150 - 13 msgs
Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #150 - 13 msgs
- Subject: Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #150 - 13 msgs
- From: Phil Cruse <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:05:22 +0000
on 26/01/2001 06:04, email@hidden at
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Message: 11
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:53:17 -0700
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From: Tim Catlin <email@hidden>
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Subject: OT:Crosfield 636IE Drum Scanner
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To: Colorsync List <email@hidden>
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I'm looking for information and specs on the Crosfield 636IE Drum
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Scanner. There doesn't seem to be much info on the web about this model.
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How would this scanner permorm by todays standards and how desireable
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would this be as a used unit?
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Thanks,
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Tim
Tim, I spent 17 years at crosfield as an Colour Consultant and now am
independent. The Crosfield 6X6 range were all very high level drum scanners
in their day, but this was many years ago! There were very many different
software/hardware levels, and also different interfaces to connect them to
DTP (ie Mac's) or not! if it doesn't have a good interface to a Mac
(preferably MagnaLink 600 or better still Celsis) it won't be much use these
days. It also depends on the condition of many components. Not much info
on the Web, as they went out of production before the Web was popular!
(1994), although the Celsis model is still produced by Fuji in the UK
(WWW.FFEI.co.uk) or other Fuji web-sites. This model is however
dimensionally similiar but very much updated.
If you intend to operate it in CMYK you will need a lot of expertise to get
good results, as they do not come with useable colour programmes (CV
blocks), the data was customised on-site to the user's printing requirements
by people like me. If you wish to use it in an RGB workflow, it will
involve a special "CV setup" and convering the CMYK image into RGB in PShop
(in a similiar mannner to Steve Upton's reply about a Linotype-Hell 3900
scanner) unless you have a later version of MagnaLink600 or Celsis (which
produce TIFF RGB directly but also need a special setup).
This may seem to be a little disheartening, but will be no worse than any
other very high-end drum scanner (ie from Screen or Hell). You are looking
at the equivalent of a thoroughbred "classic car" like a 1980's Jaguar or
Porsche. Could be a dream machine or a money pit.
Phil Cruse
Graphic Quality Consultancy