Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@a... wrote:
>
> 
> Measuring even a 729 patch profile with PrintFIX PRO doesn't take me
half an 
> hour, I read them in under 20 minutes.

I quoted the time mentioned here by someone who had used your product.

> 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 don't know about "systematic", but yes, there is "prejudice", in the
non perjorative sense of deriving an opinion based on having a
substantial amount of experience in the field and with the technology
involved.

> 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. 

The cost would only be a distinguising characteristic if rated against
the benefits. Does the PrintFIX produce results at least half as good
as the devices that cost twice as much money?

> 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.

Very nice waffle. If you wern't so rude in the rest of your message
and in the other one, it might even have come off as sincere.