Getrach eye / colour sync unit thingy.. opinions?

[scrichton]

I'm thinking after 3 or so years of never printing one single thing I might take to doing it. So has anyone tried any of the calibration devices for profiling and which one saves the most on paper loss through bad colour and profilling?

I know the Pantone ones start at a low price and range upto the hefty 4 to 5 figures for full on press printing stuff. So I need a good level starting point, as the OSX screen calibration although good is flawed for some sort of accuracy even on cheap inkjets.

[Ted Harris]

The Monaco Optix (not sure of the new name now that Monaco-Greytag-Macbeth and X-Rite have consolidated) is a reasonably low priced option that works fine. You can get them at Midwest for ~ 150.

[Lazybones]

I currently use the GMB Eye-One Display 2, and it has worked very well. Although I have not profiled my printer, the Epson's output seems to agree fairly with my calibrated display at this point. Specifically, the Epson/display correlation is much better than "in the ballpark," but probably not as close to "spot-on" as could be if the printer was properly calibrated. Calibrating your display, if nothing else, will be a good part of the battle won, and might be "good enough"... if you need to keep things affordable. You can usually upgrade in the future.

[Henry Ambrose]

I'm using Coloreyes Display Pro with the DTP94 sensor. The profile generated seems to be very good. Support is an actual human and easy to reach.

[false_Aesthetic]

hey,

we use an eye1 photo at school...upgraded from a Monaco spyder thingy. I've had to contact gretag a few times and their customer support is great (Ive gotten help on a Sunday morning). The downside is the unit is about $1300. ...BUT... it also profiles papers


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