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[colorvision_group] Re: Profiling 9800 problems

2006-06-07 by David Miller

>David Miller,
>
>I am aware that you print targets out "Same As Source" without a profile and that is what
>we have been doing with all our many tests.
>
>If you followed the earlier correspondence, I had written:
>
>"Should there be such a differemce between the generic Museo profile provided by Crane
>and the one I am making?"
>
>C. David had suggested that:
>
>"To check the printed gamut, open the 225 patch single page target from the PFP Targets
>folder, assign your workingspace, to it, and print to the Crane profile. That will show you
>what max colors the Crane profile can manage. Do the same with the PFP profile, and
>check the primary patches in that. If Crane is getting colors beyond PFP's, then there is
>definitely something amiss."
>
>Trying the exercise C. David had suggested yielded results not quite similar. Somewhat
>similar gamuts but different patches printed quite differently. The canned Crane profile
>was made with THEIR 9800. I am still trying to figure whether we have an erradic 9800.

Sorry about that! You're right, I had missed the earlier post; and I didn't
mean my response to sound harsh, I just wanted to point out the proper use
of targets. (From time to time, this issue has come up here on the list
as well as in other Internet forums).


>It's quite a learning curve to get the best possible.

I know exactly what you mean...:-)

Best regards,


-- 
David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision

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