Re: HP designjet 10ps
Re: HP designjet 10ps
- Subject: Re: HP designjet 10ps
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 09:56:21 +0100
on 22/03/2002 21:28, pnarsted at email@hidden wrote:
>
I am considering taking on the responsibilities of providing contract
>
quality colour proofs for my clients. Previously I have farmed this work
>
out to a trade shop who make Kodak Approval proofs for sign off. They
>
have been consistent, and accurate to what prints on press. As well they
>
do not fade over time. I intend on using the HP designjet 10/20ps, with
>
either the Best Designer edition on a Mac or if I have to the Best
>
Colorproof software on a PC. I use a Gretag MacBeth I1 spectrophotometer
>
with the ProfilerMaker Pro 4.0 software for generating ICC profiles.
As you know I'm just starting out testing the 10S as many others are.
Testing on PC is a big step as I am so at ease in the Mac platform but PC
being necessary for most ripping apps. Networking between OsX, Os9, and all
flavours of Windows also took some time. Luckily I didn't have to include
Solaris, Linux, Netware etc as there certainly was enough to look at from
the start. The advantage of the HP10/20/50 is the built in colorimeter.
Using the onboard rip will auto-calibrate many a paper stock and you can do
that remotely. Best doesn't yet have an incarnation of this hence, profiling
and linearisation is also a custom on site thing. The results should be
better as it's made by your careful adjustment. As far as calibration goes
there is too much redundancy in all the Best rips, nothing is clear. There's
a lot of possibilities and constant work done on improving the abilities of
the line. In the end I actually prefer the visual compare , print and make a
linearisation in InkAssistant on the Mac. It's not so linear then but raw
output looks like a press sheet. Then profile and the profile has less work
to do. Best Designer Edition is fine for proofing images under this set up
but Colorproof is better suited to proofing finished pages for production.
As far as I can see, the HP10S has a big fault in their choice of magenta.
It's so blue. I'm not convinced that this is something that you can correct
with profiles. The yellow is nicer than Epsons though, and the cyan is a
little green but correctable. To make this printer to proof an Approval will
be a challenge!
I do think however , when HP release the OSX drivers and Remote proofing
it'll be a good inexpensive choice for many designers proofing their layouts
and sending them remotely to a prepress house. Terms of print speed, it's
very quick and the output is very good. The print quality is photographic
and would even be suitable eventually for ScreenProof which could complement
an Approval in a screened film simili.
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape
_______________________________________________
colorsync-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.