Andrew, That's a thought, to average different sized patches. The thought wouldn't have occurred to me I must confess. Do you find printers you work with naturally inclined to give you lots of press time (and paper) so that you can average lots of press runs for developing press profiles? We all have differing practices. The printers I work with resent the very idea of having to give up on press time and paper to allow press profiling, regardless of the mess they can be in with regards to color matching. Unless they have a big client who's putting a gun to their head. Then, they're willing to listen a little more. But I haven't succeeded in convincing anyone about the necessity of averaging multiple press runs for the sake of press profiling. Printers have tough attitudes. I'm curious about your experience. I agree it's all about variability. Roger -----Original Message----- From: colorsync-users-bounces+graxx=videotron.ca@lists.apple.com [mailto:colorsync-users-bounces+graxx=videotron.ca@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Rodney Sent: May-23-11 9:08 AM To: 'colorsync-users?lists.apple.com' List Subject: Re: About Averaging On May 23, 2011, at 6:54 AM, edmund ronald wrote:
A cheap way to improve your profile by averaging is probably to print at least 4 rotated scrambled versions of your target in different places on the sheet, and average the measurements of those sheets.
That's what we do when profiling presses. Additionally we use two sets of profiles with differnig sized patches (smaller and much larger). Then average lots of press runs. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/ _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list (Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/graxx%40videotron.ca This email sent to graxx@videotron.ca