Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" 
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" 
> <roy@h...> wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" 
> > <dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> > > Is this a gray profile type or full color for softproofing the 
> > > toning? Hopefully as time goes on it won't have to use the 
> > > Measuretool file. Cool that it's a stand alone app. though.
> > 
> > It's just a grayscale profile, no color.
> > MeasureTool seems like the simplest input format, but formats
> > from other reading programs are certainly a possibility.
> > 
> > Roy
> 
> Are there other tools available? I tried Quickread (for windows), but 
> it only gave me a beta expired (or something like that) error. 
> ColorshopX will read in scanning mode, but it doesn't know anything 
> about the chart, so if you scan very slow, you get extra reads, and 
> if you scan too faster, you don't get all the patches. Too bad GMB 
> won't release a very basic reader that works in both scanning mode, 
> and in single read mode, just like Xrite's Toolcrib utility.

I've played around with Quickread a little and it's a new app.   But I think
MeasureTool has some advantages.  The Reference Files provide some
error checking when you scan so if you get a scan error it tells you
rather than having to look at the data.  The Ref file also allows the Gray
step values to be put into the output file so the ICC doesn't have to guess
which readings go with which steps.

I haven't used Toolcrib but from what I hear I should see if I can support
it's data output.

Roy