Re: Munki business
Re: Munki business
- Subject: Re: Munki business
- From: MARK SEGAL <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:18:38 -0800 (PST)
ROger,
Thanks for posting that experience - very encouraging.
Mark
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From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:10:31 PM
Subject: Munki business
Spent the better part of this evening with a ColorMunki Design -- call me
a-social ;-)
Anyway, after downloading the latest version of the application (I'm on
Vista these days) and obtaining the latest .Net framework (must be different
on the Mac?), I just clicked on the friendly desktop Munki Design icon
placed on my desktop by the installer.
Couldn't resist characterizing my display first, why not...
Had to fight with figuring out exactly how to set the dial to place the
instrument into the correct measurement mode (took me a trip or two to the
supplied video tutorials) but, lo and behold, the thing worked. I was asked
for my choice of calibrated white point, the default is D65. That part is
very similar to the Munki Create little brother. Got quite decent
calibration and profiling.
Decided to move on to profiling a printer.
I turned to an Epson 4000 driven by a GMG RIP.
The way the printer characterization "wizard" works, it prompts the user to
select one the installed system printer. Because I wanted to inspect the
test charts beforehand in Photoshop, I chose AdobePDF. There are no supplied
testcharts supplied by this application of any kind. That was a bit
unsettling at first. But, heck, gotta go with the times. So, I followed
along and proceeded to print the first chart to PDF. Then, I printed that
PDF to my printer. When I got the chart in one hand and held the Munki
Design in my other hand, it felt bizarre at first, only these four columns
of patches to measure? Hmmh. I placed the printed sheet in front of me, on
my desk, and...measured away! It worked great. The program was very
forgiving of my misdirecting the instrument through the large vertical
strips. Then the program digested the results and spit out a second test
chart. Proceeded to print that second chart. Measured away. Same cycle I
thought? But no. The program was satisfied with tho two charts only and
immediately generated the ICC profile for my printer. Only those two charts,
I thought? There was no systematic sampling of the "device" space here. No
1617 combinations like an IT8 chart, just some funky four color
combinations. The profile landed safely into the equivalent of my ColorSync
folder on Windows. Then I moved to Photoshop. I opened a bunch of RGB images
that I then converted to the Munki profile for my Epson. That wasn't too
hard. I printed. And, what did the prints look like? Pretty close to what I
was seeing on my monitor, actually. Good contrast and saturation. No
objectionable color casts. Just very good prints.
I think X-Rite is on to something very nice here.
Roger Breton
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