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NO! GRACoL (and it's not "GRACoL 7" as far as I know) is a colorimetric aimpoint that has G7 gray balance/tone characteristics......G7 is a gray balance/tone methodology but NOT an explicate colorimetric target.....unfortunately, people get these mixed up all the time. They need to be not only...

If you're committed to using GRACoL as your specification/standard/profile, then the first place to go would be the IDEAlliance website and find a "G7 Master Printer" that's qualified for GRACoL (note: not all G7 Master Printers will necessarily be GRACoL-qualified...it could be SWOP or simply...

I thought that was so obvious it wasn't even worth mentioning......but maybe not everybody? tw

I'll bet she didn't have much tolerance for you, did she Michael?

"DeltaE2000......it's SO last decade....I'm waiting for dE2013 but I hear it's still in beta" :-) Terry

I've been testing them in an Epson 7800 with good results. You should assume it's not simply an ink swap but that you will need to reprofile with the new inks. Terry

In the Rampage Client, open the Calibration Editor. Use "Media Linearization" curves to calibrate/linearize the plate...use "Dot Gain Compensation" curves to adjust the dot gain/TVI of the press. For Dot Gain Compensation, if you have a target TVI curve in mind, that would be used as your...

Thanks....depends on the day.....today must be a good day. :) If ALL you care about is TAC reduction and not GCR/overall ink savings per sé, then that opens up more (and less expensive) options for you. Can't say if Alwan CMYK Optimizer or INKdrop+Alwan LinkProfiler would be better until we...

Zero color management? What about proofing....what are you doing there? Not sure who you talked to at RAMpage but, trust me, they know about Alwan. They may not know SPECIFICALLY about Alwan CMYK Optimizer ECO but they know about Alwan generally. As one of the first independent...

Jayson, one other thing........I would be very skeptical taking advice/suggestions from anyone that does NOT have a RAMpage system or is at least intimately familiar with it. Ink optimization is not a plug 'n play scenario.....it takes an understanding of your current workflow (RAMpage...

Lots of confusion regarding Alwan, INKdrop and ink optimization in general. First, let's define what RAMpage INKdrop is...and isn't. INKdrop is NOT an ink optimization or "ink savings" feature of RAMpage. INKdrop is simply a way to select either ICC or device link profiles for output. RAMpage...

GMG would be using the "official" L*a*b* values from Pantone as their target for comparison. I can't confirm or deny their numbers. The gamut of the 9900 is what it is (depending on media of course) so I don't believe you're going to see huge differences, assuming these claims are true, between...

I concur with Stephen's comment. A correctly made profile from a well-behaved device rarely needs editing. I would first invest in a profile analysis tool like CHROMiX ColorThink Pro to probe into what's wrong with the profile in the first place. Being able to view the gray balance curves...

Sure, as long as you do a profile conversion. As long as you are using the GRACoL profile as source and your printer RGB profile as destination, you should be good (assuming custom profiling of course....no "generic" supplied profiles). There's nothing *inherently* more accurate about CMYK...

If that's the result of the device link conversion (difference between the source/destination profiles you used when building the link) then, yes. With most device link profile creation software, you have the choice of keeping the primary and secondary colors pure or contaminated. "Contaminated"...

Personal opinion of one who sets up device link profiles for my customers.....I believe that device link profiles can help you print more *accurately* to a print standard.....but better *consistency* is a myth. If you didn't have your process under control BEFORE you started using device link...

I agree with much of what you're saying Mike. It's been something of a love/hate relationship for me with v5.x vs. v4.x. I was used to doing all sorts of under-hood stuff for custom MX3s and such with 4.x and the older version was dead reliable...once you set it up, it Just Worked. My fear with...

I've had a chance to work with Flexproof recently....it appeared to me to be a bastardized combination of EFI XF and Esko's idea of color management. I was not impressed. We got it to work but it was much more of a struggle than it ought to be....and it was extremely slow even on a 8 GB RAM...

Any switch from GMG Colorproof to another proofing solution would be a downgrade in my opinion. As to the worth of upgrading from GMG v4.1 to v5.2 (the latest), you'd do it for reasons OTHER THAN color matching since v4.1 can produce a match to GRACoL that's every bit as good as the later...

ColorProof and ColorServer will do it. The real power of their gamut mapping and "variable rendering intent" (my term, not theirs) is when creating RGB-to-CMYK MX4 profiles. Keep in mind that these are "proprietary" device links that can only be used within GMG's software products. Terry