Re: Epson 7500 "metamerism"
Re: Epson 7500 "metamerism"
- Subject: Re: Epson 7500 "metamerism"
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 18:09:42 +0200
on 30/05/01 15:47, email@hidden at email@hidden wrote:
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> what about the Epson 5500 as a proofer? What's the
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> concensus on a good A3 proofer that small shops and or designers can use?
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The 5500 certainly has the potential to be a good proofer, but its output
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*must* be viewed under controlled lighting (how many pressroom floors haave
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controlled lighting?) to be valid. Then you come up against the issue of is
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it an RGB proofer, with the native driver, or a true CMYK proofer, with a
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good color managed RIP, and which RIP? The cost of an effective color managed
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RIP and a 5500 runs beyond most users budget, especially with profile
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building hardware and software thrown in.
I've got Best XL and DE to RIP, an X-Rite 41 to measure output, Just
Normlicht booth, and assorted profilers. Problem is that I send the proof
with the CD so the varying (often mixed) lighting could be less than a good
proof should be.
Are the problems of metamerisms that Epson's pigment inks are having common
to all pigment inks?
I'd use a 1520 but the droplet size is just too large compared to my Epson
1200. Problem with the E1200 is the advanced rip features of Bestcolor are
only on the PC version which doesn't support the 1200. They do support the
5000, 5500, 7+9xxx, HP GA, Canon 8500, Encad 24.
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape