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Keep in mind that density has not been part of any printing specification or standard in nearly 10 years. For instance, GRACoL gives you target LAB values for your solid inks (CMYK), plus your overprints (RGB) and CMY grey balance. Any mention of SID's is merely a recommendation. Using the G7...

Stephen is correct, most proofer RIP's would be configured with ICC (or device link) profiles - not curves - to get the color in-tolerance to the GRACoL color space. I find frequently that people don't know the difference between GRACoL and G7. You do not have to use the G7 approach (measuring...

What Michael said is valid. I would add that the curve approach is not standard - for a proofing system. Most/all proofer RIP's use ICC profiles or some other proprietary 3D transform (using "profiles") to establish the match. What you really want to know is, are the customers proofs within...

I think it's pretty much a legacy thing - they have been using US Web Coated SWOP v2 since the inception of ICC profiles within PS. I don't see that changing. But they do ship CC with GRACoL 2006, SWOP 3 2006 and SWOP 5 2006 - but not the current 2013 profiles for each. The 2013 specs are based...

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I would suggest upgrading - to another product! EFI Fiery XF is quite compelling, more feature rich and just as accurate. It's client/server architecture is much nicer - and you can buy it new for under $3k! Plus, once you get on their Software Maintenance Agreement - it's just $650 per year and...

One way you can handle it is to open your MX4 profile in Profile Editor. Add a "fulcrum" at .1 or .01. Then manually type in 0,0,0,0 for CMYK for the zero fulcrum (paper white). You should see that it's not 0,0,0,0 when you open the MX4. By adding the fulcrum at .01 you protect the rest of the...

Kaiser, I am with the Color Management Group as Director of Technical Services now. I'd be happy to talk with you about your needs. You can reach me via email at [email protected] or on my cell at 717-475-9007.

Are you trying to measure the exact same IDEAlliance Control Strip that the SpectroProofer measured with your i1 Pro2? This will never work, as the two measurement devices require two different control strips.

I would suggest building plate curves to get the Dot Gain more standardized. I would use the G7 method to accomplish this, with a product like Curve3, Tucanna PrintControl, or Alwan PrintStandardizer. If you simply create an ICC profile of the current condition, you might be able to make your...

Are you using the plug-in or the server?

You could also utilize the device link profile functionality. Create a device link profile of your reference profile and media profile and preserve 100% black in the DL.

I am running XF 4.5.2 on Lion and it seems to work OK. But I'm not in a production environment and have certainly not done exhaustive testing. So, I would install it and see how it goes - but know that you won't get support from EFI on it if it doesn't work. There is no ETA of official support...

It could also be the ink. Are you using genuine Epson inks? Is this the Ultrachrome ink (I hope)? Also, you say you are printing out of the driver - so you probably don't have means to re-calibrate (usually a RIP function) but you could create a new ICC profile. Do you have a spectrophotometer...

I've always found it beneficial to use a gamut viewer to help illustrate the gamut of any given device. I use ColorThink Pro to do gamut comparisons of different color spaces using ICC profiles. It's very graphic and easily understood by sales people, CSR's, and clients. You can even drag images...