Re: ImagePrint 5
Re: ImagePrint 5
- Subject: Re: ImagePrint 5
- From: Graeme Gill <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:36:48 +1000
Cris Daniels wrote:
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>I've certainly seen prints from an Epson 10000, printed a few days apart,
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that have visually noticeable differences. Such differences go away using
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calibration.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean by this. Linearization or an ICC
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profile isn't going to make an inkset more stable, the Epson 10000dye is just
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as prone to fading regardless of the software driving the printer.
I wasn't claiming it would. I was pointing out that a study that claimed
a variation of less than 0.4 delta E, given that a typical inkset
(even the pigment one) will change by more than 0.4 delta E over the
first few hours, is highly suspect.
Such a claim is certainly at odds with our experience with
inkjet devices. They are more stable that color copiers,
but in general, nowhere near 0.4 delta E.
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>A calibration system that is too difficult to use
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is nearly as useless as no calibration system as all, because
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users simply won't use it
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My point exactly, with everyone crying that RIPs are already overpriced at
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$3000, how do you now tell the guy that he needs a spectro and a professional
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profiling package as well.
Who's saying this ? Any useful RIP should be capable of delivering
good quality prints, without users having to create their
own profiles (ours certainly does). As for RIPs being overprices,
that's an interesting perception. If the RIP is a minor thing,
and doesn't do much, and therefore shouldn't cost much,
then don't buy one. If, on the other had, you find that
you can't get the output you want without a RIP, and that
with a particular RIP you get excellent results, then perhaps
the RIP is valuable, and it's worth paying for.
If the common denominator amongst great results is the
RIP being used, and not the printing device, then perhaps
the RIP really is more valuable than the printer ?
One of the interesting things about this industry
is that the printer manufacturers subsidize the
printers by making money on ink and paper. Some
RIP makers do the same thing by only providing profiles
for paper that they supply. Those manufacturers that
don't make money on consumables have to charge the
full amount up front, making their product seem
artificially "expensive".
Graeme Gill.
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