Best RIP -- first impressions
Best RIP -- first impressions
- Subject: Best RIP -- first impressions
- From: "Martin [apple account]" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:26:24 +0100
We had a new Best RIP and Epson 5000 installed this week so that we could
retire the Efi and two older 5000 engines that are getting a bit tired.
The installation was a little problematic as there were dongle problems and
software/hardware glitches with the PC and Windoze 2000.
The engineer who installed it came out with a classic quote: "wow, you guys
have got the first UK installation of the new RIP -- we get trained on this
next week!".
"Oh Great" I thought to myself, here we go again paying full price for the
privilege of beta testing a new product...
Couple of questions for those of you who have experience of this RIP and
proofing combination:
1. What the hell is going on with the black dots in the shadow areas?
My Efi prints shadows badly, so the Best didn't have much to beat. But I was
shocked to see some rather crude and large black speckles all over the
shadow areas of the proof. The results are laughable as some of the world's
most beautiful female models have suddenly developed pronounced 5 o'clock
shadows!
A test neutral ramp shows a lovely neutral result from CMY until you get to
about 80 per cent and then you get a load of ugly black dots with a
coarseness of an 85lpi screen overlaid on top.
How come the black dots are so big? And can we alter the RIP settings to
make this *GCR from hell* less obvious?
2. We have a Spectrocam and ColorBlind Matchbox+. Will this combination be
OK for checking linearization and profiling papers?
3. We are using standard Epson inks in the 5000. We also use Epson's PQ
inkjet paper, DuPont Cromalin paper and DuPont Matte Proofing paper. How
long do I need to let the test strips dry out before measuring them?
TIA
--
Martin
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd - the "image" specialists
http://www.idea-digital.com