Recent content by Castek

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    Which wide format to buy

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    Any word on when PP will be fixed for Chrome?

    On the Windows 8.1 platform, I am unable to post to this site using current release of Chrome. Firefox 39 works fine.
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    backlit media color management

    I didn't know that MeasureTool had a mode for taking emissive measurements, I will have to look into this. Thank you for the info. There are a lot of functions in the old ProfileMaker and Monaco packages that are not in i1Profiler, and I agree that XRite should improve the feature set of i1P.
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    Print of color targets from i1 Profiler extremely heavy on Mac

    When building output (printer) profiles,iIt is imperative that charts (including the ICC chart itself) be printed without any color correction or profiles applied. Otherwise, you are basing corrections off of other corrections, rather than baseline behaviors. I am not familiar with that driver...
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    Latex Printer - Fumes

    The heater systems in the HP Latex 200 printer series is the likely source of fumes and not the ink. Many PVC vinyl materials, both banner media and adhesive-backed, can release fumes when heated inside of the printer. Different medias will react to heat in different ways, and some media...
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    Epson 9600 for vinyl banners???

    The Epson 9600 uses traditional water-based inks. This ink chemistry will require special coatings be present on the banner media or the ink will not adhere properly, as you are experiencing. The costs for the coated media will be significantly higher than equivalent uncoated vinyl (the media...
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    Spectro color measuring

    This is a cool little doodad, a spherical spectro that takes spot color readings anywhere for a very reasonable cost (not yet shipping though): SwatchMate Cubeâ„¢
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    Pantone / Cmyk color matching question

    021c (orange) is significantly out of gamut for most CMYK inks/ media. Closest I have seen is between 6 and 8 dE
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    Bargain fabric roll to roll

    Dye sublimation inks are what would be required for this application. For clothing, I would think that indirect dye-sub would likely be the way to go.
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    Density vs Spectral Density

    I would like to understand the distinctions between the following terms: Density Spectral Density I understand that Density is a measurement of the amount of light that reflects from ink, and I also understand the nature of spectral measurement data. Where I am not clear is which one might be...
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    Need expertise for printing a rigid substrate for a board game. 16" x 16"

    A large/ grand-format UV-Curing printer can do this easily, on a wide variety of rigid substrates. Vutek, HP, Oce, and many more manufacturers make devices that can do this.
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    Drastic color Shift - Epson PRO 9800

    I am guessing that you were experiencing nozzle issues on Friday that cleared up on their own over the weekend.
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    Input profile question

    Your approach is correct, and you are getting bad advice. You never want working spaces applied to charts that are being measured or evaluated for either driver based or RIP based workflows.
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