Re:Review of Large-Format Inkjet Contract Proofers
Re:Review of Large-Format Inkjet Contract Proofers
- Subject: Re:Review of Large-Format Inkjet Contract Proofers
- From: "Cris Daniels" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 11:58:26 -0400
<No issues at all doing very accurate cross simulation using UC inks.
The big benefit I see is super fast dry down and stability.>
I've done enough testing internally as has Colorbyte to validate that
there are easily measurable differences with the Ultrachromes until
about 20-24 hours. These are under very normal controlled conditions,
nothing extreme. Its not 14 delta e or anything that drastic, but I
don't even bother to judge my final prints out of these machines until a
later point, certainly the spectrolino can pick it up. I never like to
create profiles with targets straight out of the printer, whenever I
have done this it usually requires profile editing which I'm inclined to
avoid if possible. The stability is great though once the intial drydown
has occurred. I agree it sucks to wait 24 hours to read a target, but
otherwise you are technically hitting a moving target. Is the "out of
the printer" stability better than photo dyes, maybe, but the black
issue is just too large to overlook in a contract proofer scenario. The
black may easily have higher density on the press. It depends on how
much of a simulation you or the customer are willing to accept.
< Who wants to wait for a print to "dry down" when doing proofing?>
I totally agree, but none of these inkjets are giving you 100% accuracy
as the page falls out of the printer, they all dry down no matter what.
Even Gretag-Macbeth can't change the laws of physics as much as we all
like their products.
My 2 cents..
Cris Daniels
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