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Here is a thought lowell.... if one of these OS is Linux, you won't need to replace any drivers for your spectro in your windows install. ie: keep the X-Rite software on your windows install and keep argyll on your linux install. You'll just need to be sure you reboot into the right OS to...

Mikling- you can have argyll generate a test file showing the Delta-E for all your scanned patches. This can help you find strips or patches with scanning errors. You can often re-scan them or simply delete them. This can lower your peak errors, assuming the peaks are due to a bad scan. I'll...

Personally, I don't like Argyll's perceptual intent very much. I'm not surprised of the results. With Argyll, I sometimes overwrite it with it's "luminance based appearance" intent which is similar to relative colorimetric+BPC in Photoshop. However in relative colorimetric, it's very very precise.

I think you'll be fine... just don't assume that the closest media setting on your R1900 is the right one (ex: Glossy setting for your Cannon Glossy paper). Each paper setting will deposit a different quantity of ink on the paper. Experiment with a few different media types, and when you think...

Glad to see the info is still being used even if I posted it a long time ago! If you are leaving for four months, I would recommend you get a small UPS to keep your computer/printer up and running should there be a power failure while you are away

Hi, I've been using Turboprint for a couple of years now. Printfab is essentially the windows version of Turboprint (TP is for Linux). I've found that some cheaper paper will accept less ink. I have no problem setting a higher ink limit with paper like Kirkland, and I have to go lower with...

Staples now sell the Canon Pro 100 for 299$ (200$ off). I guess Canon saw too many people buying it in the states :)

If you would have bought one massive amount of the same paper, says 200 sheets of the 4x6 paper, It would have been worth it to get it profiled, even if you needed 20-25 sheets of 4x6. If you have several different packs of different brands and if you tend to not stick to a single brand, you...

It really depends on the profiling package you are using. A scanner based software like Profile Prism will do just fine with 5x7 or even 4x6. If you are using a spectro, some software will only let you use 8.5x11 and up. The Colormunki software in theory needs 8.5x11 but i've been able to use...

I've "forced" ink into dry sponges a few times by blowing on the refill hole with the vent covered with my thumb. i usually stabilize the ink bottle with a small u-clamp and do this right over the bottle so I do not waste any ink. I do this three four times and usually all is good. Any you...

I'm using Linux, but maybe this little piece of info will help you. Argyll needs it's own driver, it can't use the one that comes with the colormunki software. Maybe look in the device manager to see which driver is being used.

I just found something interesting today.... there is a company on alibaba selling "single use chips" for CLI-42. They also sell the full inkset with grays, but i'm not sure I would trust ink from China... If the chinese are now able to make one-use chips maybe ARC or resetters are around the...

You're probably right about wanting to get as good an output as possible without profile. BUT how does this inkset do with other papers, like Canon, HP or Epson? A lot of people will also buy whatever is on sale buy one get one free at staples. That's usually how I get my hands on matte paper...

I hear the newer epsons are quite reliable.. My old R220 was hell.

I wrote a quick how-to a while ago on this forum, should work just fine with an Epson as well. http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3977

from Canon's web site: The Optimum Image Generating (OIG) System utilizes two major technologies implemented in the PIXMA PRO-1 Professional Inkjet Printer. The first is a sophisticated mixing balance of inks determined from numerous ink combinations and advanced analysis. During this analysis...

Smile, I would say it depends what kind of expectations you have. A 25$ profile done remotely by someone on the web should give better results with 3rd party ink than trying to adjust colors with drivers or by trying to use profiles made for OEM ink. This is where end user expectations come...

Someone at another forum had mentioned having a bit of luck with plain elmer's glue. If you search "photo paper" and "PVA" you get a ton of results. One form of PVA is white glue... I diluted a bit of glue with distilled water and coated some cover stock paper I had... I then left it in the...

This might be interesting.. it's a patent for coated paper for inkjet printing http://www.google.com/patents/US5985424 There are links to a ton of other related patents. I'm not a chemist or scientist (just an IT guy!) but maybe someone here can summarize.

It's funny that you ask that Grey, I had been asking myself the same question this week. I heard that some papers may have kaolin clay (china clay) as part of their coating. I found this interesting as I have a ton of the stuff here. :) I just don't know how it's used yet, and in conjunction...