Re: Best 8.5x11 Color Laser??
Re: Best 8.5x11 Color Laser??
- Subject: Re: Best 8.5x11 Color Laser??
- From: Sid Phillips <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:09:50 -0500
Steve:
The biggest problem we have with our 7700's is keeping them calibrated,
they use a visual "ring-around" test to calibrate instead of using
instruments. It's very hard to keep it tightly controlled. We use a Digital
Swatchbook to help us read the rings and eliminate some of the guesswork,
but it is still not dead-on accurate. One of the Xerox engineers or product
managers contacted me about this issue a few months ago, and I emailed her
suggestions on how to improve, so they are listening even if they aren't
actually doing anything to help.
My advice is that if you can't use an instrument to calibrate the device,
or if it doesn't calibrate off-the-glass like the Xerox DC-12 does with the
Fiery RIP, look for an alternative. I mean, how can you keep it in control
otherwise? I can't trust my own eyes and I certainly don't trust anyone
else to calibrate color by eye. So I've been advising people to get their
hands on a DC-12 if they can afford it. There may be equally viable, less
expensive alternatives but I've been using them for over four years now and
get no complaints about the color drifting or looking bad, and mechanically
they've been utterly dependable.
Or course, YMMV.
Sid Phillips
Milliken & Company
MDC Multimedia Studios M-816
706.880.5398
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