Re: define linearization
Re: define linearization
- Subject: Re: define linearization
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:11:35 -0400
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If the device has very strange behavior, then it will be
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difficult to profile accurately.
I think this is the crux of most inkjet profiling problems. Additionally, I
think it is difficult for the novice (or advanced novices!) to determine
whether the device is behaving in a linear fashion (or close to it) or not.
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of instruction for getting an
optimal amount of ink on the paper. I think the biggest problem is the
bloody Epson driver itself. I think most of us have a hard time justifying
buying a RIP that can easily cost as much as the printer! Personally I've
spent countless weekends and numerous packages of paper and ink trying to
arrive at the optimal driver settings for my little desktop printer (and I
still haven't gotten it right). I'm at the verge of packing it in and
giving up. My prints still have hard breaks in the shadows, neutrality in
grey areas is a joke, and color accuracy is (for lack of a better word)
icky. Test files (like PDI) exhibit a magenta cast. The frustrating bit is
that I create CMYK profiles for our IRIS 2PRINT (and accompanying RIP) that
work brilliantly! Why is profiling RGB devices so difficult?
This segues into another question I have, which may or may not explain some
of my problems. I purchased a Epson Stylus Photo 870 just to experiment
with , on the premise that it had the same guts as a 1270 with a narrower
carriage. True or false?
Eric G Bullock
Assistant Imaging Manager
Filene's Advertising
426 Washington Street
8th Floor - Imaging Dept.
Boston, MA 02108
617-357-2187
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