Re: Quick Paper Eval
Re: Quick Paper Eval
- Subject: Re: Quick Paper Eval
- From: Robin Myers <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:37:56 -0700
Kevin Muldoon wrote:
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Quick Paper Evaluation Procedure
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We are often approached by salesmen from paper companies who claim that
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their Ink Jet paper is cheaper, better, etc. Now, for all I know, their
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claims may be absolutely true! But, in the middle of a production
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environment, I find it difficult to set aside half of my day to ink
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limit, linerize and profile the free paper sample that these guys want
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me to 'try out'. I imagine I'm not the only one.
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So, I wanted to open up a discussion as to possible methods for quickly
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determining the LIKELY color reproduction capabilities of media. In
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other words, to quickly determine if the media is WORTH THE TIME to
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begin the process of tuning in the color.
Without knowing the types of coatings, sizing, and other chemicals in
the paper and how your inks will react with them, there is no way to
know how the paper will perform with your printer until you actually
print with your inks on each paper.
The only item I have found of use before printing is a UV LED pen that I
use to test papers for Fluorescent Whitening Agents (FWA). The UV pen
will reflect blue in the presence of an FWA, and violet without it. The
FWA can effect the profiling.
But for color reproduction, the rubber must actually contact the road.
Robin Myers
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