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To scramble or not to scramble

Subject: To scramble or not to scramble
From: Steve Clark <email@hidden>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:40:09 -0700

I'm using Monaco Platinum 4.8 with a DTP41UV to make profiles for printing presses, Epsons inkjets as well as an IRIS. It's been recommended by some to scramble the patch set, (usually 1729) for printing. I often have trouble reading scrambled patches printed on the Epsons and have to use either a black Sharpie or WhiteOut to fix the thin strip twixt some of the dark patches. It seems the algorithm they use is not intelligent enough to know the densities that will be produced in some of the darker patches, and they use black as the separator when in reality white or some other lighter color should be used. I called support and they told me that I was printing too dark. I'm printing the targets un-colormanaged and same as source with the correct paper type chosen. When I use the Sharpie/ WhiteOut method and read the patches I end up with beautiful profiles and am extremely happy with the results I'm getting. It's quite annoying to drop that kind of money on software and then rely on WhiteOut to get it to work correctly.


So my questions are:

Has anyone else experienced this? If so . . . What have you been able to do about it other than what I am already doing?

What is the straight scoop on whether I really need to scramble or not? I've run the same target out unscrambled and it reads fine and the results seem similar. I'm not experienced enough with ColorThink to discover what the discrepancies may be in the profiles generated scrambled vs not scrambled.

Clark

PS Printers are: Epson 4000, 7800, 9600 and IRIS 3047. Papers are: AGFA Microporous Satin 250 g Proofing Base, Epson Ultrasmooth, Epson Premium Lustre, Ilford Gallerie Pearl, Arches Infinity Smooth and Textured, Somerset Velvet Radiant White, Crane Museo, Hahnemühle Photo Rag and Museum Etching, Bulldog Blue Dot and Black Dot Canvas. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden Follow-Ups: Re: To scramble or not to scramble From: Graeme Gill <email@hidden> Re: To scramble or not to scramble From: Scott Martin <email@hidden> Prev by Date: Re: Aperture Next by Date: Re: To scramble or not to scramble Previous by thread: Re: Integris 2 password for creating new baseline Next by thread: Re: To scramble or not to scramble Index(es): Date Thread