Re: QCcolor
Re: QCcolor
- Subject: Re: QCcolor
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:09:41 -0400
Dear Rick,
Since they aren't too many replies... Let me give you my two cents.
> We just purchased QCcolor and are going to implement it into our
> workflow to make sure every proof going out the door is within specs.
That's what everybody wants of these products. You're on the right track.
> My questions are as follows:
>
> 1) Is it just me... or is the learning curve on this software rather
> steep. I have 6 hours into it and have yet to be able to figure out how
> to generate my own target. When I attempt to do it the resulting pdf
> is 10 pages with each page only having one patch on it . I also would
> like to have my own measurements be used as the reference file for
> future proofs to pass or fail on.
Could be some misinterpretation of the target file which is hardly an inch
by 5 or 6 wide. Depending on the target selected. I don't know off hand all
the various targets supported by Qccolor but if you're talking the FOGRA
Medien Wedge then something is wrong somehwere in your workflow, 10 pages
for such a small target is way too much.
>From what I've seen it should not be that hard to setup.
> 2) How is everybody else using this? Are you putting your target on
> every proof or just sporadically generating them throughout the day? If
> you are putting them on every proof are you adding this
> through Preps or what?
Some folks, and I'm one of those, would like to see the target on every
proof, on every page. But if the RIP is unable to tag it on every page or
the space occupied by the target overwrites the textual page information
(like EFI does) then that approach is unusable.
> 3) How many patches are you reading? Are you using the 21 step file it
> comes with or generating your own?
I find it hard to swallow that only a 21 patch samples is going to reflect
all possible drifting on an Epson 9600 printer. That's why, for my clients,
I use the full ECI2002 Random target. If you happen to have a DTP70 reading
that target for stability control becomes possible. Otherwise, I'd resort to
something smaller. Depending on what kind of instrumentation you have at
your disposal to automate the process, obviously.
> We are using Epson 9600's powered by GMG.
Doesn't GMG offer their own quality control add-on?
For my part, I use Prinect QualityMonitor and I'm very satisfied. That's the
package I recommend to my clients.
> Dalim is our workflow. We
> have an ICColor,a DTP 41 and an Eye-One as our reading devices.
Both these devices are sufficient for your needs.
> Rick Kortemeier
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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