Re: LaCie was a nightmare: how about Mitsubishi 2040u /Heidelberg 21TE (Storm) instead?
Re: LaCie was a nightmare: how about Mitsubishi 2040u /Heidelberg 21TE (Storm) instead?
- Subject: Re: LaCie was a nightmare: how about Mitsubishi 2040u /Heidelberg 21TE (Storm) instead?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:54:29 EST
In a message dated 3/14/01 2:52:15 AM, email@hidden writes:
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I had a LaCie for testing when I did a flopped Barco, Quatographic,
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Apple and LaCie test that resulted in the threat of legal action from
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the Barco side because I found that Calibratortalk didn't support the
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ColorSync 2.5 Video Card Gamma Tag -:).
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I had problems getting the LaCie to work. It used a DIP switch which
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took a service technician to figure out. You know, Macs aren't that
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frequent in prepress -:).
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I couldn't figure out the Barco setup, either. It too came with a DIP
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switch. We tried all of three. Same thing, who uses Mac's in prepress?
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I plugged in the Quatographic in a 4Mb video memory 7500 with System
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8 dot something, chose the calibration matrix (3x3 up to 5x5 areas),
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calibrated, and then ran the built-in ProfileMaker version.
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Your current problem is caused by ambient magnetism. The LaCie
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monitor has built-in degaussing which as far as I recall you activate
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from the front panel. The Quatographic is actually a Hitachi shadow
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mask monitor, the brand Barco also shifted to from Trinitron, if I
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remember rightly, it's been a while. This thing has a really violent
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bang when it degausses. You don't get to miss the action -:).
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System 9 offers built-in OS-level degaussing for the Apple monitors.
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And they don't come with DIP switches -:). It cured an ailing
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AppleVision monitor I had given up hopes of salvaging. Not bad.
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Not to harp on the Euro thing... but this (and other things you have written)
basicly imply that you deal with Apple monitors regularly, and LaCies and the
like only as a rare testing opportunity. This is quite different than the
current US Pre-press situation; where we deal with LaCies, Mitsubishis, and
Sonys daily, and complain if we see an Apple monitor more than every couple
weeks!
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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