Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Jan 7, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Mike wrote:

> Has the software for this older outfit been upgraded? Are the profiles made from it top notch? Better than or as good as the profiles created by a Colormunki?
> Mike
> 
> 

Mike,

The title of your post implies that you're running a version of the software
that's very old. "PrintFIX PRO" as a name went away a few years ago when
we changed the naming on the software to Spyder3Print (and which will now
be SpyderPRINT, as soon as I've uploaded the latest set of installers).

If so (the last version of PrintFIX PRO was 2.1), you've missed the 3.0,
3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 versions of the software.

(The fact that we added "SR" to the name for the 4.x versions is that
we added support for the newer SR "strip reading" spectro. But the updated
software continues to support all of the original DC1005 spectros that had
shipped with the earlier Print and Studio bundles).

"Today", if you're still running PrintFIX PRO-named software, you should get
the Spyder3Print SR 4.2.2 installer from the Datacolor site, download and run
it and that will get you "up-to-date". When I post the next modified
installer and set of software with the "SpyderPRINT" name change, I'll
be bumping the version up to 4.2.3 to go along with the name change.
(But there are no new "features", changes, or bug fixes in the upcoming
4.2.3 version, this is all just about changing the name)

One other comment for anyone reading this. If you have the Windows version
of the software, the best way to upgrade is as follows:

- Unplug the spectro

- Uninstall your existing version of the software. If you have measurement files
saved, don't worry - they'll stay "in place" and the new version should locate
them and hook back into them once installed.

- Download the new installer and run it (with the spectro still unplugged)

- Reboot

- After Windows is finished starting up again, plug the spectro back in. You should
get the usual notifications about new hardware being located; and then, available
for use.

- Run the new version of software and you'll be up and running again.

- Also, download and read through the Update Notes file so that you can see what's
changed over the past few versions.

David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor