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Jeff Miller · October 16th, 2006, 11:55 AM

Has anyone used this?
I was shopping for a colorimeter and was told about it. Costs about $100 more then a nice colorimeter, but also calibrates scanner and makes an ICC profile for your printer as well. This sounds rad, any opinions?
Thanks!

Bill Ravens · October 16th, 2006, 12:04 PM

I use a gretag macbeth device. monaco also makes something called the spider. I suggest you read the product reviews available by doing on online search. the performance differs slightly for each colorimeter, as well as the price.

Jeff Miller · October 16th, 2006, 12:20 PM

Thanks Bill.
I was originally looking at a Gretag, the printer profiling swept me on this one. I've read a couple good reviews for Mac, but I'm on PC, I assume they are "samey". ::shrugs::

Jeff Miller · October 21st, 2006, 05:11 PM

I've since read that home based printer profiling that uses a scanner could work but might still be dicey. The best argument I've seen was that flatbed scanners were never meant to be used as spectrophotometers. If it's dicey output, you've lost the time you saved.

I also keep hearing that LCD's do not calibrate as readily as CRT's, bummer since my graphic-centric stations are LCD :P

October 16th, 2006, 11:55 AM	#1
Jeff Miller Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 227	Monaco EZcolor Suite Has anyone used this? I was shopping for a colorimeter and was told about it. Costs about $100 more then a nice colorimeter, but also calibrates scanner and makes an ICC profile for your printer as well. This sounds rad, any opinions? Thanks! __________________ (insert long list of expensive stuff)

October 16th, 2006, 12:20 PM	#3
Jeff Miller Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 227	Thanks Bill. I was originally looking at a Gretag, the printer profiling swept me on this one. I've read a couple good reviews for Mac, but I'm on PC, I assume they are "samey". ::shrugs:: __________________ (insert long list of expensive stuff)

October 21st, 2006, 05:11 PM	#4
Jeff Miller Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 227	I've since read that home based printer profiling that uses a scanner could work but might still be dicey. The best argument I've seen was that flatbed scanners were never meant to be used as spectrophotometers. If it's dicey output, you've lost the time you saved. I also keep hearing that LCD's do not calibrate as readily as CRT's, bummer since my graphic-centric stations are LCD :P __________________ (insert long list of expensive stuff)

October 16th, 2006, 12:04 PM	#2
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	I use a gretag macbeth device. monaco also makes something called the spider. I suggest you read the product reviews available by doing on online search. the performance differs slightly for each colorimeter, as well as the price.