re: Xerox DocuColor12 - Notable Quote
re: Xerox DocuColor12 - Notable Quote
- Subject: re: Xerox DocuColor12 - Notable Quote
- From: Greg Nuckolls <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:59:19 -0500
Rudy Vonk wrote:
>
>While EFI now magnanimously allows you to add custom profiles to their
system, there seems to be no procedure that makes it possible to produce one
- at least, as mentioned above, I cannot find one. Could Jeff or some other
Fiery-savvy member kindly show me the light (if there is any...)?
I finally got a chance to see the RIPs for the first time last week... Both
are similar in form and function to the EX2000 (and Fiery's other new
generation RIPs too, I'm sure).
The light is pretty dim unfortunately, Rudy. Both Fiery's for the Doc 12
(The Fiery X12 and the Fiery XP12) include ColorWise 2.0, which is
essentially the ICC manager for the new Fiery RIPs... but only the XP12
includes the Color Editor option. Color Editor is a Gamma Curve-based color
adjustment utility. Yes, you can create and save ICC-compatible profiles
from it, but the quality would be about as good as making a monitor profile
using Adobe Gamma on a EGA monitor in bright sunlight (with a glare filter
on it, of course). If you're REEEEEALLY good at working with curves, you
might be able to make something visibly decent, though.
Both Fiery's come with ICC/ICM Profile Manager, a decent RIP-based color
management solution... and one that is impossible to turn completely off, so
you'd better like it (Thanks, Fiery)! Although the canned profiles that come
with the Fiery are very good for that machine, you're still best off making
your custom profiles using software from your favorite third-party Color
Management vendor.
My US$ 0.04...
Greg Nuckolls
Color Analyst
A&E Products Co., LP
"Reprographics With A CAN-DO Attitude!"
www.aeproducts.com
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