In the Windows PrintFix Pro version seems
to be another small
glitch. Sometimes when I print targets the color patches are not
distributed evenly, but some columns/rows are printed
without any space between them. The following two targets
are printed only some minutes apart, but the second one
is definitely not correctly printed:
http://www.rj-photo.de/printfix-pro/225-Target-1.jpg
http://www.rj-photo.de/printfix-pro/225-Target-2.jpg
What can be the source for such inconsistent behavior?
Looks to me like a scaling issue. (and not one that's consistent,
since
this is the first report we've seen of it, so I'd guess that this
is
sporadic, at best). I've seen this happen, sporadically, in the
on-screen
preview of a Target window (when opened up to a full-sized
window), but I've
never seen it happen in an actual target print before.
The targets are generated from vectors, so if there's any
positioning/rounding
inconsistency happening when the patches are created and laid out
in their
grid, this is what would happen.
I'll add it to the list of things to look at for the next
version. Don't
worry about this having an effect on the actual -colors- that are
printed
in the patches; they're solid colors, and this won't change,
regardless of
whether the spacing between the columns or rows is thicker, or
thinner,
or thinner to the point of disappearing.
It's a cosmetic issue in how the patch grid is presented in the
target print,
but it won't have any effect on your measurements.
Best regards,
--
David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision
