Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 1/14/06 12:52:56 PM, koloshor@... writes:


> After 1/2 an hour of reading patches, the calculation
> time is "break time".  Move around, get the cramp from measuring
> patches out of your hand and arm, go sort some photos, drink a pop,
> have a smoke, return some phone calls, come back in a few minutes....
> 
> 
Measuring even a 729 patch profile with PrintFIX PRO doesn't take me half an 
hour, I read them in under 20 minutes. The more commonly used 225 patch target 
is under 5 minutes. And the profile calculation time with PRO hardly 
qualifies as a break; my G5 builds high bit profiles in four seconds, so I don't 
bother to go out for coffee. But I detect a systematic prejudice here before you've 
even tried the product. I'd suggest at least using all the products we are 
discussing before dismissing them. I have Pulse, EyeOne, and PrintFIX PRO all 
here, side by side. They all have their pros and cons, they all build good color 
profiles. The thing that most distinguishes them to me is the cost: PrintFIX 
PRO is under five hundred dollars, and the others well over a thousand. 

There will always be those who champion more expensive products for a range 
of reasons, many of them legitimate; but in this case, with this kind of price 
difference, PrintFIX PRO will be affordable for a whole range of users that 
can't justify more expensive solutions. If it doesn't suit you, save your pennie
s towards something else; if you already have something else, then don't be 
sour grapes that there is now a cheaper alternative for some uses.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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