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Alternate thread title: I am hunting a unicorn. Where is a good spot to start my search? Sorry, but you're doing your client a horrible disservice here. Instead of chasing imaginary creatures for them, you need to sit them down and tell them what is realistic in the printing industry. None of...

If the images with the shadows themselves are raster images, and the backgrounds are vectors, then this is most likely caused by the incoming profile rendering intent settings in your RIP. Probably it has raster images set to use Perceptual, and vectors set to use Relative Colorimetric. If all...

IT Supplies, As a guy who makes a living as a "color specialist" I do have to point out that this is not the way it works. A color is either in the gamut of a specific machine/media/ink/resolution combination, or it is not. The first key is to make a profile that captures every bit of the...

John, Are you absolutely certain? Because that's not my understanding. My understanding is that the Ricoh is simply a rebranded Mimaki and there are no differences at all, including ink. Also there are very, very few of these machines out there. Very few Mimakis, that is; Ricohs, even less...

Chris, The thing I'd attempt to impress on you is that "matching" one profile to another profile isn't the way it works. It's a fool's game to try. The idea of profiling is basically to create a machine state -- the inking controls that are RIP specific -- and then to characterize the...

I'll admit to being a little curious here. At one point or another I've profiled various materials on all of these printers at various locations using various RIP's, and I'm curious if you're giving any consideration to anything other than printer model in your "performance study." I can tell...

To be frank... Profile-making is an art more than it is a science. Honestly, if you feel the need to look for answers online, I'd say your level of expertise might be your biggest issue. However, I would point out that "grey balancing" is most definitely not your issue. Properly made ICC...

Given the image you posted, if the question is if that exact color is in the gamut of any outdoor signage-type inkjet printer... The answer is no. However, you may be able to get close enough to satisfy the customer. The right track is to not 'convert to CMYK' before printing, but to send the...

Does anyone know if such a thing exists? So, I've been in the business of large and grand format color management for 14 years now, and the biggest change I've seen in the market has been that when I started, stock profiles were universally terrible and it was hard to get a good many raster...

On the topic at hand, I'll just say... Wow... That's terrific. One thing I'm often asked by clients is if this and that will match, and my standard reply is, "Yes, with two caveats: White point of the media and gamut of the device." Most clients nod, understand, and seem content with that...

Gordo, Just for the record, Adobe did not develop Flash. It was developed by a small company in LA named FutureWave Software, and originally called FutureSplash. FutureWave was bought in the mid-nineties by Macromedia, and FutureSplash became Macromedia Flash. And at the time, and just as...

Typically when people say Duratrans all they mean is backlit. Backlit on a translucent white material. Properly profiled -- and profiles are the key -- either of your machines is more than capable of printing on any number of materials that are made by any number of manufacturers. Of the two...

So, put another way, you want someone to give you the knowledge that they use to sustain their livelihood for free. Why do you suppose someone would want to do that? There's quite -- quite -- a lot you've done so far that makes any professional in the graphics industry just drop their head to...

Rooted heads? Not sure what that means, but yes, in theory you could do this. I have one or two clients who have old Rolands that they use for cutters only, just as you're describing. But they didn't go out looking for them; they just ran them into the ground in their own shops. Keep in mind...

The Mutoh is a version of the same machine Epson used to sell... 8 years ago. Epson has moved on to another platform which they have since updated three times. I'm just telling you the difference in age of the platforms shows every day in every way. Mike

Well, what I'm really saying is that one of the areas in which inkjet printing technology has really improved over the last several generations is in approaches to stopping banding. And the Mutoh is several generations old. Both Mutoh and Epson touted its "wave" printing pattern as the latest...

Not that I'm aware of, no... Although I'm not necessarily the best person to ask that question. I see just about every machine/media/ink/RIP combination there is out there, and I can give pretty good insights into printabilty and print quality. But since I don't have a production environment...

The Mutoh is actually the same basic printer Epson sold as the GS6000 -- minus light inks and green and orange. For Epson, that was four generations ago. It did take Epson four tries to get the Sure Color completely right, but they finally did. In my opinion, if the only choice was between the...

Lamination time can be an issue with solvent or Eco-solvent. But there are other issues to consider as well. Lamination time can be an issue depending basically on how much ink you put down and how much heat you give it and when -- meaning of course that your printer profiles and how they're...

As I said in my reply, it's one of the most-used RIP's in the industry and the one I use personally.